Fix a race condition on add_host_metadata

CHANGELOG.asciidoc

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.4.0...master[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Replace index patterns in TSVB visualizations. {pull}7929[7929]
 - Fixed Support `add_docker_metadata` in Windows by identifying systems' path separator. {issue}7797[7797]
 - Add backoff support to x-pack monitoring outputs. {issue}7966[7966]
-- Fix a race condition with the `add_host_metadata` and the event serialization. {pull}8223[8223]
+- Fix a race condition with the `add_host_metadata` and the event serialization. {pull}8223[8223] {pull}8653[8653]
 - Enforce that data used by k8s or docker doesn't use any reference. {pull}8240[8240]
 - Switch to different UUID lib due to to non-random generated UUIDs. {pull}8485[8485]
 

libbeat/processors/add_host_metadata/add_host_metadata.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func init() {
 type addHostMetadata struct {
 	info       types.HostInfo
 	lastUpdate time.Time
-	data       common.MapStr
+	data       common.MapStrPointer
 	config     Config
 }
 
@@ -63,39 +63,42 @@ func newHostMetadataProcessor(cfg *common.Config) (processors.Processor, error)
 	p := &addHostMetadata{
 		info:   h.Info(),
 		config: config,
+		data:   common.NewMapStrPointer(nil),
 	}
 	return p, nil
 }
 
 // Run enriches the given event with the host meta data
 func (p *addHostMetadata) Run(event *beat.Event) (*beat.Event, error) {
 	p.loadData()
-	event.Fields.DeepUpdate(p.data.Clone())
+	event.Fields.DeepUpdate(p.data.Get().Clone())
 	return event, nil
 }
 
 func (p *addHostMetadata) loadData() {
-
 	// Check if cache is expired
-	if p.lastUpdate.Add(cacheExpiration).Before(time.Now()) {
-		p.data = host.MapHostInfo(p.info)
-
-		if p.config.NetInfoEnabled {
-			// IP-address and MAC-address
-			var ipList, hwList, err = p.getNetInfo()
-			if err != nil {
-				logp.Info("Error when getting network information %v", err)
-			}
+	if p.lastUpdate.Add(cacheExpiration).After(time.Now()) {
+		return
+	}
 
-			if len(ipList) > 0 {
-				p.data.Put("host.ip", ipList)
-			}
-			if len(hwList) > 0 {
-				p.data.Put("host.mac", hwList)
-			}
+	data := host.MapHostInfo(p.info)
+	if p.config.NetInfoEnabled {
+		// IP-address and MAC-address
+		var ipList, hwList, err = p.getNetInfo()
+		if err != nil {
+			logp.Info("Error when getting network information %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if len(ipList) > 0 {
+			data.Put("host.ip", ipList)
+		}
+		if len(hwList) > 0 {
+			data.Put("host.mac", hwList)
 		}
-		p.lastUpdate = time.Now()
 	}
+
+	p.data.Set(data)
+	p.lastUpdate = time.Now()
 }
 
 func (p addHostMetadata) getNetInfo() ([]string, []string, error) {