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[POC, Do not merge] input_chunk: split incoming buffer when it's too big #9385

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This PR is a proof of concept for mitigating the issue where a chunk can be too large when received from an input plugin.

Bug Explanation

When a large set of data is read at one time, all these records are appended into whichever chunk is the most recently active, and all the records are written at once. The check for the chunk size only happens after writing data to the chunk. So despite the chunk size being "limited" to 2M, this doesn't guarantee that it won't exceed that number. In this case, we could easily have a chunk that is right up close to the 2M limit, and then have loads of data written to it leading to an excessively large chunk that once encoded can exceed write limits of output plugin APIs.

Proposed Solution

This solution is an attempt to mitigate the problem without immense restructuring. The strategy is to examine the size of the incoming buffer, and if it exceeds the FLB_CHUNK_FS_MAX_SIZE (2M), the buffer is split into separate buffers that are under the max size, and are all appended to chunks separately. This is paired with a check when retrieving a new input chunk, which checks if appending the current buffer will exceed the chunk size limit, and if so a new chunk is created.

This solution is not perfect, but it was the best way I could find within my power (i.e. I don't consider major restructures to this code or chunkio to be "within my power").

Issues: #9374, #1938


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