From f932a31b657001ff5d80b4234dacece9e1ea772a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Rogers <paul.rogers@grafana.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:12:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add setReader() function

---
 clients/pkg/promtail/targets/file/filetarget.go | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clients/pkg/promtail/targets/file/filetarget.go b/clients/pkg/promtail/targets/file/filetarget.go
index eca4883003c1..0ade51902b49 100644
--- a/clients/pkg/promtail/targets/file/filetarget.go
+++ b/clients/pkg/promtail/targets/file/filetarget.go
@@ -405,9 +405,7 @@ func (t *FileTarget) startTailing(ps []string) {
 			}
 			reader = tailer
 		}
-		t.readersMutex.Lock()
-		t.readers[p] = reader
-		t.readersMutex.Unlock()
+		t.setReader(p, reader)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -452,6 +450,12 @@ func (t *FileTarget) getReader(val string) (Reader, bool) {
 	return reader, ok
 }
 
+func (t *FileTarget) setReader(val string, reader Reader) {
+	t.readersMutex.Lock()
+	defer t.readersMutex.Unlock()
+	t.readers[val] = reader
+}
+
 func (t *FileTarget) getWatch(val string) (struct{}, bool) {
 	t.watchesMutex.Lock()
 	defer t.watchesMutex.Unlock()