Fix data race in lexer and lexer test

As described in #1898 'go test -race' detects a race in lexer code. This
pacth fixes it and also add '-race' option to test target to prevent
regression.

Makefile

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ check_license:
 
 test:
 	@echo ">> running tests"
-	@$(GO) test -short $(pkgs)
+	@$(GO) test -race -short $(pkgs)
 
 format:
 	@echo ">> formatting code"

promql/lex.go

@@ -428,9 +428,16 @@ func (l *lexer) nextItem() item {
 
 // lex creates a new scanner for the input string.
 func lex(input string) *lexer {
+	return lexWithSeriesDesc(input, false)
+}
+
+// lexWithSeriesDesc creates a  new scanner for the input string
+// and specify seriesDesc to prevent data race in tests
+func lexWithSeriesDesc(input string, seriesDesc bool) *lexer {
 	l := &lexer{
 		input:      input,
 		items:      make(chan item),
+		seriesDesc: seriesDesc,
 	}
 	go l.run()
 	return l

promql/lex_test.go

@@ -438,9 +438,7 @@ var tests = []struct {
 // for the parser to avoid duplicated effort.
 func TestLexer(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, test := range tests {
-		l := lex(test.input)
-		l.seriesDesc = test.seriesDesc
-
+		l := lexWithSeriesDesc(test.input, test.seriesDesc)
 		out := []item{}
 		for it := range l.items {
 			out = append(out, it)