On Wed, Aug 21, 2019, at 19:48, Ron Dagostino wrote:
> Thanks, Colin.  The changes you made to the KIP related to the bridge
> release help make it clearer.  I still have some confusion about the phrase
> "The rolling upgrade from the bridge release will take several steps."
> This made me think you are talking about moving from the bridge release to
> some other, newer, release that comes after the bridge release.  But I
> think what you are getting at is that the bridge release can be run with or
> without Zookeeper -- when first upgrading to it Zookeeper remains in use,
> but then there is a transition that can be made to engage the warp drive...
> I mean the Controller Quorum.  So maybe the phrase should be "The rolling
> upgrade through the bridge release -- starting with Zookeeper being in use
> and ending with Zookeeper having been replaced by the Controller Quorum --
> will take several steps."

Hi Ron,

To clarify, the bridge release will require ZooKeeper.  It will also not 
support the controller quorum.  It's a bridge in the sense that you must 
upgrade to a bridge release prior to upgrading to a ZK-less release.  I added 
some more descriptive text to the bridge release paragraph-- hopefully this 
makes it clearer.

best,
Colin

> 
> Do I understand it correctly, and might some change in phrasing or
> additional clarification help others avoid the same confusion I had?
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 2:31 PM Colin McCabe <cmcc...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019, at 04:22, Ron Dagostino wrote:
> > > Hi Colin.  I like the concept of a "bridge release" for migrating off of
> > > Zookeeper, but I worry that it may become a bottleneck if people hesitate
> > > to replace Zookeeper -- they would be unable to adopt newer versions of
> > > Kafka until taking (what feels to them like) a giant leap.  As an
> > example,
> > > assuming version 4.0.x of Kafka is the supported bridge release, I  would
> > > not be surprised if uptake of the 4.x release and the time-based releases
> > > that follow it end up being much slower due to the perceived barrier.
> > >
> > > Any perceived barrier could be lowered if the 4.0.x release could
> > > optionally continue to use Zookeeper -- then the cutover would be two
> > > incremental steps (move to 4.0.x, then replace Zookeeper while staying on
> > > 4.0.x) as opposed to a single big-bang (upgrade to 4.0.x and replace
> > > Zookeeper in one fell swoop).
> >
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > Just to clarify, the "bridge release" will continue to use ZooKeeper.  It
> > will not support running without ZooKeeper.  It is the releases that follow
> > the bridge release that will remove ZooKeeper.
> >
> > Also, it's a bit unclear whether the bridge release would be 3.x or 4.x,
> > or something to follow.  We do know that the bridge release can't be a 2.x
> > release, since it requires at least one incompatible change, removing
> > --zookeeper options from all the shell scripts.  (Since we're doing
> > semantic versioning, any time we make an incompatible change, we bump the
> > major version number.)
> >
> > In general, using two sources of metadata is a lot more complex and
> > error-prone than one.  A lot of the bugs and corner cases we have are the
> > result of divergences between the controller and the state in ZooKeeper.
> > Eliminating this divergence, and the split-brain scenarios it creates, is a
> > major goal of this work.
> >
> > >
> > > Regardless of whether what I wrote above has merit or not, I think the
> > KIP
> > > should be more explicit about what the upgrade constraints actually are.
> > > Can the bridge release be adopted with Zookeeper remaining in place and
> > > then cutting over as a second, follow-on step, or must the Controller
> > > Quorum nodes be started first and the bridge release cannot be used with
> > > Zookeeper at all?
> >
> > As I mentioned above, the bridge release supports (indeed, requires)
> > ZooKeeper.  I have added a little more text about this to KIP-500 which
> > hopefully makes it clearer.
> >
> > best,
> > Colin
> >
> > >  If the bridge release cannot be used with Zookeeper at
> > > all, then no version at or beyond the bridge release is available
> > > unless/until abandoning Zookeeper; if the bridge release can be used with
> > > Zookeeper, then is it the only version that can be used with Zookeeper,
> > or
> > > can Zookeeper be kept for additional releases if desired?
> > >
> > > Ron
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 10:19 AM Ron Dagostino <rndg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Colin.  The diagram up at the top confused me -- specifically, the
> > > > lines connecting the controller/active-controller to the brokers.  I
> > had
> > > > assumed the arrows on those lines represented the direction of data
> > flow,
> > > > but that is not the case; the arrows actually identify the target of
> > the
> > > > action, and the non-arrowed end indicates the initiator of the
> > action.  For
> > > > example, the lines point from the controller to the brokers in the
> > "today"
> > > > section on the left to show that the controller pushes to the brokers;
> > the
> > > > lines point from the brokers to the active-controller in the "tomorrow"
> > > > section on the right to show that the brokers pull from the
> > > > active-controller.  As I said, this confused me because my gut
> > instinct was
> > > > to interpret the arrow as indicating the direction of data flow, and
> > when I
> > > > look at the "tomorrow" picture on the right I initially thought
> > information
> > > > was moving from the brokers to the active-controller.  Did you consider
> > > > drawing that picture with the arrows reversed in the "tomorrow" side so
> > > > that the arrows represent the direction of data flow, and then add the
> > > > labels "push" on the "today" side and "pull" on the "tomorrow" side to
> > > > indicate who initiates the data flow?  It occurs to me that this
> > picture
> > > > may end up being widely distributed, so it might be in everyone's
> > interest
> > > > to proactively avoid any possible confusion by being more explicit.
> > > >
> > > > Minor corrections?
> > > > <<<In the current world, a broker which can contact ZooKeeper but which
> > > > is partitioned from the active controller
> > > > >>>In the current world, a broker which can contact ZooKeeper but which
> > > > is partitioned from the controller
> > > >
> > > > <<<Eventually, the controller will ask the broker to finally go offline
> > > > >>>Eventually, the active controller will ask the broker to finally go
> > > > offline
> > > >
> > > > <<<New versions of the clients should send these operations directly to
> > > > the controller
> > > > >>>New versions of the clients should send these operations directly to
> > > > the active controller
> > > >
> > > > <<<In the post-ZK world, the leader will make an RPC to the controller
> > > > instead
> > > > >>>In the post-ZK world, the leader will make an RPC to the active
> > > > controller instead
> > > >
> > > > <<<For example, the brokers may need to forward their requests to the
> > > > controller.
> > > > >>>For example, the brokers may need to forward their requests to the
> > > > active controller.
> > > >
> > > > <<<The new controller will monitor ZooKeeper for legacy broker node
> > > > registrations
> > > > >>>The new (active) controller will monitor ZooKeeper for legacy broker
> > > > node registrations
> > > >
> > > > Ron
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 6:53 PM Colin McCabe <cmcc...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi all,
> > > >>
> > > >> The KIP has been out for a while, so I'm thinking about calling a vote
> > > >> some time this week.
> > > >>
> > > >> best,
> > > >> Colin
> > > >>
> > > >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, at 15:52, Colin McCabe wrote:
> > > >> > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, at 12:52, David Arthur wrote:
> > > >> > > Thanks for the KIP, Colin. This looks great!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I really like the idea of separating the Controller and Broker
> > JVMs.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > As you alluded to above, it might be nice to have a separate
> > > >> > > broker-registration API to avoid overloading the metadata fetch
> > API.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Hi David,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks for taking a look.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I removed the sentence about MetadataFetch also serving as the
> > broker
> > > >> > registration API.  I think I agree that we will probably want a
> > > >> > separate RPC to fill this role.  We will have a follow-on KIP that
> > will
> > > >> > go into more detail about metadata propagation and registration in
> > the
> > > >> > post-ZK world.  That KIP will also have a full description of the
> > > >> > registration RPC, etc.  For now, I think the important part for
> > KIP-500
> > > >> > is that the broker registers with the controller quorum.  On
> > > >> > registration, the controller quorum assigns it a new broker epoch,
> > > >> > which can distinguish successive broker incarnations.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > When a broker gets a metadata delta, will it be a sequence of
> > deltas
> > > >> since
> > > >> > > the last update or a cumulative delta since the last update?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > It will be a sequence of deltas.  Basically, the broker will be
> > reading
> > > >> > from the metadata log.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Will we include any kind of integrity check on the deltas to
> > ensure
> > > >> the brokers
> > > >> > > have applied them correctly? Perhaps this will be addressed in
> > one of
> > > >> the
> > > >> > > follow-on KIPs.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > In general, we will have checksums on the metadata that we fetch.
> > This
> > > >> > is similar to how we have checksums on regular data.  Or if the
> > > >> > question is about catching logic errors in the metadata handling
> > code,
> > > >> > that sounds more like something that should be caught by test cases.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > best,
> > > >> > Colin
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > Thanks!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 1:17 PM Colin McCabe <cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > > Hi Mickael,
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Thanks for taking a look.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > I don't think we want to support that kind of multi-tenancy at
> > the
> > > >> > > > controller level.  If the cluster is small enough that we want
> > to
> > > >> pack the
> > > >> > > > controller(s) with something else, we could run them alongside
> > the
> > > >> brokers,
> > > >> > > > or possibly inside three of the broker JVMs.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > best,
> > > >> > > > Colin
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, at 10:37, Mickael Maison wrote:
> > > >> > > > > Thank Colin for kickstarting this initiative.
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Just one question.
> > > >> > > > > - A nice feature of Zookeeper is the ability to use chroots
> > and
> > > >> have
> > > >> > > > > several Kafka clusters use the same Zookeeper ensemble. Is
> > this
> > > >> > > > > something we should keep?
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Thanks
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 7:44 PM Colin McCabe <
> > cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019, at 10:02, Tom Bentley wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > > Hi Colin,
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP.
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > Currently ZooKeeper provides a convenient notification
> > > >> mechanism for
> > > >> > > > > > > knowing that broker and topic configuration has changed.
> > While
> > > >> > > > KIP-500 does
> > > >> > > > > > > suggest that incremental metadata update is expected to
> > come
> > > >> to
> > > >> > > > clients
> > > >> > > > > > > eventually, that would seem to imply that for some number
> > of
> > > >> > > > releases there
> > > >> > > > > > > would be no equivalent mechanism for knowing about config
> > > >> changes.
> > > >> > > > Is there
> > > >> > > > > > > any thinking at this point about how a similar
> > notification
> > > >> might be
> > > >> > > > > > > provided in the future?
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > We could eventually have some inotify-like mechanism where
> > > >> clients
> > > >> > > > could register interest in various types of events and got
> > notified
> > > >> when
> > > >> > > > they happened.  Reading the metadata log is conceptually simple.
> > > >> The main
> > > >> > > > complexity would be in setting up an API that made sense and
> > that
> > > >> didn't
> > > >> > > > unduly constrain future implementations.  We'd have to think
> > > >> carefully
> > > >> > > > about what the real use-cases for this were, though.
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > best,
> > > >> > > > > > Colin
> > > >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > Tom
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 3:49 PM Viktor Somogyi-Vass <
> > > >> > > > viktorsomo...@gmail.com>
> > > >> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > Hey Colin,
> > > >> > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > I think this is a long-awaited KIP, thanks for driving
> > it.
> > > >> I'm
> > > >> > > > excited to
> > > >> > > > > > > > see this in Kafka once. I collected my questions (and I
> > > >> accept the
> > > >> > > > "TBD"
> > > >> > > > > > > > answer as they might be a bit deep for this high level
> > :) ).
> > > >> > > > > > > > 1.) Are there any specific reasons for the Controller
> > just
> > > >> > > > periodically
> > > >> > > > > > > > persisting its state on disk periodically instead of
> > > >> > > > asynchronously with
> > > >> > > > > > > > every update? Wouldn't less frequent saves increase the
> > > >> chance for
> > > >> > > > missing
> > > >> > > > > > > > a state change if the controller crashes between two
> > saves?
> > > >> > > > > > > > 2.) Why can't we allow brokers to fetch metadata from
> > the
> > > >> follower
> > > >> > > > > > > > controllers? I assume that followers would have
> > up-to-date
> > > >> > > > information
> > > >> > > > > > > > therefore brokers could fetch from there in theory.
> > > >> > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > >> > > > > > > > Viktor
> > > >> > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 6:58 AM Boyang Chen <
> > > >> > > > reluctanthero...@gmail.com>
> > > >> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > Thanks for explaining Ismael! Breaking down into
> > > >> follow-up KIPs
> > > >> > > > sounds
> > > >> > > > > > > > like
> > > >> > > > > > > > > a good idea.
> > > >> > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 10:14 AM Ismael Juma <
> > > >> ism...@juma.me.uk>
> > > >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > Hi Boyang,
> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > Yes, there will be several KIPs that will discuss
> > the
> > > >> items you
> > > >> > > > > > > > describe
> > > >> > > > > > > > > in
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > detail. Colin, it may be helpful to make this clear
> > in
> > > >> the KIP
> > > >> > > > 500
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > description.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > Ismael
> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:32 AM Boyang Chen <
> > > >> > > > reluctanthero...@gmail.com
> > > >> > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Colin for initiating this important effort!
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > One question I have is whether we have a session
> > > >> discussing
> > > >> > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > controller
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > failover in the new architecture? I know we are
> > using
> > > >> Raft
> > > >> > > > protocol
> > > >> > > > > > > > to
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > failover, yet it's still valuable to discuss the
> > > >> steps new
> > > >> > > > cluster is
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > going
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > to take to reach the stable stage again, so that
> > we
> > > >> could
> > > >> > > > easily
> > > >> > > > > > > > > measure
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > the availability of the metadata servers.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > Another suggestion I have is to write a
> > step-by-step
> > > >> design
> > > >> > > > doc like
> > > >> > > > > > > > > what
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > we did in KIP-98
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > <
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >>
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-98+-+Exactly+Once+Delivery+and+Transactional+Messaging
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >,
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > including the new request protocols and how they
> > are
> > > >> > > > interacting in
> > > >> > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > new
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > cluster. For a complicated change like this, an
> > > >> > > > implementation design
> > > >> > > > > > > > > doc
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > help a lot in the review process, otherwise most
> > > >> discussions
> > > >> > > > we have
> > > >> > > > > > > > > will
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > focus on high level and lose important details as
> > we
> > > >> > > > discover them in
> > > >> > > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > post-agreement phase.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > Boyang
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 5:17 PM Colin McCabe <
> > > >> > > > cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > >> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019, at 16:33, Jose Armando
> > Garcia
> > > >> Sancio
> > > >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Colin for the detail KIP. I have a few
> > > >> comments
> > > >> > > > and
> > > >> > > > > > > > > questions.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > In the KIP's Motivation and Overview you
> > > >> mentioned the
> > > >> > > > > > > > LeaderAndIsr
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > and
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > UpdateMetadata RPC. For example, "updates
> > which
> > > >> the
> > > >> > > > controller
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > pushes,
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > such
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > as LeaderAndIsr and UpdateMetadata messages".
> > Is
> > > >> your
> > > >> > > > thinking
> > > >> > > > > > > > that
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > we
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > use MetadataFetch as a replacement to just
> > > >> > > > UpdateMetadata only
> > > >> > > > > > > > and
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > add
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > topic configuration in this state?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jose,
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for taking a look.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > The goal is for MetadataFetchRequest to replace
> > both
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > LeaderAndIsrRequest
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > and UpdateMetadataRequest.  Topic configurations
> > > >> would be
> > > >> > > > fetched
> > > >> > > > > > > > > along
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > with the other metadata.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > In the section "Broker Metadata Management",
> > you
> > > >> mention
> > > >> > > > "Just
> > > >> > > > > > > > like
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > with
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > fetch request, the broker will track the
> > offset
> > > >> of the
> > > >> > > > last
> > > >> > > > > > > > updates
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > it
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > fetched". To keep the log consistent Raft
> > > >> requires that
> > > >> > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > followers
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > keep
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > all of the log entries (term/epoch and offset)
> > > >> that are
> > > >> > > > after the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > highwatermark. Any log entry before the
> > > >> highwatermark
> > > >> > > > can be
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > compacted/snapshot. Do we expect the
> > > >> MetadataFetch API
> > > >> > > > to only
> > > >> > > > > > > > > return
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > log
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > entries up to the highwatermark?  Unlike the
> > Raft
> > > >> > > > replication API
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > which
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > will replicate/fetch log entries after the
> > > >> highwatermark
> > > >> > > > for
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > consensus?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Good question.  Clearly, we shouldn't expose
> > > >> metadata
> > > >> > > > updates to
> > > >> > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > brokers until they've been stored on a majority
> > of
> > > >> the
> > > >> > > > Raft nodes.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > The
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > most obvious way to do that, like you
> > mentioned, is
> > > >> to
> > > >> > > > have the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > brokers
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > only fetch up to the HWM, but not beyond.  There
> > > >> might be
> > > >> > > > a more
> > > >> > > > > > > > > clever
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > way
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > to do it by fetching the data, but not having
> > the
> > > >> brokers
> > > >> > > > act on it
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > until
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > the HWM advances.  I'm not sure if that's worth
> > it
> > > >> or
> > > >> > > > not.  We'll
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > discuss
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > this more in a separate KIP that just discusses
> > > >> just Raft.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > In section "Broker Metadata Management", you
> > > >> mention "the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > controller
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > send a full metadata image rather than a
> > series of
> > > >> > > > deltas". This
> > > >> > > > > > > > > KIP
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't go into the set of operations that
> > need
> > > >> to be
> > > >> > > > supported
> > > >> > > > > > > > on
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > top
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Raft but it would be interested if this "full
> > > >> metadata
> > > >> > > > image"
> > > >> > > > > > > > could
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > be
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > express also as deltas. For example, assuming
> > we
> > > >> are
> > > >> > > > replicating
> > > >> > > > > > > > a
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > map
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > "full metadata image" could be a sequence of
> > "put"
> > > >> > > > operations
> > > >> > > > > > > > > (znode
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > create
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > to borrow ZK semantics).
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > The full image can definitely be expressed as a
> > sum
> > > >> of
> > > >> > > > deltas.  At
> > > >> > > > > > > > > some
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > point, the number of deltas will get large
> > enough
> > > >> that
> > > >> > > > sending a
> > > >> > > > > > > > full
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > image
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > is better, though.  One question that we're
> > still
> > > >> thinking
> > > >> > > > about is
> > > >> > > > > > > > > how
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > much of this can be shared with generic Kafka
> > log
> > > >> code,
> > > >> > > > and how
> > > >> > > > > > > > much
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > should
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > be different.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > In section "Broker Metadata Management", you
> > > >> mention
> > > >> > > > "This
> > > >> > > > > > > > request
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > will
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > double as a heartbeat, letting the controller
> > > >> know that
> > > >> > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > broker
> > > >> > > > > > > > > is
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > alive". In section "Broker State Machine", you
> > > >> mention
> > > >> > > > "The
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > MetadataFetch
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > API serves as this registration mechanism".
> > Does
> > > >> this
> > > >> > > > mean that
> > > >> > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > MetadataFetch Request will optionally include
> > > >> broker
> > > >> > > > > > > > configuration
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > information?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > I was originally thinking that the
> > > >> MetadataFetchRequest
> > > >> > > > should
> > > >> > > > > > > > > include
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > broker configuration information.  Thinking
> > about
> > > >> this
> > > >> > > > more, maybe
> > > >> > > > > > > > we
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > should just have a special registration RPC that
> > > >> contains
> > > >> > > > that
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > information,
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > to avoid sending it over the wire all the time.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Does this also mean that MetadataFetch request
> > > >> will
> > > >> > > > result in
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > a "write"/AppendEntries through the Raft
> > > >> replication
> > > >> > > > protocol
> > > >> > > > > > > > > before
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > can send the associated MetadataFetch
> > Response?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > I think we should require the broker to be out
> > of
> > > >> the
> > > >> > > > Offline state
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > before
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > allowing it to fetch metadata, yes.  So the
> > separate
> > > >> > > > registration
> > > >> > > > > > > > RPC
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > should have completed first.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > In section "Broker State", you mention that a
> > > >> broker can
> > > >> > > > > > > > transition
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > online after it is caught with the metadata.
> > What
> > > >> do you
> > > >> > > > mean by
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > this?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Metadata is always changing. How does the
> > broker
> > > >> know
> > > >> > > > that it is
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > caught
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > up
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > since it doesn't participate in the consensus
> > or
> > > >> the
> > > >> > > > advancement
> > > >> > > > > > > > of
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > highwatermark?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > That's a good point.  Being "caught up" is
> > somewhat
> > > >> of a
> > > >> > > > fuzzy
> > > >> > > > > > > > > concept
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > here, since the brokers do not participate in
> > the
> > > >> metadata
> > > >> > > > > > > > consensus.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > I
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > think ideally we would want to define it in
> > terms
> > > >> of time
> > > >> > > > ("the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > broker
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > has
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > all the updates from the last 2 minutes", for
> > > >> example.)
> > > >> > > > We should
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > spell
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > this out better in the KIP.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > In section "Start the controller quorum
> > nodes",
> > > >> you
> > > >> > > > mention "Once
> > > >> > > > > > > > > it
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > has
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > taken over the /controller node, the active
> > > >> controller
> > > >> > > > will
> > > >> > > > > > > > proceed
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > load
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > the full state of ZooKeeper.  It will write
> > out
> > > >> this
> > > >> > > > information
> > > >> > > > > > > > to
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > quorum's metadata storage.  After this point,
> > the
> > > >> > > > metadata quorum
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > will
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > the metadata store of record, rather than the
> > > >> data in
> > > >> > > > ZooKeeper."
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > During
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > this migration do should we expect to have a
> > > >> small period
> > > >> > > > > > > > > controller
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > unavailability while the controller replicas
> > this
> > > >> state
> > > >> > > > to all of
> > > >> > > > > > > > > the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > raft
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > nodes in the controller quorum and we buffer
> > new
> > > >> > > > controller API
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > requests?
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, the controller would be unavailable during
> > this
> > > >> > > > time.  I don't
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > think
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > this will be that different from the current
> > period
> > > >> of
> > > >> > > > > > > > unavailability
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > when
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > a new controller starts up and needs to load the
> > > >> full
> > > >> > > > state from
> > > >> > > > > > > > ZK.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > The
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > main difference is that in this period, we'd
> > have
> > > >> to write
> > > >> > > > to the
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > controller quorum rather than just to memory.
> > But
> > > >> we
> > > >> > > > believe this
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > should
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > be pretty fast.
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > regards,
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Colin
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -Jose
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > --
> > > >> > > David Arthur
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
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