Jason Gustafson created KAFKA-3014:
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             Summary: Integer overflow causes incorrect node iteration in 
leastLoadedNode() 
                 Key: KAFKA-3014
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3014
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Jason Gustafson
            Assignee: Jason Gustafson


The leastLoadedNode() implementation iterates over all the known nodes to find 
a suitable candidate for sending metadata. The loop looks like this:

{code}
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); i++) {
  int idx = Utils.abs((this.nodeIndexOffset + i) % nodes.size());
  Node node = nodes.get(idx);
  ...
}
{code}

Unfortunately, this doesn't handle integer overflow correctly, which can result 
in some nodes in the list being passed over. For example, if the size of the 
node list is 5 and the random offset is Integer.MAX_VALUE, then the loop will 
iterate over the following indices: 2, 3, 2, 1, 0. 

In pathological cases, this can prevent the client from being able to connect 
to good nodes in order to refresh metadata.



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