pass deviceType when running smartctl data collection (for megaraid type disks).

Make DevicePrefix a public function available outside the detect module.
if device type is detected as "ata" or "scsi", dont pass in via -d parameter, can cause issues with missing data.

collector/pkg/detect/detect.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (d *Detect) smartctlScan() ([]models.Device, error) {
 	for _, detectedDevice := range detectedDeviceConns.Devices {
 		detectedDevices = append(detectedDevices, models.Device{
 			DeviceType: detectedDevice.Type,
-			DeviceName: strings.TrimPrefix(detectedDevice.Name, d.devicePrefix()),
+			DeviceName: strings.TrimPrefix(detectedDevice.Name, DevicePrefix()),
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ func (d *Detect) smartctlScan() ([]models.Device, error) {
 func (d *Detect) smartCtlInfo(device *models.Device) error {
 
 	args := []string{"--info", "-j"}
-	if len(device.DeviceType) > 0 {
+	//only include the device type if its a non-standard one. In some cases ata drives are detected as scsi in docker, and metadata is lost.
+	if len(device.DeviceType) > 0 && device.DeviceType != "scsi" && device.DeviceType != "ata" {
 		args = append(args, "-d", device.DeviceType)
 	}
-	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", d.devicePrefix(), device.DeviceName))
+	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", DevicePrefix(), device.DeviceName))
 
 	availableDeviceInfoJson, err := common.ExecCmd("smartctl", args, "", os.Environ())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ func (d *Detect) smartCtlInfo(device *models.Device) error {
 
 	//DeviceType and DeviceName are already populated.
 	//WWN
-	device.ModelName = availableDeviceInfo.ModelName
 	//InterfaceType:
+	device.ModelName = availableDeviceInfo.ModelName
 	device.InterfaceSpeed = availableDeviceInfo.InterfaceSpeed.Current.String
 	device.SerialNumber = availableDeviceInfo.SerialNumber
 	device.Firmware = availableDeviceInfo.FirmwareVersion

collector/pkg/detect/devices_darwin.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func (d *Detect) devicePrefix() string {
+func DevicePrefix() string {
 	return "/dev/"
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (d *Detect) findMissingDevices(detectedDevices []models.Device) ([]models.D
 
 		//check if device is already detected.
 		alreadyDetected := false
-		diskName := strings.TrimPrefix(disk.Name, d.devicePrefix())
+		diskName := strings.TrimPrefix(disk.Name, DevicePrefix())
 		for _, detectedDevice := range detectedDevices {
 
 			if detectedDevice.DeviceName == diskName {

collector/pkg/detect/devices_linux.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jaypipes/ghw"
 )
 
-func (d *Detect) devicePrefix() string {
+func DevicePrefix() string {
 	return "/dev/"
 }
 

collector/pkg/detect/devices_windows.go

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package detect
 
-func (d *Detect) devicePrefix() string {
+func DevicePrefix() string {
 	return ""
 }