StefanRRichter commented on a change in pull request #7942: [FLINK-11696][checkpoint] Avoid to send mkdir requests to DFS from task side URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/7942#discussion_r264283851
########## File path: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/filesystem/FsCheckpointStorage.java ########## @@ -107,6 +105,13 @@ public CheckpointStorageLocation initializeLocationForCheckpoint(long checkpoint // prepare all the paths needed for the checkpoints final Path checkpointDir = createCheckpointDirectory(checkpointsDirectory, checkpointId); + if (!areDirectoriesCreated) { + fileSystem.mkdirs(checkpointsDirectory); Review comment: If you want to minimize calls, this one should not even be needed because it would simply happen as part of the `fileSystem.mkdirs(checkpointDir);` below. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services