// Copyright 2020 The Prometheus Authors // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package validations import ( "errors" "strings" dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go" ) // LintCounter detects issues specific to counters, as well as patterns that should // only be used with counters. func LintCounter(mf *dto.MetricFamily) []error { var problems []error isCounter := mf.GetType() == dto.MetricType_COUNTER isUntyped := mf.GetType() == dto.MetricType_UNTYPED hasTotalSuffix := strings.HasSuffix(mf.GetName(), "_total") switch { case isCounter && !hasTotalSuffix: problems = append(problems, errors.New(`counter metrics should have "_total" suffix`)) case !isUntyped && !isCounter && hasTotalSuffix: problems = append(problems, errors.New(`non-counter metrics should not have "_total" suffix`)) } return problems }