From 151bee8d9d6f1411c7fe25778a089b138884611c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: okuegow <okuegow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 16:04:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] logstash: track ring length in O(1) instead of ring.Len() per
 write (#30201)

---
 util/logstash/log.go      | 17 +++++++++++---
 util/logstash/log_test.go | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/logstash/log.go b/util/logstash/log.go
index 717fbbc51..f20c05b18 100644
--- a/util/logstash/log.go
+++ b/util/logstash/log.go
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ type logger struct {
 	mu   sync.RWMutex
 	data *ring.Ring
 	size int
+	// length mirrors data.Len() so Write avoids an O(n) ring.Len() call on every
+	// log line (see Write). Invariant: any code that changes the number of nodes
+	// in data must keep length in sync.
+	length int
 }
 
 func New(size int) *logger {
-	return &logger{
+	l := &logger{
 		data: ring.New(1),
 		size: size,
 	}
+	l.length = l.data.Len() // keep length in sync with the initial ring
+	return l
 }
 
 var _ io.Writer = (*logger)(nil)
@@ -47,9 +53,14 @@ func (l *logger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(string(p), "[cache ]") {
 		l.data.Value = element(string(p))
 
-		// dynamically grow the ring
-		if l.data.Len() < l.size {
+		// dynamically grow the ring until it reaches the configured size.
+		// Track the length in O(1) instead of calling ring.Len(), which walks
+		// the whole ring on every write — once the ring is full (size 10000)
+		// that is 10000 pointer chases per log line and dominates CPU on weak
+		// hardware (e.g. Victron Venus OS / ARMv7) under verbose trace logging.
+		if l.length < l.size {
 			l.data.Link(ring.New(1))
+			l.length++
 		}
 
 		l.data = l.data.Next()
diff --git a/util/logstash/log_test.go b/util/logstash/log_test.go
index 9240a85ff..6915d6910 100644
--- a/util/logstash/log_test.go
+++ b/util/logstash/log_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,55 @@ func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test1", "test2"}, log.Areas())
 }
 
+// TestRingGrowsThenCaps writes more lines than the configured size and verifies
+// the ring grows up to size and then keeps only the most recent size entries.
+// This guards the grow/cap accounting in Write (length tracked in O(1)).
+func TestRingGrowsThenCaps(t *testing.T) {
+	const size = 3
+	log := New(size)
+
+	lines := []string{
+		"[test ] TRACE line1",
+		"[test ] TRACE line2",
+		"[test ] TRACE line3",
+		"[test ] TRACE line4",
+		"[test ] TRACE line5",
+	}
+	for _, l := range lines {
+		log.Write([]byte(l))
+	}
+
+	// only the last `size` lines survive, in chronological order
+	got := log.All(nil, jww.LevelTrace, 0)
+	assert.Len(t, got, size, "ring must not exceed configured size")
+	assert.Equal(t, lines[len(lines)-size:], got)
+}
+
+// TestRingSkipCacheLinesDoesNotGrow verifies that "[cache ]" lines take the
+// early-return path: they are not stored and must neither grow the ring nor the
+// length counter, which has to stay in sync with data.Len().
+func TestRingSkipCacheLinesDoesNotGrow(t *testing.T) {
+	log := New(3)
+
+	// grow the ring past a single node first, so a stray cursor advance on the
+	// cache path would actually be observable (Next() on a 1-node ring is a no-op)
+	log.Write([]byte(s1))
+	log.Write([]byte(s2))
+
+	stored := log.All(nil, jww.LevelTrace, 0)
+	lenBefore := log.length
+	cursorBefore := log.data
+
+	for range 10 {
+		log.Write([]byte("[cache ] cache line"))
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, stored, log.All(nil, jww.LevelTrace, 0), "cache lines must not change stored content")
+	assert.Equal(t, log.data.Len(), log.length, "length counter must stay in sync with the ring")
+	assert.Equal(t, lenBefore, log.length, "cache lines must not grow the ring")
+	assert.Same(t, cursorBefore, log.data, "cache lines must not advance the write cursor")
+}
+
 func BenchmarkLog(b *testing.B) {
 	log := New(10000)