That's good. Permission updates - even full permission update shouldn't be
very expensive, so we may be more willing to send one when we detect
improper holes.

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Na Li <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sasha,
>
> Yes.
>
> SentryHDFSServiceProcessor.get_authz_updates gets perm update and path
> update separately, and puts them into the response object.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lina
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Alexander Kolbasov <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Does it mean that without any changes the current code may send e.g. full
> > update for permissions and partial update for paths or visa versa?
> >
> > - Alex
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Na Li <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Sasha,
> > >
> > > When NameNode plugin asks for updates, it includes info for both
> > permission
> > > and path. However, the processing is separate. It is possible for
> Sentry
> > to
> > > send full snapshot of permission and delta change to HDFS. At Sentry,
> > perm
> > > and path processing share the same class, but they have their own
> > > instances.
> > >
> > > The current behavior can already satisfy your requirements. I have
> > > confirmed this with Sergio.
> > >
> > > You can see it in SentryPlugin.java at sentry server side.
> > >
> > >   public void initialize(Configuration conf, SentryStore sentryStore)
> > > throws SentryPluginException {
> > >     PermImageRetriever permImageRetriever = new
> > > PermImageRetriever(sentryStore);
> > >     PathImageRetriever pathImageRetriever = new
> > > PathImageRetriever(sentryStore);
> > >     PermDeltaRetriever permDeltaRetriever = new
> > > PermDeltaRetriever(sentryStore);
> > >     PathDeltaRetriever pathDeltaRetriever = new
> > > PathDeltaRetriever(sentryStore);
> > >     pathsUpdater = new DBUpdateForwarder<>(pathImageRetriever,
> > > pathDeltaRetriever);   <- path has its own instance
> > >     permsUpdater = new DBUpdateForwarder<>(permImageRetriever,
> > > permDeltaRetriever); <- perm has its own instance
> > > ...
> > > }
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Lina
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Alexander Kolbasov <
> [email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Lina’s email prompted an interesting thought - right now when the
> > > NameNode
> > > > plugin isn’t happy and wants a full update we send it both
> permissions
> > > > update and path update. Path update is very expensive while
> permissions
> > > > update is usually much smaller.
> > > >
> > > > It would be very useful to be able to send just full path update or
> > just
> > > > full perms update when there is a problem with just path or just
> > > > permissions.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > - Alex
> > >
> >
>

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