in v1storage/series.go [292:326]
func (s *memorySeries) dropChunks(t model.Time) error {
keepIdx := len(s.chunkDescs)
for i, cd := range s.chunkDescs {
lt, err := cd.LastTime()
if err != nil {
return err
}
if !lt.Before(t) {
keepIdx = i
break
}
}
if keepIdx == len(s.chunkDescs) && !s.headChunkClosed {
// Never drop an open head chunk.
keepIdx--
}
if keepIdx <= 0 {
// Nothing to drop.
return nil
}
s.chunkDescs = append(
make([]*chunk.Desc, 0, len(s.chunkDescs)-keepIdx),
s.chunkDescs[keepIdx:]...,
)
s.persistWatermark -= keepIdx
if s.persistWatermark < 0 {
panic("dropped unpersisted chunks from memory")
}
if s.chunkDescsOffset != -1 {
s.chunkDescsOffset += keepIdx
}
chunk.NumMemDescs.Sub(float64(keepIdx))
s.dirty = true
return nil
}