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| 1 | +// Copyright 2020 The Prometheus Authors |
| 2 | +// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| 3 | +// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| 4 | +// You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| 5 | +// |
| 6 | +// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| 7 | +// |
| 8 | +// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| 9 | +// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| 10 | +// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| 11 | +// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| 12 | +// limitations under the License. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +// Package promlint provides a linter for Prometheus metrics. |
| 15 | +package promlint |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +import ( |
| 18 | + "fmt" |
| 19 | + "io" |
| 20 | + "regexp" |
| 21 | + "sort" |
| 22 | + "strings" |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | + "github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt" |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | + dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go" |
| 27 | +) |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +// A Linter is a Prometheus metrics linter. It identifies issues with metric |
| 30 | +// names, types, and metadata, and reports them to the caller. |
| 31 | +type Linter struct { |
| 32 | + r io.Reader |
| 33 | +} |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +// A Problem is an issue detected by a Linter. |
| 36 | +type Problem struct { |
| 37 | + // The name of the metric indicated by this Problem. |
| 38 | + Metric string |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + // A description of the issue for this Problem. |
| 41 | + Text string |
| 42 | +} |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +// newProblem is helper function to create a Problem. |
| 45 | +func newProblem(mf dto.MetricFamily, text string) Problem { |
| 46 | + return Problem{ |
| 47 | + Metric: mf.GetName(), |
| 48 | + Text: text, |
| 49 | + } |
| 50 | +} |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +// New creates a new Linter that reads an input stream of Prometheus metrics. |
| 53 | +// Only the Prometheus text exposition format is supported. |
| 54 | +func New(r io.Reader) *Linter { |
| 55 | + return &Linter{ |
| 56 | + r: r, |
| 57 | + } |
| 58 | +} |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +// Lint performs a linting pass, returning a slice of Problems indicating any |
| 61 | +// issues found in the metrics stream. The slice is sorted by metric name |
| 62 | +// and issue description. |
| 63 | +func (l *Linter) Lint() ([]Problem, error) { |
| 64 | + // TODO(mdlayher): support for protobuf exposition format? |
| 65 | + d := expfmt.NewDecoder(l.r, expfmt.FmtText) |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + var problems []Problem |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + var mf dto.MetricFamily |
| 70 | + for { |
| 71 | + if err := d.Decode(&mf); err != nil { |
| 72 | + if err == io.EOF { |
| 73 | + break |
| 74 | + } |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | + return nil, err |
| 77 | + } |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | + problems = append(problems, lint(mf)...) |
| 80 | + } |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | + // Ensure deterministic output. |
| 83 | + sort.SliceStable(problems, func(i, j int) bool { |
| 84 | + if problems[i].Metric == problems[j].Metric { |
| 85 | + return problems[i].Text < problems[j].Text |
| 86 | + } |
| 87 | + return problems[i].Metric < problems[j].Metric |
| 88 | + }) |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | + return problems, nil |
| 91 | +} |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +// lint is the entry point for linting a single metric. |
| 94 | +func lint(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 95 | + fns := []func(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem{ |
| 96 | + lintHelp, |
| 97 | + lintMetricUnits, |
| 98 | + lintCounter, |
| 99 | + lintHistogramSummaryReserved, |
| 100 | + lintMetricTypeInName, |
| 101 | + lintReservedChars, |
| 102 | + lintCamelCase, |
| 103 | + lintUnitAbbreviations, |
| 104 | + } |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | + var problems []Problem |
| 107 | + for _, fn := range fns { |
| 108 | + problems = append(problems, fn(mf)...) |
| 109 | + } |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + // TODO(mdlayher): lint rules for specific metrics types. |
| 112 | + return problems |
| 113 | +} |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +// lintHelp detects issues related to the help text for a metric. |
| 116 | +func lintHelp(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 117 | + var problems []Problem |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | + // Expect all metrics to have help text available. |
| 120 | + if mf.Help == nil { |
| 121 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, "no help text")) |
| 122 | + } |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + return problems |
| 125 | +} |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +// lintMetricUnits detects issues with metric unit names. |
| 128 | +func lintMetricUnits(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 129 | + var problems []Problem |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | + unit, base, ok := metricUnits(*mf.Name) |
| 132 | + if !ok { |
| 133 | + // No known units detected. |
| 134 | + return nil |
| 135 | + } |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | + // Unit is already a base unit. |
| 138 | + if unit == base { |
| 139 | + return nil |
| 140 | + } |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, fmt.Sprintf("use base unit %q instead of %q", base, unit))) |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | + return problems |
| 145 | +} |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +// lintCounter detects issues specific to counters, as well as patterns that should |
| 148 | +// only be used with counters. |
| 149 | +func lintCounter(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 150 | + var problems []Problem |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | + isCounter := mf.GetType() == dto.MetricType_COUNTER |
| 153 | + isUntyped := mf.GetType() == dto.MetricType_UNTYPED |
| 154 | + hasTotalSuffix := strings.HasSuffix(mf.GetName(), "_total") |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | + switch { |
| 157 | + case isCounter && !hasTotalSuffix: |
| 158 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `counter metrics should have "_total" suffix`)) |
| 159 | + case !isUntyped && !isCounter && hasTotalSuffix: |
| 160 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `non-counter metrics should not have "_total" suffix`)) |
| 161 | + } |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | + return problems |
| 164 | +} |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | +// lintHistogramSummaryReserved detects when other types of metrics use names or labels |
| 167 | +// reserved for use by histograms and/or summaries. |
| 168 | +func lintHistogramSummaryReserved(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 169 | + // These rules do not apply to untyped metrics. |
| 170 | + t := mf.GetType() |
| 171 | + if t == dto.MetricType_UNTYPED { |
| 172 | + return nil |
| 173 | + } |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | + var problems []Problem |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | + isHistogram := t == dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM |
| 178 | + isSummary := t == dto.MetricType_SUMMARY |
| 179 | + |
| 180 | + n := mf.GetName() |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | + if !isHistogram && strings.HasSuffix(n, "_bucket") { |
| 183 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `non-histogram metrics should not have "_bucket" suffix`)) |
| 184 | + } |
| 185 | + if !isHistogram && !isSummary && strings.HasSuffix(n, "_count") { |
| 186 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `non-histogram and non-summary metrics should not have "_count" suffix`)) |
| 187 | + } |
| 188 | + if !isHistogram && !isSummary && strings.HasSuffix(n, "_sum") { |
| 189 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `non-histogram and non-summary metrics should not have "_sum" suffix`)) |
| 190 | + } |
| 191 | + |
| 192 | + for _, m := range mf.GetMetric() { |
| 193 | + for _, l := range m.GetLabel() { |
| 194 | + ln := l.GetName() |
| 195 | + |
| 196 | + if !isHistogram && ln == "le" { |
| 197 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `non-histogram metrics should not have "le" label`)) |
| 198 | + } |
| 199 | + if !isSummary && ln == "quantile" { |
| 200 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, `non-summary metrics should not have "quantile" label`)) |
| 201 | + } |
| 202 | + } |
| 203 | + } |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | + return problems |
| 206 | +} |
| 207 | + |
| 208 | +// lintMetricTypeInName detects when metric types are included in the metric name. |
| 209 | +func lintMetricTypeInName(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 210 | + var problems []Problem |
| 211 | + n := strings.ToLower(mf.GetName()) |
| 212 | + |
| 213 | + for i, t := range dto.MetricType_name { |
| 214 | + if i == int32(dto.MetricType_UNTYPED) { |
| 215 | + continue |
| 216 | + } |
| 217 | + |
| 218 | + typename := strings.ToLower(t) |
| 219 | + if strings.Contains(n, "_"+typename+"_") || strings.HasSuffix(n, "_"+typename) { |
| 220 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, fmt.Sprintf(`metric name should not include type '%s'`, typename))) |
| 221 | + } |
| 222 | + } |
| 223 | + return problems |
| 224 | +} |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | +// lintReservedChars detects colons in metric names. |
| 227 | +func lintReservedChars(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 228 | + var problems []Problem |
| 229 | + if strings.Contains(mf.GetName(), ":") { |
| 230 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, "metric names should not contain ':'")) |
| 231 | + } |
| 232 | + return problems |
| 233 | +} |
| 234 | + |
| 235 | +var camelCase = regexp.MustCompile(`[a-z][A-Z]`) |
| 236 | + |
| 237 | +// lintCamelCase detects metric names and label names written in camelCase. |
| 238 | +func lintCamelCase(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 239 | + var problems []Problem |
| 240 | + if camelCase.FindString(mf.GetName()) != "" { |
| 241 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, "metric names should be written in 'snake_case' not 'camelCase'")) |
| 242 | + } |
| 243 | + |
| 244 | + for _, m := range mf.GetMetric() { |
| 245 | + for _, l := range m.GetLabel() { |
| 246 | + if camelCase.FindString(l.GetName()) != "" { |
| 247 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, "label names should be written in 'snake_case' not 'camelCase'")) |
| 248 | + } |
| 249 | + } |
| 250 | + } |
| 251 | + return problems |
| 252 | +} |
| 253 | + |
| 254 | +// lintUnitAbbreviations detects abbreviated units in the metric name. |
| 255 | +func lintUnitAbbreviations(mf dto.MetricFamily) []Problem { |
| 256 | + var problems []Problem |
| 257 | + n := strings.ToLower(mf.GetName()) |
| 258 | + for _, s := range unitAbbreviations { |
| 259 | + if strings.Contains(n, "_"+s+"_") || strings.HasSuffix(n, "_"+s) { |
| 260 | + problems = append(problems, newProblem(mf, "metric names should not contain abbreviated units")) |
| 261 | + } |
| 262 | + } |
| 263 | + return problems |
| 264 | +} |
| 265 | + |
| 266 | +// metricUnits attempts to detect known unit types used as part of a metric name, |
| 267 | +// e.g. "foo_bytes_total" or "bar_baz_milligrams". |
| 268 | +func metricUnits(m string) (unit string, base string, ok bool) { |
| 269 | + ss := strings.Split(m, "_") |
| 270 | + |
| 271 | + for unit, base := range units { |
| 272 | + // Also check for "no prefix". |
| 273 | + for _, p := range append(unitPrefixes, "") { |
| 274 | + for _, s := range ss { |
| 275 | + // Attempt to explicitly match a known unit with a known prefix, |
| 276 | + // as some words may look like "units" when matching suffix. |
| 277 | + // |
| 278 | + // As an example, "thermometers" should not match "meters", but |
| 279 | + // "kilometers" should. |
| 280 | + if s == p+unit { |
| 281 | + return p + unit, base, true |
| 282 | + } |
| 283 | + } |
| 284 | + } |
| 285 | + } |
| 286 | + |
| 287 | + return "", "", false |
| 288 | +} |
| 289 | + |
| 290 | +// Units and their possible prefixes recognized by this library. More can be |
| 291 | +// added over time as needed. |
| 292 | +var ( |
| 293 | + // map a unit to the appropriate base unit. |
| 294 | + units = map[string]string{ |
| 295 | + // Base units. |
| 296 | + "amperes": "amperes", |
| 297 | + "bytes": "bytes", |
| 298 | + "celsius": "celsius", // Celsius is more common in practice than Kelvin. |
| 299 | + "grams": "grams", |
| 300 | + "joules": "joules", |
| 301 | + "meters": "meters", // Both American and international spelling permitted. |
| 302 | + "metres": "metres", |
| 303 | + "seconds": "seconds", |
| 304 | + "volts": "volts", |
| 305 | + |
| 306 | + // Non base units. |
| 307 | + // Time. |
| 308 | + "minutes": "seconds", |
| 309 | + "hours": "seconds", |
| 310 | + "days": "seconds", |
| 311 | + "weeks": "seconds", |
| 312 | + // Temperature. |
| 313 | + "kelvin": "celsius", |
| 314 | + "kelvins": "celsius", |
| 315 | + "fahrenheit": "celsius", |
| 316 | + "rankine": "celsius", |
| 317 | + // Length. |
| 318 | + "inches": "meters", |
| 319 | + "yards": "meters", |
| 320 | + "miles": "meters", |
| 321 | + // Bytes. |
| 322 | + "bits": "bytes", |
| 323 | + // Energy. |
| 324 | + "calories": "joules", |
| 325 | + // Mass. |
| 326 | + "pounds": "grams", |
| 327 | + "ounces": "grams", |
| 328 | + } |
| 329 | + |
| 330 | + unitPrefixes = []string{ |
| 331 | + "pico", |
| 332 | + "nano", |
| 333 | + "micro", |
| 334 | + "milli", |
| 335 | + "centi", |
| 336 | + "deci", |
| 337 | + "deca", |
| 338 | + "hecto", |
| 339 | + "kilo", |
| 340 | + "kibi", |
| 341 | + "mega", |
| 342 | + "mibi", |
| 343 | + "giga", |
| 344 | + "gibi", |
| 345 | + "tera", |
| 346 | + "tebi", |
| 347 | + "peta", |
| 348 | + "pebi", |
| 349 | + } |
| 350 | + |
| 351 | + // Common abbreviations that we'd like to discourage. |
| 352 | + unitAbbreviations = []string{ |
| 353 | + "s", |
| 354 | + "ms", |
| 355 | + "us", |
| 356 | + "ns", |
| 357 | + "sec", |
| 358 | + "b", |
| 359 | + "kb", |
| 360 | + "mb", |
| 361 | + "gb", |
| 362 | + "tb", |
| 363 | + "pb", |
| 364 | + "m", |
| 365 | + "h", |
| 366 | + "d", |
| 367 | + } |
| 368 | +) |
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