[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-12431) Use of getColumnLatestCell(byte[], int, int, byte[], int, int) is Not Thread Safe

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stack commented on HBASE-12431:
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Thanks [~jon_apache]. The static is some sort of cache or something? We should just purge. It has no explanation for why it even exists.

> Use of getColumnLatestCell(byte[], int, int, byte[], int, int) is Not Thread Safe
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-12431
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12431
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Client
>    Affects Versions: 0.98.1
>            Reporter: Jonathan Jarvis
>
> Result declares that it is NOT THREAD SAFE at the top of the source code, but one would assume that refers to many different threads accessing the same Result object. I've run into an issue when I have several different threads accessing their own Result object that runs into an issue because of use of common static member variable.
> I noticed the problem when I switched from:
> getColumnLatestCell(byte[], byte[]) to
> getColumnLatestCell(byte[], int, int, byte[], int, int)
> These methods call different binarySearch methods, the latter invoking:
> protected int  binarySearch(final Cell [] kvs,
> 309      final byte [] family, final int foffset, final int flength,
> 310      final byte [] qualifier, final int qoffset, final int qlength) {
> This method utilizes a private static member variable called "buffer"
> If more than one thread is utilizing "buffer" you'll see unpredictable behavior unless you synchronize(Result.class) {}.
> If buffer is to remain a static variable, I would recommend changing it to a ThreadLocal<byte[]> instead.



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