@Override
    protected void process(final ClusterDistributionManager dm) {
      Throwable thr = null;
      boolean sendFailureMessage = true;
      ReplyException rex = null;
      try {
        Assert.assertTrue(regionPath != null, "Region path is null.");
        final DistributedRegion rgn =
            (DistributedRegion) getGIIRegion(dm, regionPath, targetReinitialized);
        if (rgn == null) {
          return;
        }
        if (!rgn.getGenerateVersionTag()) {
          if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("{} non-persistent proxy region, nothing to do. Just reply", this);
          }
          // allow finally block to send a failure message
          RVVReplyMessage.send(dm, getSender(), processorId, null, null);
        } else {
          RegionVersionVector rvv = rgn.getVersionVector().getCloneForTransmission();
          RVVReplyMessage.send(dm, getSender(), processorId, rvv, null);
        }
        sendFailureMessage = false;
      } catch (RegionDestroyedException e) {
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
          logger.debug("{}; Region destroyed: Request RVV aborting.", this);
        }
      } catch (CancelException e) {
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
          logger.debug("{}; Cache Closed: Request RVV aborting.", this);
        }
      } catch (VirtualMachineError err) {
        sendFailureMessage = false; // Don't try to respond!
        SystemFailure.initiateFailure(err);
        // If this ever returns, rethrow the error. We're poisoned
        // now, so don't let this thread continue.
        throw err;
      } catch (Throwable t) {
        // Whenever you catch Error or Throwable, you must also
        // catch VirtualMachineError (see above). However, there is
        // _still_ a possibility that you are dealing with a cascading
        // error condition, so you also need to check to see if the JVM
        // is still usable:
        SystemFailure.checkFailure();
        thr = t;
      } finally {
        if (sendFailureMessage) {
          // if we get here then send reply possibly with an exception
          if (thr != null) {
            rex = new ReplyException(thr);
          }

          RVVReplyMessage.send(dm, getSender(), processorId, null, rex);
        } // !success
      }
    }
If true, recipient should wait until fully initialized before returning data.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/InitialImageOperation.java