Hi all, I think it's time to merge the HDFS-347 branch back to trunk. It's been under review and testing for several months, and provides both a performance advantage, and the ability to use short-circuit local reads without compromising system security.
Previously, we tried to merge this and the objection was brought up that we should keep the old, insecure short-circuit local reads around so that platforms for which secure SCR had not yet been implemented could use it (e.g. Windows). This has been addressed-- see HDFS-4538 for details. Suresh has also volunteered to maintain the insecure SCR code until secure SCR can be implemented for Windows. Please cast your vote by EOD Monday 4/8. best, Colin
