-static inline int format_dimension_collected_graphite_plaintext(BUFFER *b, const char *prefix, RRDHOST *host, const char *hostname, RRDSET *st, RRDDIM *rd, time_t after, time_t before, uint32_t options) {
+
+// discard a response received by a backend
+// after logging a simple of it to error.log
+
+static inline int discard_response(BUFFER *b, const char *backend) {
+ char sample[1024];
+ const char *s = buffer_tostring(b);
+ char *d = sample, *e = &sample[sizeof(sample) - 1];
+
+ for(; *s && d < e ;s++) {
+ char c = *s;
+ if(unlikely(!isprint(c))) c = ' ';
+ *d++ = c;
+ }
+ *d = '\0';
+
+ info("Received %zu bytes from %s backend. Ignoring them. Sample: '%s'", buffer_strlen(b), backend, sample);
+ buffer_flush(b);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// graphite backend
+
+static inline int format_dimension_collected_graphite_plaintext(
+ BUFFER *b // the buffer to write data to
+ , const char *prefix // the prefix to use
+ , RRDHOST *host // the host this chart comes from
+ , const char *hostname // the hostname (to override host->hostname)
+ , RRDSET *st // the chart
+ , RRDDIM *rd // the dimension
+ , time_t after // the start timestamp
+ , time_t before // the end timestamp
+ , uint32_t options // BACKEND_SOURCE_* bitmap
+) {