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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.UUID;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.PathFilter;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueUtil;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.HFileArchiver;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.fs.HFileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.Reference;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSHDFSUtils;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils;

/**
 * View to an on-disk Region.
 * Provides the set of methods necessary to interact with the on-disk region data.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public class HRegionFileSystem {
    public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HRegionFileSystem.class);

    /** Name of the region info file that resides just under the region directory. */
    public final static String REGION_INFO_FILE = ".regioninfo";

    /** Temporary subdirectory of the region directory used for merges. */
    public static final String REGION_MERGES_DIR = ".merges";

    /** Temporary subdirectory of the region directory used for splits. */
    public static final String REGION_SPLITS_DIR = ".splits";

    /** Temporary subdirectory of the region directory used for compaction output. */
    private static final String REGION_TEMP_DIR = ".tmp";

    private final HRegionInfo regionInfo;
    private final Configuration conf;
    private final Path tableDir;
    private final FileSystem fs;

    /**
     * In order to handle NN connectivity hiccups, one need to retry non-idempotent operation at the
     * client level.
     */
    private final int hdfsClientRetriesNumber;
    private final int baseSleepBeforeRetries;
    private static final int DEFAULT_HDFS_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER = 10;
    private static final int DEFAULT_BASE_SLEEP_BEFORE_RETRIES = 1000;

    /**
     * Create a view to the on-disk region
     * @param conf the {@link Configuration} to use
     * @param fs {@link FileSystem} that contains the region
     * @param tableDir {@link Path} to where the table is being stored
     * @param regionInfo {@link HRegionInfo} for region
     */
    HRegionFileSystem(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs, final Path tableDir,
            final HRegionInfo regionInfo) {
        this.fs = fs;
        this.conf = conf;
        this.tableDir = tableDir;
        this.regionInfo = regionInfo;
        this.hdfsClientRetriesNumber = conf.getInt("hdfs.client.retries.number",
                DEFAULT_HDFS_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER);
        this.baseSleepBeforeRetries = conf.getInt("hdfs.client.sleep.before.retries",
                DEFAULT_BASE_SLEEP_BEFORE_RETRIES);
    }

    /** @return the underlying {@link FileSystem} */
    public FileSystem getFileSystem() {
        return this.fs;
    }

    /** @return the {@link HRegionInfo} that describe this on-disk region view */
    public HRegionInfo getRegionInfo() {
        return this.regionInfo;
    }

    /** @return {@link Path} to the region's root directory. */
    public Path getTableDir() {
        return this.tableDir;
    }

    /** @return {@link Path} to the region directory. */
    public Path getRegionDir() {
        return new Path(this.tableDir, this.regionInfo.getEncodedName());
    }

    // ===========================================================================
    //  Temp Helpers
    // ===========================================================================
    /** @return {@link Path} to the region's temp directory, used for file creations */
    Path getTempDir() {
        return new Path(getRegionDir(), REGION_TEMP_DIR);
    }

    /**
     * Clean up any temp detritus that may have been left around from previous operation attempts.
     */
    void cleanupTempDir() throws IOException {
        deleteDir(getTempDir());
    }

    // ===========================================================================
    //  Store/StoreFile Helpers
    // ===========================================================================
    /**
     * Returns the directory path of the specified family
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @return {@link Path} to the directory of the specified family
     */
    public Path getStoreDir(final String familyName) {
        return new Path(this.getRegionDir(), familyName);
    }

    /**
     * Create the store directory for the specified family name
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @return {@link Path} to the directory of the specified family
     * @throws IOException if the directory creation fails.
     */
    Path createStoreDir(final String familyName) throws IOException {
        Path storeDir = getStoreDir(familyName);
        if (!fs.exists(storeDir) && !createDir(storeDir))
            throw new IOException("Failed creating " + storeDir);
        return storeDir;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the store files available for the family.
     * This methods performs the filtering based on the valid store files.
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @return a set of {@link StoreFileInfo} for the specified family.
     */
    public Collection<StoreFileInfo> getStoreFiles(final byte[] familyName) throws IOException {
        return getStoreFiles(Bytes.toString(familyName));
    }

    public Collection<StoreFileInfo> getStoreFiles(final String familyName) throws IOException {
        return getStoreFiles(familyName, true);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the store files available for the family.
     * This methods performs the filtering based on the valid store files.
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @return a set of {@link StoreFileInfo} for the specified family.
     */
    public Collection<StoreFileInfo> getStoreFiles(final String familyName, final boolean validate)
            throws IOException {
        Path familyDir = getStoreDir(familyName);
        FileStatus[] files = FSUtils.listStatus(this.fs, familyDir);
        if (files == null) {
            LOG.debug("No StoreFiles for: " + familyDir);
            return null;
        }

        ArrayList<StoreFileInfo> storeFiles = new ArrayList<StoreFileInfo>(files.length);
        for (FileStatus status : files) {
            if (validate && !StoreFileInfo.isValid(status)) {
                LOG.warn("Invalid StoreFile: " + status.getPath());
                continue;
            }

            storeFiles.add(new StoreFileInfo(this.conf, this.fs, status));
        }
        return storeFiles;
    }

    /**
     * Return Qualified Path of the specified family/file
     *
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @param fileName File Name
     * @return The qualified Path for the specified family/file
     */
    Path getStoreFilePath(final String familyName, final String fileName) {
        Path familyDir = getStoreDir(familyName);
        return new Path(familyDir, fileName).makeQualified(this.fs);
    }

    /**
     * Return the store file information of the specified family/file.
     *
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @param fileName File Name
     * @return The {@link StoreFileInfo} for the specified family/file
     */
    StoreFileInfo getStoreFileInfo(final String familyName, final String fileName) throws IOException {
        Path familyDir = getStoreDir(familyName);
        FileStatus status = fs.getFileStatus(new Path(familyDir, fileName));
        return new StoreFileInfo(this.conf, this.fs, status);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the specified family has reference files
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @return true if family contains reference files
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public boolean hasReferences(final String familyName) throws IOException {
        FileStatus[] files = FSUtils.listStatus(fs, getStoreDir(familyName), new PathFilter() {
            public boolean accept(Path path) {
                return StoreFileInfo.isReference(path);
            }
        });
        return files != null && files.length > 0;
    }

    /**
     * Check whether region has Reference file
     * @param htd table desciptor of the region
     * @return true if region has reference file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public boolean hasReferences(final HTableDescriptor htd) throws IOException {
        for (HColumnDescriptor family : htd.getFamilies()) {
            if (hasReferences(family.getNameAsString())) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * @return the set of families present on disk
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public Collection<String> getFamilies() throws IOException {
        FileStatus[] fds = FSUtils.listStatus(fs, getRegionDir(), new FSUtils.FamilyDirFilter(fs));
        if (fds == null)
            return null;

        ArrayList<String> families = new ArrayList<String>(fds.length);
        for (FileStatus status : fds) {
            families.add(status.getPath().getName());
        }

        return families;
    }

    /**
     * Remove the region family from disk, archiving the store files.
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @throws IOException if an error occours during the archiving
     */
    public void deleteFamily(final String familyName) throws IOException {
        // archive family store files
        HFileArchiver.archiveFamily(fs, conf, regionInfo, tableDir, Bytes.toBytes(familyName));

        // delete the family folder
        Path familyDir = getStoreDir(familyName);
        if (fs.exists(familyDir) && !deleteDir(familyDir))
            throw new IOException("Could not delete family " + familyName + " from FileSystem for region "
                    + regionInfo.getRegionNameAsString() + "(" + regionInfo.getEncodedName() + ")");
    }

    /**
     * Generate a unique file name, used by createTempName() and commitStoreFile()
     * @param suffix extra information to append to the generated name
     * @return Unique file name
     */
    private static String generateUniqueName(final String suffix) {
        String name = UUID.randomUUID().toString().replaceAll("-", "");
        if (suffix != null)
            name += suffix;
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Generate a unique temporary Path. Used in conjuction with commitStoreFile()
     * to get a safer file creation.
     * <code>
     * Path file = fs.createTempName();
     * ...StoreFile.Writer(file)...
     * fs.commitStoreFile("family", file);
     * </code>
     *
     * @return Unique {@link Path} of the temporary file
     */
    public Path createTempName() {
        return createTempName(null);
    }

    /**
     * Generate a unique temporary Path. Used in conjuction with commitStoreFile()
     * to get a safer file creation.
     * <code>
     * Path file = fs.createTempName();
     * ...StoreFile.Writer(file)...
     * fs.commitStoreFile("family", file);
     * </code>
     *
     * @param suffix extra information to append to the generated name
     * @return Unique {@link Path} of the temporary file
     */
    public Path createTempName(final String suffix) {
        return new Path(getTempDir(), generateUniqueName(suffix));
    }

    /**
     * Move the file from a build/temp location to the main family store directory.
     * @param familyName Family that will gain the file
     * @param buildPath {@link Path} to the file to commit.
     * @return The new {@link Path} of the committed file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public Path commitStoreFile(final String familyName, final Path buildPath) throws IOException {
        return commitStoreFile(familyName, buildPath, -1, false);
    }

    /**
     * Move the file from a build/temp location to the main family store directory.
     * @param familyName Family that will gain the file
     * @param buildPath {@link Path} to the file to commit.
     * @param seqNum Sequence Number to append to the file name (less then 0 if no sequence number)
     * @param generateNewName False if you want to keep the buildPath name
     * @return The new {@link Path} of the committed file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    private Path commitStoreFile(final String familyName, final Path buildPath, final long seqNum,
            final boolean generateNewName) throws IOException {
        Path storeDir = getStoreDir(familyName);
        if (!fs.exists(storeDir) && !createDir(storeDir))
            throw new IOException("Failed creating " + storeDir);

        String name = buildPath.getName();
        if (generateNewName) {
            name = generateUniqueName((seqNum < 0) ? null : "_SeqId_" + seqNum + "_");
        }
        Path dstPath = new Path(storeDir, name);
        if (!fs.exists(buildPath)) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException(buildPath.toString());
        }
        LOG.debug("Committing store file " + buildPath + " as " + dstPath);
        // buildPath exists, therefore not doing an exists() check.
        if (!rename(buildPath, dstPath)) {
            throw new IOException("Failed rename of " + buildPath + " to " + dstPath);
        }
        return dstPath;
    }

    /**
     * Moves multiple store files to the relative region's family store directory.
     * @param storeFiles list of store files divided by family
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void commitStoreFiles(final Map<byte[], List<StoreFile>> storeFiles) throws IOException {
        for (Map.Entry<byte[], List<StoreFile>> es : storeFiles.entrySet()) {
            String familyName = Bytes.toString(es.getKey());
            for (StoreFile sf : es.getValue()) {
                commitStoreFile(familyName, sf.getPath());
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Archives the specified store file from the specified family.
     * @param familyName Family that contains the store files
     * @param filePath {@link Path} to the store file to remove
     * @throws IOException if the archiving fails
     */
    public void removeStoreFile(final String familyName, final Path filePath) throws IOException {
        HFileArchiver.archiveStoreFile(this.conf, this.fs, this.regionInfo, this.tableDir,
                Bytes.toBytes(familyName), filePath);
    }

    /**
     * Closes and archives the specified store files from the specified family.
     * @param familyName Family that contains the store files
     * @param storeFiles set of store files to remove
     * @throws IOException if the archiving fails
     */
    public void removeStoreFiles(final String familyName, final Collection<StoreFile> storeFiles)
            throws IOException {
        HFileArchiver.archiveStoreFiles(this.conf, this.fs, this.regionInfo, this.tableDir,
                Bytes.toBytes(familyName), storeFiles);
    }

    /**
     * Bulk load: Add a specified store file to the specified family.
     * If the source file is on the same different file-system is moved from the
     * source location to the destination location, otherwise is copied over.
     *
     * @param familyName Family that will gain the file
     * @param srcPath {@link Path} to the file to import
     * @param seqNum Bulk Load sequence number
     * @return The destination {@link Path} of the bulk loaded file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Path bulkLoadStoreFile(final String familyName, Path srcPath, long seqNum) throws IOException {
        // Copy the file if it's on another filesystem
        FileSystem srcFs = srcPath.getFileSystem(conf);
        FileSystem desFs = fs instanceof HFileSystem ? ((HFileSystem) fs).getBackingFs() : fs;

        // We can't compare FileSystem instances as equals() includes UGI instance
        // as part of the comparison and won't work when doing SecureBulkLoad
        // TODO deal with viewFS
        if (!FSHDFSUtils.isSameHdfs(conf, srcFs, desFs)) {
            LOG.info("Bulk-load file " + srcPath + " is on different filesystem than "
                    + "the destination store. Copying file over to destination filesystem.");
            Path tmpPath = createTempName();
            FileUtil.copy(srcFs, srcPath, fs, tmpPath, false, conf);
            LOG.info("Copied " + srcPath + " to temporary path on destination filesystem: " + tmpPath);
            srcPath = tmpPath;
        }

        return commitStoreFile(familyName, srcPath, seqNum, true);
    }

    // ===========================================================================
    //  Splits Helpers
    // ===========================================================================
    /** @return {@link Path} to the temp directory used during split operations */
    Path getSplitsDir() {
        return new Path(getRegionDir(), REGION_SPLITS_DIR);
    }

    Path getSplitsDir(final HRegionInfo hri) {
        return new Path(getSplitsDir(), hri.getEncodedName());
    }

    /**
     * Clean up any split detritus that may have been left around from previous split attempts.
     */
    void cleanupSplitsDir() throws IOException {
        deleteDir(getSplitsDir());
    }

    /**
     * Clean up any split detritus that may have been left around from previous
     * split attempts.
     * Call this method on initial region deploy.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void cleanupAnySplitDetritus() throws IOException {
        Path splitdir = this.getSplitsDir();
        if (!fs.exists(splitdir))
            return;
        // Look at the splitdir.  It could have the encoded names of the daughter
        // regions we tried to make.  See if the daughter regions actually got made
        // out under the tabledir.  If here under splitdir still, then the split did
        // not complete.  Try and do cleanup.  This code WILL NOT catch the case
        // where we successfully created daughter a but regionserver crashed during
        // the creation of region b.  In this case, there'll be an orphan daughter
        // dir in the filesystem.  TOOD: Fix.
        FileStatus[] daughters = FSUtils.listStatus(fs, splitdir, new FSUtils.DirFilter(fs));
        if (daughters != null) {
            for (FileStatus daughter : daughters) {
                Path daughterDir = new Path(getTableDir(), daughter.getPath().getName());
                if (fs.exists(daughterDir) && !deleteDir(daughterDir)) {
                    throw new IOException("Failed delete of " + daughterDir);
                }
            }
        }
        cleanupSplitsDir();
        LOG.info("Cleaned up old failed split transaction detritus: " + splitdir);
    }

    /**
     * Remove daughter region
     * @param regionInfo daughter {@link HRegionInfo}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void cleanupDaughterRegion(final HRegionInfo regionInfo) throws IOException {
        Path regionDir = new Path(this.tableDir, regionInfo.getEncodedName());
        if (this.fs.exists(regionDir) && !deleteDir(regionDir)) {
            throw new IOException("Failed delete of " + regionDir);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Commit a daughter region, moving it from the split temporary directory
     * to the proper location in the filesystem.
     * @param regionInfo daughter {@link HRegionInfo}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Path commitDaughterRegion(final HRegionInfo regionInfo) throws IOException {
        Path regionDir = new Path(this.tableDir, regionInfo.getEncodedName());
        Path daughterTmpDir = this.getSplitsDir(regionInfo);
        if (fs.exists(daughterTmpDir)) {
            // Write HRI to a file in case we need to recover hbase:meta
            Path regionInfoFile = new Path(daughterTmpDir, REGION_INFO_FILE);
            byte[] regionInfoContent = getRegionInfoFileContent(regionInfo);
            writeRegionInfoFileContent(conf, fs, regionInfoFile, regionInfoContent);

            // Move the daughter temp dir to the table dir
            if (!rename(daughterTmpDir, regionDir)) {
                throw new IOException("Unable to rename " + daughterTmpDir + " to " + regionDir);
            }
        }
        return regionDir;
    }

    /**
     * Create the region splits directory.
     */
    void createSplitsDir() throws IOException {
        Path splitdir = getSplitsDir();
        if (fs.exists(splitdir)) {
            LOG.info("The " + splitdir + " directory exists.  Hence deleting it to recreate it");
            if (!deleteDir(splitdir)) {
                throw new IOException("Failed deletion of " + splitdir + " before creating them again.");
            }
        }
        // splitDir doesn't exists now. No need to do an exists() call for it.
        if (!createDir(splitdir)) {
            throw new IOException("Failed create of " + splitdir);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Write out a split reference. Package local so it doesnt leak out of
     * regionserver.
     * @param hri {@link HRegionInfo} of the destination
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @param f File to split.
     * @param splitRow Split Row
     * @param top True if we are referring to the top half of the hfile.
     * @return Path to created reference.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Path splitStoreFile(final HRegionInfo hri, final String familyName, final StoreFile f, final byte[] splitRow,
            final boolean top) throws IOException {

        // Check whether the split row lies in the range of the store file
        // If it is outside the range, return directly.
        if (top) {
            //check if larger than last key.
            KeyValue splitKey = KeyValueUtil.createFirstOnRow(splitRow);
            byte[] lastKey = f.createReader().getLastKey();
            // If lastKey is null means storefile is empty.
            if (lastKey == null)
                return null;
            if (f.getReader().getComparator().compareFlatKey(splitKey.getBuffer(), splitKey.getKeyOffset(),
                    splitKey.getKeyLength(), lastKey, 0, lastKey.length) > 0) {
                return null;
            }
        } else {
            //check if smaller than first key
            KeyValue splitKey = KeyValueUtil.createLastOnRow(splitRow);
            byte[] firstKey = f.createReader().getFirstKey();
            // If firstKey is null means storefile is empty.
            if (firstKey == null)
                return null;
            if (f.getReader().getComparator().compareFlatKey(splitKey.getBuffer(), splitKey.getKeyOffset(),
                    splitKey.getKeyLength(), firstKey, 0, firstKey.length) < 0) {
                return null;
            }
        }

        f.getReader().close(true);

        Path splitDir = new Path(getSplitsDir(hri), familyName);
        // A reference to the bottom half of the hsf store file.
        Reference r = top ? Reference.createTopReference(splitRow) : Reference.createBottomReference(splitRow);
        // Add the referred-to regions name as a dot separated suffix.
        // See REF_NAME_REGEX regex above.  The referred-to regions name is
        // up in the path of the passed in <code>f</code> -- parentdir is family,
        // then the directory above is the region name.
        String parentRegionName = regionInfo.getEncodedName();
        // Write reference with same file id only with the other region name as
        // suffix and into the new region location (under same family).
        Path p = new Path(splitDir, f.getPath().getName() + "." + parentRegionName);
        return r.write(fs, p);
    }

    // ===========================================================================
    //  Merge Helpers
    // ===========================================================================
    /** @return {@link Path} to the temp directory used during merge operations */
    Path getMergesDir() {
        return new Path(getRegionDir(), REGION_MERGES_DIR);
    }

    Path getMergesDir(final HRegionInfo hri) {
        return new Path(getMergesDir(), hri.getEncodedName());
    }

    /**
     * Clean up any merge detritus that may have been left around from previous merge attempts.
     */
    void cleanupMergesDir() throws IOException {
        deleteDir(getMergesDir());
    }

    /**
     * Remove merged region
     * @param mergedRegion {@link HRegionInfo}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void cleanupMergedRegion(final HRegionInfo mergedRegion) throws IOException {
        Path regionDir = new Path(this.tableDir, mergedRegion.getEncodedName());
        if (this.fs.exists(regionDir) && !this.fs.delete(regionDir, true)) {
            throw new IOException("Failed delete of " + regionDir);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create the region merges directory.
     * @throws IOException If merges dir already exists or we fail to create it.
     * @see HRegionFileSystem#cleanupMergesDir()
     */
    void createMergesDir() throws IOException {
        Path mergesdir = getMergesDir();
        if (fs.exists(mergesdir)) {
            LOG.info("The " + mergesdir + " directory exists.  Hence deleting it to recreate it");
            if (!fs.delete(mergesdir, true)) {
                throw new IOException("Failed deletion of " + mergesdir + " before creating them again.");
            }
        }
        if (!fs.mkdirs(mergesdir))
            throw new IOException("Failed create of " + mergesdir);
    }

    /**
     * Write out a merge reference under the given merges directory. Package local
     * so it doesnt leak out of regionserver.
     * @param mergedRegion {@link HRegionInfo} of the merged region
     * @param familyName Column Family Name
     * @param f File to create reference.
     * @param mergedDir
     * @return Path to created reference.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Path mergeStoreFile(final HRegionInfo mergedRegion, final String familyName, final StoreFile f,
            final Path mergedDir) throws IOException {
        Path referenceDir = new Path(new Path(mergedDir, mergedRegion.getEncodedName()), familyName);
        // A whole reference to the store file.
        Reference r = Reference.createTopReference(regionInfo.getStartKey());
        // Add the referred-to regions name as a dot separated suffix.
        // See REF_NAME_REGEX regex above. The referred-to regions name is
        // up in the path of the passed in <code>f</code> -- parentdir is family,
        // then the directory above is the region name.
        String mergingRegionName = regionInfo.getEncodedName();
        // Write reference with same file id only with the other region name as
        // suffix and into the new region location (under same family).
        Path p = new Path(referenceDir, f.getPath().getName() + "." + mergingRegionName);
        return r.write(fs, p);
    }

    /**
     * Commit a merged region, moving it from the merges temporary directory to
     * the proper location in the filesystem.
     * @param mergedRegionInfo merged region {@link HRegionInfo}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void commitMergedRegion(final HRegionInfo mergedRegionInfo) throws IOException {
        Path regionDir = new Path(this.tableDir, mergedRegionInfo.getEncodedName());
        Path mergedRegionTmpDir = this.getMergesDir(mergedRegionInfo);
        // Move the tmp dir in the expected location
        if (mergedRegionTmpDir != null && fs.exists(mergedRegionTmpDir)) {
            if (!fs.rename(mergedRegionTmpDir, regionDir)) {
                throw new IOException("Unable to rename " + mergedRegionTmpDir + " to " + regionDir);
            }
        }
    }

    // ===========================================================================
    //  Create/Open/Delete Helpers
    // ===========================================================================
    /**
     * Log the current state of the region
     * @param LOG log to output information
     * @throws IOException if an unexpected exception occurs
     */
    void logFileSystemState(final Log LOG) throws IOException {
        FSUtils.logFileSystemState(fs, this.getRegionDir(), LOG);
    }

    /**
     * @param hri
     * @return Content of the file we write out to the filesystem under a region
     * @throws IOException
     */
    private static byte[] getRegionInfoFileContent(final HRegionInfo hri) throws IOException {
        return hri.toDelimitedByteArray();
    }

    /**
     * Create a {@link HRegionInfo} from the serialized version on-disk.
     * @param fs {@link FileSystem} that contains the Region Info file
     * @param regionDir {@link Path} to the Region Directory that contains the Info file
     * @return An {@link HRegionInfo} instance gotten from the Region Info file.
     * @throws IOException if an error occurred during file open/read operation.
     */
    public static HRegionInfo loadRegionInfoFileContent(final FileSystem fs, final Path regionDir)
            throws IOException {
        FSDataInputStream in = fs.open(new Path(regionDir, REGION_INFO_FILE));
        try {
            return HRegionInfo.parseFrom(in);
        } finally {
            in.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Write the .regioninfo file on-disk.
     */
    private static void writeRegionInfoFileContent(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs,
            final Path regionInfoFile, final byte[] content) throws IOException {
        // First check to get the permissions
        FsPermission perms = FSUtils.getFilePermissions(fs, conf, HConstants.DATA_FILE_UMASK_KEY);
        // Write the RegionInfo file content
        FSDataOutputStream out = FSUtils.create(fs, regionInfoFile, perms, null);
        try {
            out.write(content);
        } finally {
            out.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Write out an info file under the stored region directory. Useful recovering mangled regions.
     * If the regionInfo already exists on-disk, then we fast exit.
     */
    void checkRegionInfoOnFilesystem() throws IOException {
        // Compose the content of the file so we can compare to length in filesystem. If not same,
        // rewrite it (it may have been written in the old format using Writables instead of pb). The
        // pb version is much shorter -- we write now w/o the toString version -- so checking length
        // only should be sufficient. I don't want to read the file every time to check if it pb
        // serialized.
        byte[] content = getRegionInfoFileContent(regionInfo);
        try {
            Path regionInfoFile = new Path(getRegionDir(), REGION_INFO_FILE);

            FileStatus status = fs.getFileStatus(regionInfoFile);
            if (status != null && status.getLen() == content.length) {
                // Then assume the content good and move on.
                // NOTE: that the length is not sufficient to define the the content matches.
                return;
            }

            LOG.info("Rewriting .regioninfo file at: " + regionInfoFile);
            if (!fs.delete(regionInfoFile, false)) {
                throw new IOException("Unable to remove existing " + regionInfoFile);
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            LOG.warn(REGION_INFO_FILE + " file not found for region: " + regionInfo.getEncodedName() + " on table "
                    + regionInfo.getTable());
        }

        // Write HRI to a file in case we need to recover hbase:meta
        writeRegionInfoOnFilesystem(content, true);
    }

    /**
     * Write out an info file under the region directory. Useful recovering mangled regions.
     * @param useTempDir indicate whether or not using the region .tmp dir for a safer file creation.
     */
    private void writeRegionInfoOnFilesystem(boolean useTempDir) throws IOException {
        byte[] content = getRegionInfoFileContent(regionInfo);
        writeRegionInfoOnFilesystem(content, useTempDir);
    }

    /**
     * Write out an info file under the region directory. Useful recovering mangled regions.
     * @param regionInfoContent serialized version of the {@link HRegionInfo}
     * @param useTempDir indicate whether or not using the region .tmp dir for a safer file creation.
     */
    private void writeRegionInfoOnFilesystem(final byte[] regionInfoContent, final boolean useTempDir)
            throws IOException {
        Path regionInfoFile = new Path(getRegionDir(), REGION_INFO_FILE);
        if (useTempDir) {
            // Create in tmpDir and then move into place in case we crash after
            // create but before close. If we don't successfully close the file,
            // subsequent region reopens will fail the below because create is
            // registered in NN.

            // And then create the file
            Path tmpPath = new Path(getTempDir(), REGION_INFO_FILE);

            // If datanode crashes or if the RS goes down just before the close is called while trying to
            // close the created regioninfo file in the .tmp directory then on next
            // creation we will be getting AlreadyCreatedException.
            // Hence delete and create the file if exists.
            if (FSUtils.isExists(fs, tmpPath)) {
                FSUtils.delete(fs, tmpPath, true);
            }

            // Write HRI to a file in case we need to recover hbase:meta
            writeRegionInfoFileContent(conf, fs, tmpPath, regionInfoContent);

            // Move the created file to the original path
            if (fs.exists(tmpPath) && !rename(tmpPath, regionInfoFile)) {
                throw new IOException("Unable to rename " + tmpPath + " to " + regionInfoFile);
            }
        } else {
            // Write HRI to a file in case we need to recover hbase:meta
            writeRegionInfoFileContent(conf, fs, regionInfoFile, regionInfoContent);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create a new Region on file-system.
     * @param conf the {@link Configuration} to use
     * @param fs {@link FileSystem} from which to add the region
     * @param tableDir {@link Path} to where the table is being stored
     * @param regionInfo {@link HRegionInfo} for region to be added
     * @throws IOException if the region creation fails due to a FileSystem exception.
     */
    public static HRegionFileSystem createRegionOnFileSystem(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs,
            final Path tableDir, final HRegionInfo regionInfo) throws IOException {
        HRegionFileSystem regionFs = new HRegionFileSystem(conf, fs, tableDir, regionInfo);
        Path regionDir = regionFs.getRegionDir();

        if (fs.exists(regionDir)) {
            LOG.warn("Trying to create a region that already exists on disk: " + regionDir);
            throw new IOException("The specified region already exists on disk: " + regionDir);
        }

        // Create the region directory
        if (!createDirOnFileSystem(fs, conf, regionDir)) {
            LOG.warn("Unable to create the region directory: " + regionDir);
            throw new IOException("Unable to create region directory: " + regionDir);
        }

        // Write HRI to a file in case we need to recover hbase:meta
        regionFs.writeRegionInfoOnFilesystem(false);
        return regionFs;
    }

    /**
     * Open Region from file-system.
     * @param conf the {@link Configuration} to use
     * @param fs {@link FileSystem} from which to add the region
     * @param tableDir {@link Path} to where the table is being stored
     * @param regionInfo {@link HRegionInfo} for region to be added
     * @param readOnly True if you don't want to edit the region data
     * @throws IOException if the region creation fails due to a FileSystem exception.
     */
    public static HRegionFileSystem openRegionFromFileSystem(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs,
            final Path tableDir, final HRegionInfo regionInfo, boolean readOnly) throws IOException {
        HRegionFileSystem regionFs = new HRegionFileSystem(conf, fs, tableDir, regionInfo);
        Path regionDir = regionFs.getRegionDir();

        if (!fs.exists(regionDir)) {
            LOG.warn("Trying to open a region that do not exists on disk: " + regionDir);
            throw new IOException("The specified region do not exists on disk: " + regionDir);
        }

        if (!readOnly) {
            // Cleanup temporary directories
            regionFs.cleanupTempDir();
            regionFs.cleanupSplitsDir();
            regionFs.cleanupMergesDir();

            // if it doesn't exists, Write HRI to a file, in case we need to recover hbase:meta
            regionFs.checkRegionInfoOnFilesystem();
        }

        return regionFs;
    }

    /**
     * Remove the region from the table directory, archiving the region's hfiles.
     * @param conf the {@link Configuration} to use
     * @param fs {@link FileSystem} from which to remove the region
     * @param tableDir {@link Path} to where the table is being stored
     * @param regionInfo {@link HRegionInfo} for region to be deleted
     * @throws IOException if the request cannot be completed
     */
    public static void deleteRegionFromFileSystem(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs,
            final Path tableDir, final HRegionInfo regionInfo) throws IOException {
        HRegionFileSystem regionFs = new HRegionFileSystem(conf, fs, tableDir, regionInfo);
        Path regionDir = regionFs.getRegionDir();

        if (!fs.exists(regionDir)) {
            LOG.warn("Trying to delete a region that do not exists on disk: " + regionDir);
            return;
        }

        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
            LOG.debug("DELETING region " + regionDir);
        }

        // Archive region
        Path rootDir = FSUtils.getRootDir(conf);
        HFileArchiver.archiveRegion(fs, rootDir, tableDir, regionDir);

        // Delete empty region dir
        if (!fs.delete(regionDir, true)) {
            LOG.warn("Failed delete of " + regionDir);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates a directory. Assumes the user has already checked for this directory existence.
     * @param dir
     * @return the result of fs.mkdirs(). In case underlying fs throws an IOException, it checks
     *         whether the directory exists or not, and returns true if it exists.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    boolean createDir(Path dir) throws IOException {
        int i = 0;
        IOException lastIOE = null;
        do {
            try {
                return fs.mkdirs(dir);
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                lastIOE = ioe;
                if (fs.exists(dir))
                    return true; // directory is present
                try {
                    sleepBeforeRetry("Create Directory", i + 1);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    throw (InterruptedIOException) new InterruptedIOException().initCause(e);
                }
            }
        } while (++i <= hdfsClientRetriesNumber);
        throw new IOException("Exception in createDir", lastIOE);
    }

    /**
     * Renames a directory. Assumes the user has already checked for this directory existence.
     * @param srcpath
     * @param dstPath
     * @return true if rename is successful.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    boolean rename(Path srcpath, Path dstPath) throws IOException {
        IOException lastIOE = null;
        int i = 0;
        do {
            try {
                return fs.rename(srcpath, dstPath);
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                lastIOE = ioe;
                if (!fs.exists(srcpath) && fs.exists(dstPath))
                    return true; // successful move
                // dir is not there, retry after some time.
                try {
                    sleepBeforeRetry("Rename Directory", i + 1);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    throw (InterruptedIOException) new InterruptedIOException().initCause(e);
                }
            }
        } while (++i <= hdfsClientRetriesNumber);

        throw new IOException("Exception in rename", lastIOE);
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a directory. Assumes the user has already checked for this directory existence.
     * @param dir
     * @return true if the directory is deleted.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    boolean deleteDir(Path dir) throws IOException {
        IOException lastIOE = null;
        int i = 0;
        do {
            try {
                return fs.delete(dir, true);
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                lastIOE = ioe;
                if (!fs.exists(dir))
                    return true;
                // dir is there, retry deleting after some time.
                try {
                    sleepBeforeRetry("Delete Directory", i + 1);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    throw (InterruptedIOException) new InterruptedIOException().initCause(e);
                }
            }
        } while (++i <= hdfsClientRetriesNumber);

        throw new IOException("Exception in DeleteDir", lastIOE);
    }

    /**
     * sleeping logic; handles the interrupt exception.
     */
    private void sleepBeforeRetry(String msg, int sleepMultiplier) throws InterruptedException {
        sleepBeforeRetry(msg, sleepMultiplier, baseSleepBeforeRetries, hdfsClientRetriesNumber);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a directory for a filesystem and configuration object. Assumes the user has already
     * checked for this directory existence.
     * @param fs
     * @param conf
     * @param dir
     * @return the result of fs.mkdirs(). In case underlying fs throws an IOException, it checks
     *         whether the directory exists or not, and returns true if it exists.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    private static boolean createDirOnFileSystem(FileSystem fs, Configuration conf, Path dir) throws IOException {
        int i = 0;
        IOException lastIOE = null;
        int hdfsClientRetriesNumber = conf.getInt("hdfs.client.retries.number", DEFAULT_HDFS_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER);
        int baseSleepBeforeRetries = conf.getInt("hdfs.client.sleep.before.retries",
                DEFAULT_BASE_SLEEP_BEFORE_RETRIES);
        do {
            try {
                return fs.mkdirs(dir);
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                lastIOE = ioe;
                if (fs.exists(dir))
                    return true; // directory is present
                try {
                    sleepBeforeRetry("Create Directory", i + 1, baseSleepBeforeRetries, hdfsClientRetriesNumber);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    throw (InterruptedIOException) new InterruptedIOException().initCause(e);
                }
            }
        } while (++i <= hdfsClientRetriesNumber);

        throw new IOException("Exception in createDir", lastIOE);
    }

    /**
     * sleeping logic for static methods; handles the interrupt exception. Keeping a static version
     * for this to avoid re-looking for the integer values.
     */
    private static void sleepBeforeRetry(String msg, int sleepMultiplier, int baseSleepBeforeRetries,
            int hdfsClientRetriesNumber) throws InterruptedException {
        if (sleepMultiplier > hdfsClientRetriesNumber) {
            LOG.debug(msg + ", retries exhausted");
            return;
        }
        LOG.debug(msg + ", sleeping " + baseSleepBeforeRetries + " times " + sleepMultiplier);
        Thread.sleep((long) baseSleepBeforeRetries * sleepMultiplier);
    }
}