[jira] [Resolved] (HBASE-7774) RegionObserver.prePut() cannot rely on the Put's timestamps, can even cause data loss

["Jean-Daniel Cryans (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jean-Daniel Cryans resolved HBASE-7774.
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    Resolution: Duplicate

Yes I think we can resolve that as a duplicate, thanks for chiming in guys!
                
> RegionObserver.prePut() cannot rely on the Put's timestamps, can even cause data loss
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-7774
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-7774
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 0.92.2, 0.96.0, 0.94.4
>            Reporter: Jean-Daniel Cryans
>            Priority: Critical
>
> We had a user that had code that looked like this in a coprocessor's prePut():
> {code}
> if (put.has(expectedKv))
>   put.add(kvSayingIFoundIt);
> else
>   put.add(kvSayingNotFound);
> {code}
> If you have MSLAB turned *off*, and you have the {{expectedKv}} in your {{Put}}, doing a {{Get}} following your insert will only return {{kvSayingIFoundIt}} and not the KV you were actually inserting.
> More so, if you only do {{put.has(expectedKv)}}, you will not get anything back. Your data seems to be gone.
> The reason is that in {{prePut()}} the timestamp hasn't been set yet, so calling {{kv.getTimestamp()}} during the comparisons in {{put.has()}} will populate {{kv.timestampCache}} with {{Long.MAX_VALUE}}. Then it will stay in the {{MemStore}} with that big timestamp and be filtered out because {{TimeRange}} will compare {{Long.MAX_VALUE}} >= {{Long.MAX_VALUE}} and return {{SKIP}}.
> And the reason it works correctly with MSLAB *on* is that the KV is cloned in {{maybeCloneWithAllocator()}} and the cache is reset.
> Now, I think this has bigger implications. Basically, you can't rely on the timestamp at all in {{prePut()}}. I'm sure this can screw someone else in a creative way later.

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