[GitHub] [helix] narendly commented on a change in pull request #542: Use a copy of the new best possible assignment for measuring baseline divergence

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narendly commented on a change in pull request #542: Use a copy of the new best possible assignment for measuring baseline divergence
URL: https://github.com/apache/helix/pull/542#discussion_r339725736
 
 

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 File path: helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/rebalancer/waged/WagedRebalancer.java
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 @@ -403,11 +404,13 @@ private void refreshBaseline(ResourceControllerDataProvider clusterData,
 
     // Asynchronously report baseline divergence metric before persisting to metadata store,
     // just in case if persisting fails, we still have the metric.
+    // To avoid changes of the new assignment and make it safe when being used to measure baseline
+    // divergence, use a copy of the new assignment.
     BaselineDivergenceGauge baselineDivergenceGauge = _metricCollector.getMetric(
         WagedRebalancerMetricCollector.WagedRebalancerMetricNames.BaselineDivergenceGauge.name(),
         BaselineDivergenceGauge.class);
     baselineDivergenceGauge.asyncMeasureAndUpdateValue(clusterData.getAsyncTasksThreadPool(),
-        currentBaseline, newAssignment);
+        currentBaseline, ImmutableMap.copyOf(newAssignment));
 
 Review comment:
   Did you mean to do a deep copy?

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