Fixing race issues in the log rotator

client/driver/logging/rotator.go

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var (
+const (
+	bufSize  = 32768
 	flushDur = 100 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type FileRotator struct {
 	currentFile *os.File // currentFile is the file that is currently getting written
 	currentWr   int64    // currentWr is the number of bytes written to the current file
 	bufw        *bufio.Writer
+	bufLock     sync.Mutex
 
 	flushTicker *time.Ticker
 	logger      *log.Logger
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ func (f *FileRotator) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		// Check if we still have space in the current file, otherwise close and
 		// open the next file
 		if f.currentWr >= f.FileSize {
-			f.bufw.Flush()
+			f.flushBuffer()
 			f.currentFile.Close()
 			if err := f.nextFile(); err != nil {
 				f.logger.Printf("[ERROR] driver.rotator: error creating next file: %v", err)
@@ -89,12 +91,10 @@ func (f *FileRotator) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		if remainingSize < int64(len(p[n:])) {
 			// Write the number of bytes that we can write on the current file
 			li := int64(n) + remainingSize
-			nw, err = f.bufw.Write(p[n:li])
-			//nw, err = f.currentFile.Write(p[n:li])
+			nw, err = f.writeToBuffer(p[n:li])
 		} else {
 			// Write all the bytes in the current file
-			nw, err = f.bufw.Write(p[n:])
-			//nw, err = f.currentFile.Write(p[n:])
+			nw, err = f.writeToBuffer(p[n:])
 		}
 
 		// Increment the number of bytes written so far in this method
@@ -181,11 +181,7 @@ func (f *FileRotator) createFile() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	f.currentWr = fi.Size()
-	if f.bufw == nil {
-		f.bufw = bufio.NewWriter(f.currentFile)
-	} else {
-		f.bufw.Reset(f.currentFile)
-	}
+	f.createOrResetBuffer()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -193,9 +189,7 @@ func (f *FileRotator) createFile() error {
 // file
 func (f *FileRotator) flushPeriodically() {
 	for _ = range f.flushTicker.C {
-		if f.bufw != nil {
-			f.bufw.Flush()
-		}
+		f.flushBuffer()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -205,9 +199,7 @@ func (f *FileRotator) Close() {
 
 	// Stop the ticker and flush for one last time
 	f.flushTicker.Stop()
-	if f.bufw != nil {
-		f.bufw.Flush()
-	}
+	f.flushBuffer()
 
 	// Stop the purge go routine
 	if !f.closed {
@@ -260,3 +252,32 @@ func (f *FileRotator) purgeOldFiles() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// flushBuffer flushes the buffer
+func (f *FileRotator) flushBuffer() error {
+	f.bufLock.Lock()
+	defer f.bufLock.Unlock()
+	if f.bufw != nil {
+		return f.bufw.Flush()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// writeToBuffer writes the byte array to buffer
+func (f *FileRotator) writeToBuffer(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	f.bufLock.Lock()
+	defer f.bufLock.Unlock()
+	return f.bufw.Write(p)
+}
+
+// createOrResetBuffer creates a new buffer if we don't have one otherwise
+// resets the buffer
+func (f *FileRotator) createOrResetBuffer() {
+	f.bufLock.Lock()
+	defer f.bufLock.Unlock()
+	if f.bufw == nil {
+		f.bufw = bufio.NewWriterSize(f.currentFile, bufSize)
+	} else {
+		f.bufw.Reset(f.currentFile)
+	}
+}