HBASE-23181 Blocked WAL archive: "LogRoller: Failed to schedule flush of XXXX, because it is not online on us" (#753)

Signed-off-by: Lijin Bin <binlijin@apache.org>
Signed-off-by: stack <stack@apache.org>

hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/ImmutableByteArray.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class ImmutableByteArray {
     return new ImmutableByteArray(b);
   }
 
-  public String toStringUtf8() {
+  public String toString() {
-    return Bytes.toString(b);
+    return Bytes.toStringBinary(b);
   }
 }

hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestWALRecordReader.java

@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ public class TestWALRecordReader {
     long ts = System.currentTimeMillis();
     WALEdit edit = new WALEdit();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("1"), ts, value));
-    log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts, scopes), edit, true);
+    log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts, scopes), edit);
     edit = new WALEdit();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("2"), ts+1, value));
-    log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts+1, scopes), edit, true);
+    log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts+1, scopes), edit);
     log.sync();
     LOG.info("Before 1st WAL roll " + log.toString());
     log.rollWriter();
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ public class TestWALRecordReader {
 
     edit = new WALEdit();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("3"), ts1+1, value));
-    log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts1+1, scopes), edit, true);
+    log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts1+1, scopes), edit);
     edit = new WALEdit();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("4"), ts1+2, value));
-    log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts1+2, scopes), edit, true);
+    log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(ts1+2, scopes), edit);
     log.sync();
     log.shutdown();
     walfactory.shutdown();
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class TestWALRecordReader {
     WALEdit edit = new WALEdit();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("1"),
         System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-    long txid = log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit, true);
+    long txid = log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit);
     log.sync(txid);
 
     Thread.sleep(1); // make sure 2nd log gets a later timestamp
@@ -201,9 +201,8 @@ public class TestWALRecordReader {
     log.rollWriter();
 
     edit = new WALEdit();
-    edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("2"),
+    edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("2"), System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-        System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
+    txid = log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit);
-    txid = log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit, true);
     log.sync(txid);
     log.shutdown();
     walfactory.shutdown();
@@ -253,17 +252,15 @@ public class TestWALRecordReader {
     WAL log = walfactory.getWAL(info);
     byte [] value = Bytes.toBytes("value");
     WALEdit edit = new WALEdit();
-    edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("1"),
+    edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("1"), System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-        System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
+    long txid = log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit);
-    long txid = log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit, true);
     log.sync(txid);
 
     Thread.sleep(10); // make sure 2nd edit gets a later timestamp
 
     edit = new WALEdit();
-    edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("2"),
+    edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("2"), System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-        System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
+    txid = log.appendData(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit);
-    txid = log.append(info, getWalKeyImpl(System.currentTimeMillis(), scopes), edit, true);
     log.sync(txid);
     log.shutdown();
 

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java

@@ -7995,7 +7995,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
     }
     WriteEntry writeEntry = null;
     try {
-      long txid = this.wal.append(this.getRegionInfo(), walKey, walEdit, true);
+      long txid = this.wal.appendData(this.getRegionInfo(), walKey, walEdit);
       // Call sync on our edit.
       if (txid != 0) {
         sync(txid, durability);

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractFSWAL.java

@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFSWAL<W extends WriterBase> implements WAL {
     // Noop
   }
 
-  protected final boolean append(W writer, FSWALEntry entry) throws IOException {
+  protected final boolean appendEntry(W writer, FSWALEntry entry) throws IOException {
     // TODO: WORK ON MAKING THIS APPEND FASTER. DOING WAY TOO MUCH WORK WITH CPs, PBing, etc.
     atHeadOfRingBufferEventHandlerAppend();
     long start = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
@@ -1001,8 +1001,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractFSWAL<W extends WriterBase> implements WAL {
     doAppend(writer, entry);
     assert highestUnsyncedTxid < entry.getTxid();
     highestUnsyncedTxid = entry.getTxid();
-    sequenceIdAccounting.update(encodedRegionName, entry.getFamilyNames(), regionSequenceId,
+    if (entry.isCloseRegion()) {
-      entry.isInMemStore());
+      // let's clean all the records of this region
+      sequenceIdAccounting.onRegionClose(encodedRegionName);
+    } else {
+      sequenceIdAccounting.update(encodedRegionName, entry.getFamilyNames(), regionSequenceId,
+        entry.isInMemStore());
+    }
     coprocessorHost.postWALWrite(entry.getRegionInfo(), entry.getKey(), entry.getEdit());
     // Update metrics.
     postAppend(entry, EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - start);
@@ -1052,11 +1057,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractFSWAL<W extends WriterBase> implements WAL {
   }
 
   protected final long stampSequenceIdAndPublishToRingBuffer(RegionInfo hri, WALKeyImpl key,
-      WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore, RingBuffer<RingBufferTruck> ringBuffer)
+    WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore, boolean closeRegion, RingBuffer<RingBufferTruck> ringBuffer)
-      throws IOException {
+    throws IOException {
     if (this.closed) {
       throw new IOException(
-          "Cannot append; log is closed, regionName = " + hri.getRegionNameAsString());
+        "Cannot append; log is closed, regionName = " + hri.getRegionNameAsString());
     }
     MutableLong txidHolder = new MutableLong();
     MultiVersionConcurrencyControl.WriteEntry we = key.getMvcc().begin(() -> {
@@ -1066,7 +1071,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFSWAL<W extends WriterBase> implements WAL {
     ServerCall<?> rpcCall = RpcServer.getCurrentCall().filter(c -> c instanceof ServerCall)
       .filter(c -> c.getCellScanner() != null).map(c -> (ServerCall) c).orElse(null);
     try (TraceScope scope = TraceUtil.createTrace(implClassName + ".append")) {
-      FSWALEntry entry = new FSWALEntry(txid, key, edits, hri, inMemstore, rpcCall);
+      FSWALEntry entry = new FSWALEntry(txid, key, edits, hri, inMemstore, closeRegion, rpcCall);
       entry.stampRegionSequenceId(we);
       ringBuffer.get(txid).load(entry);
     } finally {
@@ -1102,7 +1107,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractFSWAL<W extends WriterBase> implements WAL {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long appendData(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits) throws IOException {
+    return append(info, key, edits, true, false);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public long appendMarker(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean closeRegion)
+    throws IOException {
+    return append(info, key, edits, false, closeRegion);
+  }
+
   /**
+   * Append a set of edits to the WAL.
+   * <p/>
+   * The WAL is not flushed/sync'd after this transaction completes BUT on return this edit must
+   * have its region edit/sequence id assigned else it messes up our unification of mvcc and
+   * sequenceid. On return <code>key</code> will have the region edit/sequence id filled in.
+   * <p/>
    * NOTE: This append, at a time that is usually after this call returns, starts an mvcc
    * transaction by calling 'begin' wherein which we assign this update a sequenceid. At assignment
    * time, we stamp all the passed in Cells inside WALEdit with their sequenceId. You must
@@ -1113,10 +1135,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractFSWAL<W extends WriterBase> implements WAL {
    * passed in WALKey <code>walKey</code> parameter. Be warned that the WriteEntry is not
    * immediately available on return from this method. It WILL be available subsequent to a sync of
    * this append; otherwise, you will just have to wait on the WriteEntry to get filled in.
+   * @param info the regioninfo associated with append
+   * @param key Modified by this call; we add to it this edits region edit/sequence id.
+   * @param edits Edits to append. MAY CONTAIN NO EDITS for case where we want to get an edit
+   *          sequence id that is after all currently appended edits.
+   * @param inMemstore Always true except for case where we are writing a region event marker, for
+   *          example, a compaction completion record into the WAL; in this case the entry is just
+   *          so we can finish an unfinished compaction -- it is not an edit for memstore.
+   * @param closeRegion Whether this is a region close marker, i.e, the last wal edit for this
+   *          region on this region server. The WAL implementation should remove all the related
+   *          stuff, for example, the sequence id accounting.
+   * @return Returns a 'transaction id' and <code>key</code> will have the region edit/sequence id
+   *         in it.
    */
-  @Override
+  protected abstract long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore,
-  public abstract long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore)
+    boolean closeRegion) throws IOException;
-      throws IOException;
 
   protected abstract void doAppend(W writer, FSWALEntry entry) throws IOException;
 

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AsyncFSWAL.java

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public class AsyncFSWAL extends AbstractFSWAL<AsyncWriter> {
       FSWALEntry entry = iter.next();
       boolean appended;
       try {
-        appended = append(writer, entry);
+        appended = appendEntry(writer, entry);
       } catch (IOException e) {
         throw new AssertionError("should not happen", e);
       }
@@ -615,13 +615,13 @@ public class AsyncFSWAL extends AbstractFSWAL<AsyncWriter> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public long append(RegionInfo hri, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore)
+  protected long append(RegionInfo hri, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore,
-      throws IOException {
+    boolean closeRegion) throws IOException {
     if (markerEditOnly() && !edits.isMetaEdit()) {
       throw new IOException("WAL is closing, only marker edit is allowed");
     }
-    long txid =
+    long txid = stampSequenceIdAndPublishToRingBuffer(hri, key, edits, inMemstore, closeRegion,
-      stampSequenceIdAndPublishToRingBuffer(hri, key, edits, inMemstore, waitingConsumePayloads);
+      waitingConsumePayloads);
     if (shouldScheduleConsumer()) {
       consumeExecutor.execute(consumer);
     }

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/FSHLog.java

@@ -433,12 +433,10 @@ public class FSHLog extends AbstractFSWAL<Writer> {
     }
   }
 
-  @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value = "NP_NULL_ON_SOME_PATH_EXCEPTION",
-      justification = "Will never be null")
   @Override
-  public long append(final RegionInfo hri, final WALKeyImpl key, final WALEdit edits,
+  protected long append(final RegionInfo hri, final WALKeyImpl key, final WALEdit edits,
-      final boolean inMemstore) throws IOException {
+    final boolean inMemstore, boolean closeRegion) throws IOException {
-    return stampSequenceIdAndPublishToRingBuffer(hri, key, edits, inMemstore,
+    return stampSequenceIdAndPublishToRingBuffer(hri, key, edits, inMemstore, closeRegion,
       disruptor.getRingBuffer());
   }
 
@@ -1100,7 +1098,7 @@ public class FSHLog extends AbstractFSWAL<Writer> {
      */
     void append(final FSWALEntry entry) throws Exception {
       try {
-        FSHLog.this.append(writer, entry);
+        FSHLog.this.appendEntry(writer, entry);
       } catch (Exception e) {
         String msg = "Append sequenceId=" + entry.getKey().getSequenceId()
             + ", requesting roll of WAL";

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/FSWALEntry.java

@@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ class FSWALEntry extends Entry {
   // they are only in memory and held here while passing over the ring buffer.
   private final transient long txid;
   private final transient boolean inMemstore;
+  private final transient boolean closeRegion;
   private final transient RegionInfo regionInfo;
   private final transient Set<byte[]> familyNames;
   private final transient ServerCall<?> rpcCall;
 
   FSWALEntry(final long txid, final WALKeyImpl key, final WALEdit edit, final RegionInfo regionInfo,
-    final boolean inMemstore, ServerCall<?> rpcCall) {
+    final boolean inMemstore, boolean closeRegion, ServerCall<?> rpcCall) {
     super(key, edit);
     this.inMemstore = inMemstore;
+    this.closeRegion = closeRegion;
     this.regionInfo = regionInfo;
     this.txid = txid;
     if (inMemstore) {
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ class FSWALEntry extends Entry {
     return this.inMemstore;
   }
 
+  boolean isCloseRegion() {
+    return closeRegion;
+  }
+
   RegionInfo getRegionInfo() {
     return this.regionInfo;
   }

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/SequenceIdAccounting.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ImmutableByteArray;
@@ -184,6 +185,30 @@ class SequenceIdAccounting {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Clear all the records of the given region as it is going to be closed.
+   * <p/>
+   * We will call this once we get the region close marker. We need this because that, if we use
+   * Durability.ASYNC_WAL, after calling startCacheFlush, we may still get some ongoing wal entries
+   * that has not been processed yet, this will lead to orphan records in the
+   * lowestUnflushedSequenceIds and then cause too many WAL files.
+   * <p/>
+   * See HBASE-23157 for more details.
+   */
+  void onRegionClose(byte[] encodedRegionName) {
+    synchronized (tieLock) {
+      this.lowestUnflushedSequenceIds.remove(encodedRegionName);
+      Map<ImmutableByteArray, Long> flushing = this.flushingSequenceIds.remove(encodedRegionName);
+      if (flushing != null) {
+        LOG.warn("Still have flushing records when closing {}, {}",
+          Bytes.toString(encodedRegionName),
+          flushing.entrySet().stream().map(e -> e.getKey().toString() + "->" + e.getValue())
+            .collect(Collectors.joining(",", "{", "}")));
+      }
+    }
+    this.highestSequenceIds.remove(encodedRegionName);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Update the store sequence id, e.g., upon executing in-memory compaction
    */
@@ -364,7 +389,7 @@ class SequenceIdAccounting {
         Long currentId = tmpMap.get(e.getKey());
         if (currentId != null && currentId.longValue() < e.getValue().longValue()) {
           String errorStr = Bytes.toString(encodedRegionName) + " family "
-              + e.getKey().toStringUtf8() + " acquired edits out of order current memstore seq="
+              + e.getKey().toString() + " acquired edits out of order current memstore seq="
               + currentId + ", previous oldest unflushed id=" + e.getValue();
           LOG.error(errorStr);
           Runtime.getRuntime().halt(1);

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/WALUtil.java

@@ -59,20 +59,19 @@ public class WALUtil {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Write the marker that a compaction has succeeded and is about to be committed.
+   * Write the marker that a compaction has succeeded and is about to be committed. This provides
-   * This provides info to the HMaster to allow it to recover the compaction if this regionserver
+   * info to the HMaster to allow it to recover the compaction if this regionserver dies in the
-   * dies in the middle. It also prevents the compaction from finishing if this regionserver has
+   * middle. It also prevents the compaction from finishing if this regionserver has already lost
-   * already lost its lease on the log.
+   * its lease on the log.
-   *
+   * <p/>
-   * <p>This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
+   * This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
    * @param mvcc Used by WAL to get sequence Id for the waledit.
    */
   public static WALKeyImpl writeCompactionMarker(WAL wal,
-      NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, RegionInfo hri, final CompactionDescriptor c,
+    NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, RegionInfo hri, final CompactionDescriptor c,
-      MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc)
+    MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc) throws IOException {
-  throws IOException {
     WALKeyImpl walKey =
-        writeMarker(wal, replicationScope, hri, WALEdit.createCompaction(hri, c), mvcc, null);
+      writeMarker(wal, replicationScope, hri, WALEdit.createCompaction(hri, c), false, mvcc, null);
     if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
       LOG.trace("Appended compaction marker " + TextFormat.shortDebugString(c));
     }
@@ -81,14 +80,14 @@ public class WALUtil {
 
   /**
    * Write a flush marker indicating a start / abort or a complete of a region flush
-   *
+   * <p/>
-   * <p>This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
+   * This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
    */
   public static WALKeyImpl writeFlushMarker(WAL wal, NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope,
-      RegionInfo hri, final FlushDescriptor f, boolean sync, MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc)
+    RegionInfo hri, final FlushDescriptor f, boolean sync, MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc)
-          throws IOException {
+    throws IOException {
-    WALKeyImpl walKey = doFullAppendTransaction(wal, replicationScope, hri,
+    WALKeyImpl walKey = doFullMarkerAppendTransaction(wal, replicationScope, hri,
-        WALEdit.createFlushWALEdit(hri, f), mvcc, null, sync);
+      WALEdit.createFlushWALEdit(hri, f), false, mvcc, null, sync);
     if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
       LOG.trace("Appended flush marker " + TextFormat.shortDebugString(f));
     }
@@ -96,15 +95,15 @@ public class WALUtil {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Write a region open marker indicating that the region is opened.
+   * Write a region open marker indicating that the region is opened. This write is for internal use
-   * This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
+   * only. Not for external client consumption.
    */
   public static WALKeyImpl writeRegionEventMarker(WAL wal,
-      NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, RegionInfo hri,
+    NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, RegionInfo hri, final RegionEventDescriptor r,
-      final RegionEventDescriptor r, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc)
+    final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc) throws IOException {
-  throws IOException {
+    WALKeyImpl walKey =
-    WALKeyImpl walKey = writeMarker(wal, replicationScope, hri,
+      writeMarker(wal, replicationScope, hri, WALEdit.createRegionEventWALEdit(hri, r),
-        WALEdit.createRegionEventWALEdit(hri, r), mvcc, null);
+        r.getEventType() == RegionEventDescriptor.EventType.REGION_CLOSE, mvcc, null);
     if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
       LOG.trace("Appended region event marker " + TextFormat.shortDebugString(r));
     }
@@ -122,11 +121,11 @@ public class WALUtil {
    * @throws IOException We will throw an IOException if we can not append to the HLog.
    */
   public static WALKeyImpl writeBulkLoadMarkerAndSync(final WAL wal,
-      final NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, final RegionInfo hri,
+    final NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, final RegionInfo hri,
-      final WALProtos.BulkLoadDescriptor desc, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc)
+    final WALProtos.BulkLoadDescriptor desc, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc)
-          throws IOException {
+    throws IOException {
-    WALKeyImpl walKey =
+    WALKeyImpl walKey = writeMarker(wal, replicationScope, hri,
-        writeMarker(wal, replicationScope, hri, WALEdit.createBulkLoadEvent(hri, desc), mvcc, null);
+      WALEdit.createBulkLoadEvent(hri, desc), false, mvcc, null);
     if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
       LOG.trace("Appended Bulk Load marker " + TextFormat.shortDebugString(desc));
     }
@@ -134,36 +133,32 @@ public class WALUtil {
   }
 
   private static WALKeyImpl writeMarker(final WAL wal,
-                                        final NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope,
+    final NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, final RegionInfo hri, final WALEdit edit,
-                                        final RegionInfo hri,
+    boolean closeRegion, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
-                                        final WALEdit edit,
+    final Map<String, byte[]> extendedAttributes) throws IOException {
-                                        final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
-                                        final Map<String, byte[]> extendedAttributes)
-  throws IOException {
     // If sync == true in below, then timeout is not used; safe to pass UNSPECIFIED_TIMEOUT
-    return doFullAppendTransaction(wal, replicationScope, hri,
+    return doFullMarkerAppendTransaction(wal, replicationScope, hri, edit, closeRegion, mvcc,
-        edit, mvcc, extendedAttributes, true);
+      extendedAttributes, true);
   }
 
   /**
-   * A 'full' WAL transaction involves starting an mvcc transaction followed by an append,
+   * A 'full' WAL transaction involves starting an mvcc transaction followed by an append, an
-   * an optional sync, and then a call to complete the mvcc transaction. This method does it all.
+   * optional sync, and then a call to complete the mvcc transaction. This method does it all. Good
-   * Good for case of adding a single edit or marker to the WAL.
+   * for case of adding a single edit or marker to the WAL.
-   *
+   * <p/>
-   * <p>This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
+   * This write is for internal use only. Not for external client consumption.
    * @return WALKeyImpl that was added to the WAL.
    */
-  public static WALKeyImpl doFullAppendTransaction(final WAL wal,
+  private static WALKeyImpl doFullMarkerAppendTransaction(final WAL wal,
-      final NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, final RegionInfo hri,
+    final NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> replicationScope, final RegionInfo hri, final WALEdit edit,
-      final WALEdit edit, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
+    boolean closeRegion, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
-      final Map<String, byte[]> extendedAttributes, final boolean sync)
+    final Map<String, byte[]> extendedAttributes, final boolean sync) throws IOException {
-  throws IOException {
     // TODO: Pass in current time to use?
     WALKeyImpl walKey = new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), hri.getTable(),
-        System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, replicationScope, extendedAttributes);
+      System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, replicationScope, extendedAttributes);
     long trx = MultiVersionConcurrencyControl.NONE;
     try {
-      trx = wal.append(hri, walKey, edit, false);
+      trx = wal.appendMarker(hri, walKey, edit, closeRegion);
       if (sync) {
         wal.sync(trx);
       }

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/DisabledWALProvider.java

@@ -161,8 +161,18 @@ class DisabledWALProvider implements WALProvider {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore)
+    public long appendData(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits) throws IOException {
-        throws IOException {
+      return append(info, key, edits, true, false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long appendMarker(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean closeRegion)
+      throws IOException {
+      return append(info, key, edits, false, closeRegion);
+    }
+
+    private long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore,
+      boolean closeRegion) throws IOException {
       WriteEntry writeEntry = key.getMvcc().begin();
       if (!edits.isReplay()) {
         for (Cell cell : edits.getCells()) {

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/WAL.java

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public interface WAL extends Closeable, WALFileLengthProvider {
   /**
    * Roll the log writer. That is, start writing log messages to a new file.
    *
-   * <p>
+   * <p/>
    * The implementation is synchronized in order to make sure there's one rollWriter
    * running at any given time.
    *
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public interface WAL extends Closeable, WALFileLengthProvider {
   /**
    * Roll the log writer. That is, start writing log messages to a new file.
    *
-   * <p>
+   * <p/>
    * The implementation is synchronized in order to make sure there's one rollWriter
    * running at any given time.
    *
@@ -97,44 +97,59 @@ public interface WAL extends Closeable, WALFileLengthProvider {
   void close() throws IOException;
 
   /**
-   * Append a set of edits to the WAL. The WAL is not flushed/sync'd after this transaction
+   * Append a set of data edits to the WAL. 'Data' here means that the content in the edits will
-   * completes BUT on return this edit must have its region edit/sequence id assigned
+   * also be added to memstore.
-   * else it messes up our unification of mvcc and sequenceid.  On return <code>key</code> will
+   * <p/>
-   * have the region edit/sequence id filled in.
+   * The WAL is not flushed/sync'd after this transaction completes BUT on return this edit must
+   * have its region edit/sequence id assigned else it messes up our unification of mvcc and
+   * sequenceid. On return <code>key</code> will have the region edit/sequence id filled in.
    * @param info the regioninfo associated with append
    * @param key Modified by this call; we add to it this edits region edit/sequence id.
    * @param edits Edits to append. MAY CONTAIN NO EDITS for case where we want to get an edit
-   * sequence id that is after all currently appended edits.
+   *          sequence id that is after all currently appended edits.
-   * @param inMemstore Always true except for case where we are writing a compaction completion
-   * record into the WAL; in this case the entry is just so we can finish an unfinished compaction
-   * -- it is not an edit for memstore.
    * @return Returns a 'transaction id' and <code>key</code> will have the region edit/sequence id
-   * in it.
+   *         in it.
+   * @see #appendMarker(RegionInfo, WALKeyImpl, WALEdit, boolean)
    */
-  long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore) throws IOException;
+  long appendData(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Append a marker edit to the WAL. A marker could be a FlushDescriptor, a compaction marker, or
+   * region event marker. The difference here is that, a marker will not be added to memstore.
+   * <p/>
+   * The WAL is not flushed/sync'd after this transaction completes BUT on return this edit must
+   * have its region edit/sequence id assigned else it messes up our unification of mvcc and
+   * sequenceid. On return <code>key</code> will have the region edit/sequence id filled in.
+   * @param info the regioninfo associated with append
+   * @param key Modified by this call; we add to it this edits region edit/sequence id.
+   * @param edits Edits to append. MAY CONTAIN NO EDITS for case where we want to get an edit
+   *          sequence id that is after all currently appended edits.
+   * @param closeRegion Whether this is a region close marker, i.e, the last wal edit for this
+   *          region on this region server. The WAL implementation should remove all the related
+   *          stuff, for example, the sequence id accounting.
+   * @return Returns a 'transaction id' and <code>key</code> will have the region edit/sequence id
+   *         in it.
+   * @see #appendData(RegionInfo, WALKeyImpl, WALEdit)
+   */
+  long appendMarker(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean closeRegion)
+    throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * updates the seuence number of a specific store.
    * depending on the flag: replaces current seq number if the given seq id is bigger,
    * or even if it is lower than existing one
-   * @param encodedRegionName
-   * @param familyName
-   * @param sequenceid
-   * @param onlyIfGreater
    */
   void updateStore(byte[] encodedRegionName, byte[] familyName, Long sequenceid,
       boolean onlyIfGreater);
 
   /**
    * Sync what we have in the WAL.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void sync() throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * Sync the WAL if the txId was not already sync'd.
    * @param txid Transaction id to sync to.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void sync(long txid) throws IOException;
 

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestWALObserver.java

@@ -239,9 +239,8 @@ public class TestWALObserver {
     // it's where WAL write cp should occur.
     long now = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
     // we use HLogKey here instead of WALKeyImpl directly to support legacy coprocessors.
-    long txid = log.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), hri.getTable(), now,
+    long txid = log.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), hri.getTable(), now,
-        new MultiVersionConcurrencyControl(), scopes),
+      new MultiVersionConcurrencyControl(), scopes), edit);
-      edit, true);
     log.sync(txid);
 
     // the edit shall have been change now by the coprocessor.
@@ -291,9 +290,9 @@ public class TestWALObserver {
       assertFalse(cp.isPostWALWriteCalled());
 
       final long now = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
-      long txid = log.append(hri,
+      long txid = log.appendData(hri,
-          new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), hri.getTable(), now, mvcc, scopes),
+        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), hri.getTable(), now, mvcc, scopes),
-          new WALEdit(), true);
+        new WALEdit());
       log.sync(txid);
 
       assertFalse("Empty WALEdit should skip coprocessor evaluation.", cp.isPreWALWriteCalled());
@@ -340,8 +339,8 @@ public class TestWALObserver {
       addWALEdits(tableName, hri, TEST_ROW, fam, countPerFamily,
         EnvironmentEdgeManager.getDelegate(), wal, scopes, mvcc);
     }
-    wal.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes), edit,
+    wal.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes),
-      true);
+      edit);
     // sync to fs.
     wal.sync();
 
@@ -456,8 +455,8 @@ public class TestWALObserver {
       edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, qualifierBytes, ee.currentTime(), columnBytes));
       // uses WALKeyImpl instead of HLogKey on purpose. will only work for tests where we don't care
       // about legacy coprocessors
-      txid = wal.append(hri,
+      txid = wal.appendData(hri,
-        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, ee.currentTime(), mvcc), edit, true);
+        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, ee.currentTime(), mvcc), edit);
     }
     if (-1 != txid) {
       wal.sync(txid);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AbstractTestDLS.java

@@ -604,9 +604,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestDLS {
         // HBaseTestingUtility.createMultiRegions use 5 bytes key
         byte[] qualifier = Bytes.toBytes("c" + Integer.toString(i));
         e.add(new KeyValue(row, COLUMN_FAMILY, qualifier, System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-        log.append(curRegionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(curRegionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+        log.appendData(curRegionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(curRegionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
-            System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc),
+          tableName, System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc), e);
-          e, true);
         if (0 == i % syncEvery) {
           log.sync();
         }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoad.java

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class TestBulkLoad {
     storeFileName = (new Path(storeFileName)).getName();
     List<String> storeFileNames = new ArrayList<>();
     storeFileNames.add(storeFileName);
-    when(log.append(any(), any(),
+    when(log.appendMarker(any(), any(),
             argThat(bulkLogWalEdit(WALEdit.BULK_LOAD, tableName.toBytes(),
                     familyName, storeFileNames)),
             anyBoolean())).thenAnswer(new Answer() {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class TestBulkLoad {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldBulkLoadSingleFamilyHLog() throws IOException {
-    when(log.append(any(),
+    when(log.appendMarker(any(),
             any(), argThat(bulkLogWalEditType(WALEdit.BULK_LOAD)),
             anyBoolean())).thenAnswer(new Answer() {
               @Override
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class TestBulkLoad {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldBulkLoadManyFamilyHLog() throws IOException {
-    when(log.append(any(),
+    when(log.appendMarker(any(),
             any(), argThat(bulkLogWalEditType(WALEdit.BULK_LOAD)),
             anyBoolean())).thenAnswer(new Answer() {
               @Override
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class TestBulkLoad {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldBulkLoadManyFamilyHLogEvenWhenTableNameNamespaceSpecified() throws IOException {
-    when(log.append(any(),
+    when(log.appendMarker(any(),
             any(), argThat(bulkLogWalEditType(WALEdit.BULK_LOAD)),
             anyBoolean())).thenAnswer(new Answer() {
               @Override

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RowMutations;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.FailedSanityCheckException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.BigDecimalComparator;
@@ -4514,10 +4515,9 @@ public class TestHRegion {
     put.setDurability(mutationDurability);
     region.put(put);
 
-    //verify append called or not
+    // verify append called or not
-    verify(wal, expectAppend ? times(1) : never())
+    verify(wal, expectAppend ? times(1) : never()).appendData((HRegionInfo) any(),
-      .append((HRegionInfo)any(), (WALKeyImpl)any(),
+      (WALKeyImpl) any(), (WALEdit) any());
-          (WALEdit)any(), Mockito.anyBoolean());
 
     // verify sync called or not
     if (expectSync || expectSyncFromLogSyncer) {
@@ -5626,12 +5626,10 @@ public class TestHRegion {
     final ServerName serverName = ServerName.valueOf(name.getMethodName(), 100, 42);
     final RegionServerServices rss = spy(TEST_UTIL.createMockRegionServerService(serverName));
 
-    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor(TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName()));
+    TableDescriptor htd = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName()))
-    htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(fam1));
+      .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(fam1))
-    htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(fam2));
+      .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(fam2)).build();
-
+    RegionInfo hri = RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(htd.getTableName()).build();
-    HRegionInfo hri = new HRegionInfo(htd.getTableName(),
-      HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY, HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);
 
     // open the region w/o rss and wal and flush some files
     region =
@@ -5648,13 +5646,13 @@ public class TestHRegion {
 
     // capture append() calls
     WAL wal = mockWAL();
-    when(rss.getWAL((HRegionInfo) any())).thenReturn(wal);
+    when(rss.getWAL(any(RegionInfo.class))).thenReturn(wal);
 
     region = HRegion.openHRegion(hri, htd, rss.getWAL(hri),
       TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration(), rss, null);
 
-    verify(wal, times(1)).append((HRegionInfo)any(), (WALKeyImpl)any()
+    verify(wal, times(1)).appendMarker(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
-      , editCaptor.capture(), anyBoolean());
+      editCaptor.capture(), anyBoolean());
 
     WALEdit edit = editCaptor.getValue();
     assertNotNull(edit);
@@ -5720,15 +5718,14 @@ public class TestHRegion {
 
   /**
    * Utility method to setup a WAL mock.
+   * <p/>
    * Needs to do the bit where we close latch on the WALKeyImpl on append else test hangs.
    * @return a mock WAL
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   private WAL mockWAL() throws IOException {
     WAL wal = mock(WAL.class);
-    Mockito.when(wal.append((HRegionInfo)Mockito.any(),
+    when(wal.appendData(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class), any(WALEdit.class)))
-        (WALKeyImpl)Mockito.any(), (WALEdit)Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyBoolean())).
+      .thenAnswer(new Answer<Long>() {
-      thenAnswer(new Answer<Long>() {
         @Override
         public Long answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
           WALKeyImpl key = invocation.getArgument(1);
@@ -5736,32 +5733,38 @@ public class TestHRegion {
           key.setWriteEntry(we);
           return 1L;
         }
-
+      });
-    });
+    when(wal.appendMarker(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class), any(WALEdit.class),
+      anyBoolean())).thenAnswer(new Answer<Long>() {
+        @Override
+        public Long answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
+          WALKeyImpl key = invocation.getArgument(1);
+          MultiVersionConcurrencyControl.WriteEntry we = key.getMvcc().begin();
+          key.setWriteEntry(we);
+          return 1L;
+        }
+      });
     return wal;
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testCloseRegionWrittenToWAL() throws Exception {
-
     Path rootDir = new Path(dir + name.getMethodName());
     FSUtils.setRootDir(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration(), rootDir);
 
     final ServerName serverName = ServerName.valueOf("testCloseRegionWrittenToWAL", 100, 42);
     final RegionServerServices rss = spy(TEST_UTIL.createMockRegionServerService(serverName));
 
-    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor(TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName()));
+    TableDescriptor htd = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName()))
-    htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(fam1));
+      .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(fam1))
-    htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(fam2));
+      .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(fam2)).build();
-
+    RegionInfo hri = RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(htd.getTableName()).build();
-    final HRegionInfo hri = new HRegionInfo(htd.getTableName(),
-      HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY, HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);
 
     ArgumentCaptor<WALEdit> editCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(WALEdit.class);
 
     // capture append() calls
     WAL wal = mockWAL();
-    when(rss.getWAL((HRegionInfo) any())).thenReturn(wal);
+    when(rss.getWAL(any(RegionInfo.class))).thenReturn(wal);
 
 
     // create and then open a region first so that it can be closed later
@@ -5773,7 +5776,7 @@ public class TestHRegion {
     region.close(false);
 
     // 2 times, one for region open, the other close region
-    verify(wal, times(2)).append((HRegionInfo)any(), (WALKeyImpl)any(),
+    verify(wal, times(2)).appendMarker(any(RegionInfo.class), (WALKeyImpl) any(WALKeyImpl.class),
       editCaptor.capture(), anyBoolean());
 
     WALEdit edit = editCaptor.getAllValues().get(1);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -1164,8 +1163,8 @@ public class TestHRegionReplayEvents {
 
     // test for region open and close
     secondaryRegion = HRegion.openHRegion(secondaryHri, htd, walSecondary, CONF, rss, null);
-    verify(walSecondary, times(0)).append(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
+    verify(walSecondary, times(0)).appendData(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
-      any(WALEdit.class), anyBoolean());
+      any(WALEdit.class));
 
     // test for replay prepare flush
     putDataByReplay(secondaryRegion, 0, 10, cq, families);
@@ -1180,12 +1179,12 @@ public class TestHRegionReplayEvents {
           primaryRegion.getRegionInfo().getRegionName()))
       .build());
 
-    verify(walSecondary, times(0)).append(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
+    verify(walSecondary, times(0)).appendData(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
-      any(WALEdit.class), anyBoolean());
+      any(WALEdit.class));
 
     secondaryRegion.close();
-    verify(walSecondary, times(0)).append(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
+    verify(walSecondary, times(0)).appendData(any(RegionInfo.class), any(WALKeyImpl.class),
-      any(WALEdit.class), anyBoolean());
+      any(WALEdit.class));
   }
 
   /**

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestWALLockup.java

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public class TestWALLockup {
       LOG.info("SET throwing of exception on append");
       dodgyWAL.throwException = true;
       // This append provokes a WAL roll request
-      dodgyWAL.append(region.getRegionInfo(), key, edit, true);
+      dodgyWAL.appendData(region.getRegionInfo(), key, edit);
       boolean exception = false;
       try {
         dodgyWAL.sync(false);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractTestFSWAL.java

@@ -25,17 +25,22 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
@@ -46,8 +51,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Durability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
@@ -57,13 +64,17 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.SampleRegionWALCoprocessor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.ChunkCreator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.MemStoreLABImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.MultiVersionConcurrencyControl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerServices;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SequenceId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.CommonFSUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.EnvironmentEdge;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.EnvironmentEdgeManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Threads;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.AbstractFSWALProvider;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WAL;
@@ -168,7 +179,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestFSWAL {
       WALKeyImpl key = new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getTableName(),
           SequenceId.NO_SEQUENCE_ID, timestamp, WALKey.EMPTY_UUIDS, HConstants.NO_NONCE,
           HConstants.NO_NONCE, mvcc, scopes);
-      log.append(hri, key, cols, true);
+      log.appendData(hri, key, cols);
     }
     log.sync();
   }
@@ -417,7 +428,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestFSWAL {
         final RegionInfo info = region.getRegionInfo();
         final WALKeyImpl logkey = new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
             System.currentTimeMillis(), clusterIds, -1, -1, region.getMVCC(), scopes);
-        wal.append(info, logkey, edits, true);
+        wal.append(info, logkey, edits, true, false);
         region.getMVCC().completeAndWait(logkey.getWriteEntry());
       }
       region.flush(true);
@@ -466,7 +477,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestFSWAL {
         new WALKeyImpl(ri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), td.getTableName(), SequenceId.NO_SEQUENCE_ID,
           timestamp, WALKey.EMPTY_UUIDS, HConstants.NO_NONCE, HConstants.NO_NONCE, mvcc, scopes);
     try {
-      wal.append(ri, key, cols, true);
+      wal.append(ri, key, cols, true, false);
       fail("Should fail since the wal has already been closed");
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // expected
@@ -484,4 +495,94 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestFSWAL {
     wal.close();
     wal.rollWriter();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUnflushedSeqIdTrackingWithAsyncWal() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    final String testName = currentTest.getMethodName();
+    final byte[] b = Bytes.toBytes("b");
+
+    final AtomicBoolean startHoldingForAppend = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    final CountDownLatch holdAppend = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    final CountDownLatch closeFinished = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    final CountDownLatch putFinished = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+    try (AbstractFSWAL<?> wal = newWAL(FS, FSUtils.getRootDir(CONF), testName,
+      HConstants.HREGION_OLDLOGDIR_NAME, CONF, null, true, null, null)) {
+      wal.init();
+      wal.registerWALActionsListener(new WALActionsListener() {
+        @Override
+        public void visitLogEntryBeforeWrite(WALKey logKey, WALEdit logEdit) throws IOException {
+          if (startHoldingForAppend.get()) {
+            try {
+              holdAppend.await();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+              LOG.error(e.toString(), e);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      // open a new region which uses this WAL
+      TableDescriptor htd = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(TableName.valueOf("table"))
+        .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(b)).build();
+      RegionInfo hri = RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(htd.getTableName()).build();
+      ChunkCreator.initialize(MemStoreLABImpl.CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT, false, 0, 0, 0, null);
+      TEST_UTIL.createLocalHRegion(hri, htd, wal).close();
+      RegionServerServices rsServices = mock(RegionServerServices.class);
+      when(rsServices.getServerName()).thenReturn(ServerName.valueOf("localhost:12345", 123456));
+      when(rsServices.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
+      final HRegion region = HRegion.openHRegion(TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir(), hri, htd, wal,
+        TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration(), rsServices, null);
+
+      ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
+
+      // do a regular write first because of memstore size calculation.
+      region.put(new Put(b).addColumn(b, b, b));
+
+      startHoldingForAppend.set(true);
+      exec.submit(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          try {
+            region.put(new Put(b).addColumn(b, b, b).setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL));
+            putFinished.countDown();
+          } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOG.error(e.toString(), e);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      // give the put a chance to start
+      Threads.sleep(3000);
+
+      exec.submit(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          try {
+            Map<?, ?> closeResult = region.close();
+            LOG.info("Close result:" + closeResult);
+            closeFinished.countDown();
+          } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOG.error(e.toString(), e);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      // give the flush a chance to start. Flush should have got the region lock, and
+      // should have been waiting on the mvcc complete after this.
+      Threads.sleep(3000);
+
+      // let the append to WAL go through now that the flush already started
+      holdAppend.countDown();
+      putFinished.await();
+      closeFinished.await();
+
+      // now check the region's unflushed seqIds.
+      long seqId = wal.getEarliestMemStoreSeqNum(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes());
+      assertEquals("Found seqId for the region which is already closed", HConstants.NO_SEQNUM,
+        seqId);
+
+      wal.close();
+    }
+  }
 }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/AbstractTestWALReplay.java

@@ -801,15 +801,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestWALReplay {
     long now = ee.currentTime();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, Bytes.toBytes("another family"), rowName,
       now, rowName));
-    wal.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes), edit,
+    wal.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes),
-        true);
+      edit);
 
     // Delete the c family to verify deletes make it over.
     edit = new WALEdit();
     now = ee.currentTime();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, Bytes.toBytes("c"), null, now, KeyValue.Type.DeleteFamily));
-    wal.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes), edit,
+    wal.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes),
-        true);
+      edit);
 
     // Sync.
     wal.sync();
@@ -1154,10 +1154,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestWALReplay {
   }
 
   private FSWALEntry createFSWALEntry(HTableDescriptor htd, HRegionInfo hri, long sequence,
-      byte[] rowName, byte[] family, EnvironmentEdge ee, MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
+    byte[] rowName, byte[] family, EnvironmentEdge ee, MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
-      int index, NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> scopes) throws IOException {
+    int index, NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> scopes) throws IOException {
     FSWALEntry entry = new FSWALEntry(sequence, createWALKey(htd.getTableName(), hri, mvcc, scopes),
-      createWALEdit(rowName, family, ee, index), hri, true, null);
+      createWALEdit(rowName, family, ee, index), hri, true, false, null);
     entry.stampRegionSequenceId(mvcc.begin());
     return entry;
   }
@@ -1167,8 +1167,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestWALReplay {
       final HTableDescriptor htd, final MultiVersionConcurrencyControl mvcc,
       NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> scopes) throws IOException {
     for (int j = 0; j < count; j++) {
-      wal.append(hri, createWALKey(tableName, hri, mvcc, scopes),
+      wal.appendData(hri, createWALKey(tableName, hri, mvcc, scopes),
-        createWALEdit(rowName, family, ee, j), true);
+        createWALEdit(rowName, family, ee, j));
     }
     wal.sync();
   }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/ProtobufLogTestHelper.java

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class ProtobufLogTestHelper {
       throws IOException {
     for (int i = 0; i < recordCount; i++) {
       WAL.Entry entry = generateEdit(i, hri, tableName, row, columnCount, timestamp, mvcc);
-      wal.append(hri, entry.getKey(), entry.getEdit(), true);
+      wal.appendData(hri, entry.getKey(), entry.getEdit());
     }
     wal.sync();
   }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestAsyncFSWAL.java

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class TestAsyncFSWAL extends AbstractTestFSWAL {
                 SequenceId.NO_SEQUENCE_ID, timestamp, WALKey.EMPTY_UUIDS, HConstants.NO_NONCE,
                 HConstants.NO_NONCE, mvcc, scopes);
             try {
-              wal.append(ri, key, cols, true);
+              wal.append(ri, key, cols, true, false);
             } catch (IOException e) {
               // should not happen
               throw new UncheckedIOException(e);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestLogRollAbort.java

@@ -207,9 +207,8 @@ public class TestLogRollAbort {
         kvs.add(new KeyValue(Bytes.toBytes(i), tableName.getName(), tableName.getName()));
         NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> scopes = new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
         scopes.put(Bytes.toBytes("column"), 0);
-        log.append(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+        log.appendData(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-            System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes),
+          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
-          kvs, true);
       }
       // Send the data to HDFS datanodes and close the HDFS writer
       log.sync();

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestLogRollingNoCluster.java

@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ public class TestLogRollingNoCluster {
           for(byte[] fam : htd.getColumnFamilyNames()) {
             scopes.put(fam, 0);
           }
-          final long txid = wal.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
+          final long txid = wal.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
-              TableName.META_TABLE_NAME, now, mvcc, scopes), edit, true);
+            TableName.META_TABLE_NAME, now, mvcc, scopes), edit);
           Threads.sleep(ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(5));
           wal.sync(txid);
         }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestWALActionsListener.java

@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ public class TestWALActionsListener {
       edit.add(kv);
       NavigableMap<byte[], Integer> scopes = new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
       scopes.put(b, 0);
-      long txid = wal.append(hri,
+      long txid = wal.appendData(hri,
-        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), TableName.valueOf(b), 0, mvcc, scopes), edit,
+        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), TableName.valueOf(b), 0, mvcc, scopes), edit);
-        true);
       wal.sync(txid);
       if (i == 10) {
         wal.registerWALActionsListener(laterobserver);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationSmallTests.java

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public class TestReplicationSmallTests extends TestReplicationBase {
     long now = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, famName, qualifier, now, value));
     WALKeyImpl walKey = new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, now, mvcc, scopes);
-    wal.append(hri, walKey, edit, true);
+    wal.appendData(hri, walKey, edit);
     wal.sync();
 
     Get get = new Get(rowName);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/TestReplicationSourceManager.java

@@ -300,11 +300,9 @@ public abstract class TestReplicationSourceManager {
         wal.rollWriter();
       }
       LOG.info(Long.toString(i));
-      final long txid = wal.append(
+      final long txid = wal.appendData(hri,
-          hri,
+        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), test, System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes),
-          new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), test, System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes),
+        edit);
-          edit,
-          true);
       wal.sync(txid);
     }
 
@@ -316,9 +314,9 @@ public abstract class TestReplicationSourceManager {
     LOG.info(baseline + " and " + time);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-      wal.append(hri,
+      wal.appendData(hri,
         new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), test, System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes),
-        edit, true);
+        edit);
     }
     wal.sync();
 
@@ -338,9 +336,9 @@ public abstract class TestReplicationSourceManager {
     manager.logPositionAndCleanOldLogs(source,
       new WALEntryBatch(0, manager.getSources().get(0).getCurrentPath()));
 
-    wal.append(hri,
+    wal.appendData(hri,
       new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), test, System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes),
-      edit, true);
+      edit);
     wal.sync();
 
     assertEquals(1, manager.getWALs().size());

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/TestWALEntryStream.java

@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ public class TestWALEntryStream {
   }
 
   private void appendToLog(String key) throws IOException {
-    final long txid = log.append(info,
+    final long txid = log.appendData(info,
       new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName, System.currentTimeMillis(),
-          mvcc, scopes), getWALEdit(key), true);
+          mvcc, scopes), getWALEdit(key));
     log.sync(txid);
   }
 
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ public class TestWALEntryStream {
   }
 
   private long appendToLog(int count) throws IOException {
-    return log.append(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+    return log.appendData(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-      System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), getWALEdits(count), true);
+      System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), getWALEdits(count));
   }
 
   private WALEdit getWALEdits(int count) {

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/FaultyFSLog.java

@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ public class FaultyFSLog extends FSHLog {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key,
+  protected long append(RegionInfo info, WALKeyImpl key, WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore,
-      WALEdit edits, boolean inMemstore) throws IOException {
+    boolean closeRegion) throws IOException {
     if (this.ft == FailureType.APPEND) {
       throw new IOException("append");
     }
-    return super.append(info, key, edits, inMemstore);
+    return super.append(info, key, edits, inMemstore, closeRegion);
   }
 }
 

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/TestFSHLogProvider.java

@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ public class TestFSHLogProvider {
       long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
       WALEdit cols = new WALEdit();
       cols.add(new KeyValue(row, row, row, timestamp, row));
-      log.append(hri, getWalKey(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getTableName(), timestamp, scopes),
+      log.appendData(hri,
-        cols, true);
+        getWalKey(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getTableName(), timestamp, scopes), cols);
     }
     log.sync();
   }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/TestSecureWAL.java

@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ public class TestSecureWAL {
     for (int i = 0; i < total; i++) {
       WALEdit kvs = new WALEdit();
       kvs.add(new KeyValue(row, family, Bytes.toBytes(i), value));
-      wal.append(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+      wal.appendData(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs, true);
+        System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
     }
     wal.sync();
     final Path walPath = AbstractFSWALProvider.getCurrentFileName(wal);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/TestWALFactory.java

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
           LOG.info("Region " + i + ": " + edit);
           WALKeyImpl walKey =  new WALKeyImpl(infos[i].getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
               System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes);
-          log.append(infos[i], walKey, edit, true);
+          log.appendData(infos[i], walKey, edit);
           walKey.getWriteEntry();
         }
         log.sync();
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
       for (int i = 0; i < total; i++) {
         WALEdit kvs = new WALEdit();
         kvs.add(new KeyValue(Bytes.toBytes(i), tableName.getName(), tableName.getName()));
-        wal.append(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+        wal.appendData(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-            System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs, true);
+          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
       }
       // Now call sync and try reading.  Opening a Reader before you sync just
       // gives you EOFE.
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
       for (int i = 0; i < total; i++) {
         WALEdit kvs = new WALEdit();
         kvs.add(new KeyValue(Bytes.toBytes(i), tableName.getName(), tableName.getName()));
-        wal.append(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+        wal.appendData(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-            System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs, true);
+          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
       }
       wal.sync();
       reader = wals.createReader(fs, walPath);
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
       for (int i = 0; i < total; i++) {
         WALEdit kvs = new WALEdit();
         kvs.add(new KeyValue(Bytes.toBytes(i), tableName.getName(), value));
-        wal.append(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+        wal.appendData(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-            System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs,  true);
+          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
       }
       // Now I should have written out lots of blocks.  Sync then read.
       wal.sync();
@@ -388,9 +388,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
     for (int i = 0; i < total; i++) {
       WALEdit kvs = new WALEdit();
       kvs.add(new KeyValue(Bytes.toBytes(i), tableName.getName(), tableName.getName()));
-      wal.append(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+      wal.appendData(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes),
+        System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
-        kvs, true);
     }
     // Now call sync to send the data to HDFS datanodes
     wal.sync();
@@ -522,10 +521,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
           .setEndKey(Bytes.toBytes(Bytes.toString(row) + "1")).build();
       final WAL log = wals.getWAL(info);
 
-      final long txid = log.append(info,
+      final long txid = log.appendData(info, new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
-        new WALKeyImpl(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getTableName(), System.currentTimeMillis(),
+        htd.getTableName(), System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), cols);
-            mvcc, scopes),
-        cols, true);
       log.sync(txid);
       log.startCacheFlush(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getColumnFamilyNames());
       log.completeCacheFlush(info.getEncodedNameAsBytes());
@@ -580,10 +577,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
       }
       RegionInfo hri = RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(htd.getTableName()).build();
       final WAL log = wals.getWAL(hri);
-      final long txid = log.append(hri,
+      final long txid = log.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
-        new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getTableName(), System.currentTimeMillis(),
+        htd.getTableName(), System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), cols);
-            mvcc, scopes),
-        cols, true);
       log.sync(txid);
       log.startCacheFlush(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), htd.getColumnFamilyNames());
       log.completeCacheFlush(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes());
@@ -634,8 +629,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
       cols.add(new KeyValue(row, Bytes.toBytes("column"),
           Bytes.toBytes(Integer.toString(i)),
           timestamp, new byte[]{(byte) (i + '0')}));
-      log.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+      log.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), cols, true);
+        System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), cols);
     }
     log.sync();
     assertEquals(COL_COUNT, visitor.increments);
@@ -644,8 +639,8 @@ public class TestWALFactory {
     cols.add(new KeyValue(row, Bytes.toBytes("column"),
         Bytes.toBytes(Integer.toString(11)),
         timestamp, new byte[]{(byte) (11 + '0')}));
-    log.append(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+    log.appendData(hri, new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-        System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), cols, true);
+      System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), cols);
     log.sync();
     assertEquals(COL_COUNT, visitor.increments);
   }

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/TestWALReaderOnSecureWAL.java

@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ public class TestWALReaderOnSecureWAL {
         } else {
           kvs.add(kv);
         }
-        wal.append(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
+        wal.appendData(regionInfo, new WALKeyImpl(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), tableName,
-            System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs, true);
+          System.currentTimeMillis(), mvcc, scopes), kvs);
       }
       wal.sync();
       final Path walPath = AbstractFSWALProvider.getCurrentFileName(wal);

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/TestWALRootDir.java

@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public class TestWALRootDir {
     WALEdit edit = new WALEdit();
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("1"),
         System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-    long txid = log.append(regionInfo,
+    long txid =
-        getWalKey(System.currentTimeMillis(), regionInfo, 0), edit, true);
+      log.appendData(regionInfo, getWalKey(System.currentTimeMillis(), regionInfo, 0), edit);
     log.sync(txid);
     assertEquals("Expect 1 log have been created", 1,
         getWALFiles(walFs, walRootDir).size());
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ public class TestWALRootDir {
         HConstants.HREGION_LOGDIR_NAME)).size());
     edit.add(new KeyValue(rowName, family, Bytes.toBytes("2"),
         System.currentTimeMillis(), value));
-    txid = log.append(regionInfo, getWalKey(System.currentTimeMillis(), regionInfo, 1),
+    txid = log.appendData(regionInfo, getWalKey(System.currentTimeMillis(), regionInfo, 1), edit);
-        edit, true);
     log.sync(txid);
     log.rollWriter();
     log.shutdown();

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/WALPerformanceEvaluation.java

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public final class WALPerformanceEvaluation extends Configured implements Tool {
             RegionInfo hri = region.getRegionInfo();
             final WALKeyImpl logkey =
                 new WALKeyImpl(hri.getEncodedNameAsBytes(), hri.getTable(), now, mvcc, scopes);
-            wal.append(hri, logkey, walEdit, true);
+            wal.appendData(hri, logkey, walEdit);
             if (!this.noSync) {
               if (++lastSync >= this.syncInterval) {
                 wal.sync();