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John Blum updated GEODE-6152: ----------------------------- Summary: Client PROXY Regions may return the same Object instance on get(key) and cause Thread-safety issues (was: Client PROXY Regions may return the same Object instance on get(key) and cause Thread-safety issues.) > Client PROXY Regions may return the same Object instance on get(key) and > cause Thread-safety issues > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: GEODE-6152 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-6152 > Project: Geode > Issue Type: Bug > Components: client/server, regions > Affects Versions: 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.1, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0 > Reporter: John Blum > Priority: Critical > Labels: Proxy, Region, client > > According to Apache Geode's documentation (e.g. > [Javadoc|http://geode.apache.org/releases/latest/javadoc/org/apache/geode/cache/client/ClientRegionShortcut.html#PROXY]), > client PROXY Regions are expected to return a new Object for each value on > each {{Region.get(key)}} invocation. > The documentation states: > {quote} > A PROXY region has no local state and forwards all operations to a server. > {quote} > Given the client cache (i.e. Region) contains "no local state" and "all > operations are forwarded to a server", then this implies that the object, the > Region's value mapped to the key, is serialized when sent to a server and > deserialized when received from a server. The act of de/serialization > constitutes a new object every, single, time. > However, in a highly concurrent application (e.g. a Web application), with > multiple Threads in the application potentially making concurrent data > requests for the same "logical" domain object stored in Apache Geode, it is > possible for the same object reference to be returned, even for a client > {{PROXY}} Region. > This is to be expected when using a {{CACHING_PROXY}}, since the client then > has "local state", but for a client {{PROXY}} Region, there is, or should be > no "local state". > It turns out that internally, Geode applies an optimization wherein, if 2 or > more Threads are concurrently making a data request for the same "logical" > object, then only 1 Thread is allowed to proceed with the request while the > other Threads will wait for the response that the permitted, requesting > Thread received, thereby sharing the same object reference. > This poses grave danger (race conditions due to lost updates, or incorrect > decisions made due to stale state) if the non-unique object type is not > Thread-safe. Under other conditions/configurations (e.g. when sending > {{Deltas}}), it is even possible to "lose data" due to competing and > conflicting data access operations, which results in a "_last-one-wins_" > scenario. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)