Pull up HTTP changes into deprecated functions

So that also users of those can benefit. Obviously, we will end
updating deprecated functions one day (at latest once v0.10 is out).

Signed-off-by: beorn7 <beorn@soundcloud.com>

prometheus/http.go

@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ package prometheus
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -41,19 +39,10 @@ const (
 	acceptEncodingHeader  = "Accept-Encoding"
 )
 
-var bufPool sync.Pool
-
-func getBuf() *bytes.Buffer {
-	buf := bufPool.Get()
-	if buf == nil {
-		return &bytes.Buffer{}
-	}
-	return buf.(*bytes.Buffer)
-}
-
-func giveBuf(buf *bytes.Buffer) {
-	buf.Reset()
-	bufPool.Put(buf)
+var gzipPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return gzip.NewWriter(nil)
+	},
 }
 
 // Handler returns an HTTP handler for the DefaultGatherer. It is
@@ -71,56 +60,38 @@ func Handler() http.Handler {
 // Deprecated: Use promhttp.HandlerFor(DefaultGatherer, promhttp.HandlerOpts{})
 // instead. See there for further documentation.
 func UninstrumentedHandler() http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(rsp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		mfs, err := DefaultGatherer.Gather()
 		if err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, "An error has occurred during metrics collection:\n\n"+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			httpError(rsp, err)
 			return
 		}
 
 		contentType := expfmt.Negotiate(req.Header)
-		buf := getBuf()
-		defer giveBuf(buf)
-		writer, encoding := decorateWriter(req, buf)
-		enc := expfmt.NewEncoder(writer, contentType)
-		var lastErr error
-		for _, mf := range mfs {
-			if err := enc.Encode(mf); err != nil {
-				lastErr = err
-				http.Error(w, "An error has occurred during metrics encoding:\n\n"+err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-				return
-			}
-		}
-		if closer, ok := writer.(io.Closer); ok {
-			closer.Close()
-		}
-		if lastErr != nil && buf.Len() == 0 {
-			http.Error(w, "No metrics encoded, last error:\n\n"+lastErr.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return
-		}
-		header := w.Header()
+		header := rsp.Header()
 		header.Set(contentTypeHeader, string(contentType))
-		header.Set(contentLengthHeader, fmt.Sprint(buf.Len()))
-		if encoding != "" {
-			header.Set(contentEncodingHeader, encoding)
-		}
-		w.Write(buf.Bytes())
-	})
+
+		w := io.Writer(rsp)
+		if gzipAccepted(req.Header) {
+			header.Set(contentEncodingHeader, "gzip")
+			gz := gzipPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
+			defer gzipPool.Put(gz)
+
+			gz.Reset(w)
+			defer gz.Close()
+
+			w = gz
 		}
 
-// decorateWriter wraps a writer to handle gzip compression if requested.  It
-// returns the decorated writer and the appropriate "Content-Encoding" header
-// (which is empty if no compression is enabled).
-func decorateWriter(request *http.Request, writer io.Writer) (io.Writer, string) {
-	header := request.Header.Get(acceptEncodingHeader)
-	parts := strings.Split(header, ",")
-	for _, part := range parts {
-		part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
-		if part == "gzip" || strings.HasPrefix(part, "gzip;") {
-			return gzip.NewWriter(writer), "gzip"
+		enc := expfmt.NewEncoder(w, contentType)
+
+		for _, mf := range mfs {
+			if err := enc.Encode(mf); err != nil {
+				httpError(rsp, err)
+				return
 			}
 		}
-	return writer, ""
+	})
 }
 
 var instLabels = []string{"method", "code"}
@@ -503,3 +474,31 @@ func sanitizeCode(s int) string {
 		return strconv.Itoa(s)
 	}
 }
+
+// gzipAccepted returns whether the client will accept gzip-encoded content.
+func gzipAccepted(header http.Header) bool {
+	a := header.Get(acceptEncodingHeader)
+	parts := strings.Split(a, ",")
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
+		if part == "gzip" || strings.HasPrefix(part, "gzip;") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// httpError removes any content-encoding header and then calls http.Error with
+// the provided error and http.StatusInternalServerErrer. Error contents is
+// supposed to be uncompressed plain text. However, same as with a plain
+// http.Error, any header settings will be void if the header has already been
+// sent. The error message will still be written to the writer, but it will
+// probably be of limited use.
+func httpError(rsp http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
+	rsp.Header().Del(contentEncodingHeader)
+	http.Error(
+		rsp,
+		"An error has occurred while serving metrics:\n\n"+err.Error(),
+		http.StatusInternalServerError,
+	)
+}