Use channel for series aggregation

pkg/custom-provider/provider.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package provider
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -284,26 +283,30 @@ func (l *cachingMetricsLister) RunUntil(stopChan <-chan struct{}) {
 	}, l.updateInterval, stopChan)
 }
 
+type selectorSeries struct {
+	selector prom.Selector
+	series   []prom.Series
+}
+
 func (l *cachingMetricsLister) updateMetrics() error {
 	startTime := pmodel.Now().Add(-1 * l.updateInterval)
 
 	// don't do duplicate queries when it's just the matchers that change
 	seriesCacheByQuery := make(map[prom.Selector][]prom.Series)
-	seriesCacheByQueryLock := sync.RWMutex{}
 
 	// these can take a while on large clusters, so launch in parallel
 	// and don't duplicate
 	selectors := make(map[prom.Selector]struct{})
+	selectorSeriesChan := make(chan selectorSeries, len(l.namers))
 	errs := make(chan error, len(l.namers))
 	for _, namer := range l.namers {
 		sel := namer.Selector()
 		if _, ok := selectors[sel]; ok {
 			errs <- nil
+			selectorSeriesChan <- selectorSeries{}
 			continue
 		}
-		seriesCacheByQueryLock.Lock()
 		selectors[sel] = struct{}{}
-		seriesCacheByQueryLock.Unlock()
 		go func() {
 			series, err := l.promClient.Series(context.TODO(), pmodel.Interval{startTime, 0}, sel)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -311,9 +314,10 @@ func (l *cachingMetricsLister) updateMetrics() error {
 				return
 			}
 			errs <- nil
-			seriesCacheByQueryLock.Lock()
+			selectorSeriesChan <- selectorSeries{
-			seriesCacheByQuery[sel] = series
+				selector: sel,
-			seriesCacheByQueryLock.Unlock()
+				series:   series,
+			}
 		}()
 	}
 
@@ -322,6 +326,9 @@ func (l *cachingMetricsLister) updateMetrics() error {
 		if err := <-errs; err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to update list of all metrics: %v", err)
 		}
+		if ss := <-selectorSeriesChan; ss.series != nil {
+			seriesCacheByQuery[ss.selector] = ss.series
+		}
 	}
 	close(errs)