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out_splunk: reduce noise and fix hec_token handling (fix #8859) #8864

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The following patch perform 2 changes in the code that helps to fix the problems found with Splunk hec token handling:

  1. In the recent PR fix: splunk output plugin correct record accessor key for hec_token #8793, when using the record accessor API flb_ra_translate_check() to validate if the hec_token field exists, leads to noisy log messages since that function warns the issue if the field is not found. Most of users are not using hec_token set by Splunk input plugin, so their logging gets noisy.

    This patch replaces that call with flb_ra_translate() which fixes the problem.

  2. If hec_token was set in the record metadata, it was being store in the main context of the plugin, however the flush callbacks that formats and deliver the data runs in separate/parallel threads that could lead to a race condition if more than onen thread tries to manipulate the value.

    This patch adds protection to the context value so it becomes thread safe.


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The following patch perform 2 changes in the code that helps to fix the
problems found with Splunk hec token handling:

1. In the recent PR #8793, when using the record accessor API flb_ra_translate_check()
   to validate if the hec_token field exists, leads to noisy log messages since
   that function warns the issue if the field is not found. Most of users are not
   using hec_token set by Splunk input plugin, so their logging gets noisy.

   This patch replaces that call with flb_ra_translate() which fixes the problem.

2. If hec_token was set in the record metadata, it was being store in the main
   context of the plugin, however the flush callbacks that formats and deliver the
   data runs in separate/parallel threads that could lead to a race condition if
   more than onen thread tries to manipulate the value.

   This patch adds protection to the context value so it becomes thread safe.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Silva <[email protected]>
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