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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-8458:
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Github user zhijiangW commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5317#discussion_r171575083
  
    --- Diff: 
flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/configuration/TaskManagerOptions.java 
---
    @@ -269,15 +269,21 @@
        public static final ConfigOption<Integer> NETWORK_BUFFERS_PER_CHANNEL =
                        key("taskmanager.network.memory.buffers-per-channel")
                        .defaultValue(2)
    -                   .withDescription("Number of network buffers to use for 
each outgoing/incoming channel (subpartition/input channel).");
    +                   .withDescription("Number of network buffers to use for 
each outgoing/incoming channel (subpartition/input channel)." +
    +                           "In credit-based flow control mode, this 
indicates how many credits are exclusive in each input channel. It should be" +
    +                           " configured at least 2 for good performance. 1 
buffer is for receiving in-flight data in the subpartition and 1 buffer is" +
    +                           " for parallel serialization.");
     
        /**
         * Number of extra network buffers to use for each outgoing/incoming 
gate (result partition/input gate).
         */
        public static final ConfigOption<Integer> 
NETWORK_EXTRA_BUFFERS_PER_GATE =
                        
key("taskmanager.network.memory.floating-buffers-per-gate")
                        .defaultValue(8)
    -                   .withDescription("Number of extra network buffers to 
use for each outgoing/incoming gate (result partition/input gate).");
    +                   .withDescription("Number of extra network buffers to 
use for each outgoing/incoming gate (result partition/input gate)." +
    +                           " In credit-based flow control mode, this 
indicates how many floating credits are shared among all the input channels." +
    +                           " The floating buffers are distributed based on 
backlog (real-time output buffers in the subpartition) feedback, and can" +
    +                           " help relieve back-pressure caused by 
unbalanced data distribution among the subpartitions.");
    --- End diff --
    
    Yeah, I already added it.


> Add the switch for keeping both the old mode and the new credit-based mode
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLINK-8458
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-8458
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: Network
>            Reporter: zhijiang
>            Assignee: zhijiang
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: 1.5.0
>
>
> After the whole feature of credit-based flow control is done, we should add a 
> config parameter to switch on/off the new credit-based mode. To do so, we can 
> roll back to the old network mode for any expected risks.
> The parameter is defined as 
> {{taskmanager.network.credit-based-flow-control.enabled}} and the default 
> value is true. This switch may be removed after next release.



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