Add safer AlertIterator interface

dispatch.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -64,18 +65,18 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) Run() {
 
 	updates := d.alerts.IterActive()
 
-	defer close(d.done)
+	defer updates.Close()
-	// TODO(fabxc): updates channel is never closed!!!
 
-	d.run(updates)
+	d.run(updates.Next())
 }
 
 func (d *Dispatcher) run(updates <-chan *types.Alert) {
-	cleanup := time.Tick(30 * time.Second)
+	cleanup := time.Tick(15 * time.Second)
 
 	for {
 		select {
 		case alert := <-updates:
+			fmt.Println("update", alert)
 			d.mtx.RLock()
 			routes := d.routes.Match(alert.Labels)
 			d.mtx.RUnlock()
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) run(updates <-chan *types.Alert) {
 			}
 
 		case <-cleanup:
+			fmt.Println("cleanup")
 			for _, ag := range d.aggrGroups {
 				if ag.empty() {
 					ag.stop()
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) run(updates <-chan *types.Alert) {
 func (d *Dispatcher) Stop() {
 	d.cancel()
 	d.cancel = nil
+
 	<-d.done
 }
 
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) notifyFunc(dest string) notifyFunc {
 // and insert it.
 func (d *Dispatcher) processAlert(alert *types.Alert, opts *RouteOpts) {
 	group := model.LabelSet{}
+	fmt.Println("processing", alert)
 
 	for ln, lv := range alert.Labels {
 		if _, ok := opts.GroupBy[ln]; ok {
@@ -248,6 +252,7 @@ func (ag *aggrGroup) empty() bool {
 // flush sends notifications for all new alerts.
 func (ag *aggrGroup) flush(notify func(*types.Alert) bool) {
 	ag.mtx.Lock()
+	fmt.Println("flushing", ag)
 
 	alerts := make(map[model.Fingerprint]*types.Alert, len(ag.alerts))
 	for fp, alert := range ag.alerts {

provider/mem.go

@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ var (
 	ErrNotFound = fmt.Errorf("item not found")
 )
 
+type memAlertIterator struct {
+	ch    <-chan *types.Alert
+	close func()
+}
+
+func (ai memAlertIterator) Next() <-chan *types.Alert {
+	return ai.ch
+}
+
+func (ai memAlertIterator) Err() error { return nil }
+func (ai memAlertIterator) Close()     { ai.close() }
+
 // MemAlerts implements an Alerts provider based on in-memory data.
 type MemAlerts struct {
 	mtx       sync.RWMutex
@@ -39,29 +51,57 @@ func NewMemAlerts() *MemAlerts {
 	}
 }
 
-func (a *MemAlerts) IterActive() <-chan *types.Alert {
+func (a *MemAlerts) IterActive() AlertIterator {
 	a.mtx.Lock()
 	defer a.mtx.Unlock()
 
-	ch := make(chan *types.Alert)
+	var alerts []*types.Alert
-
+	for _, a := range a.alerts {
-	for _, alert := range a.alerts {
+		if !a.Resolved() {
-		ch <- alert
+			alerts = append(alerts, a)
+		}
 	}
 
+	ch := make(chan *types.Alert)
+
+	go func() {
+		for _, a := range alerts {
+			ch <- a
+		}
+	}()
+
+	i := len(a.listeners)
 	a.listeners = append(a.listeners, ch)
 
-	return ch
+	return memAlertIterator{
+		ch: ch,
+		close: func() {
+			a.mtx.Lock()
+			a.listeners = append(a.listeners[:i], a.listeners[i+1:]...)
+			close(ch)
+			a.mtx.Unlock()
+		},
+	}
 }
 
-func (a *MemAlerts) Put(alert *types.Alert) error {
+func (a *MemAlerts) All() ([]*types.Alert, error) {
+	var alerts []*types.Alert
+	for _, a := range a.alerts {
+		alerts = append(alerts, a)
+	}
+	return alerts, nil
+}
+
+func (a *MemAlerts) Put(alerts ...*types.Alert) error {
 	a.mtx.RLock()
 	defer a.mtx.RUnlock()
 
-	a.alerts[alert.Fingerprint()] = alert
+	for _, alert := range alerts {
+		a.alerts[alert.Fingerprint()] = alert
 
-	for _, ch := range a.listeners {
+		for _, ch := range a.listeners {
-		ch <- alert
+			ch <- alert
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil

provider/provider.go

@@ -20,16 +20,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/types"
 )
 
+type AlertIterator interface {
+	Next() <-chan *types.Alert
+	Err() error
+	Close()
+}
+
 // Alerts gives access to a set of alerts.
 type Alerts interface {
-	// Iter returns a channel on which all active alerts from the
+	// IterActive returns an iterator over active alerts from the
-	// beginning of time are sent. They are not guaranteed to be in
+	// beginning of time. They are not guaranteed to be in chronological order.
-	// chronological order.
+	IterActive() AlertIterator
-	IterActive() <-chan *types.Alert
+	// All returns a list of all existing alerts.
+	// TODO(fabxc): this is not a scalable solution
+	All() ([]*types.Alert, error)
 	// Get returns the alert for a given fingerprint.
 	Get(model.Fingerprint) (*types.Alert, error)
 	// Put adds the given alert to the set.
-	Put(*types.Alert) error
+	Put(...*types.Alert) error
 }
 
 // Silences gives access to silences.

route.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var DefaultRouteOpts = RouteOpts{
-	GroupWait:      10 * time.Second,
+	GroupWait:      1 * time.Second,
 	RepeatInterval: 10 * time.Second,
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (ro *RouteOpts) String() string {
 	for ln := range ro.GroupBy {
 		labels = append(labels, ln)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("<RouteOpts send_to:%q group_by:%q group_wait:%q %q %q>", ro.SendTo, labels, ro.GroupWait)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("<RouteOpts send_to:%q group_by:%q group_wait:%q>", ro.SendTo, labels, ro.GroupWait)
 }
 
 func (ro *RouteOpts) populateDefault(parent *RouteOpts) {