From 962325cc40c97b930fc56252a17d0f93e6256823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Sparr <cameronsparr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:23:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Warn when metrics are being overwritten
closes #601
---
CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
internal/models/running_output.go | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cccefdee..e86c388b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
### Features
- [#564](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/564): features for plugin writing simplification. Internal metric data type.
- [#603](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/603): Aggregate statsd timing measurements into fields. Thanks @marcinbunsch!
+- [#601](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/601): Warn when overwriting cached metrics.
### Bugfixes
- [#595](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/595): graphite output should include tags to separate duplicate measurements.
diff --git a/internal/models/running_output.go b/internal/models/running_output.go
index 6d985fb4..49a01f8e 100644
--- a/internal/models/running_output.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_output.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) AddPoint(point telegraf.Metric) {
if len(ro.metrics) < ro.PointBufferLimit {
ro.metrics = append(ro.metrics, point)
} 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
}
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