improves memory usage of golangci-linter

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ workflows:
 # https://circleci.com/blog/circleci-hacks-reuse-yaml-in-your-circleci-config-with-yaml/
 defaults: &defaults
   docker:
-    - image: grafana/loki-build-image:0.2.0
+    - image: grafana/loki-build-image:0.2.1
   working_directory: /go/src/github.com/grafana/loki
 
 jobs:

.golangci.yml

@@ -24,15 +24,11 @@ run:
   # from this option's value:
   #   	vendor$, third_party$, testdata$, examples$, Godeps$, builtin$
   skip-dirs:
-
   # which files to skip: they will be analyzed, but issues from them
   # won't be reported. Default value is empty list, but there is
   # no need to include all autogenerated files, we confidently recognize
   # autogenerated files. If it's not please let us know.
   skip-files:
-    - ".*\\.y$"
-    - ".*yaccpar$"
-
 # output configuration options
 output:
   # colored-line-number|line-number|json|tab|checkstyle, default is "colored-line-number"
@@ -64,11 +60,7 @@ linters:
     - unused # new from here.
     - interfacer
     - typecheck
-    - dupl
-    - gocyclo
-    - nakedret
 
 issues:
-  exclude-use-default: false
   exclude:
     - Error return value of .*log\.Logger\)\.Log\x60 is not checked 
\ No newline at end of file

.gometalinter.json

-{
-  "Vendor": true,
-  "Deadline": "5m",
-  "Concurrency": 2,
-  "Linters": {
-    "gofmt": {"Command": "gofmt -l -s -w"},
-    "goimports": {"Command": "goimports -l -w"}
-  },
-  "Exclude": [
-    "\\.pb\\.go",
-    "pkg/promtail/server/ui/assets_vfsdata.go",
-    "method Seek.*should have signature",
-    "error return value not checked \\(level\\.",
-    "\"err\" shadows declaration"
-  ],
-
-  "Enable": [
-    "deadcode",
-    "errcheck",
-    "goconst",
-    "gofmt",
-    "goimports",
-    "golint",
-    "gosimple",
-    "gotypex",
-    "ineffassign",
-    "megacheck",
-    "misspell",
-    "structcheck",
-    "unconvert",
-    "unparam",
-    "varcheck",
-    "vet",
-    "vetshadow"
-  ]
-}

Makefile

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ $(EXES): loki-build-image/$(UPTODATE)
 	goyacc -p $(basename $(notdir $<)) -o $@ $<
 
 lint: loki-build-image/$(UPTODATE)
-	golangci-lint run
+	GOGC=20 golangci-lint run
 
 check-generated-files: loki-build-image/$(UPTODATE) yacc protos
 	@git diff-files || (echo "changed files; failing check" && exit 1)

loki-build-image/Dockerfile

-FROM golang:1.11.2-stretch
+FROM golang:1.11.4-stretch
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y file jq unzip protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 ENV DOCKER_VER="17.03.0-ce"
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ RUN go get \
 		github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv \
 		golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc && \
 		rm -rf /go/pkg /go/src
-ENV GOLANGCI_LINT_VER="1.16.0"
-RUN curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh| sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v${GOLANGCI_LINT_VER} && \
-	golangci-lint --version
+ENV GOLANGCI_LINT_COMMIT="692dacb773b703162c091c2d8c59f9cd2d6801db"
+RUN mkdir -p $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/golangci/ && git clone https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.git $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint && \
+	cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint  && git checkout ${GOLANGCI_LINT_COMMIT} && cd cmd/golangci-lint/  &&\
+	GO111MODULE=on go install && \
+	golangci-lint help
 COPY build.sh /
 ENV GOCACHE=/go/cache
 ENTRYPOINT ["/build.sh"]

pkg/ingester/flush_test.go

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func newTestStore(t require.TestingT, cfg Config) (*testStore, *Ingester) {
 	return store, ing
 }
 
+// nolint
 func defaultIngesterTestConfig() Config {
 	consul := ring.NewInMemoryKVClient()
 	cfg := Config{}