Github user roshannaik commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2502#discussion_r167814459
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storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/messaging/netty/BackPressureStatus.java
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+package org.apache.storm.messaging.netty;
+
+import org.apache.storm.serialization.KryoValuesDeserializer;
+import org.apache.storm.serialization.KryoValuesSerializer;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+// Instances of this type are sent from NettyWorker to upstream
WorkerTransfer to indicate BackPressure situation
+public class BackPressureStatus implements java.io.Serializable {
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Thanks for the detailed comment. Made the changes and tested them as well.
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