Werk #7489: mk_logwatch: optimize regex search

Component Checks & agents
Title mk_logwatch: optimize regex search
Date Jun 25, 2019
Checkmk Edition Checkmk Raw (CRE)
Checkmk Version 1.6.0b3 2.0.0i1
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed

For regular expressions in a logwatch section leading or trailing '.' portions can be a performance desaster. With long log lines, it can virtually render your system paralyzed. If you are not using any rewrite patterns though, you can omit leading and trailing '.' expressions without changing the set of matched lines.

mk_logwatch now detects those cases, and will optimize the patterns accordingly.

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