lib/logger: add WARN level for logging expected errors such as invalid user queries

app/vmselect/main.go

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 }
 
 func sendPrometheusError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
-	logger.Errorf("error in %q: %s", r.RequestURI, err)
+	logger.Warnf("error in %q: %s", r.RequestURI, err)
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	statusCode := http.StatusUnprocessableEntity

lib/httpserver/httpserver.go

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func gzipHandler(rh RequestHandler) http.HandlerFunc {
 		handlerWrapper(w, r, rh)
 		if zrw, ok := w.(*gzipResponseWriter); ok {
 			if err := zrw.Close(); err != nil && !isTrivialNetworkError(err) {
-				logger.Errorf("gzipResponseWriter.Close: %s", err)
+				logger.Warnf("gzipResponseWriter.Close: %s", err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ func (zrw *gzipResponseWriter) WriteHeader(statusCode int) {
 // Implements http.Flusher
 func (zrw *gzipResponseWriter) Flush() {
 	if err := zrw.bw.Flush(); err != nil && !isTrivialNetworkError(err) {
-		logger.Errorf("gzipResponseWriter.Flush (buffer): %s", err)
+		logger.Warnf("gzipResponseWriter.Flush (buffer): %s", err)
 	}
 	if err := zrw.zw.Flush(); err != nil && !isTrivialNetworkError(err) {
-		logger.Errorf("gzipResponseWriter.Flush (gzip): %s", err)
+		logger.Warnf("gzipResponseWriter.Flush (gzip): %s", err)
 	}
 	if fw, ok := zrw.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
 		fw.Flush()
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ var (
 // Errorf writes formatted error message to w and to logger.
 func Errorf(w http.ResponseWriter, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	errStr := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
-	logger.ErrorfSkipframes(1, "%s", errStr)
+	logger.WarnfSkipframes(1, "%s", errStr)
 
 	// Extract statusCode from args
 	statusCode := http.StatusBadRequest

lib/logger/logger.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	loggerLevel  = flag.String("loggerLevel", "INFO", "Minimum level of errors to log. Possible values: INFO, ERROR, FATAL, PANIC")
+	loggerLevel  = flag.String("loggerLevel", "INFO", "Minimum level of errors to log. Possible values: INFO, WRAN, ERROR, FATAL, PANIC")
 	loggerFormat = flag.String("loggerFormat", "default", "Format for logs. Possible values: default, json")
 	loggerOutput = flag.String("loggerOutput", "stderr", "Output for the logs. Supported values: stderr, stdout")
 )
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ var output io.Writer = os.Stderr
 
 func validateLoggerLevel() {
 	switch *loggerLevel {
-	case "INFO", "ERROR", "FATAL", "PANIC":
+	case "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL", "PANIC":
 	default:
 		// We cannot use logger.Panicf here, since the logger isn't initialized yet.
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("FATAL: unsupported `-loggerLevel` value: %q; supported values are: INFO, ERROR, FATAL, PANIC", *loggerLevel))
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("FATAL: unsupported `-loggerLevel` value: %q; supported values are: INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, PANIC", *loggerLevel))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -79,11 +79,21 @@ func Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	logLevel("INFO", format, args...)
 }
 
+// Warnf logs warn message.
+func Warnf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logLevel("WARN", format, args...)
+}
+
 // Errorf logs error message.
 func Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	logLevel("ERROR", format, args...)
 }
 
+// WarnfSkipframes logs warn message and skips the given number of frames for the caller.
+func WarnfSkipframes(skipframes int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	logLevelSkipframes(skipframes, "WARN", format, args...)
+}
+
 // ErrorfSkipframes logs error message and skips the given number of frames for the caller.
 func ErrorfSkipframes(skipframes int, format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	logLevelSkipframes(skipframes, "ERROR", format, args...)
@@ -185,6 +195,13 @@ var mu sync.Mutex
 
 func shouldSkipLog(level string) bool {
 	switch *loggerLevel {
+	case "WARN":
+		switch level {
+		case "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL", "PANIC":
+			return false
+		default:
+			return true
+		}
 	case "ERROR":
 		switch level {
 		case "ERROR", "FATAL", "PANIC":