fix randomly failing CI test (#7514)

plugins/inputs/execd/execd.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ type Execd struct {
 	stdout     io.ReadCloser
 	stderr     io.ReadCloser
 	cancel     context.CancelFunc
-	wg     sync.WaitGroup
+	mainLoopWg sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
 func (e *Execd) SampleConfig() string {
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ func (e *Execd) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("FATAL no command specified")
 	}
 
-	e.wg.Add(1) // for the main loop
+	e.mainLoopWg.Add(1)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	e.cancel = cancel
@@ -86,16 +85,19 @@ func (e *Execd) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		e.cmdLoop(ctx)
-		e.wg.Done()
+		if err := e.cmdLoop(ctx); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Process quit with message: %s", err.Error())
+		}
+		e.mainLoopWg.Done()
 	}()
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (e *Execd) Stop() {
+	// don't try to stop before all stream readers have started.
 	e.cancel()
-	e.wg.Wait()
+	e.mainLoopWg.Wait()
 }
 
 // cmdLoop watches an already running process, restarting it when appropriate.
@@ -112,9 +114,7 @@ func (e *Execd) cmdLoop(ctx context.Context) error {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			if e.stdin != nil {
 				e.stdin.Close()
-				// Immediately exit process but with a graceful shutdown
-				// period before killing
-				internal.WaitTimeout(e.cmd, 200*time.Millisecond)
+				gracefulStop(e.cmd, 5*time.Second)
 			}
 			return nil
 		case err := <-done:

plugins/inputs/execd/execd_posix.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -38,3 +39,11 @@ func (e *Execd) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func gracefulStop(cmd *exec.Cmd, timeout time.Duration) {
+	cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
+	go func() {
+		<-time.NewTimer(timeout).C
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+	}()
+}

plugins/inputs/execd/execd_windows.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
@@ -31,3 +32,7 @@ func (e *Execd) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func gracefulStop(cmd *exec.Cmd, timeout time.Duration) {
+	cmd.Process.Kill()
+}