metrics: pull library and introduce ResettingTimer and InfluxDB reporter (#15910)

* go-metrics: fork library and introduce ResettingTimer and InfluxDB reporter.

* vendor: change nonsense/go-metrics to ethersphere/go-metrics

* go-metrics: add tests. move ResettingTimer logic from reporter to type.

* all, metrics: pull in metrics package in go-ethereum

* metrics/test: make sure metrics are enabled for tests

* metrics: apply gosimple rules

* metrics/exp, internal/debug: init expvar endpoint when starting pprof server

* internal/debug: tiny comment formatting fix

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/metrics/json.go b/metrics/json.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2087d8211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/json.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// MarshalJSON returns a byte slice containing a JSON representation of all
+// the metrics in the Registry.
+func (r *StandardRegistry) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(r.GetAll())
+}
+
+// WriteJSON writes metrics from the given registry  periodically to the
+// specified io.Writer as JSON.
+func WriteJSON(r Registry, d time.Duration, w io.Writer) {
+	for range time.Tick(d) {
+		WriteJSONOnce(r, w)
+	}
+}
+
+// WriteJSONOnce writes metrics from the given registry to the specified
+// io.Writer as JSON.
+func WriteJSONOnce(r Registry, w io.Writer) {
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(r)
+}
+
+func (p *PrefixedRegistry) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(p.GetAll())
+}