Provide invert (like grep -v) match capability

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/README.md

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ of the provided values (either at resource of span level)
 (use `s` or `ms` as the suffix to indicate unit)
 - `properties: { name_pattern: <regex>`}: selects the span if its operation name matches the provided regular expression
 
+To invert the decision (which is still a subject to rate limiting), additional property can be configured:
+- `invert_match: <invert>` (default=`false`): when set to `true`, the opposite decision is selected for the trace. E.g.
+if trace matches a given string attribute and `invert_match=true`, then the trace is not selected
+
 ## Limiting the number of spans 
 
 There are two `spans_per_second` settings. The global one and the policy-one.
@@ -79,39 +83,40 @@ processors:
     probabilistic_filtering_ratio: 0.1
     policies:
       [
-          {
-            name: test-policy-1,
-          },
-          {
-            name: test-policy-2,
-            numeric_attribute: {key: key1, min_value: 50, max_value: 100}
-          },
-          {
-            name: test-policy-3,
-            string_attribute: {key: key2, values: [value1, value2]}
-          },
-          {
-            name: test-policy-4,
-            spans_per_second: 35,
-          },
-          {
-            name: test-policy-5,
-            spans_per_second: 123,
-            numeric_attribute: {key: key1, min_value: 50, max_value: 100}
-          },
-          {
-            name: test-policy-6,
-            spans_per_second: 50,
-            properties: {min_duration: 9s }
-          },
-          {
-            name: test-policy-7,
-            properties: {
-              name_pattern: "foo.*",
-              min_number_of_spans: 10,
-              min_duration: 9s
-            }
-         },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-1,
+        },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-2,
+          numeric_attribute: { key: key1, min_value: 50, max_value: 100 }
+        },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-3,
+          string_attribute: { key: key2, values: [ value1, value2 ] }
+        },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-4,
+          spans_per_second: 35,
+        },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-5,
+          spans_per_second: 123,
+          numeric_attribute: { key: key1, min_value: 50, max_value: 100 },
+          invert_match: true
+        },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-6,
+          spans_per_second: 50,
+          properties: { min_duration: 9s }
+        },
+        {
+          name: test-policy-7,
+          properties: {
+            name_pattern: "foo.*",
+            min_number_of_spans: 10,
+            min_duration: 9s
+          }
+        },
         {
           name: everything_else,
           spans_per_second: -1

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/config/config.go

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ type PolicyCfg struct {
 	PropertiesCfg PropertiesCfg `mapstructure:"properties"`
 	// SpansPerSecond specifies the rule budget that should never be exceeded for it
 	SpansPerSecond int64 `mapstructure:"spans_per_second"`
+	// InvertMatch specifies if the match should be inverted. Default: false
+	InvertMatch bool `mapstructure:"invert_match"`
 }
 
 // PropertiesCfg holds the configurable settings to create a duration filter

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/config_test.go

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					SpansPerSecond: 123,
 					NumericAttributeCfg: &config.NumericAttributeCfg{
 						Key: "key1", MinValue: 50, MaxValue: 100},
+					InvertMatch: true,
 				},
 				{
 					Name:           "test-policy-6",

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/sampling/policy_factory.go

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ type policyEvaluator struct {
 	maxSpansPerSecond    int64
 	spansInCurrentSecond int64
 
+	invertMatch bool
+
 	logger *zap.Logger
 }
 
@@ -124,5 +126,6 @@ func NewFilter(logger *zap.Logger, cfg *config.PolicyCfg) (PolicyEvaluator, erro
 		currentSecond:        0,
 		spansInCurrentSecond: 0,
 		maxSpansPerSecond:    cfg.SpansPerSecond,
+		invertMatch:          cfg.InvertMatch,
 	}, nil
 }

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/sampling/policy_filter.go

@@ -156,9 +156,15 @@ func (pe *policyEvaluator) evaluateRules(_ pdata.TraceID, trace *TraceData) (Dec
 		conditionMet.operationName &&
 		conditionMet.numericAttr &&
 		conditionMet.stringAttr {
+		if pe.invertMatch {
+			return NotSampled, nil
+		}
 		return Sampled, nil
 	}
 
+	if pe.invertMatch {
+		return Sampled, nil
+	}
 	return NotSampled, nil
 }
 

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/sampling/span_properties_filter_test.go

@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ func newSpanPropertiesFilter(operationNamePattern *string, minDuration *time.Dur
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func evaluate(t *testing.T, evaluator policyEvaluator, traces *TraceData, expectedDecision Decision) {
+	u, _ := uuid.NewRandom()
+	decision, err := evaluator.Evaluate(pdata.NewTraceID(u), traces)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedDecision, decision)
+}
+
 func TestPartialSpanPropertiesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	opFilter, _ := newSpanPropertiesFilter(&operationNamePattern, nil, nil)
 	durationFilter, _ := newSpanPropertiesFilter(nil, &minDuration, nil)
@@ -74,15 +81,13 @@ func TestPartialSpanPropertiesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.Desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			u, _ := uuid.NewRandom()
-			decision, err := c.Evaluator.Evaluate(pdata.NewTraceID(u), matchingTraces)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, decision, Sampled)
-
-			u, _ = uuid.NewRandom()
-			decision, err = c.Evaluator.Evaluate(pdata.NewTraceID(u), nonMatchingTraces)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, decision, NotSampled)
+			c.Evaluator.invertMatch = false
+			evaluate(t, c.Evaluator, matchingTraces, Sampled)
+			evaluate(t, c.Evaluator, nonMatchingTraces, NotSampled)
+
+			c.Evaluator.invertMatch = true
+			evaluate(t, c.Evaluator, matchingTraces, NotSampled)
+			evaluate(t, c.Evaluator, nonMatchingTraces, Sampled)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -117,11 +122,17 @@ func TestSpanPropertiesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.Desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Regular match
 			filter, _ := newSpanPropertiesFilter(&operationNamePattern, &minDuration, &minNumberOfSpans)
-			u, _ := uuid.NewRandom()
-			decision, err := filter.Evaluate(pdata.NewTraceID(u), c.Trace)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, decision, c.Decision)
+			evaluate(t, filter, c.Trace, c.Decision)
+
+			// Invert match
+			filter.invertMatch = true
+			invertDecision := Sampled
+			if c.Decision == Sampled {
+				invertDecision = NotSampled
+			}
+			evaluate(t, filter, c.Trace, invertDecision)
 		})
 	}
 }

processor/cascadingfilterprocessor/testdata/cascading_filter_config.yaml

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ processors:
           {
             name: test-policy-5,
             spans_per_second: 123,
-            numeric_attribute: {key: key1, min_value: 50, max_value: 100}
+            numeric_attribute: {key: key1, min_value: 50, max_value: 100},
+            invert_match: true
           },
           {
             name: test-policy-6,