Convert FSNamesystem lock to ReadWriteLock ------------------------------------------
Key: HDFS-980 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-980 Project: Hadoop HDFS Issue Type: Improvement Components: name-node Affects Versions: 0.22.0 Reporter: Todd Lipcon As Dhruba noted [here|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-909?focusedCommentId=12834051&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_12834051] there would be substantial benefits to converting the FSNamesystem lock over to a ReadWriteLock. The first would be an ability to provide concurrent readers with a throughput increase, and the second would be more safety for operations like in HDFS-909. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.