Github user zhijiangW commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4533#discussion_r146741125
--- Diff:
flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/netty/CreditBasedClientHandler.java
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@@ -322,22 +322,25 @@ private void
writeAndFlushNextMessageIfPossible(Channel channel) {
while (true) {
RemoteInputChannel inputChannel =
inputChannelsWithCredit.poll();
- // The input channel may be null because of the write
callbacks that are executed
- // after each write, and it is also no need to notify
credit for released channel.
- if (inputChannel == null || inputChannel.isReleased()) {
+ // The input channel may be null because of the write
callbacks
+ // that are executed after each write.
+ if (inputChannel == null) {
return;
}
- AddCredit msg = new AddCredit(
- inputChannel.getPartitionId(),
- inputChannel.getAndResetCredit(),
- inputChannel.getInputChannelId());
+ //It is no need to notify credit for the released
channel.
+ if (!inputChannel.isReleased()) {
+ AddCredit msg = new AddCredit(
+ inputChannel.getPartitionId(),
+ inputChannel.getAndResetCredit(),
+ inputChannel.getInputChannelId());
- // Write and flush and wait until this is done before
- // trying to continue with the next input channel.
- channel.writeAndFlush(msg).addListener(writeListener);
+ // Write and flush and wait until this is done
before
+ // trying to continue with the next input
channel.
+
channel.writeAndFlush(msg).addListener(writeListener);
- return;
+ return;
--- End diff --
Yes, the current mechanism is the same with the upstream writing
`BufferResponse`.
We loop the `inputChannelsWithCredit` to find the first un-released
`InputChannel`, then call `writeAndFlush` to break this loop. The remaining
`InputChannel` s in the queue will be continued after `writeAndFlush` is done
to callback `writeAndFlushNextMessageIfPossible`.
I think it is mainly because we have to verify the channel is still
writable before loop the next `InputChannel`. So we have to wait the current
`writeAndFlush` done then check the channel writable to continue the next
`InputChannel`.
The current comment on this code
`channel.writeAndFlush(msg).addListener(writeListener)` would be helpful for
this explanation.
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