linter: use a buffered error channel (#1187)

This allows the linter to more gracefully exit from context
cancellation.

As seen in
https://github.com/StyraInc/regal/actions/runs/11233013451/job/31225814604,
this can cause test cases to timeout after there are errors.

My understanding the error being attempted to be sent to the channel is
a context cancellation error.

Signed-off-by: Charlie Egan <[email protected]>

pkg/linter/linter.go

@@ -826,7 +826,10 @@ func (l Linter) lintWithRegoRules(ctx context.Context, input rules.Input) (repor
 
 	var mu sync.Mutex
 
-	errCh := make(chan error)
+	// the error channel is buffered to prevent blocking
+	// caused by the context cancellation happening before
+	// errors are sent and the per-file goroutines can exit.
+	errCh := make(chan error, len(input.FileNames))
 	doneCh := make(chan bool)
 
 	for _, name := range input.FileNames {