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[08/50] [abbrv] hbase git commit: HBASE-15477 Purge 'next block header' from cached blocks

HBASE-15477 Purge 'next block header' from cached blocks

When we read from HDFS, we overread to pick up the next blocks header.
Doing this saves a seek as we move through the hfile; we save having to
do an explicit seek just to read the block header every time we need to
read the body.  We used to read in the next header as part of the
current blocks buffer. This buffer was then what got persisted to
blockcache; so we were over-persisting: our block plus the next blocks'
header (33 bytes).

This patch undoes this over-persisting.

Removes support for version 1 blocks (0.2 was added in hbase-0.92.0).
Not needed any more.

There is an open question on whether checksums should be persisted
when caching. The code seems to say no but if cache is SSD backed or
backed by anything that does not do error correction, we'll want
checksums.

Adds loads of documentation.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java
  (write) Add writing from a ByteBuff.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java
  (toString) Add one so ByteBuff looks like ByteBuffer when you click on
  it in IDE

M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
  Remove support for version 1 blocks.

  Cleaned up handling of metadata added when we serialize a block to
  caches. Metadata is smaller now.

  When we serialize (used when caching), do not persist the next blocks
  header if present.

  Removed a bunch of methods, a few of which had overlapping
  functionality and others that exposed too much of our internals.
  Also removed a bunch of constructors and unified the constructors we
  had left over making them share a common init method.
  Shutdown access to defines that should only be used internally here.

  Renamed all to do w/ 'EXTRA' and 'extraSerialization' to instead talk
  about metadata saved to caches; was unclear previously what EXTRA was
  about.

  Renamed static final declarations as all uppercase.

  (readBlockDataInternal): Redid. Couldn't make sense of it previously.
  Undid heavy-duty parse of header by constructing HFileBlock. Other
  cleanups. Its 1/3rd the length it used to be. More to do in here.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/commit/000117ad
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/tree/000117ad
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/diff/000117ad

Branch: refs/heads/hbase-12439
Commit: 000117ad9fd7eb59074c9bb0da2cf1f9544d4bed
Parents: ef94b55
Author: stack <st...@apache.org>
Authored: Thu Mar 17 11:18:06 2016 -0700
Committer: stack <st...@apache.org>
Committed: Tue Mar 22 13:42:38 2016 -0700

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 .../apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java |   4 +
 .../hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java     |  20 +
 .../org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java   |   6 +
 .../hbase/io/hfile/MemcachedBlockCache.java     |   2 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/ChecksumUtil.java     |   5 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java       | 997 +++++++++----------
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlockIndex.java  |   2 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java  |  26 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileScanner.java     |  12 +
 .../hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java      |  15 +-
 .../hbase/regionserver/KeyValueScanner.java     |  12 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFile.java    |   4 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/CacheTestUtils.java   |  23 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java |  10 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestChecksum.java     |  27 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileBlock.java   |  27 +-
 .../io/hfile/TestHFileBlockCompatibility.java   | 750 --------------
 .../hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileBlockIndex.java     |   3 +-
 .../io/hfile/TestHFileDataBlockEncoder.java     |  10 +-
 .../hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileEncryption.java     |   2 +-
 .../hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileWriterV3.java       |   7 +-
 .../hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java     |   9 +-
 .../regionserver/TestCacheOnWriteInSchema.java  |   8 +-
 23 files changed, 607 insertions(+), 1374 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java
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diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java
index 4228f57..32eb0b2 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockType.java
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ public enum BlockType {
     out.write(magic);
   }
 
+  public void write(ByteBuffer buf) {
+    buf.put(magic);
+  }
+
   public void write(ByteBuff buf) {
     buf.put(magic);
   }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
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diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
index 6d3bb13..a6645a6 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
@@ -55,6 +55,26 @@ public class HFileContextBuilder {
 
   private String hfileName = null;
 
+  public HFileContextBuilder() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Use this constructor if you want to change a few settings only in another context.
+   */
+  public HFileContextBuilder(final HFileContext hfc) {
+    this.usesHBaseChecksum = hfc.isUseHBaseChecksum();
+    this.includesMvcc = hfc.isIncludesMvcc();
+    this.includesTags = hfc.isIncludesTags();
+    this.compression = hfc.getCompression();
+    this.compressTags = hfc.isCompressTags();
+    this.checksumType = hfc.getChecksumType();
+    this.bytesPerChecksum = hfc.getBytesPerChecksum();
+    this.blocksize = hfc.getBlocksize();
+    this.encoding = hfc.getDataBlockEncoding();
+    this.cryptoContext = hfc.getEncryptionContext();
+    this.fileCreateTime = hfc.getFileCreateTime();
+    this.hfileName = hfc.getHFileName();
+  }
+
   public HFileContextBuilder withHBaseCheckSum(boolean useHBaseCheckSum) {
     this.usesHBaseChecksum = useHBaseCheckSum;
     return this;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java
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diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java
index 1e0e957..183a031 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/ByteBuff.java
@@ -496,6 +496,12 @@ public abstract class ByteBuff {
     return -(low + 1); // key not found.
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return this.getClass().getSimpleName() + "[pos=" + position() + ", lim=" + limit() +
+        ", cap= " + capacity() + "]";
+  }
+
   public static String toStringBinary(final ByteBuff b, int off, int len) {
     StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
     // Just in case we are passed a 'len' that is > buffer length...

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-external-blockcache/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/MemcachedBlockCache.java
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diff --git a/hbase-external-blockcache/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/MemcachedBlockCache.java b/hbase-external-blockcache/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/MemcachedBlockCache.java
index 536872e..ae871c4 100644
--- a/hbase-external-blockcache/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/MemcachedBlockCache.java
+++ b/hbase-external-blockcache/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/MemcachedBlockCache.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class MemcachedBlockCache implements BlockCache {
     public HFileBlock decode(CachedData d) {
       try {
         ByteBuff buf = new SingleByteBuff(ByteBuffer.wrap(d.getData()));
-        return (HFileBlock) HFileBlock.blockDeserializer.deserialize(buf, true,
+        return (HFileBlock) HFileBlock.BLOCK_DESERIALIZER.deserialize(buf, true,
           MemoryType.EXCLUSIVE);
       } catch (IOException e) {
         LOG.warn("Error deserializing data from memcached",e);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/ChecksumUtil.java
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diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/ChecksumUtil.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/ChecksumUtil.java
index 69f4330..b0b1714 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/ChecksumUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/ChecksumUtil.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class ChecksumUtil {
 
     // If this is an older version of the block that does not have
     // checksums, then return false indicating that checksum verification
-    // did not succeed. Actually, this methiod should never be called
+    // did not succeed. Actually, this method should never be called
     // when the minorVersion is 0, thus this is a defensive check for a
     // cannot-happen case. Since this is a cannot-happen case, it is
     // better to return false to indicate a checksum validation failure.
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ public class ChecksumUtil {
    * @return The number of bytes needed to store the checksum values
    */
   static long numBytes(long datasize, int bytesPerChecksum) {
-    return numChunks(datasize, bytesPerChecksum) *
-                     HFileBlock.CHECKSUM_SIZE;
+    return numChunks(datasize, bytesPerChecksum) * HFileBlock.CHECKSUM_SIZE;
   }
 
   /**

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
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diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
index 6268f2e..f3402da 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
@@ -56,50 +56,131 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 /**
- * Reads {@link HFile} version 1 and version 2 blocks but writes version 2 blocks only.
- * Version 2 was introduced in hbase-0.92.0. Does read and write out to the filesystem but also
- * the read and write to Cache.
+ * Reads {@link HFile} version 2 blocks to HFiles and via {@link Cacheable} Interface to caches.
+ * Version 2 was introduced in hbase-0.92.0. No longer has support for version 1 blocks since
+ * hbase-1.3.0.
+ *
+ * <p>Version 1 was the original file block. Version 2 was introduced when we changed the hbase file
+ * format to support multi-level block indexes and compound bloom filters (HBASE-3857).
  *
- * <h3>HFileBlock: Version 1</h3>
- * As of this writing, there should be no more version 1 blocks found out in the wild. Version 2
- * as introduced in hbase-0.92.0.
- * In version 1 all blocks are always compressed or uncompressed, as
- * specified by the {@link HFile}'s compression algorithm, with a type-specific
- * magic record stored in the beginning of the compressed data (i.e. one needs
- * to uncompress the compressed block to determine the block type). There is
- * only a single compression algorithm setting for all blocks. Offset and size
- * information from the block index are required to read a block.
  * <h3>HFileBlock: Version 2</h3>
  * In version 2, a block is structured as follows:
  * <ul>
- * <li><b>Header:</b> See Writer#putHeader(); header total size is HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE)
+ * <li><b>Header:</b> See Writer#putHeader() for where header is written; header total size is
+ * HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE
  * <ul>
- * <li>Magic record identifying the {@link BlockType} (8 bytes): e.g. <code>DATABLK*</code>
- * <li>Compressed -- a.k.a 'on disk' -- block size, excluding header, but including
- *     tailing checksum bytes (4 bytes)
- * <li>Uncompressed block size, excluding header, and excluding checksum bytes (4 bytes)
- * <li>The offset of the previous block of the same type (8 bytes). This is
+ * <li>0. blockType: Magic record identifying the {@link BlockType} (8 bytes):
+ * e.g. <code>DATABLK*</code>
+ * <li>1. onDiskSizeWithoutHeader: Compressed -- a.k.a 'on disk' -- block size, excluding header,
+ * but including tailing checksum bytes (4 bytes)
+ * <li>2. uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader: Uncompressed block size, excluding header, and excluding
+ * checksum bytes (4 bytes)
+ * <li>3. prevBlockOffset: The offset of the previous block of the same type (8 bytes). This is
  * used to navigate to the previous block without having to go to the block index
- * <li>For minorVersions &gt;=1, the ordinal describing checksum type (1 byte)
- * <li>For minorVersions &gt;=1, the number of data bytes/checksum chunk (4 bytes)
- * <li>For minorVersions &gt;=1, the size of data 'on disk', including header,
- * excluding checksums (4 bytes)
+ * <li>4: For minorVersions &gt;=1, the ordinal describing checksum type (1 byte)
+ * <li>5: For minorVersions &gt;=1, the number of data bytes/checksum chunk (4 bytes)
+ * <li>6: onDiskDataSizeWithHeader: For minorVersions &gt;=1, the size of data 'on disk', including
+ * header, excluding checksums (4 bytes)
  * </ul>
  * </li>
- * <li><b>Raw/Compressed/Encrypted/Encoded data:</b> The compression algorithm is the
- * same for all the blocks in the {@link HFile}, similarly to what was done in
- * version 1. If compression is NONE, this is just raw, serialized Cells.
+ * <li><b>Raw/Compressed/Encrypted/Encoded data:</b> The compression
+ * algorithm is the same for all the blocks in an {@link HFile}. If compression is NONE, this is
+ * just raw, serialized Cells.
  * <li><b>Tail:</b> For minorVersions &gt;=1, a series of 4 byte checksums, one each for
  * the number of bytes specified by bytesPerChecksum.
  * </ul>
- * <p>Be aware that when we read from HDFS, we overread pulling in the next blocks' header too.
- * We do this to save having to do two seeks to read an HFileBlock; a seek to read the header
- * to figure lengths, etc., and then another seek to pull in the data.
+ *
+ * <h3>Caching</h3>
+ * Caches cache whole blocks with trailing checksums if any. We then tag on some metadata, the
+ * content of BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE which will be flag on if we are doing 'hbase'
+ * checksums and then the offset into the file which is needed when we re-make a cache key
+ * when we return the block to the cache as 'done'. See {@link Cacheable#serialize(ByteBuffer)} and
+ * {@link Cacheable#getDeserializer()}.
+ *
+ * <p>TODO: Should we cache the checksums? Down in Writer#getBlockForCaching(CacheConfig) where
+ * we make a block to cache-on-write, there is an attempt at turning off checksums. This is not the
+ * only place we get blocks to cache. We also will cache the raw return from an hdfs read. In this
+ * case, the checksums may be present. If the cache is backed by something that doesn't do ECC,
+ * say an SSD, we might want to preserve checksums. For now this is open question.
+ * <p>TODO: Over in BucketCache, we save a block allocation by doing a custom serialization.
+ * Be sure to change it if serialization changes in here. Could we add a method here that takes an
+ * IOEngine and that then serializes to it rather than expose our internals over in BucketCache?
+ * IOEngine is in the bucket subpackage. Pull it up? Then this class knows about bucketcache. Ugh.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HFileBlock.class);
 
+  /** Type of block. Header field 0. */
+  private BlockType blockType;
+
+  /**
+   * Size on disk excluding header, including checksum. Header field 1.
+   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
+   */
+  private int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
+
+  /**
+   * Size of pure data. Does not include header or checksums. Header field 2.
+   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
+   */
+  private int uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
+
+  /**
+   * The offset of the previous block on disk. Header field 3.
+   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
+   */
+  private long prevBlockOffset;
+
+  /**
+   * Size on disk of header + data. Excludes checksum. Header field 6,
+   * OR calculated from {@link #onDiskSizeWithoutHeader} when using HDFS checksum.
+   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
+   */
+  private int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
+
+
+  /**
+   * The in-memory representation of the hfile block. Can be on or offheap. Can be backed by
+   * a single ByteBuffer or by many. Make no assumptions.
+   *
+   * <p>Be careful reading from this <code>buf</code>. Duplicate and work on the duplicate or if
+   * not, be sure to reset position and limit else trouble down the road.
+   *
+   * <p>TODO: Make this read-only once made.
+   *
+   * <p>We are using the ByteBuff type. ByteBuffer is not extensible yet we need to be able to have
+   * a ByteBuffer-like API across multiple ByteBuffers reading from a cache such as BucketCache.
+   * So, we have this ByteBuff type. Unfortunately, it is spread all about HFileBlock. Would be
+   * good if could be confined to cache-use only but hard-to-do.
+   */
+  private ByteBuff buf;
+
+  /** Meta data that holds meta information on the hfileblock.
+   */
+  private HFileContext fileContext;
+
+  /**
+   * The offset of this block in the file. Populated by the reader for
+   * convenience of access. This offset is not part of the block header.
+   */
+  private long offset = UNSET;
+
+  private MemoryType memType = MemoryType.EXCLUSIVE;
+
+  /**
+   * The on-disk size of the next block, including the header and checksums if present, obtained by
+   * peeking into the first {@link HConstants#HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE} bytes of the next block's
+   * header, or UNSET if unknown.
+   *
+   * Blocks try to carry the size of the next block to read in this data member. They will even have
+   * this value when served from cache. Could save a seek in the case where we are iterating through
+   * a file and some of the blocks come from cache. If from cache, then having this info to hand
+   * will save us doing a seek to read the header so we can read the body of a block.
+   * TODO: see how effective this is at saving seeks.
+   */
+  private int nextBlockOnDiskSize = UNSET;
+
   /**
    * On a checksum failure, do these many succeeding read requests using hdfs checksums before
    * auto-reenabling hbase checksum verification.
@@ -115,14 +196,18 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
       (int)ClassSize.estimateBase(MultiByteBuff.class, false);
 
   /**
-   * See #blockDeserializer method for more info.
-   * 13 bytes of extra stuff stuck on the end of the HFileBlock that we pull in from HDFS (note,
+   * Space for metadata on a block that gets stored along with the block when we cache it.
+   * There are a few bytes stuck on the end of the HFileBlock that we pull in from HDFS (note,
    * when we read from HDFS, we pull in an HFileBlock AND the header of the next block if one).
-   * The 13 bytes are: usesHBaseChecksum (1 byte) + offset of this block (long) +
-   * nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader (int).
+   * 8 bytes are offset of this block (long) in the file. Offset is important because
+   * used when we remake the CacheKey when we return the block to cache when done. There is also
+   * a flag on whether checksumming is being done by hbase or not. See class comment for note on
+   * uncertain state of checksumming of blocks that come out of cache (should we or should we not?).
+   * Finally there 4 bytes to hold the length of the next block which can save a seek on occasion.
+   * <p>This EXTRA came in with original commit of the bucketcache, HBASE-7404. Was formerly
+   * known as EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE.
    */
-  public static final int EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE =
-      Bytes.SIZEOF_BYTE + Bytes.SIZEOF_INT + Bytes.SIZEOF_LONG;
+  static final int BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE = Bytes.SIZEOF_BYTE + Bytes.SIZEOF_LONG + Bytes.SIZEOF_INT;
 
   /**
    * Each checksum value is an integer that can be stored in 4 bytes.
@@ -135,57 +220,47 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   /**
    * Used deserializing blocks from Cache.
    *
-   * Serializing to cache is a little hard to follow. See Writer#finishBlock for where it is done.
-   * When we start to append to a new HFileBlock,
-   * we skip over where the header should go before we start adding Cells. When the block is
-   * done, we'll then go back and fill in the header and the checksum tail. Be aware that what
-   * gets serialized into the blockcache is a byte array that contains an HFileBlock followed by
-   * its checksums and then the header of the next HFileBlock (needed to help navigate), followed
-   * again by an extra 13 bytes of meta info needed when time to recreate the HFileBlock from cache.
-   *
+   * <code>
    * ++++++++++++++
    * + HFileBlock +
    * ++++++++++++++
-   * + Checksums  +
-   * ++++++++++++++
-   * + NextHeader +
+   * + Checksums  + <= Optional
    * ++++++++++++++
-   * + ExtraMeta! +
+   * + Metadata!  +
    * ++++++++++++++
-   *
-   * TODO: Fix it so we do NOT put the NextHeader into blockcache. It is not necessary.
+   * </code>
+   * @see #serialize(ByteBuffer)
    */
-  static final CacheableDeserializer<Cacheable> blockDeserializer =
+  static final CacheableDeserializer<Cacheable> BLOCK_DESERIALIZER =
       new CacheableDeserializer<Cacheable>() {
         public HFileBlock deserialize(ByteBuff buf, boolean reuse, MemoryType memType)
         throws IOException {
-          // Rewind to just before the EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE.
-          buf.limit(buf.limit() - HFileBlock.EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE).rewind();
-          // Get a new buffer to pass the deserialized HFileBlock for it to 'own'.
-          ByteBuff newByteBuffer;
+          // The buf has the file block followed by block metadata.
+          // Set limit to just before the BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE then rewind.
+          buf.limit(buf.limit() - BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE).rewind();
+          // Get a new buffer to pass the HFileBlock for it to 'own'.
+          ByteBuff newByteBuff;
           if (reuse) {
-            newByteBuffer = buf.slice();
+            newByteBuff = buf.slice();
           } else {
             int len = buf.limit();
-            newByteBuffer = new SingleByteBuff(ByteBuffer.allocate(len));
-            newByteBuffer.put(0, buf, buf.position(), len);
+            newByteBuff = new SingleByteBuff(ByteBuffer.allocate(len));
+            newByteBuff.put(0, buf, buf.position(), len);
           }
-          // Read out the EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE content and shove into our HFileBlock.
+          // Read out the BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE content and shove into our HFileBlock.
           buf.position(buf.limit());
-          buf.limit(buf.limit() + HFileBlock.EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE);
+          buf.limit(buf.limit() + HFileBlock.BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE);
           boolean usesChecksum = buf.get() == (byte)1;
-          HFileBlock hFileBlock = new HFileBlock(newByteBuffer, usesChecksum, memType);
-          hFileBlock.offset = buf.getLong();
-          hFileBlock.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader = buf.getInt();
-          if (hFileBlock.hasNextBlockHeader()) {
-            hFileBlock.buf.limit(hFileBlock.buf.limit() - hFileBlock.headerSize());
-          }
+          long offset = buf.getLong();
+          int nextBlockOnDiskSize = buf.getInt();
+          HFileBlock hFileBlock =
+              new HFileBlock(newByteBuff, usesChecksum, memType, offset, nextBlockOnDiskSize, null);
           return hFileBlock;
         }
 
         @Override
         public int getDeserialiserIdentifier() {
-          return deserializerIdentifier;
+          return DESERIALIZER_IDENTIFIER;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -195,65 +270,36 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
         }
       };
 
-  private static final int deserializerIdentifier;
+  private static final int DESERIALIZER_IDENTIFIER;
   static {
-    deserializerIdentifier = CacheableDeserializerIdManager
-        .registerDeserializer(blockDeserializer);
+    DESERIALIZER_IDENTIFIER =
+        CacheableDeserializerIdManager.registerDeserializer(BLOCK_DESERIALIZER);
   }
 
-  /** Type of block. Header field 0. */
-  private BlockType blockType;
-
-  /**
-   * Size on disk excluding header, including checksum. Header field 1.
-   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
-   */
-  private int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
-
-  /**
-   * Size of pure data. Does not include header or checksums. Header field 2.
-   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
-   */
-  private final int uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
-
-  /**
-   * The offset of the previous block on disk. Header field 3.
-   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
-   */
-  private final long prevBlockOffset;
-
-  /**
-   * Size on disk of header + data. Excludes checksum. Header field 6,
-   * OR calculated from {@link #onDiskSizeWithoutHeader} when using HDFS checksum.
-   * @see Writer#putHeader(byte[], int, int, int, int)
-   */
-  private final int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
-
-  /** The in-memory representation of the hfile block */
-  private ByteBuff buf;
-
-  /** Meta data that holds meta information on the hfileblock */
-  private HFileContext fileContext;
-
   /**
-   * The offset of this block in the file. Populated by the reader for
-   * convenience of access. This offset is not part of the block header.
-   */
-  private long offset = UNSET;
-
-  /**
-   * The on-disk size of the next block, including the header, obtained by
-   * peeking into the first {@link HConstants#HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE} bytes of the next block's
-   * header, or -1 if unknown.
+   * Copy constructor. Creates a shallow copy of {@code that}'s buffer.
    */
-  private int nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader = UNSET;
-
-  private MemoryType memType = MemoryType.EXCLUSIVE;
+  private HFileBlock(HFileBlock that) {
+    this.blockType = that.blockType;
+    this.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = that.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
+    this.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader = that.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
+    this.prevBlockOffset = that.prevBlockOffset;
+    this.buf = that.buf.duplicate();
+    this.offset = that.offset;
+    this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = that.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
+    this.fileContext = that.fileContext;
+    this.nextBlockOnDiskSize = that.nextBlockOnDiskSize;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Creates a new {@link HFile} block from the given fields. This constructor
    * is used when the block data has already been read and uncompressed,
-   * and is sitting in a byte buffer.
+   * and is sitting in a byte buffer and we want to stuff the block into cache.
+   * See {@link Writer#getBlockForCaching(CacheConfig)}.
+   *
+   * <p>TODO: The caller presumes no checksumming
+   * required of this block instance since going into cache; checksum already verified on
+   * underlying block data pulled in from filesystem. Is that correct? What if cache is SSD?
    *
    * @param blockType the type of this block, see {@link BlockType}
    * @param onDiskSizeWithoutHeader see {@link #onDiskSizeWithoutHeader}
@@ -267,86 +313,94 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
    * @param fileContext HFile meta data
    */
   HFileBlock(BlockType blockType, int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader, int uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader,
-      long prevBlockOffset, ByteBuff buf, boolean fillHeader, long offset,
-      int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, HFileContext fileContext) {
-    this.blockType = blockType;
-    this.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
-    this.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader = uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
-    this.prevBlockOffset = prevBlockOffset;
-    this.buf = buf;
-    this.offset = offset;
-    this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
-    this.fileContext = fileContext;
+      long prevBlockOffset, ByteBuffer b, boolean fillHeader, long offset,
+      final int nextBlockOnDiskSize, int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, HFileContext fileContext) {
+    init(blockType, onDiskSizeWithoutHeader, uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader,
+        prevBlockOffset, offset, onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, nextBlockOnDiskSize, fileContext);
+    this.buf = new SingleByteBuff(b);
     if (fillHeader) {
       overwriteHeader();
     }
     this.buf.rewind();
   }
 
-  HFileBlock(BlockType blockType, int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader, int uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader,
-      long prevBlockOffset, ByteBuffer buf, boolean fillHeader, long offset,
-      int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, HFileContext fileContext) {
-    this(blockType, onDiskSizeWithoutHeader, uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader, prevBlockOffset,
-        new SingleByteBuff(buf), fillHeader, offset, onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, fileContext);
-  }
-
   /**
-   * Copy constructor. Creates a shallow copy of {@code that}'s buffer.
+   * Creates a block from an existing buffer starting with a header. Rewinds
+   * and takes ownership of the buffer. By definition of rewind, ignores the
+   * buffer position, but if you slice the buffer beforehand, it will rewind
+   * to that point.
+   * @param buf Has header, content, and trailing checksums if present.
    */
-  HFileBlock(HFileBlock that) {
-    this.blockType = that.blockType;
-    this.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = that.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
-    this.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader = that.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
-    this.prevBlockOffset = that.prevBlockOffset;
-    this.buf = that.buf.duplicate();
-    this.offset = that.offset;
-    this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = that.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
-    this.fileContext = that.fileContext;
-    this.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader = that.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader;
+  HFileBlock(ByteBuff buf, boolean usesHBaseChecksum, MemoryType memType, final long offset,
+      final int nextBlockOnDiskSize, HFileContext fileContext) throws IOException {
+    buf.rewind();
+    final BlockType blockType = BlockType.read(buf);
+    final int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = buf.getInt();
+    final int uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader = buf.getInt();
+    final long prevBlockOffset = buf.getLong();
+    byte checksumType = buf.get();
+    int bytesPerChecksum = buf.getInt();
+    int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = buf.getInt();
+    // This constructor is called when we deserialize a block from cache and when we read a block in
+    // from the fs. fileCache is null when deserialized from cache so need to make up one.
+    HFileContextBuilder fileContextBuilder = fileContext != null?
+        new HFileContextBuilder(fileContext): new HFileContextBuilder();
+    fileContextBuilder.withHBaseCheckSum(usesHBaseChecksum);
+    if (usesHBaseChecksum) {
+      // Use the checksum type and bytes per checksum from header, not from filecontext.
+      fileContextBuilder.withChecksumType(ChecksumType.codeToType(checksumType));
+      fileContextBuilder.withBytesPerCheckSum(bytesPerChecksum);
+    } else {
+      fileContextBuilder.withChecksumType(ChecksumType.NULL);
+      fileContextBuilder.withBytesPerCheckSum(0);
+      // Need to fix onDiskDataSizeWithHeader; there are not checksums after-block-data
+      onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = onDiskSizeWithoutHeader + headerSize(usesHBaseChecksum);
+    }
+    fileContext = fileContextBuilder.build();
+    assert usesHBaseChecksum == fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum();
+    init(blockType, onDiskSizeWithoutHeader, uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader,
+        prevBlockOffset, offset, onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, nextBlockOnDiskSize, fileContext);
+    this.memType = memType;
+    this.offset = offset;
+    this.buf = buf;
+    this.buf.rewind();
   }
 
-  HFileBlock(ByteBuffer b, boolean usesHBaseChecksum) throws IOException {
-    this(new SingleByteBuff(b), usesHBaseChecksum);
+  /**
+   * Called from constructors.
+   */
+  private void init(BlockType blockType, int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader,
+      int uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader, long prevBlockOffset,
+      long offset, int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, final int nextBlockOnDiskSize,
+      HFileContext fileContext) {
+    this.blockType = blockType;
+    this.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
+    this.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader = uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
+    this.prevBlockOffset = prevBlockOffset;
+    this.offset = offset;
+    this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
+    this.nextBlockOnDiskSize = nextBlockOnDiskSize;
+    this.fileContext = fileContext;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Creates a block from an existing buffer starting with a header. Rewinds
-   * and takes ownership of the buffer. By definition of rewind, ignores the
-   * buffer position, but if you slice the buffer beforehand, it will rewind
-   * to that point.
+   * Parse total ondisk size including header and checksum. Its second field in header after
+   * the magic bytes.
+   * @param headerBuf Header ByteBuffer. Presumed exact size of header.
+   * @return Size of the block with header included.
    */
-  HFileBlock(ByteBuff b, boolean usesHBaseChecksum) throws IOException {
-    this(b, usesHBaseChecksum, MemoryType.EXCLUSIVE);
+  private static int getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(final ByteBuffer headerBuf) {
+    // Set hbase checksum to true always calling headerSize.
+    return headerBuf.getInt(BlockType.MAGIC_LENGTH) + headerSize(true);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Creates a block from an existing buffer starting with a header. Rewinds
-   * and takes ownership of the buffer. By definition of rewind, ignores the
-   * buffer position, but if you slice the buffer beforehand, it will rewind
-   * to that point.
+   * @return the on-disk size of the next block (including the header size and any checksums if
+   * present) read by peeking into the next block's header; use as a hint when doing
+   * a read of the next block when scanning or running over a file.
    */
-  HFileBlock(ByteBuff b, boolean usesHBaseChecksum, MemoryType memType) throws IOException {
-    b.rewind();
-    blockType = BlockType.read(b);
-    onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = b.getInt();
-    uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader = b.getInt();
-    prevBlockOffset = b.getLong();
-    HFileContextBuilder contextBuilder = new HFileContextBuilder();
-    contextBuilder.withHBaseCheckSum(usesHBaseChecksum);
-    if (usesHBaseChecksum) {
-      contextBuilder.withChecksumType(ChecksumType.codeToType(b.get()));
-      contextBuilder.withBytesPerCheckSum(b.getInt());
-      this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader = b.getInt();
-    } else {
-      contextBuilder.withChecksumType(ChecksumType.NULL);
-      contextBuilder.withBytesPerCheckSum(0);
-      this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader =
-          onDiskSizeWithoutHeader + HConstants.HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE_NO_CHECKSUM;
-    }
-    this.fileContext = contextBuilder.build();
-    this.memType = memType;
-    buf = b;
-    buf.rewind();
+  public int getNextBlockOnDiskSize() {
+    return nextBlockOnDiskSize;
   }
 
   public BlockType getBlockType() {
@@ -414,49 +468,26 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
    * @return the buffer with header skipped and checksum omitted.
    */
   public ByteBuff getBufferWithoutHeader() {
-    ByteBuff dup = this.buf.duplicate();
-    dup.position(headerSize());
-    dup.limit(buf.limit() - totalChecksumBytes());
-    return dup.slice();
+    ByteBuff dup = getBufferReadOnly();
+    // Now set it up so Buffer spans content only -- no header or no checksums.
+    return dup.position(headerSize()).limit(buf.limit() - totalChecksumBytes()).slice();
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the buffer this block stores internally. The clients must not
-   * modify the buffer object. This method has to be public because it is used
+   * Returns a read-only duplicate of the buffer this block stores internally ready to be read.
+   * Clients must not modify the buffer object though they may set position and limit on the
+   * returned buffer since we pass back a duplicate. This method has to be public because it is used
    * in {@link CompoundBloomFilter} to avoid object creation on every Bloom
-   * filter lookup, but has to be used with caution. Checksum data is not
-   * included in the returned buffer but header data is.
+   * filter lookup, but has to be used with caution. Buffer holds header, block content,
+   * and any follow-on checksums if present.
    *
    * @return the buffer of this block for read-only operations
    */
-  ByteBuff getBufferReadOnly() {
-    ByteBuff dup = this.buf.duplicate();
-    dup.limit(buf.limit() - totalChecksumBytes());
-    return dup.slice();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the buffer of this block, including header data. The clients must
-   * not modify the buffer object. This method has to be public because it is
-   * used in {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.bucket.BucketCache} to avoid buffer copy.
-   *
-   * @return the buffer with header and checksum included for read-only operations
-   */
-  public ByteBuff getBufferReadOnlyWithHeader() {
+  public ByteBuff getBufferReadOnly() {
+    // TODO: ByteBuf does not support asReadOnlyBuffer(). Fix.
     ByteBuff dup = this.buf.duplicate();
-    return dup.slice();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a byte buffer of this block, including header data and checksum, positioned at
-   * the beginning of header. The underlying data array is not copied.
-   *
-   * @return the byte buffer with header and checksum included
-   */
-  ByteBuff getBufferWithHeader() {
-    ByteBuff dupBuf = buf.duplicate();
-    dupBuf.rewind();
-    return dupBuf;
+    assert dup.position() == 0;
+    return dup;
   }
 
   private void sanityCheckAssertion(long valueFromBuf, long valueFromField,
@@ -481,39 +512,38 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
    * valid header consistent with the fields. Assumes a packed block structure.
    * This function is primary for testing and debugging, and is not
    * thread-safe, because it alters the internal buffer pointer.
+   * Used by tests only.
    */
+  @VisibleForTesting
   void sanityCheck() throws IOException {
-    buf.rewind();
-
-    sanityCheckAssertion(BlockType.read(buf), blockType);
+    // Duplicate so no side-effects
+    ByteBuff dup = this.buf.duplicate().rewind();
+    sanityCheckAssertion(BlockType.read(dup), blockType);
 
-    sanityCheckAssertion(buf.getInt(), onDiskSizeWithoutHeader,
-        "onDiskSizeWithoutHeader");
+    sanityCheckAssertion(dup.getInt(), onDiskSizeWithoutHeader, "onDiskSizeWithoutHeader");
 
-    sanityCheckAssertion(buf.getInt(), uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader,
+    sanityCheckAssertion(dup.getInt(), uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader,
         "uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader");
 
-    sanityCheckAssertion(buf.getLong(), prevBlockOffset, "prevBlocKOffset");
+    sanityCheckAssertion(dup.getLong(), prevBlockOffset, "prevBlockOffset");
     if (this.fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum()) {
-      sanityCheckAssertion(buf.get(), this.fileContext.getChecksumType().getCode(), "checksumType");
-      sanityCheckAssertion(buf.getInt(), this.fileContext.getBytesPerChecksum(),
+      sanityCheckAssertion(dup.get(), this.fileContext.getChecksumType().getCode(), "checksumType");
+      sanityCheckAssertion(dup.getInt(), this.fileContext.getBytesPerChecksum(),
           "bytesPerChecksum");
-      sanityCheckAssertion(buf.getInt(), onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, "onDiskDataSizeWithHeader");
+      sanityCheckAssertion(dup.getInt(), onDiskDataSizeWithHeader, "onDiskDataSizeWithHeader");
     }
 
     int cksumBytes = totalChecksumBytes();
     int expectedBufLimit = onDiskDataSizeWithHeader + cksumBytes;
-    if (buf.limit() != expectedBufLimit) {
-      throw new AssertionError("Expected buffer limit " + expectedBufLimit
-          + ", got " + buf.limit());
+    if (dup.limit() != expectedBufLimit) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected limit " + expectedBufLimit + ", got " + dup.limit());
     }
 
     // We might optionally allocate HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE more bytes to read the next
     // block's header, so there are two sensible values for buffer capacity.
     int hdrSize = headerSize();
-    if (buf.capacity() != expectedBufLimit &&
-        buf.capacity() != expectedBufLimit + hdrSize) {
-      throw new AssertionError("Invalid buffer capacity: " + buf.capacity() +
+    if (dup.capacity() != expectedBufLimit && dup.capacity() != expectedBufLimit + hdrSize) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Invalid buffer capacity: " + dup.capacity() +
           ", expected " + expectedBufLimit + " or " + (expectedBufLimit + hdrSize));
     }
   }
@@ -560,30 +590,6 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Called after reading a block with provided onDiskSizeWithHeader.
-   */
-  private void validateOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader(int expectedOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader)
-  throws IOException {
-    if (onDiskSizeWithoutHeader != expectedOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader) {
-      String dataBegin = null;
-      if (buf.hasArray()) {
-        dataBegin = Bytes.toStringBinary(buf.array(), buf.arrayOffset(), Math.min(32, buf.limit()));
-      } else {
-        ByteBuff bufDup = getBufferReadOnly();
-        byte[] dataBeginBytes = new byte[Math.min(32, bufDup.limit() - bufDup.position())];
-        bufDup.get(dataBeginBytes);
-        dataBegin = Bytes.toStringBinary(dataBeginBytes);
-      }
-      String blockInfoMsg =
-        "Block offset: " + offset + ", data starts with: " + dataBegin;
-      throw new IOException("On-disk size without header provided is "
-          + expectedOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader + ", but block "
-          + "header contains " + onDiskSizeWithoutHeader + ". " +
-          blockInfoMsg);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Retrieves the decompressed/decrypted view of this block. An encoded block remains in its
    * encoded structure. Internal structures are shared between instances where applicable.
    */
@@ -607,33 +613,10 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     ctx.prepareDecoding(unpacked.getOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader(),
       unpacked.getUncompressedSizeWithoutHeader(), unpacked.getBufferWithoutHeader(),
       dup);
-
-    // Preserve the next block's header bytes in the new block if we have them.
-    if (unpacked.hasNextBlockHeader()) {
-      // Both the buffers are limited till checksum bytes and avoid the next block's header.
-      // Below call to copyFromBufferToBuffer() will try positional read/write from/to buffers when
-      // any of the buffer is DBB. So we change the limit on a dup buffer. No copying just create
-      // new BB objects
-      ByteBuff inDup = this.buf.duplicate();
-      inDup.limit(inDup.limit() + headerSize());
-      ByteBuff outDup = unpacked.buf.duplicate();
-      outDup.limit(outDup.limit() + unpacked.headerSize());
-      outDup.put(
-          unpacked.headerSize() + unpacked.uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader
-              + unpacked.totalChecksumBytes(), inDup, this.onDiskDataSizeWithHeader,
-          unpacked.headerSize());
-    }
     return unpacked;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return true when this buffer includes next block's header.
-   */
-  private boolean hasNextBlockHeader() {
-    return nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader > 0;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Always allocates a new buffer of the correct size. Copies header bytes
    * from the existing buffer. Does not change header fields.
    * Reserve room to keep checksum bytes too.
@@ -641,8 +624,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   private void allocateBuffer() {
     int cksumBytes = totalChecksumBytes();
     int headerSize = headerSize();
-    int capacityNeeded = headerSize + uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader +
-        cksumBytes + (hasNextBlockHeader() ? headerSize : 0);
+    int capacityNeeded = headerSize + uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader + cksumBytes;
 
     // TODO we need consider allocating offheap here?
     ByteBuffer newBuf = ByteBuffer.allocate(capacityNeeded);
@@ -670,9 +652,8 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   }
 
   /** An additional sanity-check in case no compression or encryption is being used. */
-  public void assumeUncompressed() throws IOException {
-    if (onDiskSizeWithoutHeader != uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader +
-        totalChecksumBytes()) {
+  public void sanityCheckUncompressedSize() throws IOException {
+    if (onDiskSizeWithoutHeader != uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader + totalChecksumBytes()) {
       throw new IOException("Using no compression but "
           + "onDiskSizeWithoutHeader=" + onDiskSizeWithoutHeader + ", "
           + "uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader=" + uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader
@@ -680,11 +661,14 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     }
   }
 
-  /** @return the offset of this block in the file it was read from */
+  /**
+   * Cannot be {@link #UNSET}. Must be a legitimate value. Used re-making the {@link CacheKey} when
+   * block is returned to the cache.
+   * @return the offset of this block in the file it was read from
+   */
   long getOffset() {
     if (offset < 0) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(
-          "HFile block offset not initialized properly");
+      throw new IllegalStateException("HFile block offset not initialized properly");
     }
     return offset;
   }
@@ -744,7 +728,6 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
         // We could not read the "extra data", but that is OK.
         break;
       }
-
       if (ret < 0) {
         throw new IOException("Premature EOF from inputStream (read "
             + "returned " + ret + ", was trying to read " + necessaryLen
@@ -799,14 +782,6 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return the on-disk size of the next block (including the header size)
-   *         that was read by peeking into the next block's header
-   */
-  public int getNextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader() {
-    return nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Unified version 2 {@link HFile} block writer. The intended usage pattern
    * is as follows:
    * <ol>
@@ -838,8 +813,8 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     private HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext defaultBlockEncodingCtx;
 
     /**
-     * The stream we use to accumulate data in uncompressed format for each
-     * block. We reset this stream at the end of each block and reuse it. The
+     * The stream we use to accumulate data into a block in an uncompressed format.
+     * We reset this stream at the end of each block and reuse it. The
      * header is written as the first {@link HConstants#HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE} bytes into this
      * stream.
      */
@@ -867,7 +842,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      * if compression is turned on. It also includes the checksum data that
      * immediately follows the block data. (header + data + checksums)
      */
-    private byte[] onDiskBytesWithHeader;
+    private byte[] onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader;
 
     /**
      * The size of the checksum data on disk. It is used only if data is
@@ -884,7 +859,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      * {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants#HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE}.
      * Does not store checksums.
      */
-    private byte[] uncompressedBytesWithHeader;
+    private byte[] uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader;
 
     /**
      * Current block's start offset in the {@link HFile}. Set in
@@ -992,18 +967,19 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
       Preconditions.checkState(state != State.INIT,
           "Unexpected state: " + state);
 
-      if (state == State.BLOCK_READY)
+      if (state == State.BLOCK_READY) {
         return;
+      }
 
       // This will set state to BLOCK_READY.
       finishBlock();
     }
 
     /**
-     * An internal method that flushes the compressing stream (if using
-     * compression), serializes the header, and takes care of the separate
-     * uncompressed stream for caching on write, if applicable. Sets block
-     * write state to "block ready".
+     * Finish up writing of the block.
+     * Flushes the compressing stream (if using compression), fills out the header,
+     * does any compression/encryption of bytes to flush out to disk, and manages
+     * the cache on write content, if applicable. Sets block write state to "block ready".
      */
     private void finishBlock() throws IOException {
       if (blockType == BlockType.DATA) {
@@ -1012,41 +988,40 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
         blockType = dataBlockEncodingCtx.getBlockType();
       }
       userDataStream.flush();
-      // This does an array copy, so it is safe to cache this byte array.
+      // This does an array copy, so it is safe to cache this byte array when cache-on-write.
       // Header is still the empty, 'dummy' header that is yet to be filled out.
-      uncompressedBytesWithHeader = baosInMemory.toByteArray();
+      uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader = baosInMemory.toByteArray();
       prevOffset = prevOffsetByType[blockType.getId()];
 
-      // We need to set state before we can package the block up for
-      // cache-on-write. In a way, the block is ready, but not yet encoded or
-      // compressed.
+      // We need to set state before we can package the block up for cache-on-write. In a way, the
+      // block is ready, but not yet encoded or compressed.
       state = State.BLOCK_READY;
       if (blockType == BlockType.DATA || blockType == BlockType.ENCODED_DATA) {
-        onDiskBytesWithHeader = dataBlockEncodingCtx
-            .compressAndEncrypt(uncompressedBytesWithHeader);
+        onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader = dataBlockEncodingCtx.
+            compressAndEncrypt(uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader);
       } else {
-        onDiskBytesWithHeader = this.defaultBlockEncodingCtx.
-            compressAndEncrypt(uncompressedBytesWithHeader);
+        onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader = defaultBlockEncodingCtx.
+            compressAndEncrypt(uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader);
       }
       // Calculate how many bytes we need for checksum on the tail of the block.
       int numBytes = (int) ChecksumUtil.numBytes(
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader.length,
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length,
           fileContext.getBytesPerChecksum());
 
       // Put the header for the on disk bytes; header currently is unfilled-out
-      putHeader(onDiskBytesWithHeader, 0,
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader.length + numBytes,
-          uncompressedBytesWithHeader.length, onDiskBytesWithHeader.length);
+      putHeader(onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader, 0,
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length + numBytes,
+          uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader.length, onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length);
       // Set the header for the uncompressed bytes (for cache-on-write) -- IFF different from
-      // onDiskBytesWithHeader array.
-      if (onDiskBytesWithHeader != uncompressedBytesWithHeader) {
-        putHeader(uncompressedBytesWithHeader, 0,
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader.length + numBytes,
-          uncompressedBytesWithHeader.length, onDiskBytesWithHeader.length);
+      // onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader array.
+      if (onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader != uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader) {
+        putHeader(uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader, 0,
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length + numBytes,
+          uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader.length, onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length);
       }
       onDiskChecksum = new byte[numBytes];
       ChecksumUtil.generateChecksums(
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader, 0, onDiskBytesWithHeader.length,
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader, 0, onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length,
           onDiskChecksum, 0, fileContext.getChecksumType(), fileContext.getBytesPerChecksum());
     }
 
@@ -1101,7 +1076,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     protected void finishBlockAndWriteHeaderAndData(DataOutputStream out)
       throws IOException {
       ensureBlockReady();
-      out.write(onDiskBytesWithHeader);
+      out.write(onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader);
       out.write(onDiskChecksum);
     }
 
@@ -1120,12 +1095,12 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
       // This is not very optimal, because we are doing an extra copy.
       // But this method is used only by unit tests.
       byte[] output =
-          new byte[onDiskBytesWithHeader.length
+          new byte[onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length
               + onDiskChecksum.length];
-      System.arraycopy(onDiskBytesWithHeader, 0, output, 0,
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader.length);
+      System.arraycopy(onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader, 0, output, 0,
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length);
       System.arraycopy(onDiskChecksum, 0, output,
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader.length, onDiskChecksum.length);
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length, onDiskChecksum.length);
       return output;
     }
 
@@ -1153,7 +1128,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      */
     int getOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader() {
       expectState(State.BLOCK_READY);
-      return onDiskBytesWithHeader.length +
+      return onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length +
           onDiskChecksum.length - HConstants.HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE;
     }
 
@@ -1166,7 +1141,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      */
     int getOnDiskSizeWithHeader() {
       expectState(State.BLOCK_READY);
-      return onDiskBytesWithHeader.length + onDiskChecksum.length;
+      return onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length + onDiskChecksum.length;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1174,7 +1149,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      */
     int getUncompressedSizeWithoutHeader() {
       expectState(State.BLOCK_READY);
-      return uncompressedBytesWithHeader.length - HConstants.HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE;
+      return uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader.length - HConstants.HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1182,7 +1157,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      */
     int getUncompressedSizeWithHeader() {
       expectState(State.BLOCK_READY);
-      return uncompressedBytesWithHeader.length;
+      return uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader.length;
     }
 
     /** @return true if a block is being written  */
@@ -1212,7 +1187,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      */
     ByteBuffer getUncompressedBufferWithHeader() {
       expectState(State.BLOCK_READY);
-      return ByteBuffer.wrap(uncompressedBytesWithHeader);
+      return ByteBuffer.wrap(uncompressedBlockBytesWithHeader);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1225,7 +1200,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      */
     ByteBuffer getOnDiskBufferWithHeader() {
       expectState(State.BLOCK_READY);
-      return ByteBuffer.wrap(onDiskBytesWithHeader);
+      return ByteBuffer.wrap(onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader);
     }
 
     private void expectState(State expectedState) {
@@ -1257,6 +1232,10 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      * block does not have checksum data even though the header minor
      * version is MINOR_VERSION_WITH_CHECKSUM. This is indicated by setting a
      * 0 value in bytesPerChecksum.
+     *
+     * <p>TODO: Should there be an option where a cache can ask that hbase preserve block
+     * checksums for checking after a block comes out of the cache? Otehrwise, cache is responsible
+     * for blocks being wholesome (ECC memory or if file-backed, it does checksumming).
      */
     HFileBlock getBlockForCaching(CacheConfig cacheConf) {
       HFileContext newContext = new HFileContextBuilder()
@@ -1270,13 +1249,13 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
                                 .withIncludesMvcc(fileContext.isIncludesMvcc())
                                 .withIncludesTags(fileContext.isIncludesTags())
                                 .build();
-      return new HFileBlock(blockType, getOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader(),
+       return new HFileBlock(blockType, getOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader(),
           getUncompressedSizeWithoutHeader(), prevOffset,
-          cacheConf.shouldCacheCompressed(blockType.getCategory()) ?
+          cacheConf.shouldCacheCompressed(blockType.getCategory())?
             getOnDiskBufferWithHeader() :
             getUncompressedBufferWithHeader(),
-          FILL_HEADER, startOffset,
-          onDiskBytesWithHeader.length + onDiskChecksum.length, newContext);
+          FILL_HEADER, startOffset, UNSET,
+          onDiskBlockBytesWithHeader.length + onDiskChecksum.length, newContext);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1322,12 +1301,9 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      * @param offset
      * @param onDiskSize the on-disk size of the entire block, including all
      *          applicable headers, or -1 if unknown
-     * @param uncompressedSize the uncompressed size of the compressed part of
-     *          the block, or -1 if unknown
      * @return the newly read block
      */
-    HFileBlock readBlockData(long offset, long onDiskSize,
-        int uncompressedSize, boolean pread) throws IOException;
+    HFileBlock readBlockData(long offset, long onDiskSize, boolean pread) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Creates a block iterator over the given portion of the {@link HFile}.
@@ -1380,6 +1356,11 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     /** Default context used when BlockType != {@link BlockType#ENCODED_DATA}. */
     private final HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext defaultDecodingCtx;
 
+    /**
+     * When we read a block, we overread and pull in the next blocks header too. We will save it
+     * here. If moving serially through the file, we will trip over this caching of the next blocks
+     * header so we won't have to do explicit seek to find next blocks lengths, etc.
+     */
     private ThreadLocal<PrefetchedHeader> prefetchedHeaderForThread =
         new ThreadLocal<PrefetchedHeader>() {
       @Override
@@ -1443,7 +1424,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
         public HFileBlock nextBlock() throws IOException {
           if (offset >= endOffset)
             return null;
-          HFileBlock b = readBlockData(offset, -1, -1, false);
+          HFileBlock b = readBlockData(offset, -1, false);
           offset += b.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader();
           return b.unpack(fileContext, owner);
         }
@@ -1463,7 +1444,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
 
     /**
      * Does a positional read or a seek and read into the given buffer. Returns
-     * the on-disk size of the next block, or -1 if it could not be determined.
+     * the on-disk size of the next block, or -1 if it could not be read/determined; e.g. EOF.
      *
      * @param dest destination buffer
      * @param destOffset offset into the destination buffer at where to put the bytes we read
@@ -1473,7 +1454,8 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      * @param pread whether we should do a positional read
      * @param istream The input source of data
      * @return the on-disk size of the next block with header size included, or
-     *         -1 if it could not be determined
+     *         -1 if it could not be determined; if not -1, the <code>dest</code> INCLUDES the
+     *         next header
      * @throws IOException
      */
     protected int readAtOffset(FSDataInputStream istream, byte [] dest, int destOffset, int size,
@@ -1505,16 +1487,16 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
           }
 
           // Try to read the next block header.
-          if (!readWithExtra(istream, dest, destOffset, size, hdrSize))
+          if (!readWithExtra(istream, dest, destOffset, size, hdrSize)) {
             return -1;
+          }
         } finally {
           streamLock.unlock();
         }
       } else {
         // Positional read. Better for random reads; or when the streamLock is already locked.
         int extraSize = peekIntoNextBlock ? hdrSize : 0;
-        if (!positionalReadWithExtra(istream, fileOffset, dest, destOffset,
-            size, extraSize)) {
+        if (!positionalReadWithExtra(istream, fileOffset, dest, destOffset, size, extraSize)) {
           return -1;
         }
       }
@@ -1530,16 +1512,12 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
      * @param offset the offset in the stream to read at
      * @param onDiskSizeWithHeaderL the on-disk size of the block, including
      *          the header, or -1 if unknown
-     * @param uncompressedSize the uncompressed size of the the block. Always
-     *          expected to be -1. This parameter is only used in version 1.
      * @param pread whether to use a positional read
      */
     @Override
-    public HFileBlock readBlockData(long offset, long onDiskSizeWithHeaderL,
-        int uncompressedSize, boolean pread)
+    public HFileBlock readBlockData(long offset, long onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, boolean pread)
     throws IOException {
-
-      // get a copy of the current state of whether to validate
+      // Get a copy of the current state of whether to validate
       // hbase checksums or not for this read call. This is not
       // thread-safe but the one constaint is that if we decide
       // to skip hbase checksum verification then we are
@@ -1548,8 +1526,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
       FSDataInputStream is = streamWrapper.getStream(doVerificationThruHBaseChecksum);
 
       HFileBlock blk = readBlockDataInternal(is, offset,
-                         onDiskSizeWithHeaderL,
-                         uncompressedSize, pread,
+                         onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, pread,
                          doVerificationThruHBaseChecksum);
       if (blk == null) {
         HFile.LOG.warn("HBase checksum verification failed for file " +
@@ -1576,8 +1553,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
         // a few more than precisely this number.
         is = this.streamWrapper.fallbackToFsChecksum(CHECKSUM_VERIFICATION_NUM_IO_THRESHOLD);
         doVerificationThruHBaseChecksum = false;
-        blk = readBlockDataInternal(is, offset, onDiskSizeWithHeaderL,
-                                    uncompressedSize, pread,
+        blk = readBlockDataInternal(is, offset, onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, pread,
                                     doVerificationThruHBaseChecksum);
         if (blk != null) {
           HFile.LOG.warn("HDFS checksum verification suceeded for file " +
@@ -1605,175 +1581,139 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     }
 
     /**
+     * @return Check <code>onDiskSizeWithHeaderL</code> size is healthy and then return it as an int
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    private static int checkAndGetSizeAsInt(final long onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, final int hdrSize)
+    throws IOException {
+      if ((onDiskSizeWithHeaderL < hdrSize && onDiskSizeWithHeaderL != -1)
+          || onDiskSizeWithHeaderL >= Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+        throw new IOException("Invalid onDisksize=" + onDiskSizeWithHeaderL
+            + ": expected to be at least " + hdrSize
+            + " and at most " + Integer.MAX_VALUE + ", or -1");
+      }
+      return (int)onDiskSizeWithHeaderL;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check threadlocal cache for this block's header; we usually read it on the tail of reading
+     * the previous block to save a seek. Otherwise, we have to do a seek to read the header before
+     * we can pull in the block.
+     * @return The cached block header or null if not found.
+     * @see #cacheNextBlockHeader(long, byte[], int, int)
+     */
+    private ByteBuffer getCachedHeader(final long offset) {
+      PrefetchedHeader prefetchedHeader = prefetchedHeaderForThread.get();
+      // PrefetchedHeader prefetchedHeader = prefetchedHeaderForThread.get();
+      return prefetchedHeader != null && prefetchedHeader.offset == offset?
+          prefetchedHeader.buf: null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Save away the next blocks header in thread local.
+     * @see #getCachedHeader(long)
+     */
+    private void cacheNextBlockHeader(final long nextBlockOffset,
+        final byte [] header, final int headerOffset, final int headerLength) {
+      PrefetchedHeader prefetchedHeader = prefetchedHeaderForThread.get();
+      prefetchedHeader.offset = nextBlockOffset;
+      System.arraycopy(header, headerOffset, prefetchedHeader.header, 0, headerLength);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify the passed in onDiskSizeWithHeader aligns with what is in the header else something
+     * is not right.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    private void verifyOnDiskSizeMatchesHeader(final int passedIn, final ByteBuffer headerBuf,
+        final long offset)
+    throws IOException {
+      // Assert size provided aligns with what is in the header
+      int fromHeader = getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(headerBuf);
+      if (passedIn != fromHeader) {
+        throw new IOException("Passed in onDiskSizeWithHeader=" + passedIn + " != " + fromHeader +
+            ", offset=" + offset + ", fileContext=" + this.fileContext);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Reads a version 2 block.
      *
      * @param offset the offset in the stream to read at
      * @param onDiskSizeWithHeaderL the on-disk size of the block, including
-     *          the header, or -1 if unknown
-     * @param uncompressedSize the uncompressed size of the the block. Always
-     *          expected to be -1. This parameter is only used in version 1.
+     *          the header and checksums if present or -1 if unknown
      * @param pread whether to use a positional read
      * @param verifyChecksum Whether to use HBase checksums.
      *        If HBase checksum is switched off, then use HDFS checksum.
      * @return the HFileBlock or null if there is a HBase checksum mismatch
      */
     private HFileBlock readBlockDataInternal(FSDataInputStream is, long offset,
-        long onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, int uncompressedSize, boolean pread,
-        boolean verifyChecksum)
+        long onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, boolean pread, boolean verifyChecksum)
     throws IOException {
       if (offset < 0) {
         throw new IOException("Invalid offset=" + offset + " trying to read "
-            + "block (onDiskSize=" + onDiskSizeWithHeaderL
-            + ", uncompressedSize=" + uncompressedSize + ")");
-      }
-
-      if (uncompressedSize != -1) {
-        throw new IOException("Version 2 block reader API does not need " +
-            "the uncompressed size parameter");
+            + "block (onDiskSize=" + onDiskSizeWithHeaderL + ")");
       }
-
-      if ((onDiskSizeWithHeaderL < hdrSize && onDiskSizeWithHeaderL != -1)
-          || onDiskSizeWithHeaderL >= Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
-        throw new IOException("Invalid onDisksize=" + onDiskSizeWithHeaderL
-            + ": expected to be at least " + hdrSize
-            + " and at most " + Integer.MAX_VALUE + ", or -1 (offset="
-            + offset + ", uncompressedSize=" + uncompressedSize + ")");
-      }
-
-      int onDiskSizeWithHeader = (int) onDiskSizeWithHeaderL;
-
-      // See if we can avoid reading the header. This is desirable, because
-      // we will not incur a backward seek operation if we have already
-      // read this block's header as part of the previous read's look-ahead.
-      // And we also want to skip reading the header again if it has already
-      // been read.
-      // TODO: How often does this optimization fire? Has to be same thread so the thread local
-      // is pertinent and we have to be reading next block as in a big scan.
-      ByteBuffer headerBuf = null;
-      PrefetchedHeader prefetchedHeader = prefetchedHeaderForThread.get();
-      boolean preReadHeader = false;
-      if (prefetchedHeader != null && prefetchedHeader.offset == offset) {
-        headerBuf = prefetchedHeader.buf;
-        preReadHeader = true;
+      int onDiskSizeWithHeader = checkAndGetSizeAsInt(onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, hdrSize);
+      ByteBuffer headerBuf = getCachedHeader(offset);
+      if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+        LOG.trace("Reading " + this.fileContext.getHFileName() + " at offset=" + offset +
+          ", pread=" + pread + ", verifyChecksum=" + verifyChecksum + ", cachedHeader=" +
+          headerBuf + ", onDiskSizeWithHeader=" + onDiskSizeWithHeader);
       }
-      // Allocate enough space to fit the next block's header too.
-      int nextBlockOnDiskSize = 0;
-      byte[] onDiskBlock = null;
-
-      HFileBlock b = null;
-      boolean fastPath = false;
-      boolean readHdrOnly = false;
-      if (onDiskSizeWithHeader > 0) {
-        fastPath = true;
-        // We know the total on-disk size. Read the entire block into memory,
-        // then parse the header. This code path is used when
-        // doing a random read operation relying on the block index, as well as
-        // when the client knows the on-disk size from peeking into the next
-        // block's header (e.g. this block's header) when reading the previous
-        // block. This is the faster and more preferable case.
-
-        // Size that we have to skip in case we have already read the header.
-        int preReadHeaderSize = headerBuf == null ? 0 : hdrSize;
-        onDiskBlock = new byte[onDiskSizeWithHeader + hdrSize]; // room for this block plus the
-                                                                // next block's header
-        nextBlockOnDiskSize = readAtOffset(is, onDiskBlock,
-            preReadHeaderSize, onDiskSizeWithHeader - preReadHeaderSize,
-            true, offset + preReadHeaderSize, pread);
-        if (headerBuf != null) {
-          // the header has been read when reading the previous block, copy
-          // to this block's header
-          // headerBuf is HBB
-          assert headerBuf.hasArray();
-          System.arraycopy(headerBuf.array(),
-              headerBuf.arrayOffset(), onDiskBlock, 0, hdrSize);
-        } else {
-          headerBuf = ByteBuffer.wrap(onDiskBlock, 0, hdrSize);
-        }
-        // We know the total on-disk size but not the uncompressed size. Parse the header.
-        try {
-          // TODO: FIX!!! Expensive parse just to get a length
-          b = new HFileBlock(headerBuf, fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum());
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-          // Seen in load testing. Provide comprehensive debug info.
-          throw new IOException("Failed to read compressed block at "
-              + offset
-              + ", onDiskSizeWithoutHeader="
-              + onDiskSizeWithHeader
-              + ", preReadHeaderSize="
-              + hdrSize
-              + ", header.length="
-              + prefetchedHeader.header.length
-              + ", header bytes: "
-              + Bytes.toStringBinary(prefetchedHeader.header, 0,
-                  hdrSize), ex);
-        }
-        // if the caller specifies a onDiskSizeWithHeader, validate it.
-        int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader = onDiskSizeWithHeader - hdrSize;
-        assert onDiskSizeWithoutHeader >= 0;
-        b.validateOnDiskSizeWithoutHeader(onDiskSizeWithoutHeader);
-      } else {
-        // Check headerBuf to see if we have read this block's header as part of
-        // reading the previous block. This is an optimization of peeking into
-        // the next block's header (e.g.this block's header) when reading the
-        // previous block. This is the faster and more preferable case. If the
-        // header is already there, don't read the header again.
-
-        // Unfortunately, we still have to do a separate read operation to
-        // read the header.
+      if (onDiskSizeWithHeader <= 0) {
+        // We were not passed the block size. Need to get it from the header. If header was not in
+        // cache, need to seek to pull it in. This latter might happen when we are doing the first
+        // read in a series of reads or a random read, and we don't have access to the block index.
+        // This is costly and should happen very rarely.
         if (headerBuf == null) {
-          readHdrOnly = true;
-          // From the header, determine the on-disk size of the given hfile
-          // block, and read the remaining data, thereby incurring two read
-          // operations. This might happen when we are doing the first read
-          // in a series of reads or a random read, and we don't have access
-          // to the block index. This is costly and should happen very rarely.
           headerBuf = ByteBuffer.allocate(hdrSize);
-          // headerBuf is HBB
-          readAtOffset(is, headerBuf.array(), headerBuf.arrayOffset(),
-              hdrSize, false, offset, pread);
+          readAtOffset(is, headerBuf.array(), headerBuf.arrayOffset(), hdrSize, false,
+              offset, pread);
         }
-        // TODO: FIX!!! Expensive parse just to get a length
-        b = new HFileBlock(headerBuf, fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum());
-        // onDiskBlock is whole block + header + checksums then extra hdrSize to read next header
-        onDiskBlock = new byte[b.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader() + hdrSize];
-        // headerBuf is HBB. Copy hdr into onDiskBlock
-        System.arraycopy(headerBuf.array(), headerBuf.arrayOffset(), onDiskBlock, 0, hdrSize);
-        nextBlockOnDiskSize = readAtOffset(is, onDiskBlock, hdrSize,
-            b.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader() - hdrSize, true, offset + hdrSize, pread);
-        onDiskSizeWithHeader = b.onDiskSizeWithoutHeader + hdrSize;
-      }
-
-      if (!fileContext.isCompressedOrEncrypted()) {
-        b.assumeUncompressed();
+        onDiskSizeWithHeader = getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(headerBuf);
       }
-
-      if (verifyChecksum && !validateBlockChecksum(b, offset, onDiskBlock, hdrSize)) {
-        return null;             // checksum mismatch
+      int preReadHeaderSize = headerBuf == null? 0 : hdrSize;
+      // Allocate enough space to fit the next block's header too; saves a seek next time through.
+      // onDiskBlock is whole block + header + checksums then extra hdrSize to read next header;
+      // onDiskSizeWithHeader is header, body, and any checksums if present.
+      // TODO: Make this ByteBuffer-based. Will make it easier to go to HDFS with BBPool (offheap).
+      byte[] onDiskBlock = new byte[onDiskSizeWithHeader + hdrSize];
+      int nextBlockOnDiskSize = readAtOffset(is, onDiskBlock, preReadHeaderSize,
+          onDiskSizeWithHeader - preReadHeaderSize, true, offset + preReadHeaderSize, pread);
+      if (headerBuf != null) {
+        // The header has been read when reading the previous block OR in a distinct header-only
+        // read. Copy to this block's header.
+        System.arraycopy(headerBuf.array(), headerBuf.arrayOffset(), onDiskBlock, 0, hdrSize);
+      } else {
+        headerBuf = ByteBuffer.wrap(onDiskBlock, 0, hdrSize);
       }
-
+      // Do a few checks before we go instantiate HFileBlock.
+      assert onDiskSizeWithHeader > this.hdrSize;
+      verifyOnDiskSizeMatchesHeader(onDiskSizeWithHeader, headerBuf, offset);
       // The onDiskBlock will become the headerAndDataBuffer for this block.
       // If nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader is not zero, the onDiskBlock already
-      // contains the header of next block, so no need to set next
-      // block's header in it.
-      b = new HFileBlock(ByteBuffer.wrap(onDiskBlock, 0, onDiskSizeWithHeader),
-        this.fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum());
-
-      b.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader = nextBlockOnDiskSize;
-
-      // Set prefetched header
-      if (b.hasNextBlockHeader()) {
-        prefetchedHeader.offset = offset + b.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader();
-        System.arraycopy(onDiskBlock, onDiskSizeWithHeader, prefetchedHeader.header, 0, hdrSize);
+      // contains the header of next block, so no need to set next block's header in it.
+      HFileBlock hFileBlock =
+          new HFileBlock(new SingleByteBuff(ByteBuffer.wrap(onDiskBlock, 0, onDiskSizeWithHeader)),
+              this.fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum(), MemoryType.EXCLUSIVE, offset,
+              nextBlockOnDiskSize, fileContext);
+      // Run check on uncompressed sizings.
+      if (!fileContext.isCompressedOrEncrypted()) {
+        hFileBlock.sanityCheckUncompressed();
+      }
+      if (verifyChecksum && !validateBlockChecksum(hFileBlock, offset, onDiskBlock, hdrSize)) {
+        return null;
       }
-
-      b.offset = offset;
-      b.fileContext.setIncludesTags(this.fileContext.isIncludesTags());
-      b.fileContext.setIncludesMvcc(this.fileContext.isIncludesMvcc());
       if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-        LOG.trace("Read preReadHeader=" + preReadHeader + ", fastPath=" + fastPath +
-            ", readHdrOnly=" + readHdrOnly + ", " + b);
+        LOG.trace("Read " + hFileBlock);
+      }
+      // Cache next block header if we read it for the next time through here.
+      if (nextBlockOnDiskSize != -1) {
+        cacheNextBlockHeader(offset + hFileBlock.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(),
+            onDiskBlock, onDiskSizeWithHeader, hdrSize);
       }
-      return b;
+      return hFileBlock;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1819,42 +1759,73 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     }
   }
 
+  /** An additional sanity-check in case no compression or encryption is being used. */
+  void sanityCheckUncompressed() throws IOException {
+    if (onDiskSizeWithoutHeader != uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader +
+        totalChecksumBytes()) {
+      throw new IOException("Using no compression but "
+          + "onDiskSizeWithoutHeader=" + onDiskSizeWithoutHeader + ", "
+          + "uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader=" + uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader
+          + ", numChecksumbytes=" + totalChecksumBytes());
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Cacheable implementation
   @Override
   public int getSerializedLength() {
     if (buf != null) {
-      // include extra bytes for the next header when it's available.
-      int extraSpace = hasNextBlockHeader() ? headerSize() : 0;
-      return this.buf.limit() + extraSpace + HFileBlock.EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE;
+      // Include extra bytes for block metadata.
+      return this.buf.limit() + BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE;
     }
     return 0;
   }
 
+  // Cacheable implementation
   @Override
   public void serialize(ByteBuffer destination) {
-    this.buf.get(destination, 0, getSerializedLength() - EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE);
-    serializeExtraInfo(destination);
+    // BE CAREFUL!! There is a custom version of this serialization over in BucketCache#doDrain.
+    // Make sure any changes in here are reflected over there.
+    this.buf.get(destination, 0, getSerializedLength() - BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE);
+    destination = addMetaData(destination);
+
+    // Make it ready for reading. flip sets position to zero and limit to current position which
+    // is what we want if we do not want to serialize the block plus checksums if present plus
+    // metadata.
+    destination.flip();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * For use by bucketcache. This exposes internals.
+   */
+  public ByteBuffer getMetaData() {
+    ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(BLOCK_METADATA_SPACE);
+    bb = addMetaData(bb);
+    bb.flip();
+    return bb;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Write out the content of EXTRA_SERIALIZATION_SPACE. Public so can be accessed by BucketCache.
+   * Adds metadata at current position (position is moved forward). Does not flip or reset.
+   * @return The passed <code>destination</code> with metadata added.
    */
-  public void serializeExtraInfo(ByteBuffer destination) {
+  private ByteBuffer addMetaData(final ByteBuffer destination) {
     destination.put(this.fileContext.isUseHBaseChecksum() ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
     destination.putLong(this.offset);
-    destination.putInt(this.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader);
-    destination.rewind();
+    destination.putInt(this.nextBlockOnDiskSize);
+    return destination;
   }
 
+  // Cacheable implementation
   @Override
   public CacheableDeserializer<Cacheable> getDeserializer() {
-    return HFileBlock.blockDeserializer;
+    return HFileBlock.BLOCK_DESERIALIZER;
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
     int result = 1;
     result = result * 31 + blockType.hashCode();
-    result = result * 31 + nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader;
+    result = result * 31 + nextBlockOnDiskSize;
     result = result * 31 + (int) (offset ^ (offset >>> 32));
     result = result * 31 + onDiskSizeWithoutHeader;
     result = result * 31 + (int) (prevBlockOffset ^ (prevBlockOffset >>> 32));
@@ -1880,9 +1851,10 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
     if (castedComparison.blockType != this.blockType) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (castedComparison.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader != this.nextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader) {
+    if (castedComparison.nextBlockOnDiskSize != this.nextBlockOnDiskSize) {
       return false;
     }
+    // Offset is important. Needed when we have to remake cachekey when block is returned to cache.
     if (castedComparison.offset != this.offset) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -1968,7 +1940,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return the HFileContext used to create this HFileBlock. Not necessary the
+   * @return This HFileBlocks fileContext which will a derivative of the
    * fileContext for the file from which this block's data was originally read.
    */
   HFileContext getHFileContext() {
@@ -1992,6 +1964,7 @@ public class HFileBlock implements Cacheable {
    * This is mostly helpful for debugging. This assumes that the block
    * has minor version > 0.
    */
+  @VisibleForTesting
   static String toStringHeader(ByteBuff buf) throws IOException {
     byte[] magicBuf = new byte[Math.min(buf.limit() - buf.position(), BlockType.MAGIC_LENGTH)];
     buf.get(magicBuf);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlockIndex.java
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diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlockIndex.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlockIndex.java
index 9f29f97..506f08d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlockIndex.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlockIndex.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
  * Examples of how to use the block index writer can be found in
  * {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CompoundBloomFilterWriter} and
  *  {@link HFileWriterImpl}. Examples of how to use the reader can be
- *  found in {@link HFileWriterImpl} and
+ *  found in {@link HFileReaderImpl} and
  *  {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.TestHFileBlockIndex}.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/blob/000117ad/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
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diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
index 8f5040e..d71911f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -252,18 +252,20 @@ public class HFileReaderImpl implements HFile.Reader, Configurable {
           long end = 0;
           try {
             end = getTrailer().getLoadOnOpenDataOffset();
-            HFileBlock prevBlock = null;
             if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
               LOG.trace("File=" + path.toString() + ", offset=" + offset + ", end=" + end);
             }
+            // TODO: Could we use block iterator in here? Would that get stuff into the cache?
+            HFileBlock prevBlock = null;
             while (offset < end) {
               if (Thread.interrupted()) {
                 break;
               }
-              long onDiskSize = -1;
-              if (prevBlock != null) {
-                onDiskSize = prevBlock.getNextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader();
-              }
+              // Perhaps we got our block from cache? Unlikely as this may be, if it happens, then
+              // the internal-to-hfileblock thread local which holds the overread that gets the
+              // next header, will not have happened...so, pass in the onDiskSize gotten from the
+              // cached block. This 'optimization' triggers extremely rarely I'd say.
+              long onDiskSize = prevBlock != null? prevBlock.getNextBlockOnDiskSize(): -1;
               HFileBlock block = readBlock(offset, onDiskSize, true, false, false, false,
                 null, null);
               // Need not update the current block. Ideally here the readBlock won't find the
@@ -903,9 +905,8 @@ public class HFileReaderImpl implements HFile.Reader, Configurable {
 
         // We are reading the next block without block type validation, because
         // it might turn out to be a non-data block.
-        block = reader.readBlock(block.getOffset()
-            + block.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(),
-            block.getNextBlockOnDiskSizeWithHeader(), cacheBlocks, pread,
+        block = reader.readBlock(block.getOffset() + block.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(),
+            block.getNextBlockOnDiskSize(), cacheBlocks, pread,
             isCompaction, true, null, getEffectiveDataBlockEncoding());
         if (block != null && !block.getBlockType().isData()) { // Findbugs: NP_NULL_ON_SOME_PATH
           // Whatever block we read we will be returning it unless
@@ -1439,8 +1440,8 @@ public class HFileReaderImpl implements HFile.Reader, Configurable {
         // Cache Miss, please load.
       }
 
-      HFileBlock metaBlock = fsBlockReader.readBlockData(metaBlockOffset,
-          blockSize, -1, true).unpack(hfileContext, fsBlockReader);
+      HFileBlock metaBlock = fsBlockReader.readBlockData(metaBlockOffset, blockSize, true).
+          unpack(hfileContext, fsBlockReader);
 
       // Cache the block
       if (cacheBlock) {
@@ -1526,8 +1527,8 @@ public class HFileReaderImpl implements HFile.Reader, Configurable {
           traceScope.getSpan().addTimelineAnnotation("blockCacheMiss");
         }
         // Load block from filesystem.
-        HFileBlock hfileBlock = fsBlockReader.readBlockData(dataBlockOffset, onDiskBlockSize, -1,
-            pread);
+        HFileBlock hfileBlock =
+            fsBlockReader.readBlockData(dataBlockOffset, onDiskBlockSize, pread);
         validateBlockType(hfileBlock, expectedBlockType);
         HFileBlock unpacked = hfileBlock.unpack(hfileContext, fsBlockReader);
         BlockType.BlockCategory category = hfileBlock.getBlockType().getCategory();
@@ -1871,6 +1872,7 @@ public class HFileReaderImpl implements HFile.Reader, Configurable {
    * @return Scanner on this file.
    */
   @Override
+  @VisibleForTesting
   public HFileScanner getScanner(boolean cacheBlocks, final boolean pread) {
     return getScanner(cacheBlocks, pread, false);
   }