logtail/filch: limit buffer file size to 50MB

Signed-off-by: Maisem Ali <maisem@tailscale.com>

logtail/filch/filch.go

@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ import (
 
 var stderrFD = 2 // a variable for testing
 
+const defaultMaxFileSize = 50 << 20
+
 type Options struct {
 	ReplaceStderr bool // dup over fd 2 so everything written to stderr comes here
+	MaxFileSize   int
 }
 
 // A Filch uses two alternating files as a simplistic ring buffer.
@@ -30,6 +33,10 @@ type Filch struct {
 	alt       *os.File
 	altscan   *bufio.Scanner
 	recovered int64
+
+	maxFileSize  int64
+	writeCounter int
+
 	// buf is an initial buffer for altscan.
 	// As of August 2021, 99.96% of all log lines
 	// are below 4096 bytes in length.
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ type Filch struct {
 	// so that the whole struct takes 4096 bytes
 	// (less on 32 bit platforms).
 	// This reduces allocation waste.
-	buf [4096 - 48]byte
+	buf [4096 - 64]byte
 }
 
 // TryReadline implements the logtail.Buffer interface.
@@ -91,6 +98,22 @@ func (f *Filch) scan() ([]byte, error) {
 func (f *Filch) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	f.mu.Lock()
 	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	if f.writeCounter == 100 {
+		// Check the file size every 100 writes.
+		f.writeCounter = 0
+		fi, err := f.cur.Stat()
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		if fi.Size() >= f.maxFileSize {
+			// This most likely means we are not draining.
+			// To limit the amount of space we use, throw away the old logs.
+			if err := moveContents(f.alt, f.cur); err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	f.writeCounter++
 
 	if len(b) == 0 || b[len(b)-1] != '\n' {
 		bnl := make([]byte, len(b)+1)
@@ -159,8 +182,13 @@ func New(filePrefix string, opts Options) (f *Filch, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	mfs := defaultMaxFileSize
+	if opts.MaxFileSize > 0 {
+		mfs = opts.MaxFileSize
+	}
 	f = &Filch{
-		OrigStderr: os.Stderr, // temporary, for past logs recovery
+		OrigStderr:  os.Stderr, // temporary, for past logs recovery
+		maxFileSize: int64(mfs),
 	}
 
 	// Neither, either, or both files may exist and contain logs from
@@ -234,6 +262,9 @@ func moveContents(dst, src *os.File) (err error) {
 	if _, err := src.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if _, err := dst.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if _, err := io.Copy(dst, src); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

logtail/filch/filch_test.go

@@ -57,6 +57,39 @@ func (f *filchTest) close(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDropOldLogs(t *testing.T) {
+	const line1 = "123456789" // 10 bytes (9+newline)
+	tests := []struct {
+		write, read int
+	}{
+		{10, 10},
+		{100, 100},
+		{200, 200},
+		{250, 150},
+		{500, 200},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("w%d-r%d", tc.write, tc.read), func(t *testing.T) {
+			filePrefix := t.TempDir()
+			f := newFilchTest(t, filePrefix, Options{ReplaceStderr: false, MaxFileSize: 1000})
+			defer f.close(t)
+			// Make filch rotate the logs 3 times
+			for i := 0; i < tc.write; i++ {
+				f.write(t, line1)
+			}
+			// We should only be able to read the last 150 lines
+			for i := 0; i < tc.read; i++ {
+				f.read(t, line1)
+				if t.Failed() {
+					t.Logf("could only read %d lines", i)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			f.readEOF(t)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	filePrefix := t.TempDir()
 	f := newFilchTest(t, filePrefix, Options{ReplaceStderr: false})