Fix return error for batch processor when consuming Metrics and Logs (#…

…7711)

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Drutu <bogdandrutu@gmail.com>

.chloggen/fixbatcherror.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: batchprocessor
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Fix return error for batch processor when consuming Metrics and Logs
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [7711]

processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor.go

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeTraces(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) e
 func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
 	b, err := bp.findBatcher(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}
 	b.newItem <- md
 	return nil
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics
 func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	b, err := bp.findBatcher(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}
 	b.newItem <- ld
 	return nil