func (this *Election) doUpdateCommittee(change *thispb.CommitteeChange) error { if !this.wal.IsRecovering() { walRecord := thispb.WALRecord{} walRecord.CommitteeChange = change _, errSync := wal.SyncChangeProto(this.wal, this.uid, &walRecord) if errSync != nil { this.Errorf("could not write committee change wal record: %v", errSync) return errSync } } round := change.GetNewElectionRound() winner := change.GetNewElectionWinner() this.electionHistoryMap[round] = winner return nil }