disabled charts.d dryrunner

diff --git a/plugins.d/charts.d.plugin b/plugins.d/charts.d.plugin
index ba766bb0154e4f821f6bbe1f76457c10f834dc62..bae94135cb45d7e98963d3fa44475f86be1e6715 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins.d/charts.d.plugin
+++ b/plugins.d/charts.d.plugin
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ time_divisor=50
 # netdata will restart it
 restart_timeout=1800
 
+# check if the charts.d plugins are using global variables
+# they should not.
+# It does not currently support BASH v4 arrays, so it is
+# disabled
+dryrunner=0
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # parse parameters
 
@@ -271,11 +277,14 @@ all_enabled_charts() {
                #       fi
                #fi
 
-               "$pluginsd/charts.d.dryrun-helper.sh" "$chart" "$chartsd/$chart.chart.sh" "$confd/$chart.conf" >/dev/null
-               if [ $? -ne 0 ]
-               then
-                       echo >&2 "$PROGRAM_NAME: chart's $chart did not pass the dry run check. This means it uses global variables not starting with $chart. Disabling it."
-                       continue
+               if [ $dryrunner -eq 1 ]
+                       then
+                       "$pluginsd/charts.d.dryrun-helper.sh" "$chart" "$chartsd/$chart.chart.sh" "$confd/$chart.conf" >/dev/null
+                       if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+                       then
+                               echo >&2 "$PROGRAM_NAME: chart's $chart did not pass the dry run check. This means it uses global variables not starting with $chart. Disabling it."
+                               continue
+                       fi
                fi
 
                local charts2="$charts2 $chart"