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+// Copyright 2014 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
+
+	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/internal"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Capacity for the channel to collect metrics and descriptors.
+	capMetricChan = 1000
+	capDescChan   = 10
+)
+
+// DefaultRegisterer and DefaultGatherer are the implementations of the
+// Registerer and Gatherer interface a number of convenience functions in this
+// package act on. Initially, both variables point to the same Registry, which
+// has a process collector (currently on Linux only, see NewProcessCollector)
+// and a Go collector (see NewGoCollector, in particular the note about
+// stop-the-world implication with Go versions older than 1.9) already
+// registered. This approach to keep default instances as global state mirrors
+// the approach of other packages in the Go standard library. Note that there
+// are caveats. Change the variables with caution and only if you understand the
+// consequences. Users who want to avoid global state altogether should not use
+// the convenience functions and act on custom instances instead.
+var (
+	defaultRegistry              = NewRegistry()
+	DefaultRegisterer Registerer = defaultRegistry
+	DefaultGatherer   Gatherer   = defaultRegistry
+)
+
+func init() {
+	MustRegister(NewProcessCollector(ProcessCollectorOpts{}))
+	MustRegister(NewGoCollector())
+}
+
+// NewRegistry creates a new vanilla Registry without any Collectors
+// pre-registered.
+func NewRegistry() *Registry {
+	return &Registry{
+		collectorsByID:  map[uint64]Collector{},
+		descIDs:         map[uint64]struct{}{},
+		dimHashesByName: map[string]uint64{},
+	}
+}
+
+// NewPedanticRegistry returns a registry that checks during collection if each
+// collected Metric is consistent with its reported Desc, and if the Desc has
+// actually been registered with the registry. Unchecked Collectors (those whose
+// Describe methed does not yield any descriptors) are excluded from the check.
+//
+// Usually, a Registry will be happy as long as the union of all collected
+// Metrics is consistent and valid even if some metrics are not consistent with
+// their own Desc or a Desc provided by their registered Collector. Well-behaved
+// Collectors and Metrics will only provide consistent Descs. This Registry is
+// useful to test the implementation of Collectors and Metrics.
+func NewPedanticRegistry() *Registry {
+	r := NewRegistry()
+	r.pedanticChecksEnabled = true
+	return r
+}
+
+// Registerer is the interface for the part of a registry in charge of
+// registering and unregistering. Users of custom registries should use
+// Registerer as type for registration purposes (rather than the Registry type
+// directly). In that way, they are free to use custom Registerer implementation
+// (e.g. for testing purposes).
+type Registerer interface {
+	// Register registers a new Collector to be included in metrics
+	// collection. It returns an error if the descriptors provided by the
+	// Collector are invalid or if they — in combination with descriptors of
+	// already registered Collectors — do not fulfill the consistency and
+	// uniqueness criteria described in the documentation of metric.Desc.
+	//
+	// If the provided Collector is equal to a Collector already registered
+	// (which includes the case of re-registering the same Collector), the
+	// returned error is an instance of AlreadyRegisteredError, which
+	// contains the previously registered Collector.
+	//
+	// A Collector whose Describe method does not yield any Desc is treated
+	// as unchecked. Registration will always succeed. No check for
+	// re-registering (see previous paragraph) is performed. Thus, the
+	// caller is responsible for not double-registering the same unchecked
+	// Collector, and for providing a Collector that will not cause
+	// inconsistent metrics on collection. (This would lead to scrape
+	// errors.)
+	Register(Collector) error
+	// MustRegister works like Register but registers any number of
+	// Collectors and panics upon the first registration that causes an
+	// error.
+	MustRegister(...Collector)
+	// Unregister unregisters the Collector that equals the Collector passed
+	// in as an argument.  (Two Collectors are considered equal if their
+	// Describe method yields the same set of descriptors.) The function
+	// returns whether a Collector was unregistered. Note that an unchecked
+	// Collector cannot be unregistered (as its Describe method does not
+	// yield any descriptor).
+	//
+	// Note that even after unregistering, it will not be possible to
+	// register a new Collector that is inconsistent with the unregistered
+	// Collector, e.g. a Collector collecting metrics with the same name but
+	// a different help string. The rationale here is that the same registry
+	// instance must only collect consistent metrics throughout its
+	// lifetime.
+	Unregister(Collector) bool
+}
+
+// Gatherer is the interface for the part of a registry in charge of gathering
+// the collected metrics into a number of MetricFamilies. The Gatherer interface
+// comes with the same general implication as described for the Registerer
+// interface.
+type Gatherer interface {
+	// Gather calls the Collect method of the registered Collectors and then
+	// gathers the collected metrics into a lexicographically sorted slice
+	// of uniquely named MetricFamily protobufs. Gather ensures that the
+	// returned slice is valid and self-consistent so that it can be used
+	// for valid exposition. As an exception to the strict consistency
+	// requirements described for metric.Desc, Gather will tolerate
+	// different sets of label names for metrics of the same metric family.
+	//
+	// Even if an error occurs, Gather attempts to gather as many metrics as
+	// possible. Hence, if a non-nil error is returned, the returned
+	// MetricFamily slice could be nil (in case of a fatal error that
+	// prevented any meaningful metric collection) or contain a number of
+	// MetricFamily protobufs, some of which might be incomplete, and some
+	// might be missing altogether. The returned error (which might be a
+	// MultiError) explains the details. Note that this is mostly useful for
+	// debugging purposes. If the gathered protobufs are to be used for
+	// exposition in actual monitoring, it is almost always better to not
+	// expose an incomplete result and instead disregard the returned
+	// MetricFamily protobufs in case the returned error is non-nil.
+	Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error)
+}
+
+// Register registers the provided Collector with the DefaultRegisterer.
+//
+// Register is a shortcut for DefaultRegisterer.Register(c). See there for more
+// details.
+func Register(c Collector) error {
+	return DefaultRegisterer.Register(c)
+}
+
+// MustRegister registers the provided Collectors with the DefaultRegisterer and
+// panics if any error occurs.
+//
+// MustRegister is a shortcut for DefaultRegisterer.MustRegister(cs...). See
+// there for more details.
+func MustRegister(cs ...Collector) {
+	DefaultRegisterer.MustRegister(cs...)
+}
+
+// Unregister removes the registration of the provided Collector from the
+// DefaultRegisterer.
+//
+// Unregister is a shortcut for DefaultRegisterer.Unregister(c). See there for
+// more details.
+func Unregister(c Collector) bool {
+	return DefaultRegisterer.Unregister(c)
+}
+
+// GathererFunc turns a function into a Gatherer.
+type GathererFunc func() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error)
+
+// Gather implements Gatherer.
+func (gf GathererFunc) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
+	return gf()
+}
+
+// AlreadyRegisteredError is returned by the Register method if the Collector to
+// be registered has already been registered before, or a different Collector
+// that collects the same metrics has been registered before. Registration fails
+// in that case, but you can detect from the kind of error what has
+// happened. The error contains fields for the existing Collector and the
+// (rejected) new Collector that equals the existing one. This can be used to
+// find out if an equal Collector has been registered before and switch over to
+// using the old one, as demonstrated in the example.
+type AlreadyRegisteredError struct {
+	ExistingCollector, NewCollector Collector
+}
+
+func (err AlreadyRegisteredError) Error() string {
+	return "duplicate metrics collector registration attempted"
+}
+
+// MultiError is a slice of errors implementing the error interface. It is used
+// by a Gatherer to report multiple errors during MetricFamily gathering.
+type MultiError []error
+
+func (errs MultiError) Error() string {
+	if len(errs) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%d error(s) occurred:", len(errs))
+	for _, err := range errs {
+		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\n* %s", err)
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+// Append appends the provided error if it is not nil.
+func (errs *MultiError) Append(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		*errs = append(*errs, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// MaybeUnwrap returns nil if len(errs) is 0. It returns the first and only
+// contained error as error if len(errs is 1). In all other cases, it returns
+// the MultiError directly. This is helpful for returning a MultiError in a way
+// that only uses the MultiError if needed.
+func (errs MultiError) MaybeUnwrap() error {
+	switch len(errs) {
+	case 0:
+		return nil
+	case 1:
+		return errs[0]
+	default:
+		return errs
+	}
+}
+
+// Registry registers Prometheus collectors, collects their metrics, and gathers
+// them into MetricFamilies for exposition. It implements both Registerer and
+// Gatherer. The zero value is not usable. Create instances with NewRegistry or
+// NewPedanticRegistry.
+type Registry struct {
+	mtx                   sync.RWMutex
+	collectorsByID        map[uint64]Collector // ID is a hash of the descIDs.
+	descIDs               map[uint64]struct{}
+	dimHashesByName       map[string]uint64
+	uncheckedCollectors   []Collector
+	pedanticChecksEnabled bool
+}
+
+// Register implements Registerer.
+func (r *Registry) Register(c Collector) error {
+	var (
+		descChan           = make(chan *Desc, capDescChan)
+		newDescIDs         = map[uint64]struct{}{}
+		newDimHashesByName = map[string]uint64{}
+		collectorID        uint64 // Just a sum of all desc IDs.
+		duplicateDescErr   error
+	)
+	go func() {
+		c.Describe(descChan)
+		close(descChan)
+	}()
+	r.mtx.Lock()
+	defer func() {
+		// Drain channel in case of premature return to not leak a goroutine.
+		for range descChan {
+		}
+		r.mtx.Unlock()
+	}()
+	// Conduct various tests...
+	for desc := range descChan {
+
+		// Is the descriptor valid at all?
+		if desc.err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("descriptor %s is invalid: %s", desc, desc.err)
+		}
+
+		// Is the descID unique?
+		// (In other words: Is the fqName + constLabel combination unique?)
+		if _, exists := r.descIDs[desc.id]; exists {
+			duplicateDescErr = fmt.Errorf("descriptor %s already exists with the same fully-qualified name and const label values", desc)
+		}
+		// If it is not a duplicate desc in this collector, add it to
+		// the collectorID.  (We allow duplicate descs within the same
+		// collector, but their existence must be a no-op.)
+		if _, exists := newDescIDs[desc.id]; !exists {
+			newDescIDs[desc.id] = struct{}{}
+			collectorID += desc.id
+		}
+
+		// Are all the label names and the help string consistent with
+		// previous descriptors of the same name?
+		// First check existing descriptors...
+		if dimHash, exists := r.dimHashesByName[desc.fqName]; exists {
+			if dimHash != desc.dimHash {
+				return fmt.Errorf("a previously registered descriptor with the same fully-qualified name as %s has different label names or a different help string", desc)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// ...then check the new descriptors already seen.
+			if dimHash, exists := newDimHashesByName[desc.fqName]; exists {
+				if dimHash != desc.dimHash {
+					return fmt.Errorf("descriptors reported by collector have inconsistent label names or help strings for the same fully-qualified name, offender is %s", desc)
+				}
+			} else {
+				newDimHashesByName[desc.fqName] = desc.dimHash
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// A Collector yielding no Desc at all is considered unchecked.
+	if len(newDescIDs) == 0 {
+		r.uncheckedCollectors = append(r.uncheckedCollectors, c)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if existing, exists := r.collectorsByID[collectorID]; exists {
+		return AlreadyRegisteredError{
+			ExistingCollector: existing,
+			NewCollector:      c,
+		}
+	}
+	// If the collectorID is new, but at least one of the descs existed
+	// before, we are in trouble.
+	if duplicateDescErr != nil {
+		return duplicateDescErr
+	}
+
+	// Only after all tests have passed, actually register.
+	r.collectorsByID[collectorID] = c
+	for hash := range newDescIDs {
+		r.descIDs[hash] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	for name, dimHash := range newDimHashesByName {
+		r.dimHashesByName[name] = dimHash
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Unregister implements Registerer.
+func (r *Registry) Unregister(c Collector) bool {
+	var (
+		descChan    = make(chan *Desc, capDescChan)
+		descIDs     = map[uint64]struct{}{}
+		collectorID uint64 // Just a sum of the desc IDs.
+	)
+	go func() {
+		c.Describe(descChan)
+		close(descChan)
+	}()
+	for desc := range descChan {
+		if _, exists := descIDs[desc.id]; !exists {
+			collectorID += desc.id
+			descIDs[desc.id] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	r.mtx.RLock()
+	if _, exists := r.collectorsByID[collectorID]; !exists {
+		r.mtx.RUnlock()
+		return false
+	}
+	r.mtx.RUnlock()
+
+	r.mtx.Lock()
+	defer r.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	delete(r.collectorsByID, collectorID)
+	for id := range descIDs {
+		delete(r.descIDs, id)
+	}
+	// dimHashesByName is left untouched as those must be consistent
+	// throughout the lifetime of a program.
+	return true
+}
+
+// MustRegister implements Registerer.
+func (r *Registry) MustRegister(cs ...Collector) {
+	for _, c := range cs {
+		if err := r.Register(c); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Gather implements Gatherer.
+func (r *Registry) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
+	var (
+		checkedMetricChan   = make(chan Metric, capMetricChan)
+		uncheckedMetricChan = make(chan Metric, capMetricChan)
+		metricHashes        = map[uint64]struct{}{}
+		wg                  sync.WaitGroup
+		errs                MultiError          // The collected errors to return in the end.
+		registeredDescIDs   map[uint64]struct{} // Only used for pedantic checks
+	)
+
+	r.mtx.RLock()
+	goroutineBudget := len(r.collectorsByID) + len(r.uncheckedCollectors)
+	metricFamiliesByName := make(map[string]*dto.MetricFamily, len(r.dimHashesByName))
+	checkedCollectors := make(chan Collector, len(r.collectorsByID))
+	uncheckedCollectors := make(chan Collector, len(r.uncheckedCollectors))
+	for _, collector := range r.collectorsByID {
+		checkedCollectors <- collector
+	}
+	for _, collector := range r.uncheckedCollectors {
+		uncheckedCollectors <- collector
+	}
+	// In case pedantic checks are enabled, we have to copy the map before
+	// giving up the RLock.
+	if r.pedanticChecksEnabled {
+		registeredDescIDs = make(map[uint64]struct{}, len(r.descIDs))
+		for id := range r.descIDs {
+			registeredDescIDs[id] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+	r.mtx.RUnlock()
+
+	wg.Add(goroutineBudget)
+
+	collectWorker := func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case collector := <-checkedCollectors:
+				collector.Collect(checkedMetricChan)
+			case collector := <-uncheckedCollectors:
+				collector.Collect(uncheckedMetricChan)
+			default:
+				return
+			}
+			wg.Done()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Start the first worker now to make sure at least one is running.
+	go collectWorker()
+	goroutineBudget--
+
+	// Close checkedMetricChan and uncheckedMetricChan once all collectors
+	// are collected.
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(checkedMetricChan)
+		close(uncheckedMetricChan)
+	}()
+
+	// Drain checkedMetricChan and uncheckedMetricChan in case of premature return.
+	defer func() {
+		if checkedMetricChan != nil {
+			for range checkedMetricChan {
+			}
+		}
+		if uncheckedMetricChan != nil {
+			for range uncheckedMetricChan {
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Copy the channel references so we can nil them out later to remove
+	// them from the select statements below.
+	cmc := checkedMetricChan
+	umc := uncheckedMetricChan
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case metric, ok := <-cmc:
+			if !ok {
+				cmc = nil
+				break
+			}
+			errs.Append(processMetric(
+				metric, metricFamiliesByName,
+				metricHashes,
+				registeredDescIDs,
+			))
+		case metric, ok := <-umc:
+			if !ok {
+				umc = nil
+				break
+			}
+			errs.Append(processMetric(
+				metric, metricFamiliesByName,
+				metricHashes,
+				nil,
+			))
+		default:
+			if goroutineBudget <= 0 || len(checkedCollectors)+len(uncheckedCollectors) == 0 {
+				// All collectors are already being worked on or
+				// we have already as many goroutines started as
+				// there are collectors. Do the same as above,
+				// just without the default.
+				select {
+				case metric, ok := <-cmc:
+					if !ok {
+						cmc = nil
+						break
+					}
+					errs.Append(processMetric(
+						metric, metricFamiliesByName,
+						metricHashes,
+						registeredDescIDs,
+					))
+				case metric, ok := <-umc:
+					if !ok {
+						umc = nil
+						break
+					}
+					errs.Append(processMetric(
+						metric, metricFamiliesByName,
+						metricHashes,
+						nil,
+					))
+				}
+				break
+			}
+			// Start more workers.
+			go collectWorker()
+			goroutineBudget--
+			runtime.Gosched()
+		}
+		// Once both checkedMetricChan and uncheckdMetricChan are closed
+		// and drained, the contraption above will nil out cmc and umc,
+		// and then we can leave the collect loop here.
+		if cmc == nil && umc == nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return internal.NormalizeMetricFamilies(metricFamiliesByName), errs.MaybeUnwrap()
+}
+
+// WriteToTextfile calls Gather on the provided Gatherer, encodes the result in the
+// Prometheus text format, and writes it to a temporary file. Upon success, the
+// temporary file is renamed to the provided filename.
+//
+// This is intended for use with the textfile collector of the node exporter.
+// Note that the node exporter expects the filename to be suffixed with ".prom".
+func WriteToTextfile(filename string, g Gatherer) error {
+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempFile(filepath.Dir(filename), filepath.Base(filename))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(tmp.Name())
+
+	mfs, err := g.Gather()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, mf := range mfs {
+		if _, err := expfmt.MetricFamilyToText(tmp, mf); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Chmod(tmp.Name(), 0644); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.Rename(tmp.Name(), filename)
+}
+
+// processMetric is an internal helper method only used by the Gather method.
+func processMetric(
+	metric Metric,
+	metricFamiliesByName map[string]*dto.MetricFamily,
+	metricHashes map[uint64]struct{},
+	registeredDescIDs map[uint64]struct{},
+) error {
+	desc := metric.Desc()
+	// Wrapped metrics collected by an unchecked Collector can have an
+	// invalid Desc.
+	if desc.err != nil {
+		return desc.err
+	}
+	dtoMetric := &dto.Metric{}
+	if err := metric.Write(dtoMetric); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error collecting metric %v: %s", desc, err)
+	}
+	metricFamily, ok := metricFamiliesByName[desc.fqName]
+	if ok { // Existing name.
+		if metricFamily.GetHelp() != desc.help {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected metric %s %s has help %q but should have %q",
+				desc.fqName, dtoMetric, desc.help, metricFamily.GetHelp(),
+			)
+		}
+		// TODO(beorn7): Simplify switch once Desc has type.
+		switch metricFamily.GetType() {
+		case dto.MetricType_COUNTER:
+			if dtoMetric.Counter == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"collected metric %s %s should be a Counter",
+					desc.fqName, dtoMetric,
+				)
+			}
+		case dto.MetricType_GAUGE:
+			if dtoMetric.Gauge == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"collected metric %s %s should be a Gauge",
+					desc.fqName, dtoMetric,
+				)
+			}
+		case dto.MetricType_SUMMARY:
+			if dtoMetric.Summary == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"collected metric %s %s should be a Summary",
+					desc.fqName, dtoMetric,
+				)
+			}
+		case dto.MetricType_UNTYPED:
+			if dtoMetric.Untyped == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"collected metric %s %s should be Untyped",
+					desc.fqName, dtoMetric,
+				)
+			}
+		case dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM:
+			if dtoMetric.Histogram == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"collected metric %s %s should be a Histogram",
+					desc.fqName, dtoMetric,
+				)
+			}
+		default:
+			panic("encountered MetricFamily with invalid type")
+		}
+	} else { // New name.
+		metricFamily = &dto.MetricFamily{}
+		metricFamily.Name = proto.String(desc.fqName)
+		metricFamily.Help = proto.String(desc.help)
+		// TODO(beorn7): Simplify switch once Desc has type.
+		switch {
+		case dtoMetric.Gauge != nil:
+			metricFamily.Type = dto.MetricType_GAUGE.Enum()
+		case dtoMetric.Counter != nil:
+			metricFamily.Type = dto.MetricType_COUNTER.Enum()
+		case dtoMetric.Summary != nil:
+			metricFamily.Type = dto.MetricType_SUMMARY.Enum()
+		case dtoMetric.Untyped != nil:
+			metricFamily.Type = dto.MetricType_UNTYPED.Enum()
+		case dtoMetric.Histogram != nil:
+			metricFamily.Type = dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM.Enum()
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("empty metric collected: %s", dtoMetric)
+		}
+		if err := checkSuffixCollisions(metricFamily, metricFamiliesByName); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		metricFamiliesByName[desc.fqName] = metricFamily
+	}
+	if err := checkMetricConsistency(metricFamily, dtoMetric, metricHashes); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if registeredDescIDs != nil {
+		// Is the desc registered at all?
+		if _, exist := registeredDescIDs[desc.id]; !exist {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected metric %s %s with unregistered descriptor %s",
+				metricFamily.GetName(), dtoMetric, desc,
+			)
+		}
+		if err := checkDescConsistency(metricFamily, dtoMetric, desc); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	metricFamily.Metric = append(metricFamily.Metric, dtoMetric)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Gatherers is a slice of Gatherer instances that implements the Gatherer
+// interface itself. Its Gather method calls Gather on all Gatherers in the
+// slice in order and returns the merged results. Errors returned from the
+// Gather calles are all returned in a flattened MultiError. Duplicate and
+// inconsistent Metrics are skipped (first occurrence in slice order wins) and
+// reported in the returned error.
+//
+// Gatherers can be used to merge the Gather results from multiple
+// Registries. It also provides a way to directly inject existing MetricFamily
+// protobufs into the gathering by creating a custom Gatherer with a Gather
+// method that simply returns the existing MetricFamily protobufs. Note that no
+// registration is involved (in contrast to Collector registration), so
+// obviously registration-time checks cannot happen. Any inconsistencies between
+// the gathered MetricFamilies are reported as errors by the Gather method, and
+// inconsistent Metrics are dropped. Invalid parts of the MetricFamilies
+// (e.g. syntactically invalid metric or label names) will go undetected.
+type Gatherers []Gatherer
+
+// Gather implements Gatherer.
+func (gs Gatherers) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
+	var (
+		metricFamiliesByName = map[string]*dto.MetricFamily{}
+		metricHashes         = map[uint64]struct{}{}
+		errs                 MultiError // The collected errors to return in the end.
+	)
+
+	for i, g := range gs {
+		mfs, err := g.Gather()
+		if err != nil {
+			if multiErr, ok := err.(MultiError); ok {
+				for _, err := range multiErr {
+					errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("[from Gatherer #%d] %s", i+1, err))
+				}
+			} else {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("[from Gatherer #%d] %s", i+1, err))
+			}
+		}
+		for _, mf := range mfs {
+			existingMF, exists := metricFamiliesByName[mf.GetName()]
+			if exists {
+				if existingMF.GetHelp() != mf.GetHelp() {
+					errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+						"gathered metric family %s has help %q but should have %q",
+						mf.GetName(), mf.GetHelp(), existingMF.GetHelp(),
+					))
+					continue
+				}
+				if existingMF.GetType() != mf.GetType() {
+					errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+						"gathered metric family %s has type %s but should have %s",
+						mf.GetName(), mf.GetType(), existingMF.GetType(),
+					))
+					continue
+				}
+			} else {
+				existingMF = &dto.MetricFamily{}
+				existingMF.Name = mf.Name
+				existingMF.Help = mf.Help
+				existingMF.Type = mf.Type
+				if err := checkSuffixCollisions(existingMF, metricFamiliesByName); err != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, err)
+					continue
+				}
+				metricFamiliesByName[mf.GetName()] = existingMF
+			}
+			for _, m := range mf.Metric {
+				if err := checkMetricConsistency(existingMF, m, metricHashes); err != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, err)
+					continue
+				}
+				existingMF.Metric = append(existingMF.Metric, m)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return internal.NormalizeMetricFamilies(metricFamiliesByName), errs.MaybeUnwrap()
+}
+
+// checkSuffixCollisions checks for collisions with the “magic” suffixes the
+// Prometheus text format and the internal metric representation of the
+// Prometheus server add while flattening Summaries and Histograms.
+func checkSuffixCollisions(mf *dto.MetricFamily, mfs map[string]*dto.MetricFamily) error {
+	var (
+		newName              = mf.GetName()
+		newType              = mf.GetType()
+		newNameWithoutSuffix = ""
+	)
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasSuffix(newName, "_count"):
+		newNameWithoutSuffix = newName[:len(newName)-6]
+	case strings.HasSuffix(newName, "_sum"):
+		newNameWithoutSuffix = newName[:len(newName)-4]
+	case strings.HasSuffix(newName, "_bucket"):
+		newNameWithoutSuffix = newName[:len(newName)-7]
+	}
+	if newNameWithoutSuffix != "" {
+		if existingMF, ok := mfs[newNameWithoutSuffix]; ok {
+			switch existingMF.GetType() {
+			case dto.MetricType_SUMMARY:
+				if !strings.HasSuffix(newName, "_bucket") {
+					return fmt.Errorf(
+						"collected metric named %q collides with previously collected summary named %q",
+						newName, newNameWithoutSuffix,
+					)
+				}
+			case dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM:
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"collected metric named %q collides with previously collected histogram named %q",
+					newName, newNameWithoutSuffix,
+				)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if newType == dto.MetricType_SUMMARY || newType == dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM {
+		if _, ok := mfs[newName+"_count"]; ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected histogram or summary named %q collides with previously collected metric named %q",
+				newName, newName+"_count",
+			)
+		}
+		if _, ok := mfs[newName+"_sum"]; ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected histogram or summary named %q collides with previously collected metric named %q",
+				newName, newName+"_sum",
+			)
+		}
+	}
+	if newType == dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM {
+		if _, ok := mfs[newName+"_bucket"]; ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected histogram named %q collides with previously collected metric named %q",
+				newName, newName+"_bucket",
+			)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// checkMetricConsistency checks if the provided Metric is consistent with the
+// provided MetricFamily. It also hashes the Metric labels and the MetricFamily
+// name. If the resulting hash is already in the provided metricHashes, an error
+// is returned. If not, it is added to metricHashes.
+func checkMetricConsistency(
+	metricFamily *dto.MetricFamily,
+	dtoMetric *dto.Metric,
+	metricHashes map[uint64]struct{},
+) error {
+	name := metricFamily.GetName()
+
+	// Type consistency with metric family.
+	if metricFamily.GetType() == dto.MetricType_GAUGE && dtoMetric.Gauge == nil ||
+		metricFamily.GetType() == dto.MetricType_COUNTER && dtoMetric.Counter == nil ||
+		metricFamily.GetType() == dto.MetricType_SUMMARY && dtoMetric.Summary == nil ||
+		metricFamily.GetType() == dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM && dtoMetric.Histogram == nil ||
+		metricFamily.GetType() == dto.MetricType_UNTYPED && dtoMetric.Untyped == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"collected metric %q { %s} is not a %s",
+			name, dtoMetric, metricFamily.GetType(),
+		)
+	}
+
+	previousLabelName := ""
+	for _, labelPair := range dtoMetric.GetLabel() {
+		labelName := labelPair.GetName()
+		if labelName == previousLabelName {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected metric %q { %s} has two or more labels with the same name: %s",
+				name, dtoMetric, labelName,
+			)
+		}
+		if !checkLabelName(labelName) {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected metric %q { %s} has a label with an invalid name: %s",
+				name, dtoMetric, labelName,
+			)
+		}
+		if dtoMetric.Summary != nil && labelName == quantileLabel {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected metric %q { %s} must not have an explicit %q label",
+				name, dtoMetric, quantileLabel,
+			)
+		}
+		if !utf8.ValidString(labelPair.GetValue()) {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"collected metric %q { %s} has a label named %q whose value is not utf8: %#v",
+				name, dtoMetric, labelName, labelPair.GetValue())
+		}
+		previousLabelName = labelName
+	}
+
+	// Is the metric unique (i.e. no other metric with the same name and the same labels)?
+	h := hashNew()
+	h = hashAdd(h, name)
+	h = hashAddByte(h, separatorByte)
+	// Make sure label pairs are sorted. We depend on it for the consistency
+	// check.
+	if !sort.IsSorted(labelPairSorter(dtoMetric.Label)) {
+		// We cannot sort dtoMetric.Label in place as it is immutable by contract.
+		copiedLabels := make([]*dto.LabelPair, len(dtoMetric.Label))
+		copy(copiedLabels, dtoMetric.Label)
+		sort.Sort(labelPairSorter(copiedLabels))
+		dtoMetric.Label = copiedLabels
+	}
+	for _, lp := range dtoMetric.Label {
+		h = hashAdd(h, lp.GetName())
+		h = hashAddByte(h, separatorByte)
+		h = hashAdd(h, lp.GetValue())
+		h = hashAddByte(h, separatorByte)
+	}
+	if _, exists := metricHashes[h]; exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"collected metric %q { %s} was collected before with the same name and label values",
+			name, dtoMetric,
+		)
+	}
+	metricHashes[h] = struct{}{}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func checkDescConsistency(
+	metricFamily *dto.MetricFamily,
+	dtoMetric *dto.Metric,
+	desc *Desc,
+) error {
+	// Desc help consistency with metric family help.
+	if metricFamily.GetHelp() != desc.help {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"collected metric %s %s has help %q but should have %q",
+			metricFamily.GetName(), dtoMetric, metricFamily.GetHelp(), desc.help,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Is the desc consistent with the content of the metric?
+	lpsFromDesc := make([]*dto.LabelPair, len(desc.constLabelPairs), len(dtoMetric.Label))
+	copy(lpsFromDesc, desc.constLabelPairs)
+	for _, l := range desc.variableLabels {
+		lpsFromDesc = append(lpsFromDesc, &dto.LabelPair{
+			Name: proto.String(l),
+		})
+	}
+	if len(lpsFromDesc) != len(dtoMetric.Label) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"labels in collected metric %s %s are inconsistent with descriptor %s",
+			metricFamily.GetName(), dtoMetric, desc,
+		)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(labelPairSorter(lpsFromDesc))
+	for i, lpFromDesc := range lpsFromDesc {
+		lpFromMetric := dtoMetric.Label[i]
+		if lpFromDesc.GetName() != lpFromMetric.GetName() ||
+			lpFromDesc.Value != nil && lpFromDesc.GetValue() != lpFromMetric.GetValue() {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"labels in collected metric %s %s are inconsistent with descriptor %s",
+				metricFamily.GetName(), dtoMetric, desc,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}