in processor/lsmintervalprocessor/internal/data/expo/scale.go [141:163]
func Limit(maxBuckets int, scale Scale, arel, brel pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointBuckets) Scale {
a, b := Abs(arel), Abs(brel)
lo := min(a.Lower(), b.Lower())
up := max(a.Upper(), b.Upper())
// Skip leading and trailing zeros.
for lo < up && a.Abs(lo) == 0 && b.Abs(lo) == 0 {
lo++
}
for lo < up-1 && a.Abs(up-1) == 0 && b.Abs(up-1) == 0 {
up--
}
// Keep downscaling until the number of buckets is within the limit.
for up-lo > maxBuckets {
lo /= 2
up /= 2
scale--
}
return scale
}