Cherry-pick #18477 to 7.8: fix application_pool metricset reader after pdh changes

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix overflow on Prometheus rates when new buckets are added on the go. {pull}17753[17753]
 - Add a switch to the driver definition on SQL module to use pretty names {pull}17378[17378]
 - Remove specific win32 api errors from events in perfmon. {issue}18292[18292] {pull}18361[18361]
+- Fix application_pool metricset after pdh changes. {pull}18477[18477]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 

x-pack/metricbeat/module/iis/application_pool/application_integration_test.go

@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ func TestFetch(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected 0 error, had %d. %v\n", len(errs), errs)
 	}
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, events)
+	if events != nil {
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, events)
+	}
+
 }
 
 func TestData(t *testing.T) {

x-pack/metricbeat/module/iis/application_pool/reader.go

@@ -150,10 +150,20 @@ func (re *Reader) fetch(names []string) ([]mb.Event, error) {
 			for _, val := range value {
 				// Some counters, such as rate counters, require two counter values in order to compute a displayable value. In this case we must call PdhCollectQueryData twice before calling PdhGetFormattedCounterValue.
 				// For more information, see Collecting Performance Data (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/PerfCtrs/collecting-performance-data).
-				if val.Err != nil && !re.hasRun {
-					re.log.Debugw("Ignoring the first measurement because the data isn't ready",
-						"error", val.Err, logp.Namespace("website"), "query", counterPath)
-					continue
+				if val.Err.Error != nil {
+					if !re.hasRun {
+						re.log.Debugw("Ignoring the first measurement because the data isn't ready",
+							"error", val.Err, logp.Namespace("application_pool"), "query", counterPath)
+						continue
+					}
+					// The counter has a negative value or the counter was successfully found, but the data returned is not valid.
+					// This error can occur if the counter value is less than the previous value. (Because counter values always increment, the counter value rolls over to zero when it reaches its maximum value.)
+					// This is not an error that stops the application from running successfully and a positive counter value should be retrieved in the later calls.
+					if val.Err.Error == pdh.PDH_CALC_NEGATIVE_VALUE || val.Err.Error == pdh.PDH_INVALID_DATA {
+						re.log.Debugw("Counter value retrieval returned",
+							"error", val.Err.Error, "cstatus", pdh.PdhErrno(val.Err.CStatus), logp.Namespace("application_pool"), "query", counterPath)
+						continue
+					}
 				}
 				if val.Instance == appPool.Name {
 					events[appPool.Name].MetricSetFields.Put(appPool.counters[counterPath], val.Measurement)

x-pack/metricbeat/module/iis/application_pool/reader_test.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestGetProcessIds(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Instance:    "w3wp#1",
 			Measurement: 124.00,
-			Err:         nil,
+			Err:         pdh.CounterValueError{},
 		},
 	}
 	counterList := make(map[string][]pdh.CounterValue)