Made the syslog server use a buffered chan

client/driver/logging/universal_collector.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package logging
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"log/syslog"
 	"net"
@@ -57,17 +58,18 @@ type SyslogCollector struct {
 	logConfig *structs.LogConfig
 	ctx       *LogCollectorContext
 
-	lro     *FileRotator
-	lre     *FileRotator
-	server  *SyslogServer
-	taskDir string
+	lro        *FileRotator
+	lre        *FileRotator
+	server     *SyslogServer
+	syslogChan chan *SyslogMessage
+	taskDir    string
 
 	logger *log.Logger
 }
 
 // NewSyslogCollector returns an implementation of the SyslogCollector
 func NewSyslogCollector(logger *log.Logger) *SyslogCollector {
-	return &SyslogCollector{logger: logger}
+	return &SyslogCollector{logger: logger, syslogChan: make(chan *SyslogMessage, 2048)}
 }
 
 // LaunchCollector launches a new syslog server and starts writing log lines to
@@ -84,10 +86,8 @@ func (s *SyslogCollector) LaunchCollector(ctx *LogCollectorContext) (*SyslogColl
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	channel := make(chan *SyslogMessage)
-	syslogServer := NewSyslogServer(l, channel, s.logger)
-	s.server = syslogServer
-	go syslogServer.Start()
+	s.server = NewSyslogServer(l, s.syslogChan, s.logger)
+	go s.server.Start()
 	logFileSize := int64(ctx.LogConfig.MaxFileSizeMB * 1024 * 1024)
 
 	path := filepath.Join(s.taskDir, allocdir.TaskLocal)
@@ -106,25 +106,28 @@ func (s *SyslogCollector) LaunchCollector(ctx *LogCollectorContext) (*SyslogColl
 	}
 	s.lre = lre
 
-	go func(channel chan *SyslogMessage) {
-		for logParts := range channel {
-			// If the severity of the log line is err then we write to stderr
-			// otherwise all messages go to stdout
-			if logParts.Severity == syslog.LOG_ERR {
-				s.lre.Write(logParts.Message)
-				s.lre.Write([]byte{'\n'})
-			} else {
-				s.lro.Write(logParts.Message)
-				s.lro.Write([]byte{'\n'})
-			}
-		}
-	}(channel)
+	go s.collectLogs(lre, lro)
 	return &SyslogCollectorState{Addr: l.Addr().String()}, nil
 }
 
+func (s *SyslogCollector) collectLogs(we io.Writer, wo io.Writer) {
+	for logParts := range s.syslogChan {
+		// If the severity of the log line is err then we write to stderr
+		// otherwise all messages go to stdout
+		if logParts.Severity == syslog.LOG_ERR {
+			s.lre.Write(logParts.Message)
+			s.lre.Write([]byte{'\n'})
+		} else {
+			s.lro.Write(logParts.Message)
+			s.lro.Write([]byte{'\n'})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Exit kills the syslog server
 func (s *SyslogCollector) Exit() error {
 	s.server.Shutdown()
+	close(s.syslogChan)
 	return nil
 }