[jira] [Commented] (ZOOKEEPER-2189) multiple leaders can be elected when configs conflict

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Hudson commented on ZOOKEEPER-2189:
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FAILURE: Integrated in ZooKeeper-trunk #2707 (See [https://builds.apache.org/job/ZooKeeper-trunk/2707/])
ZOOKEEPER-2189: QuorumCnxManager: use BufferedOutputStream for initial msg
(Raul Gutierrez Segales via hdeng) (hdeng: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1682558)
* /zookeeper/trunk/CHANGES.txt
* /zookeeper/trunk/src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumCnxManager.java


> multiple leaders can be elected when configs conflict
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ZOOKEEPER-2189
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2189
>             Project: ZooKeeper
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: leaderElection
>    Affects Versions: 3.5.0
>            Reporter: Akihiro Suda
>
> This sequence leads the ensemble to a split-brain state:
>  * Start server 1 (config=1:participant, 2:participant, 3:participant)
>  * Start server 2 (config=1:participant, 2:participant, 3:participant)
>  * 1 and 2 believe 2 is the leader
>  * Start server 3 (config=1:observer, 2:observer, 3:participant)
>  * 3 believes 3 is the leader, although 1 and 2 still believe 2 is the leader
> Such a split-brain ensemble is very unstable.
> Znodes can be lost easily:
>  * Create some znodes on 2
>  * Restart 1 and 2
>  * 1, 2 and 3 can think 3 is the leader
>  * znodes created on 2 are lost, as 1 and 2 sync with 3
> I consider this behavior as a bug and that ZK should fail gracefully if a participant is listed as an observer in the config.
> In current implementation, ZK cannot detect such an invalid config, as FastLeaderElection.sendNotification() sends notifications to only voting members and hence there is no message from observers(1 and 2) to the new voter (3).
> I think FastLeaderElection.sendNotification() should send notifications to all the members and FastLeaderElection.Messenger.WorkerReceiver.run() should verify acks.
> Any thoughts?



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