amrishlal commented on a change in pull request #7174: URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/7174#discussion_r684366753
########## File path: pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/periodictask/BasePeriodicTask.java ########## @@ -87,13 +94,16 @@ public final synchronized void start() { LOGGER.warn("Task: {} is already started", _taskName); return; } - _started = true; try { setUpTask(); } catch (Exception e) { LOGGER.error("Caught exception while setting up task: {}", _taskName, e); } + + // mark _started as true only after state has completely initialized, so that run method doesn't end up seeing Review comment: This class is used by multiple threads, so it's a good idea to make it thread safe irrespective of how it is used. The API shouldn't allow a situation where run method ends up being called on partially initialized state. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@pinot.apache.org