Previous to the PR, network sniffers and the Istio and Kafka watchers would report their data to the network mapper, which would then handle them synchronously. The network mapper now buffers a limited amount of reports in-memory (using a channel), and rejects more reports when the channel is full. This enables the network mapper to absorb peaks in reports.
Previous to the PR, network sniffers and the Istio and Kafka watchers would report their data to the network mapper, which would then handle them synchronously. The network mapper now buffers a limited amount of reports in-memory (using a channel), and rejects more reports when the channel is full. This enables the network mapper to absorb peaks in reports.