Github user gjacoby126 commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/303#discussion_r197821955 --- Diff: phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/replication/SystemCatalogWALEntryFilter.java --- @@ -35,20 +35,18 @@ * during cluster upgrades. However, tenant-owned data such as tenant-owned views need to * be copied. This WALEntryFilter will only allow tenant-owned rows in SYSTEM.CATALOG to * be replicated. Data from all other tables is automatically passed. It will also copy - * child links in SYSTEM.CATALOG that are globally-owned but point to tenant-owned views. + * child links in SYSTEM.CHILD_LINK that are globally-owned but point to tenant-owned views. * */ public class SystemCatalogWALEntryFilter implements WALEntryFilter { - private static byte[] CHILD_TABLE_BYTES = - new byte[]{PTable.LinkType.CHILD_TABLE.getSerializedValue()}; - @Override public WAL.Entry filter(WAL.Entry entry) { - //if the WAL.Entry's table isn't System.Catalog, it auto-passes this filter + //if the WAL.Entry's table isn't System.Catalog or System.Child_Link, it auto-passes this filter //TODO: when Phoenix drops support for pre-1.3 versions of HBase, redo as a WALCellFilter - if (!SchemaUtil.isMetaTable(entry.getKey().getTablename().getName())){ + byte[] tableName = entry.getKey().getTablename().getName(); + if (!SchemaUtil.isMetaTable(tableName) && !SchemaUtil.isChildLinkTable(tableName)){ --- End diff -- Would it be safe to turn on normal HBase replication on the new System.CHILD_LINK? (That is, is there any unwanted data in System.CHILD_LINK that this WALFilter wouldn't copy that normal HBase replication would?) If normal HBase replication works for System.CHILD_LINK, and all view data left in System.Catalog starts with tenant_id, then the logic here can be greatly simplified, similar to how it was before PHOENIX-4229
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