Simplify logic in boundedMemoryQueue, use channels len/cap

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Drutu <bogdandrutu@gmail.com>

.chloggen/simplifyqueue.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: 'enhancement'
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: 'exporterhelper'
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note:  "Simplify logic in boundedMemoryQueue, use channels len/cap"
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [8829]

exporter/exporterhelper/internal/bounded_memory_queue.go

@@ -18,26 +18,21 @@ import (
 // the producer are dropped.
 type boundedMemoryQueue struct {
 	stopWG       sync.WaitGroup
-	size         *atomic.Uint32
 	stopped      *atomic.Bool
 	items        chan Request
-	capacity     uint32
 	numConsumers int
 }
 
-// NewBoundedMemoryQueue constructs the new queue of specified capacity, and with an optional
-// callback for dropped items (e.g. useful to emit metrics).
+// NewBoundedMemoryQueue constructs the new queue of specified capacity. Capacity cannot be 0.
 func NewBoundedMemoryQueue(capacity int, numConsumers int) ProducerConsumerQueue {
 	return &boundedMemoryQueue{
 		items:        make(chan Request, capacity),
 		stopped:      &atomic.Bool{},
-		size:         &atomic.Uint32{},
-		capacity:     uint32(capacity),
 		numConsumers: numConsumers,
 	}
 }
 
-// StartConsumers starts a given number of goroutines consuming items from the queue
+// Start starts a given number of goroutines consuming items from the queue
 // and passing them into the consumer callback.
 func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) Start(_ context.Context, _ component.Host, set QueueSettings) error {
 	var startWG sync.WaitGroup
@@ -48,7 +43,6 @@ func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) Start(_ context.Context, _ component.Host, set Queu
 			startWG.Done()
 			defer q.stopWG.Done()
 			for item := range q.items {
-				q.size.Add(^uint32(0))
 				set.Callback(item)
 			}
 		}()
@@ -63,20 +57,10 @@ func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) Produce(item Request) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// we might have two concurrent backing queues at the moment
-	// their combined size is stored in q.size, and their combined capacity
-	// should match the capacity of the new queue
-	if q.size.Load() >= q.capacity {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	q.size.Add(1)
 	select {
 	case q.items <- item:
 		return true
 	default:
-		// should not happen, as overflows should have been captured earlier
-		q.size.Add(^uint32(0))
 		return false
 	}
 }
@@ -91,11 +75,11 @@ func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) Stop() {
 
 // Size returns the current size of the queue
 func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) Size() int {
-	return int(q.size.Load())
+	return len(q.items)
 }
 
 func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) Capacity() int {
-	return int(q.capacity)
+	return cap(q.items)
 }
 
 func (q *boundedMemoryQueue) IsPersistent() bool {

exporter/exporterhelper/internal/bounded_memory_queue_test.go

@@ -247,11 +247,24 @@ func (s *consumerState) assertConsumed(expected map[string]bool) {
 	assert.Equal(s.t, expected, s.snapshot())
 }
 
-func TestZeroSize(t *testing.T) {
+func TestZeroSizeWithConsumers(t *testing.T) {
 	q := NewBoundedMemoryQueue(0, 1)
 
 	err := q.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost(), newNopQueueSettings(func(item Request) {}))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+	assert.True(t, q.Produce(newStringRequest("a"))) // in process
+
+	q.Stop()
+}
+
+func TestZeroSizeNoConsumers(t *testing.T) {
+	q := NewBoundedMemoryQueue(0, 0)
+
+	err := q.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost(), newNopQueueSettings(func(item Request) {}))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
 	assert.False(t, q.Produce(newStringRequest("a"))) // in process
+
+	q.Stop()
 }