Add query-frontend limit for max length of query expression #4397
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What this PR does:
In order to protect tempo from massive queries, it's helpful to put a cap on the max query length.
Having a limit on the size of the query saves us from being DOSed by issuing huge queries against tempo.
Added
query_frontend.max_query_expression_size_bytes
config param for query frontends, defaults to 128 KiB.this can be configured to a value lower of higher by setting it in query_frontend config section like:
users will see it as an error like this:

Loki also limits the size of query expression to 128kb and Mimir has a configurable limit with same name (see grafana/mimir#4604), and both were added for same reasons.
Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
Fixes #
Checklist
CHANGELOG.md
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