Github user NicoK commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4533#discussion_r153258008 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/netty/CreditBasedClientHandler.java --- @@ -88,6 +98,15 @@ void cancelRequestFor(InputChannelID inputChannelId) { } } + void notifyCreditAvailable(final RemoteInputChannel inputChannel) { --- End diff -- Can you please add a comment under which circumstances not to call this, i.e. we must make sure, `ctx` is assigned yet (so after the channel has been activated somehow). I checked the uses of this method and those seem to be safe, i.e. in `RemoteInputChannel`s `#notifyBufferAvailable()`, `#onSenderBacklog()`, and `#recycle()`. All of these should only happen after some interaction with the channel.
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