Github user NicoK commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4735#discussion_r141387553 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/partition/consumer/RemoteInputChannel.java --- @@ -313,6 +320,49 @@ public int getNumberOfAvailableBuffers() { } } + /** + * Buffer pool notifies this channel of an available floating buffer. If the channel is released or not + * needing extra buffers currently, the buffer should be recycled to buffer pool. Otherwise, the buffer + * will be added into the available queue and the unannounced credit is increased by one. + * + * @param buffer Buffer that becomes available in buffer pool. + * @return True when this channel is waiting for more floating buffers, otherwise false. + */ + @Override + public boolean notifyBufferAvailable(Buffer buffer) { + checkState(isWaitingFloatingBuffers.get(), "This channel should be waiting for floating buffers currently."); --- End diff -- `"This channel should be waiting for floating buffers."`
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