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ASF GitHub Bot commented on TWILL-129:
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GitHub user chtyim opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-twill/pull/34

    (TWILL-129) Fix race condition in leader election

    - If the node to watch is gone, re-run the leader election
    - Use getData() instead of exists() to set the watch
      - Avoid “leaking” watches on node that is gone

You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running:

    $ git pull https://github.com/chtyim/incubator-twill feature/TWILL-129

Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-twill/pull/34.patch

To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch
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    This closes #34
    
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commit eb7b82f723785bf3b941ff86d5ea7f19a495465d
Author: Terence Yim <[email protected]>
Date:   2015-05-22T06:03:36Z

    (TWILL-129) Fix race condition in leader election
    
    - If the node to watch is gone, re-run the leader election
    - Use getData() instead of exists() to set the watch
      - Avoid “leaking” watches on node that is gone

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> Race condition in leader election if leader quitted before follower set the 
> watch
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: TWILL-129
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TWILL-129
>             Project: Apache Twill
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: zookeeper
>    Affects Versions: 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.1-incubating
>            Reporter: Terence Yim
>            Assignee: Terence Yim
>            Priority: Blocker
>
> In the LeaderElection implementation, if the leader quit and delete its node 
> before the next-in-line follower try to set the watch through the exists() 
> call, the follower will fail silently without noticing the leader node is 
> gone.



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