[jira] [Created] (HDFS-4811) race condition between 2 namenodes in standby that are trying to checkpoint with one another can delete or corrupt a good fsimage

["Chris Nauroth (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Chris Nauroth created HDFS-4811:
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             Summary: race condition between 2 namenodes in standby that are trying to checkpoint with one another can delete or corrupt a good fsimage
                 Key: HDFS-4811
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-4811
             Project: Hadoop HDFS
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: ha
    Affects Versions: 3.0.0, 2.0.5-beta
            Reporter: Chris Nauroth


The problem occurs under concurrent execution of the namenode running its own checkpoint in {{StandbyCheckpointer}} in thread 1 while also getting a checkpoint from a different namenode in {{GetImageServlet}} in thread 2.  It is possible for thread 2 to finish writing the checkpoint to the directory, but then get suspended before it has a chance to rename it to its final destination as an fsimage file.  Then, thread 1 wakes up and starts writing its own data to the checkpoint file.  When thread 2 resumes, it then tries to rename the file that thread 1 still holds open for writing.  Depending on OS, this either moves thread 1's incomplete checkpoint to fsimage, or it just outright deletes the existing good fsimage until thread 1 finishes writing and renames.

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