Add Accumulator to the ServiceInput Start() function

closes #666

agent/agent.go

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 		a.Config.Agent.Hostname, a.Config.Agent.FlushInterval.Duration)
 
 	// channel shared between all input threads for accumulating points
-	metricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 1000)
+	metricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10000)
 
 	// Round collection to nearest interval by sleeping
 	if a.Config.Agent.RoundInterval {
@@ -342,7 +342,10 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 		// Start service of any ServicePlugins
 		switch p := input.Input.(type) {
 		case telegraf.ServiceInput:
-			if err := p.Start(); err != nil {
+			acc := NewAccumulator(input.Config, metricC)
+			acc.SetDebug(a.Config.Agent.Debug)
+			acc.setDefaultTags(a.Config.Tags)
+			if err := p.Start(acc); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Service for input %s failed to start, exiting\n%s\n",
 					input.Name, err.Error())
 				return err

input.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type ServiceInput interface {
 	Gather(Accumulator) error
 
 	// Start starts the ServiceInput's service, whatever that may be
-	Start() error
+	Start(Accumulator) error
 
 	// Stop stops the services and closes any necessary channels and connections
 	Stop()

internal/config/config.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ type AgentConfig struct {
 	// same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
 	CollectionJitter internal.Duration
 
-	// Interval at which to flush data
+	// FlushInterval is the Interval at which to flush data
 	FlushInterval internal.Duration
 
 	// FlushJitter Jitters the flush interval by a random amount.
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ type AgentConfig struct {
 	// full, the oldest metrics will be overwritten.
 	MetricBufferLimit int
 
+	// FlushBufferWhenFull tells Telegraf to flush the metric buffer whenever
+	// it fills up, regardless of FlushInterval. Setting this option to true
+	// does _not_ deactivate FlushInterval.
+	FlushBufferWhenFull bool
+
 	// TODO(cam): Remove UTC and Precision parameters, they are no longer
 	// valid for the agent config. Leaving them here for now for backwards-
 	// compatability
@@ -157,6 +162,8 @@ var header = `##################################################################
   ### Telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each output, and will
   ### flush this buffer on a successful write.
   metric_buffer_limit = 10000
+  ### Flush the buffer whenever full, regardless of flush_interval
+  flush_buffer_when_full = true
 
   ### Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
   ### Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
@@ -421,8 +428,9 @@ func (c *Config) addOutput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 
 	ro := internal_models.NewRunningOutput(name, output, outputConfig)
 	if c.Agent.MetricBufferLimit > 0 {
-		ro.PointBufferLimit = c.Agent.MetricBufferLimit
+		ro.MetricBufferLimit = c.Agent.MetricBufferLimit
 	}
+	ro.FlushBufferWhenFull = c.Agent.FlushBufferWhenFull
 	ro.Quiet = c.Agent.Quiet
 	c.Outputs = append(c.Outputs, ro)
 	return nil

internal/models/running_output.go

@@ -2,22 +2,33 @@ package internal_models
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 
-const DEFAULT_POINT_BUFFER_LIMIT = 10000
+const (
+	// Default number of metrics kept between flushes.
+	DEFAULT_METRIC_BUFFER_LIMIT = 10000
+
+	// Limit how many full metric buffers are kept due to failed writes.
+	FULL_METRIC_BUFFERS_LIMIT = 100
+)
 
 type RunningOutput struct {
-	Name             string
-	Output           telegraf.Output
-	Config           *OutputConfig
-	Quiet            bool
-	PointBufferLimit int
+	Name                string
+	Output              telegraf.Output
+	Config              *OutputConfig
+	Quiet               bool
+	MetricBufferLimit   int
+	FlushBufferWhenFull bool
 
 	metrics          []telegraf.Metric
+	tmpmetrics       chan []telegraf.Metric
 	overwriteCounter int
+
+	sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewRunningOutput(
@@ -26,11 +37,12 @@ func NewRunningOutput(
 	conf *OutputConfig,
 ) *RunningOutput {
 	ro := &RunningOutput{
-		Name:             name,
-		metrics:          make([]telegraf.Metric, 0),
-		Output:           output,
-		Config:           conf,
-		PointBufferLimit: DEFAULT_POINT_BUFFER_LIMIT,
+		Name:              name,
+		metrics:           make([]telegraf.Metric, 0),
+		tmpmetrics:        make(chan []telegraf.Metric, FULL_METRIC_BUFFERS_LIMIT),
+		Output:            output,
+		Config:            conf,
+		MetricBufferLimit: DEFAULT_METRIC_BUFFER_LIMIT,
 	}
 	return ro
 }
@@ -42,28 +54,68 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) AddPoint(point telegraf.Metric) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(ro.metrics) < ro.PointBufferLimit {
+	if len(ro.metrics) < ro.MetricBufferLimit {
+		ro.Lock()
 		ro.metrics = append(ro.metrics, point)
+		ro.Unlock()
 	} else {
-		log.Printf("WARNING: overwriting cached metrics, you may want to " +
-			"increase the metric_buffer_limit setting in your [agent] config " +
-			"if you do not wish to overwrite metrics.\n")
-		if ro.overwriteCounter == len(ro.metrics) {
-			ro.overwriteCounter = 0
+		if ro.FlushBufferWhenFull {
+			ro.Lock()
+			tmpmetrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, len(ro.metrics))
+			copy(tmpmetrics, ro.metrics)
+			ro.metrics = make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
+			ro.Unlock()
+			err := ro.write(tmpmetrics)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR writing full metric buffer to output %s, %s",
+					ro.Name, err)
+				if len(ro.tmpmetrics) == FULL_METRIC_BUFFERS_LIMIT {
+					// drop one on the floor...
+					<-ro.tmpmetrics
+				}
+				ro.tmpmetrics <- tmpmetrics
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("WARNING: overwriting cached metrics, you may want to " +
+				"increase the metric_buffer_limit setting in your [agent] " +
+				"config if you do not wish to overwrite metrics.\n")
+			if ro.overwriteCounter == len(ro.metrics) {
+				ro.overwriteCounter = 0
+			}
+			ro.metrics[ro.overwriteCounter] = point
+			ro.overwriteCounter++
 		}
-		ro.metrics[ro.overwriteCounter] = point
-		ro.overwriteCounter++
 	}
 }
 
 func (ro *RunningOutput) Write() error {
+	ro.Lock()
+	err := ro.write(ro.metrics)
+	ro.Unlock()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write any cached metric buffers that failed previously
+	ntmps := len(ro.tmpmetrics)
+	for i := 0; i < ntmps; i++ {
+		tmpmetrics := <-ro.tmpmetrics
+		if err := ro.write(tmpmetrics); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	start := time.Now()
-	err := ro.Output.Write(ro.metrics)
+	err := ro.Output.Write(metrics)
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 	if err == nil {
 		if !ro.Quiet {
 			log.Printf("Wrote %d metrics to output %s in %s\n",
-				len(ro.metrics), ro.Name, elapsed)
+				len(metrics), ro.Name, elapsed)
 		}
 		ro.metrics = make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
 		ro.overwriteCounter = 0

plugins/inputs/github_webhooks/github_webhooks.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (gh *GithubWebhooks) Listen() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (gh *GithubWebhooks) Start() error {
+func (gh *GithubWebhooks) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	go gh.Listen()
 	log.Printf("Started the github_webhooks service on %s\n", gh.ServiceAddress)
 	return nil

plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (k *Kafka) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 	k.parser = parser
 }
 
-func (k *Kafka) Start() error {
+func (k *Kafka) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	k.Lock()
 	defer k.Unlock()
 	var consumerErr error

plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_integration_test.go

@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ func TestReadsMetricsFromKafka(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	p, _ := parsers.NewInfluxParser()
 	k.SetParser(p)
-	if err := k.Start(); err != nil {
+
+	// Verify that we can now gather the sent message
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	// Sanity check
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(acc.Metrics), "There should not be any points")
+	if err := k.Start(&acc); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err.Error())
 	} else {
 		defer k.Stop()
 	}
 
 	waitForPoint(k, t)
 
-	// Verify that we can now gather the sent message
-	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	// Sanity check
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(acc.Metrics), "There should not be any points")
-
 	// Gather points
 	err = k.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)

plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer/mqtt_consumer.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (m *MQTTConsumer) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 	m.parser = parser
 }
 
-func (m *MQTTConsumer) Start() error {
+func (m *MQTTConsumer) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
 	if m.QoS > 2 || m.QoS < 0 {

plugins/inputs/nats_consumer/nats_consumer.go

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   queue_group = "telegraf_consumers"
   ### Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
   metric_buffer = 100000
-  
+
   ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
   ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
   ### more about them here:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (n *natsConsumer) natsErrHandler(c *nats.Conn, s *nats.Subscription, e erro
 }
 
 // Start the nats consumer. Caller must call *natsConsumer.Stop() to clean up.
-func (n *natsConsumer) Start() error {
+func (n *natsConsumer) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	n.Lock()
 	defer n.Unlock()
 

plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (s *Statsd) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Statsd) Start() error {
+func (s *Statsd) Start(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	// Make data structures
 	s.done = make(chan struct{})
 	s.in = make(chan []byte, s.AllowedPendingMessages)