[HIVE-20582] Make hflush in hive proto logging configurable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.0, 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.0, 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Target Version/s: 3.2.0, 4.0.0
• Assignee: Prasanth Jayachandran
• Reporter: Prasanth Jayachandran
• Created: 17/Sep/18 19:58
• Updated: 17/Nov/22 08:54
• Resolved: 18/Sep/18 20:23

Description

Hive proto logging does hflush to avoid small files issue in hdfs. This may not be ideal for blobstorage where hflush gets applied only on closing of the file. Make hflush configurable so that blobstorage can do close instead of hflush.