temp fix for deadlock

src/pkg/egress/syslog/https_batch.go

@@ -69,24 +69,28 @@ func (w *HTTPSBatchWriter) startSender() {
 
 	var msgBatch bytes.Buffer
 	var msgCount float64
+
 	reset := func() {
+		if !t.Stop() {
+			<-t.C // Drain the timer channel if already expired
+		}
+		t.Reset(w.sendInterval)
 		msgBatch.Reset()
 		msgCount = 0
-		t.Reset(w.sendInterval)
 	}
+
 	for {
 		select {
-		case msg := <-w.msgs:
-			length, buffer_err := msgBatch.Write(msg)
-			if buffer_err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Failed to write to buffer, dropping buffer of size %d , err: %s", length, buffer_err)
+		case msg, ok := <-w.msgs:
+			if !ok {
+				log.Println("Channel closed, stopping sender")
+				return
+			}
+			msgBatch.Write(msg)
+			msgCount++
+			if msgBatch.Len() >= w.batchSize {
+				w.sendHttpRequest(msgBatch.Bytes(), msgCount) //nolint:errcheck
 				reset()
-			} else {
-				msgCount++
-				if length >= w.batchSize {
-					w.sendHttpRequest(msgBatch.Bytes(), msgCount) //nolint:errcheck
-					reset()
-				}
 			}
 		case <-t.C:
 			if msgBatch.Len() > 0 {