fix: batch channel should be buffered

Author: Lakshay Kalbhor

internal/relay/relay.go

@@ -244,17 +244,21 @@ func (re *Relay) processMessage(ctx context.Context, rec *kgo.Record) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Queue the message for writing to target.
-	select {
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return ctx.Err()
-
-	case re.target.GetBatchCh() <- &kgo.Record{
+	msg := &kgo.Record{
 		Key:       rec.Key,
 		Value:     rec.Value,
 		Topic:     t.TargetTopic,
 		Partition: rec.Partition,
-	}:
+	}
+
+	// Queue the message for writing to target.
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case re.target.GetBatchCh() <- msg:
+	default:
+		re.log.Error("target inlet channel blocked")
+		re.target.GetBatchCh() <- msg
 	}
 
 	return nil

internal/relay/target.go

@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ type Target struct {
 	// Map of target topics and their config.
 	targetTopics Topics
 
-	batchCh chan *kgo.Record
-	batch   []*kgo.Record
+	// Inlet receives relayed messages into target for batching
+	inletCh chan *kgo.Record
+
+	// Holds the active batch that is produced to destination topic
+	batch []*kgo.Record
 }
 
 // NewTarget returns a new producer relay that handles target Kafka instances.
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ func NewTarget(globalCtx context.Context, cfg TargetCfg, pCfg ProducerCfg, topic
 		targetTopics: topics,
 
 		batch:   make([]*kgo.Record, 0, pCfg.BatchSize),
-		batchCh: make(chan *kgo.Record),
+		inletCh: make(chan *kgo.Record, pCfg.BatchSize*10),
 	}
 
 	// Initialize the actual Kafka client.
@@ -73,12 +76,12 @@ func (tg *Target) Close() {
 
 // CloseBatchCh closes the Producer batch channel.
 func (tg *Target) CloseBatchCh() {
-	close(tg.batchCh)
+	close(tg.inletCh)
 }
 
 // GetBatchCh returns the Producer batch channel.
 func (tg *Target) GetBatchCh() chan *kgo.Record {
-	return tg.batchCh
+	return tg.inletCh
 }
 
 // prepareRecord checks if custom topic partition mapping is defined.
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ func (tg *Target) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return ctx.Err()
 
 		// Queue the message to and flush if the batch size is reached.
-		case msg, ok := <-tg.batchCh:
+		case msg, ok := <-tg.inletCh:
 			if !ok {
 				// Flush and cleanup on exit.
 				if err := tg.drain(); err != nil {
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ outerLoop:
 // drain drains and flushes any pending messages in the producer.
 func (tg *Target) drain() error {
 	now := time.Now()
-	for rec := range tg.batchCh {
+	for rec := range tg.inletCh {
 		tg.prepareRecord(rec)
 		tg.batch = append(tg.batch, rec)
 	}