[HDFS-4151] Passing INodesInPath instead of INode[] in FSDirectory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0-beta
• Component/s: namenode
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Tsz Wo Nicholas Sze
• Reporter: Tsz Wo Nicholas Sze
• Created: 05/Nov/12 03:33
• Updated: 03/Sep/14 22:46
• Resolved: 05/Nov/12 23:27

Description

Currently, many methods in FSDirectory pass INode[] as a parameter. It is better to pass INodesInPath so that we can add more path information later on. This is especially useful in Snapshot implementation.

Issue Links

• relates to: HDFS-2802 Support for RW/RO snapshots in HDFS