Looping the metrics back through the same channel could result in a
deadlock, by using a new channel and locking the processor we can ensure
that all stages can make continual progress.
It is not possible to encode a measurement, tag, or field whose last
character is a backslash due to it being an unescapable character.
Because the tight coupling between line protocol and the internal metric
model, prevent metrics like this from being created.
Measurements with a trailing slash are not allowed and the point will be
dropped. Tags and fields with a trailing a slash will be dropped from
the point.
Line protocol does not require or allow escaping of backslash, the only
requirement for a byte to be escaped is if it is an escapable char and
preceeded immediately by a slash.
Metrics needing one extra byte to fit the output buffer would not be split, so we would emit lines without a line ending. Metrics which overflowed by exactly one field length would be split one field too late, causing truncated fields.
Daniel Nelson