diff --git a/vendor/github.com/Shopify/sarama/utils.go b/vendor/github.com/Shopify/sarama/utils.go
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+package sarama
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+type none struct{}
+
+// make []int32 sortable so we can sort partition numbers
+type int32Slice []int32
+
+func (slice int32Slice) Len() int {
+	return len(slice)
+}
+
+func (slice int32Slice) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return slice[i] < slice[j]
+}
+
+func (slice int32Slice) Swap(i, j int) {
+	slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i]
+}
+
+func dupInt32Slice(input []int32) []int32 {
+	ret := make([]int32, 0, len(input))
+	for _, val := range input {
+		ret = append(ret, val)
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
+func withRecover(fn func()) {
+	defer func() {
+		handler := PanicHandler
+		if handler != nil {
+			if err := recover(); err != nil {
+				handler(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	fn()
+}
+
+func safeAsyncClose(b *Broker) {
+	tmp := b // local var prevents clobbering in goroutine
+	go withRecover(func() {
+		if connected, _ := tmp.Connected(); connected {
+			if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
+				Logger.Println("Error closing broker", tmp.ID(), ":", err)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// Encoder is a simple interface for any type that can be encoded as an array of bytes
+// in order to be sent as the key or value of a Kafka message. Length() is provided as an
+// optimization, and must return the same as len() on the result of Encode().
+type Encoder interface {
+	Encode() ([]byte, error)
+	Length() int
+}
+
+// make strings and byte slices encodable for convenience so they can be used as keys
+// and/or values in kafka messages
+
+// StringEncoder implements the Encoder interface for Go strings so that they can be used
+// as the Key or Value in a ProducerMessage.
+type StringEncoder string
+
+func (s StringEncoder) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(s), nil
+}
+
+func (s StringEncoder) Length() int {
+	return len(s)
+}
+
+// ByteEncoder implements the Encoder interface for Go byte slices so that they can be used
+// as the Key or Value in a ProducerMessage.
+type ByteEncoder []byte
+
+func (b ByteEncoder) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func (b ByteEncoder) Length() int {
+	return len(b)
+}
+
+// bufConn wraps a net.Conn with a buffer for reads to reduce the number of
+// reads that trigger syscalls.
+type bufConn struct {
+	net.Conn
+	buf *bufio.Reader
+}
+
+func newBufConn(conn net.Conn) *bufConn {
+	return &bufConn{
+		Conn: conn,
+		buf:  bufio.NewReader(conn),
+	}
+}
+
+func (bc *bufConn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return bc.buf.Read(b)
+}
+
+// KafkaVersion instances represent versions of the upstream Kafka broker.
+type KafkaVersion struct {
+	// it's a struct rather than just typing the array directly to make it opaque and stop people
+	// generating their own arbitrary versions
+	version [4]uint
+}
+
+func newKafkaVersion(major, minor, veryMinor, patch uint) KafkaVersion {
+	return KafkaVersion{
+		version: [4]uint{major, minor, veryMinor, patch},
+	}
+}
+
+// IsAtLeast return true if and only if the version it is called on is
+// greater than or equal to the version passed in:
+//    V1.IsAtLeast(V2) // false
+//    V2.IsAtLeast(V1) // true
+func (v KafkaVersion) IsAtLeast(other KafkaVersion) bool {
+	for i := range v.version {
+		if v.version[i] > other.version[i] {
+			return true
+		} else if v.version[i] < other.version[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// Effective constants defining the supported kafka versions.
+var (
+	V0_8_2_0  = newKafkaVersion(0, 8, 2, 0)
+	V0_8_2_1  = newKafkaVersion(0, 8, 2, 1)
+	V0_8_2_2  = newKafkaVersion(0, 8, 2, 2)
+	V0_9_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(0, 9, 0, 0)
+	V0_9_0_1  = newKafkaVersion(0, 9, 0, 1)
+	V0_10_0_0 = newKafkaVersion(0, 10, 0, 0)
+	V0_10_0_1 = newKafkaVersion(0, 10, 0, 1)
+	V0_10_1_0 = newKafkaVersion(0, 10, 1, 0)
+	V0_10_1_1 = newKafkaVersion(0, 10, 1, 1)
+	V0_10_2_0 = newKafkaVersion(0, 10, 2, 0)
+	V0_10_2_1 = newKafkaVersion(0, 10, 2, 1)
+	V0_11_0_0 = newKafkaVersion(0, 11, 0, 0)
+	V0_11_0_1 = newKafkaVersion(0, 11, 0, 1)
+	V0_11_0_2 = newKafkaVersion(0, 11, 0, 2)
+	V1_0_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(1, 0, 0, 0)
+	V1_1_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(1, 1, 0, 0)
+	V1_1_1_0  = newKafkaVersion(1, 1, 1, 0)
+	V2_0_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(2, 0, 0, 0)
+	V2_0_1_0  = newKafkaVersion(2, 0, 1, 0)
+	V2_1_0_0  = newKafkaVersion(2, 1, 0, 0)
+
+	SupportedVersions = []KafkaVersion{
+		V0_8_2_0,
+		V0_8_2_1,
+		V0_8_2_2,
+		V0_9_0_0,
+		V0_9_0_1,
+		V0_10_0_0,
+		V0_10_0_1,
+		V0_10_1_0,
+		V0_10_1_1,
+		V0_10_2_0,
+		V0_10_2_1,
+		V0_11_0_0,
+		V0_11_0_1,
+		V0_11_0_2,
+		V1_0_0_0,
+		V1_1_0_0,
+		V1_1_1_0,
+		V2_0_0_0,
+		V2_0_1_0,
+		V2_1_0_0,
+	}
+	MinVersion = V0_8_2_0
+	MaxVersion = V2_1_0_0
+)
+
+func ParseKafkaVersion(s string) (KafkaVersion, error) {
+	if len(s) < 5 {
+		return MinVersion, fmt.Errorf("invalid version `%s`", s)
+	}
+	var major, minor, veryMinor, patch uint
+	var err error
+	if s[0] == '0' {
+		err = scanKafkaVersion(s, `^0\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+$`, "0.%d.%d.%d", [3]*uint{&minor, &veryMinor, &patch})
+	} else {
+		err = scanKafkaVersion(s, `^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$`, "%d.%d.%d", [3]*uint{&major, &minor, &veryMinor})
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return MinVersion, err
+	}
+	return newKafkaVersion(major, minor, veryMinor, patch), nil
+}
+
+func scanKafkaVersion(s string, pattern string, format string, v [3]*uint) error {
+	if !regexp.MustCompile(pattern).MatchString(s) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid version `%s`", s)
+	}
+	_, err := fmt.Sscanf(s, format, v[0], v[1], v[2])
+	return err
+}
+
+func (v KafkaVersion) String() string {
+	if v.version[0] == 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("0.%d.%d.%d", v.version[1], v.version[2], v.version[3])
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", v.version[0], v.version[1], v.version[2])
+}