SERVER-35058 Do not rely only on heartbeats to signal secondary positions in the stepdown command

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl.h b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl.h
index 35eca16fcb3..0416df74823 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ public:
     void waitForElectionDryRunFinish_forTest();
 
     /**
-     * Waits until a stepdown command has begun. Callers should ensure that the stepdown attempt
+     * Waits until a stepdown attempt has begun. Callers should ensure that the stepdown attempt
      * won't fully complete before this method is called, or this method may never return.
      */
     void waitForStepDownAttempt_forTest();
@@ -615,13 +615,6 @@ private:
 
     Status _checkIfWriteConcernCanBeSatisfied_inlock(const WriteConcernOptions& writeConcern) const;
 
-    /**
-     * Wakes up threads in the process of handling a stepdown request based on whether the
-     * TopologyCoordinator now believes enough secondaries are caught up for the stepdown request to
-     * complete.
-     */
-    void _signalStepDownWaiterIfReady_inlock();
-
     bool _canAcceptWritesFor_inlock(const NamespaceString& ns);
 
     int _getMyId_inlock() const;
@@ -1170,9 +1163,6 @@ private:
     // This member's index position in the current config.
     int _selfIndex;  // (M)
 
-    // Condition to signal when new heartbeat data comes in.
-    stdx::condition_variable _stepDownWaiters;  // (M)
-
     std::unique_ptr<VoteRequester> _voteRequester;  // (M)
 
     // Event that the election code will signal when the in-progress election completes.