io plugin, add an 'unknown' tag when the serial number can't be found

closes #405

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## v0.2.4 [unreleased]
+
+### Features
+- [#412](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/412): Additional memcached stats. Thanks @mgresser!
+- [#410](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/410): Additional redis metrics. Thanks @vlaadbrain!
+
+### Bugfixes
+- [#405](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/405): Prometheus output cardinality issue
+
 ## v0.2.3 [2015-11-30]
 
 ### Release Notes

plugins/system/disk.go

@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ var diskIoSampleConfig = `
   # By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
   # disk partitions.
   # Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devcies.
-  # Devices=["sda","sdb"]
+  # devices = ["sda","sdb"]
   # Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
-  # SkipSerialNumber = true
+  # skip_serial_number = true
 `
 
 func (_ *DiskIOStats) SampleConfig() string {
@@ -106,11 +106,13 @@ func (s *DiskIOStats) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		tags := map[string]string{}
-		if len(io.Name) != 0 {
 		tags["name"] = io.Name
-		}
+		if !s.SkipSerialNumber {
-		if len(io.SerialNumber) != 0 && !s.SkipSerialNumber {
+			if len(io.SerialNumber) != 0 {
 				tags["serial"] = io.SerialNumber
+			} else {
+				tags["serial"] = "unknown"
+			}
 		}
 
 		acc.Add("reads", io.ReadCount, tags)