Fix error checking and logging around checkpointing.

storage/local/persistence.go

@@ -540,15 +540,19 @@ func (p *persistence) checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(fingerprintToSeries *seriesMap
 	begin := time.Now()
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(p.headsTempFileName(), os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_CREATE, 0640)
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 
 	defer func() {
-		f.Sync()
+		syncErr := f.Sync()
 		closeErr := f.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
+		err = syncErr
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 		err = closeErr
 		if err != nil {
 			return
@@ -562,18 +566,18 @@ func (p *persistence) checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(fingerprintToSeries *seriesMap
 	w := bufio.NewWriterSize(f, fileBufSize)
 
 	if _, err = w.WriteString(headsMagicString); err != nil {
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 	var numberOfSeriesOffset int
 	if numberOfSeriesOffset, err = codable.EncodeVarint(w, headsFormatVersion); err != nil {
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 	numberOfSeriesOffset += len(headsMagicString)
 	numberOfSeriesInHeader := uint64(fingerprintToSeries.length())
 	// We have to write the number of series as uint64 because we might need
 	// to overwrite it later, and a varint might change byte width then.
 	if err = codable.EncodeUint64(w, numberOfSeriesInHeader); err != nil {
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 
 	iter := fingerprintToSeries.iter()
@@ -606,7 +610,9 @@ func (p *persistence) checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(fingerprintToSeries *seriesMap
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			w.Write(buf)
+			if _, err = w.Write(buf); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
 			if _, err = codable.EncodeVarint(w, int64(m.series.persistWatermark)); err != nil {
 				return
 			}
@@ -646,27 +652,33 @@ func (p *persistence) checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(fingerprintToSeries *seriesMap
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			// Series is checkpointed now, so declare it clean.
+			// Series is checkpointed now, so declare it clean. In case the entire
+			// checkpoint fails later on, this is fine, as the storage's series
+			// maintenance will mark these series newly dirty again, continuously
+			// increasing the total number of dirty series as seen by the storage.
+			// This has the effect of triggering a new checkpoint attempt even
+			// earlier than if we hadn't incorrectly set "dirty" to "false" here
+			// already.
 			m.series.dirty = false
 		}()
 		if err != nil {
-			return
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	if err = w.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 	if realNumberOfSeries != numberOfSeriesInHeader {
 		// The number of series has changed in the meantime.
 		// Rewrite it in the header.
 		if _, err = f.Seek(int64(numberOfSeriesOffset), os.SEEK_SET); err != nil {
-			return
+			return err
 		}
 		if err = codable.EncodeUint64(f, realNumberOfSeries); err != nil {
-			return
+			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return
+	return err
 }
 
 // loadSeriesMapAndHeads loads the fingerprint to memory-series mapping and all

storage/local/storage.go

@@ -875,8 +875,12 @@ loop:
 		case <-s.loopStopping:
 			break loop
 		case <-checkpointTimer.C:
-			s.persistence.checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(s.fpToSeries, s.fpLocker)
+			err := s.persistence.checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(s.fpToSeries, s.fpLocker)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorln("Error while checkpointing:", err)
+			} else {
 				dirtySeriesCount = 0
+			}
 			checkpointTimer.Reset(s.checkpointInterval)
 		case fp := <-memoryFingerprints:
 			if s.maintainMemorySeries(fp, model.Now().Add(-s.dropAfter)) {