in flume-kafka-channel/src/main/java/org/apache/flume/channel/kafka/KafkaChannel.java [625:634]
private void commitOffsets() {
try {
consumer.commitSync(offsets);
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.info("Error committing offsets.", e);
} finally {
logger.trace("About to clear offsets map.");
offsets.clear();
}
}