[HDFS-6331] ClientProtocol#setXattr should not be annotated idempotent

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: HDFS XAttrs (HDFS-2006)
• Fix Version/s: HDFS XAttrs (HDFS-2006)
• Component/s: namenode
• Target Version/s: HDFS XAttrs (HDFS-2006)
• Assignee: Uma Maheswara Rao G
• Reporter: Andrew Wang
• Created: 03/May/14 00:12
• Updated: 05/May/14 19:24
• Resolved: 05/May/14 03:23

Description

ClientProtocol#setXAttr is annotated @Idempotent, but this is incorrect since subsequent retries need to throw different exceptions based on the passed flags (e.g. CREATE, REPLACE).