Fix linting issues

This reverts commit 9bd9a07810.

This should never have made it into our main repo.

README.md

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ There is a main configuration file with basic settings that point to the other c
   "receivers-file" : "receivers.json",
   "router-file" : "router.json",
   "main": {
+    "enable-markers": false,
     "interval": "10s",
     "duration": "1s"
   }

cc-metric-collector.go

@@ -29,15 +29,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CentralConfigFile struct {
-	Interval string `json:"interval"`
-	Duration string `json:"duration"`
+	Interval      string `json:"interval"`
+	Duration      string `json:"duration"`
+	EnableMarkers bool   `json:"enable-markers"`
 }
 
 type RuntimeConfig struct {
-	Interval   time.Duration
-	Duration   time.Duration
-	CliArgs    map[string]string
-	ConfigFile CentralConfigFile
+	Interval      time.Duration
+	Duration      time.Duration
+	EnableMarkers bool
+	CliArgs       map[string]string
+	ConfigFile    CentralConfigFile
 
 	MetricRouter    mr.MetricRouter
 	CollectManager  collectors.CollectorManager
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ func mainFunc() int {
 		cclog.Error("The interval should be greater than duration")
 		return 1
 	}
+	rcfg.EnableMarkers = rcfg.ConfigFile.EnableMarkers
 
 	routerConf := ccconf.GetPackageConfig("router")
 	if len(routerConf) == 0 {
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ func mainFunc() int {
 	rcfg.MetricRouter.AddOutput(RouterToSinksChannel)
 
 	// Create new collector manager
-	rcfg.CollectManager, err = collectors.New(rcfg.MultiChanTicker, rcfg.Duration, &rcfg.Sync, collectorConf)
+	rcfg.CollectManager, err = collectors.New(rcfg.MultiChanTicker, rcfg.Duration, rcfg.EnableMarkers, &rcfg.Sync, collectorConf)
 	if err != nil {
 		cclog.Error(err.Error())
 		return 1

collectors/collectorManager.go

@@ -56,21 +56,22 @@ var AvailableCollectors = map[string]MetricCollector{
 
 // Metric collector manager data structure
 type collectorManager struct {
-	collectors   []MetricCollector          // List of metric collectors to read in parallel
-	serial       []MetricCollector          // List of metric collectors to read serially
-	output       chan lp.CCMessage          // Output channels
-	done         chan bool                  // channel to finish / stop metric collector manager
-	ticker       mct.MultiChanTicker        // periodically ticking once each interval
-	duration     time.Duration              // duration (for metrics that measure over a given duration)
-	wg           *sync.WaitGroup            // wait group for all goroutines in cc-metric-collector
-	config       map[string]json.RawMessage // json encoded config for collector manager
-	collector_wg sync.WaitGroup             // internally used wait group for the parallel reading of collector
-	parallel_run bool                       // Flag whether the collectors are currently read in parallel
+	collectors    []MetricCollector          // List of metric collectors to read in parallel
+	serial        []MetricCollector          // List of metric collectors to read serially
+	output        chan lp.CCMessage          // Output channels
+	done          chan bool                  // channel to finish / stop metric collector manager
+	ticker        mct.MultiChanTicker        // periodically ticking once each interval
+	duration      time.Duration              // duration (for metrics that measure over a given duration)
+	wg            *sync.WaitGroup            // wait group for all goroutines in cc-metric-collector
+	config        map[string]json.RawMessage // json encoded config for collector manager
+	collector_wg  sync.WaitGroup             // internally used wait group for the parallel reading of collector
+	parallel_run  bool                       // Flag whether the collectors are currently read in parallel
+	enableMarkers bool                       // Send ccmc-{begin,end} metrics
 }
 
 // Metric collector manager access functions
 type CollectorManager interface {
-	Init(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Duration, wg *sync.WaitGroup, collectConfig json.RawMessage) error
+	Init(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Duration, enableMarkers bool, wg *sync.WaitGroup, collectConfig json.RawMessage) error
 	AddOutput(output chan lp.CCMessage)
 	Start()
 	Close()
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ type CollectorManager interface {
 // * ticker (from variable ticker)
 // * configuration (read from config file in variable collectConfigFile)
 // Initialization is done for all configured collectors
-func (cm *collectorManager) Init(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Duration, wg *sync.WaitGroup, collectConfig json.RawMessage) error {
+func (cm *collectorManager) Init(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Duration, enableMarkers bool, wg *sync.WaitGroup, collectConfig json.RawMessage) error {
 	cm.collectors = make([]MetricCollector, 0)
 	cm.serial = make([]MetricCollector, 0)
 	cm.output = nil
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func (cm *collectorManager) Init(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Durat
 	cm.wg = wg
 	cm.ticker = ticker
 	cm.duration = duration
+	cm.enableMarkers = enableMarkers
 
 	d := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(collectConfig))
 	d.DisallowUnknownFields()
@@ -148,6 +150,14 @@ func (cm *collectorManager) Start() {
 				done()
 				return
 			case t := <-tick:
+				if cm.enableMarkers {
+					m, err := lp.NewMetric("ccmc-begin", map[string]string{"type": "node"}, nil, 0, time.Now())
+					if err != nil {
+						cclog.ComponentErrorf("CollectorManager", "Unable to create marker metric: %v", err)
+					} else {
+						cm.output <- m
+					}
+				}
 				cm.parallel_run = true
 				for _, c := range cm.collectors {
 					// Wait for done signal or execute the collector
@@ -179,6 +189,14 @@ func (cm *collectorManager) Start() {
 						c.Read(cm.duration, cm.output)
 					}
 				}
+				if cm.enableMarkers {
+					m, err := lp.NewMetric("ccmc-end", map[string]string{"type": "node"}, nil, 0, time.Now())
+					if err != nil {
+						cclog.ComponentErrorf("CollectorManager", "Unable to create marker metric: %v", err)
+					} else {
+						cm.output <- m
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	})
@@ -201,9 +219,9 @@ func (cm *collectorManager) Close() {
 }
 
 // New creates a new initialized metric collector manager
-func New(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Duration, wg *sync.WaitGroup, collectConfig json.RawMessage) (CollectorManager, error) {
+func New(ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, duration time.Duration, enableMarkers bool, wg *sync.WaitGroup, collectConfig json.RawMessage) (CollectorManager, error) {
 	cm := new(collectorManager)
-	err := cm.Init(ticker, duration, wg, collectConfig)
+	err := cm.Init(ticker, duration, enableMarkers, wg, collectConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

collectors/megwareEureka.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (m *MegwareEurekaCollector) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	m.name = "MegwareEureka"
+	m.name = "MegwareEurekaCollector"
 	if err := m.setup(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s Init(): setup() call failed: %w", m.name, err)
 	}
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ func (m *MegwareEurekaCollector) readMpsData() (*mpsData, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode u20 JSON output: %w (stdout=%s)", err, stdout.String())
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("string: %+v\n", stdout.String())
-	fmt.Printf("obj:    %+v\n", u20output)
-
 	u20output.GetMpsPollValues.Timestamp = time.Now()
 
 	return &u20output.GetMpsPollValues, nil

example-configs/config.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "receivers-file" : "./receivers.json",
   "router-file" : "./router.json",
   "main" : {
+    "enable-markers": false,
     "interval": "10s",
     "duration": "1s"
   }

go.mod

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ go 1.25.0
 require (
 	github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2 v2.12.0
 	github.com/ClusterCockpit/go-rocm-smi v0.4.0
-	github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.2-0
+	github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.3-1
 	github.com/PaesslerAG/gval v1.2.4
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.10.1
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.4.0
 	golang.design/x/runtime v0.3.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0
 )
 
 require (

go.sum

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.11.4 h1:68vKo2VN8DE9AdN4tnkWnmdhqdbpUFM8OF3Airm7fz8=
 github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.11.4/go.mod h1:smjE4dvqPX9Zldna+t5FG3rnoHhaB7QYxPRqGcpAD9w=
 github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.0-1/go.mod h1:+KNA7c7gIBH7SKSJ1ntlwkfN80zdx8ovl4hrK3LmPt4=
-github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.2-0 h1:7M4cFG62wSUHw8i0XSiNU7ejKODytTS6ZrW/vgB2NSI=
-github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.2-0/go.mod h1:ahi2psRYoa+wYUBIrZPRO+wJs9lcvMhxSSkjjvsJJNQ=
+github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.3-1 h1:P76U2h88OZSiMtdhRsJjSF5DXyXUqHIXKeDicVAaae0=
+github.com/NVIDIA/go-nvml v0.13.3-1/go.mod h1:ahi2psRYoa+wYUBIrZPRO+wJs9lcvMhxSSkjjvsJJNQ=
 github.com/PaesslerAG/gval v1.2.4 h1:rhX7MpjJlcxYwL2eTTYIOBUyEKZ+A96T9vQySWkVUiU=
 github.com/PaesslerAG/gval v1.2.4/go.mod h1:XRFLwvmkTEdYziLdaCeCa5ImcGVrfQbeNUbVR+C6xac=
 github.com/PaesslerAG/jsonpath v0.1.0 h1:gADYeifvlqK3R3i2cR5B4DGgxLXIPb3TRTH1mGi0jPI=
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 h1:I/DsJXRlw/8l/0c24sM9yb0T4z9liZTduXvdAWYiysY=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.53.0 h1:d+qAbo5L0orcWAr0a9JweQpjXF19LMXJE8Ey7hwOdUA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.53.0/go.mod h1:JvMuJH7rrdiCfbeHoo3fCQU24Lf5JJwT9W3sJFulfgs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0 h1:dO4czNzziLiiXplLQgBCEpCvXQ3dnkn0SdaZSYdQ+FY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 h1:o7XGOvZQCADBQQ4Y7VNq2dRWQR7JmOUW8Kxx4ZsNgWs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 h1:bbrp8t3bGUeFOx08pvsMYRTCVSMk89u4tKbNOZbp88U=
 golang.org/x/time v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Y4YMaQmXwGQZoFaVFk4YpCt4FLQMYKZe9oeV/f4MSno=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 h1:jvNa2pY0M4r62jkRQ6RwEZZyPcymeL9XZMLBbV7U2nc=

internal/metricAggregator/metricAggregator.go

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ var metricCacheLanguage = gval.NewLanguage(
 	gval.Function("getNumaCpuList", getCpuListOfNumaDomainFunc),
 	gval.Function("getDieCpuList", getCpuListOfDieFunc),
 	gval.Function("getCoreCpuList", getCpuListOfCoreFunc),
-	gval.Function("getCpuList", getCpuListOfNode),
-	gval.Function("getCpuListOfType", getCpuListOfType),
+	gval.Function("getCpuList", getCpuListOfNodeFunc),
+	gval.Function("getCpuListOfType", getCpuListOfTypeFunc),
 )
 
 var language gval.Language = gval.NewLanguage(

internal/metricAggregator/metricAggregatorExpr.go

@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+package metricAggregator
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"math"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	cclog "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2/ccLogger"
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2/ccMessage"
+
+	"github.com/expr-lang/expr"
+	"github.com/expr-lang/expr/vm"
+)
+
+type MetricAggregatorExprIntervalConfig struct {
+	Name                     string            `json:"name"`           // Metric name for the new metric
+	Function                 string            `json:"function"`       // Function to apply on the metric
+	Condition                string            `json:"if"`             // Condition for applying function
+	Tags                     map[string]string `json:"tags,omitempty"` // Tags for the new metric
+	Meta                     map[string]string `json:"meta,omitempty"` // Meta information for the new metric
+	ValueType                string            `json:"value_type,omitempty"`
+	IncludeNumCacheIntervals int               `json:"expr_on_num_intervals,omitempty"`
+	exprCond                 *vm.Program
+	exprFunc                 *vm.Program
+}
+
+type metricAggregatorExpr struct {
+	constants    map[string]any
+	output       chan lp.CCMessage
+	aggregations []MetricAggregatorExprIntervalConfig
+}
+
+var paramMapPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		return make(map[string]any)
+	},
+}
+
+func sanitizeExprString(key string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(key, "type-id", "typeid")
+}
+
+// AddAggregation(name, function, condition string, tags, meta map[string]string) error
+// 	DeleteAggregation(name string) error
+// 	Init(output chan lp.CCMessage) error
+// 	Eval(starttime time.Time, endtime time.Time, metrics []lp.CCMessage)
+
+func (m *metricAggregatorExpr) Init(output chan lp.CCMessage) error {
+	m.output = output
+	m.constants = make(map[string]any)
+	m.aggregations = make([]MetricAggregatorExprIntervalConfig, 0)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func GetParamMap(point lp.CCMessage) map[string]any {
+	params := paramMapPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	clear(params)
+
+	// Put metric name into params map
+	params["name"] = point.Name()
+
+	// Put full message into params map
+	params["message"] = point
+	params["msg"] = point
+
+	// Put timestamp into params map
+	params["timestamp"] = point.Time().Unix()
+	params["time"] = params["timestamp"]
+
+	// Put fields into params map
+	fields := paramMapPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	clear(fields)
+	for key, value := range point.Fields() {
+		fields[key] = value
+		switch key {
+		case "value":
+			params["messagetype"] = "metric"
+			params["value"] = value
+			params["metric"] = value
+		case "event":
+			params["messagetype"] = "event"
+			params["event"] = value
+		case "control":
+			params["messagetype"] = "control"
+			params["control"] = value
+		case "log":
+			params["messagetype"] = "log"
+			params["log"] = value
+		default:
+			params["messagetype"] = "unknown"
+		}
+	}
+	params["msgtype"] = params["messagetype"]
+	params["fields"] = fields
+	params["field"] = fields
+
+	// Put tags into params map
+	tags := paramMapPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	clear(tags)
+	for key, value := range point.Tags() {
+		tags[sanitizeExprString(key)] = value
+	}
+	params["tags"] = tags
+	params["tag"] = tags
+
+	// Put meta information into params map
+	meta := paramMapPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	clear(meta)
+	for key, value := range point.Meta() {
+		meta[sanitizeExprString(key)] = value
+	}
+	params["meta"] = meta
+
+	return params
+}
+
+var baseenv_multi_message = map[string]any{
+	"name":                   "",
+	"starttime":              1234567890,
+	"endtime":                1234567890,
+	"messages":               make([]lp.CCMessage, 0),
+	"Median":                 medianfunc,
+	"Sum":                    sumfunc,
+	"Min":                    minfunc,
+	"Max":                    maxfunc,
+	"Mean":                   avgfunc,
+	"Avg":                    avgfunc,
+	"Match":                  matchfunc,
+	"getCpuCore":             getCpuCoreFunc,
+	"getCpuSocket":           getCpuSocketFunc,
+	"getCpuNumaDomain":       getCpuNumaDomainFunc,
+	"getCpuDie":              getCpuDieFunc,
+	"getCpuListOfCore":       getCpuListOfCoreFunc,
+	"getCpuListOfSocket":     getCpuListOfSocketFunc,
+	"getCpuListOfNumaDomain": getCpuListOfNumaDomainFunc,
+	"getCpuListOfDie":        getCpuListOfDieFunc,
+	"getCpuListOfNode":       getCpuListOfNodeFunc,
+	"getCpuListOfType":       getCpuListOfTypeFunc,
+}
+
+func (m *metricAggregatorExpr) AddAggregationWithType(name, function, condition, valueType string, tags, meta map[string]string) error {
+
+	cond, err := expr.Compile(condition, expr.Env(baseenv_multi_message), expr.AsBool(), expr.AllowUndefinedVariables())
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to compile condition for aggregation %s: %s", name, err.Error())
+		return err
+	}
+	var exprOption = expr.AsFloat64()
+	switch valueType {
+	case "int":
+	case "int32":
+		exprOption = expr.AsInt()
+	case "int64":
+		exprOption = expr.AsInt64()
+	case "float32":
+	case "float64":
+		exprOption = expr.AsFloat64()
+	case "bool":
+		exprOption = expr.AsBool()
+	default:
+		err := fmt.Errorf("invalid value type '%s' for aggregation %s", valueType, name)
+		return err
+	}
+	f, err := expr.Compile(function, expr.Env(baseenv_multi_message), exprOption, expr.AllowUndefinedVariables())
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to compile function for aggregation %s: %s", name, err.Error())
+		return err
+	}
+	m.aggregations = append(m.aggregations, MetricAggregatorExprIntervalConfig{
+		Name:      name,
+		Condition: condition,
+		Function:  function,
+		Tags:      tags,
+		Meta:      meta,
+		ValueType: valueType,
+		exprCond:  cond,
+		exprFunc:  f,
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *metricAggregatorExpr) AddAggregation(name, function, condition string, tags, meta map[string]string) error {
+	cclog.ComponentDebugf("MetricAggregator", "Adding %s", name)
+	err := m.AddAggregationWithType(name, function, condition, "float64", tags, meta)
+	cclog.ComponentDebugf("MetricAggregator", "Adding %s returned %v", name, err)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (m *metricAggregatorExpr) Eval(starttime, endtime time.Time, metrics []lp.CCMessage) {
+	cclog.ComponentDebugf("MetricAggregator", "Calculating %d expressions", len(m.aggregations))
+	copy_tags := func(tags map[string]string, metrics []lp.CCMessage) map[string]string {
+		out := make(map[string]string)
+		for key, value := range tags {
+			switch value {
+			case "<copy>":
+				for _, m := range metrics {
+					v, err := m.GetTag(key)
+					if err {
+						out[key] = v
+					}
+				}
+			default:
+				out[key] = value
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+	copy_meta := func(meta map[string]string, metrics []lp.CCMessage) map[string]string {
+		out := make(map[string]string)
+		for key, value := range meta {
+			switch value {
+			case "<copy>":
+				for _, m := range metrics {
+					v, err := m.GetMeta(key)
+					if err {
+						out[key] = v
+					}
+				}
+			default:
+				out[key] = value
+			}
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+
+	for _, aggr := range m.aggregations {
+		selected_metrics := make([]lp.CCMessage, 0)
+		values := make([]float64, 0)
+		aggr_vars := make(map[string]any)
+		maps.Copy(aggr_vars, baseenv_multi_message)
+		maps.Copy(aggr_vars, m.constants)
+		aggr_vars["starttime"] = starttime
+		aggr_vars["endtime"] = endtime
+
+		for _, met := range metrics {
+			met_vars := make(map[string]any)
+			maps.Copy(met_vars, aggr_vars)
+			met_vars["message"] = met
+			maps.Copy(met_vars, GetParamMap(met))
+			res, err := expr.Run(aggr.exprCond, met_vars)
+			if err != nil || res == false {
+				continue
+			}
+			if value, ok := met.GetField("value"); ok {
+				switch v := value.(type) {
+				case float64:
+					values = append(values, v)
+				case float32:
+				case int:
+				case int8:
+				case int16:
+				case int32:
+				case int64:
+				case uint:
+				case uint8:
+				case uint16:
+				case uint32:
+				case uint64:
+					values = append(values, float64(v))
+				case bool:
+					if v {
+						values = append(values, float64(1))
+					} else {
+						values = append(values, float64(0))
+					}
+				default:
+					cclog.ComponentErrorf("MetricAggregator", "Cannot convert value type for %s", met.ToLineProtocol(nil))
+					continue
+				}
+				selected_metrics = append(selected_metrics, met)
+			}
+		}
+		cclog.ComponentDebugf("MetricAggregator", "Collected %d values from %d metrics", len(values), len(selected_metrics))
+		aggr_vars["values"] = values
+		aggr_vars["messages"] = selected_metrics
+		if len(values) > 0 && len(selected_metrics) > 0 {
+			res, err := expr.Run(aggr.exprFunc, aggr_vars)
+			if err == nil {
+				tags := copy_tags(aggr.Tags, selected_metrics)
+				meta := copy_meta(aggr.Meta, selected_metrics)
+				msg, err := lp.NewMetric(aggr.Name, tags, meta, res, time.Now())
+				if err == nil {
+					cclog.ComponentDebugf("MetricAggregator", "Sending %s", msg.ToLineProtocol(nil))
+					select {
+					case m.output <- msg:
+					default:
+					}
+
+				}
+			} else {
+				cclog.ComponentErrorf("MetricAggregator", "Failed to calculate aggregation with name %s: %s", aggr.Name, err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func (c *metricAggregatorExpr) AddConstant(name string, value any) {
+	c.constants[name] = value
+}
+
+func (c *metricAggregatorExpr) DelConstant(name string) {
+	delete(c.constants, name)
+}
+
+func (c *metricAggregatorExpr) DeleteAggregation(name string) error {
+	i := slices.IndexFunc(
+		c.aggregations,
+		func(agg MetricAggregatorExprIntervalConfig) bool {
+			return agg.Name == name
+		})
+	if i == -1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no aggregation for metric name %s", name)
+	}
+	copy(c.aggregations[i:], c.aggregations[i+1:])
+	c.aggregations = c.aggregations[:len(c.aggregations)-1]
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewAggregatorExpr(output chan lp.CCMessage) (MetricAggregator, error) {
+	a := new(metricAggregatorExpr)
+	err := a.Init(output)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return a, err
+}
+
+var expr_cached map[string]*vm.Program = make(map[string]*vm.Program)
+var expr_cached_lock sync.Mutex
+
+var baseenv_message = map[string]any{
+	"name":        "",
+	"messagetype": "unknown",
+	"msgtype":     "unknown",
+	"tag": map[string]any{
+		"type":     "unknown",
+		"typeid":   "0",
+		"stype":    "unknown",
+		"stypeid":  "0",
+		"hostname": "localhost",
+		"cluster":  "nocluster",
+	},
+	"tags": map[string]any{
+		"type":     "unknown",
+		"typeid":   "0",
+		"stype":    "unknown",
+		"stypeid":  "0",
+		"hostname": "localhost",
+		"cluster":  "nocluster",
+	},
+	"meta": map[string]any{
+		"unit":   "invalid",
+		"source": "unknown",
+	},
+	"fields": map[string]any{
+		"value":   0,
+		"event":   "",
+		"control": "",
+		"log":     "",
+	},
+	"field": map[string]any{
+		"value":   0,
+		"event":   "",
+		"control": "",
+		"log":     "",
+	},
+	"timestamp": 1234567890,
+	"msg":       lp.EmptyMessage(),
+	"message":   lp.EmptyMessage(),
+}
+
+func EvalBoolConditionExpr(condition string, msg lp.CCMessage) (bool, error) {
+	scond := sanitizeExprString(condition)
+	expr_cached_lock.Lock()
+	evaluable, ok := expr_cached[scond]
+	expr_cached_lock.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		newcond := strings.ReplaceAll(
+			strings.ReplaceAll(
+				scond, "'", "\""), "%", "\\")
+		var err error
+		evaluable, err = expr.Compile(newcond, expr.Env(baseenv_message), expr.AsBool())
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		expr_cached_lock.Lock()
+		expr_cached[scond] = evaluable
+		expr_cached_lock.Unlock()
+	}
+	vars := GetParamMap(msg)
+
+	res, err := expr.Run(evaluable, vars)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	paramMapPool.Put(vars)
+	return res.(bool), nil
+}
+
+func EvalFloat64ConditionExpr(condition string, msg lp.CCMessage) (float64, error) {
+	scond := sanitizeExprString(condition)
+	expr_cached_lock.Lock()
+	evaluable, ok := expr_cached[scond]
+	expr_cached_lock.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		newcond := strings.ReplaceAll(
+			strings.ReplaceAll(
+				scond, "'", "\""), "%", "\\")
+		var err error
+		evaluable, err = expr.Compile(newcond, expr.Env(baseenv_message), expr.AsFloat64())
+		if err != nil {
+			return math.NaN(), err
+		}
+		expr_cached_lock.Lock()
+		expr_cached[scond] = evaluable
+		expr_cached_lock.Unlock()
+	}
+	vars := GetParamMap(msg)
+	res, err := expr.Run(evaluable, vars)
+	paramMapPool.Put(vars)
+	return res.(float64), err
+}
+
+func EvalFloat64Expression(expression string, values map[string]any) (float64, error) {
+	sexpr := sanitizeExprString(expression)
+	expr_cached_lock.Lock()
+	evaluable, ok := expr_cached[sexpr]
+	expr_cached_lock.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		newcond := strings.ReplaceAll(
+			strings.ReplaceAll(
+				sexpr, "'", "\""), "%", "\\")
+		var err error
+		evaluable, err = expr.Compile(newcond, expr.Env(baseenv_message), expr.AsFloat64())
+		if err != nil {
+			return math.NaN(), err
+		}
+		expr_cached_lock.Lock()
+		expr_cached[sexpr] = evaluable
+		expr_cached_lock.Unlock()
+	}
+	res, err := expr.Run(evaluable, values)
+	return res.(float64), err
+}

internal/metricAggregator/metricAggregatorExpr_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Copyright (C) NHR@FAU, University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
+// All rights reserved. This file is part of cc-lib.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// additional authors:
+// Holger Obermaier (NHR@KIT)
+
+package metricAggregator
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2/ccMessage"
+)
+
+func GenMetricNoCheck(value any, tags, meta map[string]string) lp.CCMessage {
+	msg, _ := lp.NewMetric("test", tags, meta, value, time.Now())
+	return msg
+}
+
+type TestBoolConfig struct {
+	msg             lp.CCMessage
+	cond            string
+	expected_result bool
+	should_fail     bool
+}
+
+var testBoolConfig []TestBoolConfig = []TestBoolConfig{
+	{
+		msg:             GenMetricNoCheck(1.0, nil, nil),
+		cond:            "fields.value == 1",
+		expected_result: true,
+		should_fail:     false,
+	},
+	{
+		msg:             GenMetricNoCheck(1.0, map[string]string{"hostname": "testhost"}, nil),
+		cond:            "tags.hostname == 'testhost'",
+		expected_result: true,
+		should_fail:     false,
+	},
+}
+
+func TestEvalBoolConditionExprSimple(t *testing.T) {
+
+	for _, test := range testBoolConfig {
+		res, err := EvalBoolConditionExpr(test.cond, test.msg)
+		if err != nil && !test.should_fail {
+			t.Error(err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+		if !test.should_fail && res != test.expected_result {
+			t.Errorf("Condition '%s' evaluated to %v despite expecting %v", test.cond, res, test.expected_result)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type TestFloat64Config struct {
+	msg             lp.CCMessage
+	cond            string
+	expected_result float64
+	should_fail     bool
+}
+
+var testFloat64Config []TestFloat64Config = []TestFloat64Config{
+	{
+		msg:             GenMetricNoCheck(1.0, nil, nil),
+		cond:            "fields.value + 3.14",
+		expected_result: 4.14,
+		should_fail:     false,
+	},
+	{
+		msg:             GenMetricNoCheck(2.0, nil, nil),
+		cond:            "fields.value * 2",
+		expected_result: 4.0,
+		should_fail:     false,
+	},
+}
+
+const compareFloat64Max = 1e-9
+
+func TestEvalFloat64ConditionExprSimple(t *testing.T) {
+
+	for _, test := range testFloat64Config {
+		res, err := EvalFloat64ConditionExpr(test.cond, test.msg)
+		if err != nil && !test.should_fail {
+			t.Error(err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+		if !test.should_fail && math.Abs(res-test.expected_result) > compareFloat64Max {
+			t.Errorf("Condition '%s' evaluated to %f despite expecting %f", test.cond, res, test.expected_result)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/metricAggregator/metricAggregatorFunctions.go

@@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ func getCpuListOfDieFunc(args any) (any, error) {
 }
 
 // wrapper function to get a list of all cpuids of the node
-func getCpuListOfNode() (any, error) {
+func getCpuListOfNodeFunc() (any, error) {
 	return topo.HwthreadList(), nil
 }
 
 // helper function to get the cpuid list for a CCMetric type tag set (type and type-id)
 // since there is no access to the metric data in the function, is should be called like
 // `getCpuListOfType()`
-func getCpuListOfType(args ...any) (any, error) {
+func getCpuListOfTypeFunc(args ...any) (any, error) {
 	cpulist := make([]int, 0)
 	switch typ := args[0].(type) {
 	case string:

internal/metricRouter/metricCache.go

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ package metricRouter
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -19,57 +21,107 @@ import (
 	mct "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/multiChanTicker"
 )
 
-type metricCachePeriod struct {
-	startstamp  time.Time
-	stopstamp   time.Time
-	numMetrics  int
-	sizeMetrics int
-	metrics     []lp.CCMessage
+type ccCache struct {
+	periodIdx   int
+	maxPeriods  int
+	periods     [][]lp.CCMessage
+	periodTimes []struct {
+		starttime time.Time
+		endtime   time.Time
+	}
+}
+
+type CCCache interface {
+	Init(numPeriods int) error
+	Add(msg lp.CCMessage) error
+	GetPeriod(offset int) (time.Time, time.Time, []lp.CCMessage)
+	GetAll() []lp.CCMessage
+	NewPeriod()
+}
+
+func (c *ccCache) Init(numPeriods int) error {
+	c.maxPeriods = numPeriods
+	c.periodIdx = 0
+	c.periods = make([][]lp.CCMessage, c.maxPeriods)
+	c.periodTimes = make([]struct {
+		starttime time.Time
+		endtime   time.Time
+	}, c.maxPeriods)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ccCache) NewPeriod() {
+	c.periodTimes[c.periodIdx].endtime = time.Now()
+	c.periodIdx = (c.periodIdx + 1) % c.maxPeriods
+	fmt.Printf("New period index %d\n", c.periodIdx)
+	c.periods[c.periodIdx] = c.periods[c.periodIdx][:0]
+	c.periodTimes[c.periodIdx].starttime = time.Now()
+	c.periodTimes[c.periodIdx].endtime = c.periodTimes[c.periodIdx].starttime
+}
+
+func (c *ccCache) Add(msg lp.CCMessage) error {
+	c.periods[c.periodIdx] = append(c.periods[c.periodIdx], msg)
+	c.periodTimes[c.periodIdx].endtime = msg.Time()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ccCache) GetPeriod(offset int) (time.Time, time.Time, []lp.CCMessage) {
+	if offset > c.maxPeriods {
+		offset = offset % c.maxPeriods
+	}
+	poff := int(math.Abs(float64(c.periodIdx - offset)))
+	out := make([]lp.CCMessage, 0, len(c.periods[poff%c.maxPeriods]))
+	out = append(out, c.periods[poff%c.maxPeriods]...)
+
+	return c.periodTimes[poff%c.maxPeriods].starttime, c.periodTimes[poff%c.maxPeriods].endtime, out
+}
+
+func (c *ccCache) GetAll() []lp.CCMessage {
+	out := make([]lp.CCMessage, 0)
+	for _, data := range c.periods {
+		out = append(out, data...)
+	}
+	return out
 }
 
 // Metric cache data structure
 type metricCache struct {
-	numPeriods int
-	curPeriod  int
-	lock       sync.Mutex
-	intervals  []*metricCachePeriod
+	cache      CCCache
 	wg         *sync.WaitGroup
 	ticker     mct.MultiChanTicker
 	tickchan   chan time.Time
 	done       chan bool
 	output     chan lp.CCMessage
 	aggEngine  agg.MetricAggregator
+	numPeriods int
+	started    bool
 }
 
 type MetricCache interface {
-	Init(output chan lp.CCMessage, ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, wg *sync.WaitGroup, numPeriods int) error
+	Init(output chan lp.CCMessage, ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, wg *sync.WaitGroup, interval time.Duration, numPeriods int) error
 	Start()
 	Add(metric lp.CCMessage)
-	GetPeriod(index int) (time.Time, time.Time, []lp.CCMessage)
 	AddAggregation(name, function, condition string, tags, meta map[string]string) error
 	DeleteAggregation(name string) error
 	Close()
 }
 
-func (c *metricCache) Init(output chan lp.CCMessage, ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, wg *sync.WaitGroup, numPeriods int) error {
+func (c *metricCache) Init(output chan lp.CCMessage, ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, wg *sync.WaitGroup, interval time.Duration, numPeriods int) error {
 	var err error
 	c.done = make(chan bool)
 	c.wg = wg
 	c.ticker = ticker
 	c.numPeriods = numPeriods
+	c.started = false
+	c.cache = new(ccCache)
 	c.output = output
-	c.intervals = make([]*metricCachePeriod, 0)
-	for i := 0; i < c.numPeriods+1; i++ {
-		p := new(metricCachePeriod)
-		p.numMetrics = 0
-		p.sizeMetrics = 0
-		p.metrics = make([]lp.CCMessage, 0)
-		c.intervals = append(c.intervals, p)
+
+	err = c.cache.Init(numPeriods)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("MetricCache: failed to create cache: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Create a new aggregation engine. No separate goroutine at the moment
-	// The code is executed by the MetricCache goroutine
-	c.aggEngine, err = agg.NewAggregator(c.output)
+	c.aggEngine, err = agg.NewAggregatorExpr(c.output)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("MetricCache: failed to create aggregator: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -81,68 +133,58 @@ func (c *metricCache) Init(output chan lp.CCMessage, ticker mct.MultiChanTicker,
 func (c *metricCache) Start() {
 	c.tickchan = make(chan time.Time)
 	c.ticker.AddChannel(c.tickchan)
-	// Router cache is done
-	done := func() {
-		cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "DONE")
-		close(c.done)
-	}
 
-	// Rotate cache interval
-	rotate := func(timestamp time.Time) int {
-		oldPeriod := c.curPeriod
-		c.curPeriod = oldPeriod + 1
-		if c.curPeriod >= c.numPeriods {
-			c.curPeriod = 0
-		}
-		c.intervals[oldPeriod].numMetrics = 0
-		c.intervals[oldPeriod].stopstamp = timestamp
-		c.intervals[c.curPeriod].startstamp = timestamp
-		c.intervals[c.curPeriod].stopstamp = timestamp
-		return oldPeriod
-	}
-
-	c.wg.Go(func() {
+	c.wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-c.done:
-				done()
+				c.wg.Done()
+				close(c.done)
+				cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "DONE")
+
 				return
 			case tick := <-c.tickchan:
-				c.lock.Lock()
-				old := rotate(tick)
-				// Get the last period and evaluate aggregation metrics
-				starttime, endtime, metrics := c.GetPeriod(old)
-				c.lock.Unlock()
-				if len(metrics) > 0 {
-					c.aggEngine.Eval(starttime, endtime, metrics)
+				cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "Tick", tick)
+				allmetrics := c.cache.GetAll()
+				c.cache.NewPeriod()
+				mintime := tick
+				maxtime := mintime.AddDate(-1, 0, 0)
+
+				for _, metric := range allmetrics {
+					if metric.Time().Before(mintime) {
+						mintime = metric.Time()
+					}
+					if metric.Time().After(maxtime) {
+						maxtime = metric.Time()
+					}
+				}
+				if len(allmetrics) > 0 {
+					cclog.ComponentDebugf("MetricCache", "Evaluate %d metrics from %v to %v", len(allmetrics), mintime.UnixNano(), maxtime.UnixNano())
+					c.wg.Go(func() {
+						c.aggEngine.Eval(mintime, maxtime, allmetrics)
+					})
 				} else {
 					// This message is also printed in the first interval after startup
 					cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "EMPTY INTERVAL?")
 				}
+
 			}
 		}
-	})
-	cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "START")
+	}()
+
+	cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "STARTED")
 }
 
 // Add a metric to the cache. The interval is defined by the global timer (rotate() in Start())
 // The intervals list is used as round-robin buffer and the metric list grows dynamically and
 // to avoid reallocations
 func (c *metricCache) Add(metric lp.CCMessage) {
-	if c.curPeriod >= 0 && c.curPeriod < c.numPeriods {
-		c.lock.Lock()
-		p := c.intervals[c.curPeriod]
-		if p.numMetrics < p.sizeMetrics {
-			p.metrics[p.numMetrics] = metric
-			p.numMetrics++
-			p.stopstamp = metric.Time()
-		} else {
-			p.metrics = append(p.metrics, metric)
-			p.numMetrics++
-			p.sizeMetrics++
-			p.stopstamp = metric.Time()
-		}
-		c.lock.Unlock()
+	err := c.cache.Add(metric)
+	if err != nil {
+		s := metric.ToLineProtocol(nil)
+		s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+		cclog.ComponentErrorf("MetricCache", "Failed to add metric %s", s)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -154,40 +196,20 @@ func (c *metricCache) DeleteAggregation(name string) error {
 	return c.aggEngine.DeleteAggregation(name)
 }
 
-// Get all metrics of a interval. The index is the difference to the current interval, so index=0
-// is the current one, index=1 the last interval and so on. Returns and empty array if a wrong index
-// is given (negative index, index larger than configured number of total intervals, ...)
-func (c *metricCache) GetPeriod(index int) (time.Time, time.Time, []lp.CCMessage) {
-	start := time.Now()
-	stop := time.Now()
-	var metrics []lp.CCMessage
-	if index >= 0 && index < c.numPeriods {
-		pindex := c.curPeriod - index
-		if pindex < 0 {
-			pindex = c.numPeriods - pindex
-		}
-		if pindex >= 0 && pindex < c.numPeriods {
-			start = c.intervals[pindex].startstamp
-			stop = c.intervals[pindex].stopstamp
-			metrics = c.intervals[pindex].metrics
-		} else {
-			metrics = make([]lp.CCMessage, 0)
-		}
-	} else {
-		metrics = make([]lp.CCMessage, 0)
-	}
-	return start, stop, metrics
-}
-
 // Close finishes / stops the metric cache
 func (c *metricCache) Close() {
 	cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "CLOSE")
-	c.done <- true
+	if c.started {
+		c.done <- true
+		c.wg.Wait()
+
+	}
+	cclog.ComponentDebug("MetricCache", "CLOSED")
 }
 
 func NewCache(output chan lp.CCMessage, ticker mct.MultiChanTicker, wg *sync.WaitGroup, numPeriods int) (MetricCache, error) {
 	c := new(metricCache)
-	err := c.Init(output, ticker, wg, numPeriods)
+	err := c.Init(output, ticker, wg, ticker.GetDuration(), numPeriods)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

internal/metricRouter/metricCache_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright (C) NHR@FAU, University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
+// All rights reserved. This file is part of cc-lib.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// additional authors:
+// Holger Obermaier (NHR@KIT)
+
+package metricRouter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/v2/ccMessage"
+	mct "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/multiChanTicker"
+)
+
+func TestCache(t *testing.T) {
+	output := make(chan lp.CCMessage, 2000)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	tickTime := time.Second
+	testChan := make(chan time.Time)
+	ticker := mct.NewTicker(tickTime)
+	ticker.AddChannel(testChan)
+	maxIntervals := 100
+
+	c, err := NewCache(output, ticker, &wg, 4)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to create new cache: %s", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	c.Start()
+	defer c.Close()
+	err = c.AddAggregation("ps_input_power", "Avg(values)", "name == 'ps1_input_power' || name == 'ps2_input_power' || name == 'ps3_input_power'", map[string]string{"hostname": "<copy>", "type": "<copy>"}, map[string]string{"unit": "<copy>"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to add aggregation for %s", "ps_input_power")
+		return
+	}
+
+	for range maxIntervals {
+		timestamp := <-testChan
+		raw_metrics := []string{
+			fmt.Sprintf("ps1_input_power,type=node,hostname=myhost,unit=W value=696.0 %d", timestamp.UnixNano()),
+			fmt.Sprintf("ps2_input_power,type=node,hostname=myhost,unit=W value=732.0 %d", timestamp.UnixNano()),
+			fmt.Sprintf("ps3_input_power,type=node,hostname=myhost,unit=W value=720.0 %d", timestamp.UnixNano()),
+			fmt.Sprintf("cpu_load,type=hwthread,type-id=0,hostname=myhost value=45 %d", timestamp.UnixNano()),
+		}
+		metrics, err := lp.FromBytes([]byte(strings.Join(raw_metrics, "\n")))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to generate metrics: %s", err.Error())
+		}
+		for _, m := range metrics {
+			c.Add(m)
+		}
+
+		if len(output) > 0 {
+			for i := 0; i < len(output); i++ {
+				m := <-output
+				t.Log(m.ToLineProtocol(nil))
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

internal/metricRouter/metricRouter.go

@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ type metricRouterTagConfig struct {
 
 // Metric router configuration
 type metricRouterConfig struct {
-	HostnameTagName   string                               `json:"hostname_tag"`        // Key name used when adding the hostname to a metric (default 'hostname')
-	AddTags           []metricRouterTagConfig              `json:"add_tags"`            // List of tags that are added when the condition is met
-	DelTags           []metricRouterTagConfig              `json:"delete_tags"`         // List of tags that are removed when the condition is met
-	IntervalAgg       []agg.MetricAggregatorIntervalConfig `json:"interval_aggregates"` // List of aggregation function processed at the end of an interval
-	DropMetrics       []string                             `json:"drop_metrics"`        // List of metric names to drop. For fine-grained dropping use drop_metrics_if
-	DropMetricsIf     []string                             `json:"drop_metrics_if"`     // List of evaluatable terms to drop metrics
-	RenameMetrics     map[string]string                    `json:"rename_metrics"`      // Map to rename metric name from key to value
-	IntervalStamp     bool                                 `json:"interval_timestamp"`  // Update timestamp periodically by ticker each interval?
-	NumCacheIntervals int                                  `json:"num_cache_intervals"` // Number of intervals of cached metrics for evaluation
-	MaxForward        int                                  `json:"max_forward"`         // Number of maximal forwarded metrics at one select
-	NormalizeUnits    bool                                 `json:"normalize_units"`     // Check unit meta flag and normalize it using cc-units
-	ChangeUnitPrefix  map[string]string                    `json:"change_unit_prefix"`  // Add prefix that should be applied to the metrics
-	MessageProcessor  json.RawMessage                      `json:"process_messages,omitempty"`
+	HostnameTagName   string                                   `json:"hostname_tag"`        // Key name used when adding the hostname to a metric (default 'hostname')
+	AddTags           []metricRouterTagConfig                  `json:"add_tags"`            // List of tags that are added when the condition is met
+	DelTags           []metricRouterTagConfig                  `json:"delete_tags"`         // List of tags that are removed when the condition is met
+	IntervalAgg       []agg.MetricAggregatorExprIntervalConfig `json:"interval_aggregates"` // List of aggregation function processed at the end of an interval
+	DropMetrics       []string                                 `json:"drop_metrics"`        // List of metric names to drop. For fine-grained dropping use drop_metrics_if
+	DropMetricsIf     []string                                 `json:"drop_metrics_if"`     // List of evaluatable terms to drop metrics
+	RenameMetrics     map[string]string                        `json:"rename_metrics"`      // Map to rename metric name from key to value
+	IntervalStamp     bool                                     `json:"interval_timestamp"`  // Update timestamp periodically by ticker each interval?
+	NumCacheIntervals int                                      `json:"num_cache_intervals"` // Number of intervals of cached metrics for evaluation
+	MaxForward        int                                      `json:"max_forward"`         // Number of maximal forwarded metrics at one select
+	NormalizeUnits    bool                                     `json:"normalize_units"`     // Check unit meta flag and normalize it using cc-units
+	ChangeUnitPrefix  map[string]string                        `json:"change_unit_prefix"`  // Add prefix that should be applied to the metrics
+	MessageProcessor  json.RawMessage                          `json:"process_messages,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Metric router data structure
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (r *metricRouter) Start() {
 		}
 		// even if the metric is dropped, it is stored in the cache for
 		// aggregations
-		if r.config.NumCacheIntervals > 0 {
+		if r.config.NumCacheIntervals > 0 && m != nil {
 			r.cache.Add(m)
 		}
 	}

pkg/multiChanTicker/multiChanTicker.go

@@ -17,17 +17,20 @@ type multiChanTicker struct {
 	ticker   *time.Ticker
 	channels []chan time.Time
 	done     chan bool
+	duration time.Duration
 }
 
 type MultiChanTicker interface {
 	Init(duration time.Duration)
 	AddChannel(channel chan time.Time)
+	GetDuration() time.Duration
 	Close()
 }
 
 func (t *multiChanTicker) Init(duration time.Duration) {
 	t.ticker = time.NewTicker(duration)
 	t.done = make(chan bool)
+	t.duration = duration
 	go func() {
 		done := func() {
 			close(t.done)
@@ -53,6 +56,10 @@ func (t *multiChanTicker) Init(duration time.Duration) {
 	}()
 }
 
+func (t *multiChanTicker) GetDuration() time.Duration {
+	return t.duration
+}
+
 func (t *multiChanTicker) AddChannel(channel chan time.Time) {
 	t.channels = append(t.channels, channel)
 }