in pkg/rules/otel-sdk/trace-context/span.go [677:702]
func (s *recordingSpan) AddLink(link trace.Link) {
if !s.IsRecording() {
return
}
if !link.SpanContext.IsValid() && len(link.Attributes) == 0 &&
link.SpanContext.TraceState().Len() == 0 {
return
}
l := Link{SpanContext: link.SpanContext, Attributes: link.Attributes}
// Discard attributes over limit.
limit := s.tracer.provider.spanLimits.AttributePerLinkCountLimit
if limit == 0 {
// Drop all attributes.
l.DroppedAttributeCount = len(l.Attributes)
l.Attributes = nil
} else if limit > 0 && len(l.Attributes) > limit {
l.DroppedAttributeCount = len(l.Attributes) - limit
l.Attributes = l.Attributes[:limit]
}
s.mu.Lock()
s.links.add(l)
s.mu.Unlock()
}