util/promlint/promlint.go
func metricUnits(m string) (unit string, base string, ok bool) {
	ss := strings.Split(m, "_")

	for _, u := range baseUnits {
		// Also check for "no prefix".
		for _, p := range append(unitPrefixes, "") {
			for _, s := range ss {
				// Attempt to explicitly match a known unit with a known prefix,
				// as some words may look like "units" when matching suffix.
				//
				// As an example, "thermometers" should not match "meters", but
				// "kilometers" should.
				if s == p+u {
					return p + u, u, true
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return "", "", false
}
func metricUnits(m string) (unit string, base string, ok bool) {
	ss := strings.Split(m, "_")

	for _, u := range baseUnits {
		// Also check for "no prefix".
		for _, p := range append(unitPrefixes, "") {
			for _, s := range ss {
				// Attempt to explicitly match a known unit with a known prefix,
				// as some words may look like "units" when matching suffix.
				//
				// As an example, "thermometers" should not match "meters", but
				// "kilometers" should.
				if s == p+u {
					return p + u, u, true
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return "", "", false
}
// metricUnits attempts to detect known unit types used as part of a metric name,
// e.g. "foo_bytes_total" or "bar_baz_milligrams".