def returner(ret):
    '''
    Return data to a remote carbon server using the text metric protocol

    Each metric will look like::

        [module].[function].[minion_id].[metric path [...]].[metric name]

    '''
    opts = _get_options(ret)
    metric_base = ret['fun']
    # Strip the hostname from the carbon base if we are returning from virt
    # module since then we will get stable metric bases even if the VM is
    # migrate from host to host
    if not metric_base.startswith('virt.'):
        metric_base += '.' + ret['id'].replace('.', '_')

    saltdata = ret['return']
    _send(saltdata, metric_base, opts)