utils: Move wrapper code around os.makedirs into separate function

[ganeti-local] / lib / utils.py

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"""Ganeti utility module.

This module holds functions that can be used in both daemons (all) and
the command line scripts.

"""


import os
import time
import subprocess
import re
import socket
import tempfile
import shutil
import errno
import pwd
import itertools
import select
import fcntl
import resource
import logging
import logging.handlers
import signal
import datetime
import calendar

from cStringIO import StringIO

try:
  from hashlib import sha1
except ImportError:
  import sha
  sha1 = sha.new

from ganeti import errors
from ganeti import constants


_locksheld = []
_re_shell_unquoted = re.compile('^[-.,=:/_+@A-Za-z0-9]+$')

debug_locks = False

#: when set to True, L{RunCmd} is disabled
no_fork = False

_RANDOM_UUID_FILE = "/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid"


class RunResult(object):
  """Holds the result of running external programs.

  @type exit_code: int
  @ivar exit_code: the exit code of the program, or None (if the program
      didn't exit())
  @type signal: int or None
  @ivar signal: the signal that caused the program to finish, or None
      (if the program wasn't terminated by a signal)
  @type stdout: str
  @ivar stdout: the standard output of the program
  @type stderr: str
  @ivar stderr: the standard error of the program
  @type failed: boolean
  @ivar failed: True in case the program was
      terminated by a signal or exited with a non-zero exit code
  @ivar fail_reason: a string detailing the termination reason

  """
  __slots__ = ["exit_code", "signal", "stdout", "stderr",
               "failed", "fail_reason", "cmd"]


  def __init__(self, exit_code, signal_, stdout, stderr, cmd):
    self.cmd = cmd
    self.exit_code = exit_code
    self.signal = signal_
    self.stdout = stdout
    self.stderr = stderr
    self.failed = (signal_ is not None or exit_code != 0)

    if self.signal is not None:
      self.fail_reason = "terminated by signal %s" % self.signal
    elif self.exit_code is not None:
      self.fail_reason = "exited with exit code %s" % self.exit_code
    else:
      self.fail_reason = "unable to determine termination reason"

    if self.failed:
      logging.debug("Command '%s' failed (%s); output: %s",
                    self.cmd, self.fail_reason, self.output)

  def _GetOutput(self):
    """Returns the combined stdout and stderr for easier usage.

    """
    return self.stdout + self.stderr

  output = property(_GetOutput, None, None, "Return full output")


def RunCmd(cmd, env=None, output=None, cwd='/', reset_env=False):
  """Execute a (shell) command.

  The command should not read from its standard input, as it will be
  closed.

  @type cmd: string or list
  @param cmd: Command to run
  @type env: dict
  @param env: Additional environment
  @type output: str
  @param output: if desired, the output of the command can be
      saved in a file instead of the RunResult instance; this
      parameter denotes the file name (if not None)
  @type cwd: string
  @param cwd: if specified, will be used as the working
      directory for the command; the default will be /
  @type reset_env: boolean
  @param reset_env: whether to reset or keep the default os environment
  @rtype: L{RunResult}
  @return: RunResult instance
  @raise errors.ProgrammerError: if we call this when forks are disabled

  """
  if no_fork:
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("utils.RunCmd() called with fork() disabled")

  if isinstance(cmd, list):
    cmd = [str(val) for val in cmd]
    strcmd = " ".join(cmd)
    shell = False
  else:
    strcmd = cmd
    shell = True
  logging.debug("RunCmd '%s'", strcmd)

  if not reset_env:
    cmd_env = os.environ.copy()
    cmd_env["LC_ALL"] = "C"
  else:
    cmd_env = {}

  if env is not None:
    cmd_env.update(env)

  try:
    if output is None:
      out, err, status = _RunCmdPipe(cmd, cmd_env, shell, cwd)
    else:
      status = _RunCmdFile(cmd, cmd_env, shell, output, cwd)
      out = err = ""
  except OSError, err:
    if err.errno == errno.ENOENT:
      raise errors.OpExecError("Can't execute '%s': not found (%s)" %
                               (strcmd, err))
    else:
      raise

  if status >= 0:
    exitcode = status
    signal_ = None
  else:
    exitcode = None
    signal_ = -status

  return RunResult(exitcode, signal_, out, err, strcmd)


def _RunCmdPipe(cmd, env, via_shell, cwd):
  """Run a command and return its output.

  @type  cmd: string or list
  @param cmd: Command to run
  @type env: dict
  @param env: The environment to use
  @type via_shell: bool
  @param via_shell: if we should run via the shell
  @type cwd: string
  @param cwd: the working directory for the program
  @rtype: tuple
  @return: (out, err, status)

  """
  poller = select.poll()
  child = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=via_shell,
                           stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                           stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                           close_fds=True, env=env,
                           cwd=cwd)

  child.stdin.close()
  poller.register(child.stdout, select.POLLIN)
  poller.register(child.stderr, select.POLLIN)
  out = StringIO()
  err = StringIO()
  fdmap = {
    child.stdout.fileno(): (out, child.stdout),
    child.stderr.fileno(): (err, child.stderr),
    }
  for fd in fdmap:
    status = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
    fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, status | os.O_NONBLOCK)

  while fdmap:
    try:
      pollresult = poller.poll()
    except EnvironmentError, eerr:
      if eerr.errno == errno.EINTR:
        continue
      raise
    except select.error, serr:
      if serr[0] == errno.EINTR:
        continue
      raise

    for fd, event in pollresult:
      if event & select.POLLIN or event & select.POLLPRI:
        data = fdmap[fd][1].read()
        # no data from read signifies EOF (the same as POLLHUP)
        if not data:
          poller.unregister(fd)
          del fdmap[fd]
          continue
        fdmap[fd][0].write(data)
      if (event & select.POLLNVAL or event & select.POLLHUP or
          event & select.POLLERR):
        poller.unregister(fd)
        del fdmap[fd]

  out = out.getvalue()
  err = err.getvalue()

  status = child.wait()
  return out, err, status


def _RunCmdFile(cmd, env, via_shell, output, cwd):
  """Run a command and save its output to a file.

  @type  cmd: string or list
  @param cmd: Command to run
  @type env: dict
  @param env: The environment to use
  @type via_shell: bool
  @param via_shell: if we should run via the shell
  @type output: str
  @param output: the filename in which to save the output
  @type cwd: string
  @param cwd: the working directory for the program
  @rtype: int
  @return: the exit status

  """
  fh = open(output, "a")
  try:
    child = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=via_shell,
                             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                             stdout=fh,
                             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                             close_fds=True, env=env,
                             cwd=cwd)

    child.stdin.close()
    status = child.wait()
  finally:
    fh.close()
  return status


def RunParts(dir_name, env=None, reset_env=False):
  """Run Scripts or programs in a directory

  @type dir_name: string
  @param dir_name: absolute path to a directory
  @type env: dict
  @param env: The environment to use
  @type reset_env: boolean
  @param reset_env: whether to reset or keep the default os environment
  @rtype: list of tuples
  @return: list of (name, (one of RUNDIR_STATUS), RunResult)

  """
  rr = []

  try:
    dir_contents = ListVisibleFiles(dir_name)
  except OSError, err:
    logging.warning("RunParts: skipping %s (cannot list: %s)", dir_name, err)
    return rr

  for relname in sorted(dir_contents):
    fname = PathJoin(dir_name, relname)
    if not (os.path.isfile(fname) and os.access(fname, os.X_OK) and
            constants.EXT_PLUGIN_MASK.match(relname) is not None):
      rr.append((relname, constants.RUNPARTS_SKIP, None))
    else:
      try:
        result = RunCmd([fname], env=env, reset_env=reset_env)
      except Exception, err: # pylint: disable-msg=W0703
        rr.append((relname, constants.RUNPARTS_ERR, str(err)))
      else:
        rr.append((relname, constants.RUNPARTS_RUN, result))

  return rr


def RemoveFile(filename):
  """Remove a file ignoring some errors.

  Remove a file, ignoring non-existing ones or directories. Other
  errors are passed.

  @type filename: str
  @param filename: the file to be removed

  """
  try:
    os.unlink(filename)
  except OSError, err:
    if err.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.EISDIR):
      raise


def RenameFile(old, new, mkdir=False, mkdir_mode=0750):
  """Renames a file.

  @type old: string
  @param old: Original path
  @type new: string
  @param new: New path
  @type mkdir: bool
  @param mkdir: Whether to create target directory if it doesn't exist
  @type mkdir_mode: int
  @param mkdir_mode: Mode for newly created directories

  """
  try:
    return os.rename(old, new)
  except OSError, err:
    # In at least one use case of this function, the job queue, directory
    # creation is very rare. Checking for the directory before renaming is not
    # as efficient.
    if mkdir and err.errno == errno.ENOENT:
      # Create directory and try again
      Makedirs(os.path.dirname(new))

      return os.rename(old, new)

    raise


def Makedirs(path, mode=0750):
  """Super-mkdir; create a leaf directory and all intermediate ones.

  This is a wrapper around C{os.makedirs} adding error handling not implemented
  before Python 2.5.

  """
  try:
    os.makedirs(path, mode)
  except OSError, err:
    # Ignore EEXIST. This is only handled in os.makedirs as included in
    # Python 2.5 and above.
    if err.errno != errno.EEXIST or not os.path.exists(path):
      raise


def ResetTempfileModule():
  """Resets the random name generator of the tempfile module.

  This function should be called after C{os.fork} in the child process to
  ensure it creates a newly seeded random generator. Otherwise it would
  generate the same random parts as the parent process. If several processes
  race for the creation of a temporary file, this could lead to one not getting
  a temporary name.

  """
  # pylint: disable-msg=W0212
  if hasattr(tempfile, "_once_lock") and hasattr(tempfile, "_name_sequence"):
    tempfile._once_lock.acquire()
    try:
      # Reset random name generator
      tempfile._name_sequence = None
    finally:
      tempfile._once_lock.release()
  else:
    logging.critical("The tempfile module misses at least one of the"
                     " '_once_lock' and '_name_sequence' attributes")


def _FingerprintFile(filename):
  """Compute the fingerprint of a file.

  If the file does not exist, a None will be returned
  instead.

  @type filename: str
  @param filename: the filename to checksum
  @rtype: str
  @return: the hex digest of the sha checksum of the contents
      of the file

  """
  if not (os.path.exists(filename) and os.path.isfile(filename)):
    return None

  f = open(filename)

  fp = sha1()
  while True:
    data = f.read(4096)
    if not data:
      break

    fp.update(data)

  return fp.hexdigest()


def FingerprintFiles(files):
  """Compute fingerprints for a list of files.

  @type files: list
  @param files: the list of filename to fingerprint
  @rtype: dict
  @return: a dictionary filename: fingerprint, holding only
      existing files

  """
  ret = {}

  for filename in files:
    cksum = _FingerprintFile(filename)
    if cksum:
      ret[filename] = cksum

  return ret


def ForceDictType(target, key_types, allowed_values=None):
  """Force the values of a dict to have certain types.

  @type target: dict
  @param target: the dict to update
  @type key_types: dict
  @param key_types: dict mapping target dict keys to types
                    in constants.ENFORCEABLE_TYPES
  @type allowed_values: list
  @keyword allowed_values: list of specially allowed values

  """
  if allowed_values is None:
    allowed_values = []

  if not isinstance(target, dict):
    msg = "Expected dictionary, got '%s'" % target
    raise errors.TypeEnforcementError(msg)

  for key in target:
    if key not in key_types:
      msg = "Unknown key '%s'" % key
      raise errors.TypeEnforcementError(msg)

    if target[key] in allowed_values:
      continue

    ktype = key_types[key]
    if ktype not in constants.ENFORCEABLE_TYPES:
      msg = "'%s' has non-enforceable type %s" % (key, ktype)
      raise errors.ProgrammerError(msg)

    if ktype == constants.VTYPE_STRING:
      if not isinstance(target[key], basestring):
        if isinstance(target[key], bool) and not target[key]:
          target[key] = ''
        else:
          msg = "'%s' (value %s) is not a valid string" % (key, target[key])
          raise errors.TypeEnforcementError(msg)
    elif ktype == constants.VTYPE_BOOL:
      if isinstance(target[key], basestring) and target[key]:
        if target[key].lower() == constants.VALUE_FALSE:
          target[key] = False
        elif target[key].lower() == constants.VALUE_TRUE:
          target[key] = True
        else:
          msg = "'%s' (value %s) is not a valid boolean" % (key, target[key])
          raise errors.TypeEnforcementError(msg)
      elif target[key]:
        target[key] = True
      else:
        target[key] = False
    elif ktype == constants.VTYPE_SIZE:
      try:
        target[key] = ParseUnit(target[key])
      except errors.UnitParseError, err:
        msg = "'%s' (value %s) is not a valid size. error: %s" % \
              (key, target[key], err)
        raise errors.TypeEnforcementError(msg)
    elif ktype == constants.VTYPE_INT:
      try:
        target[key] = int(target[key])
      except (ValueError, TypeError):
        msg = "'%s' (value %s) is not a valid integer" % (key, target[key])
        raise errors.TypeEnforcementError(msg)


def IsProcessAlive(pid):
  """Check if a given pid exists on the system.

  @note: zombie status is not handled, so zombie processes
      will be returned as alive
  @type pid: int
  @param pid: the process ID to check
  @rtype: boolean
  @return: True if the process exists

  """
  if pid <= 0:
    return False

  try:
    os.stat("/proc/%d/status" % pid)
    return True
  except EnvironmentError, err:
    if err.errno in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR):
      return False
    raise


def ReadPidFile(pidfile):
  """Read a pid from a file.

  @type  pidfile: string
  @param pidfile: path to the file containing the pid
  @rtype: int
  @return: The process id, if the file exists and contains a valid PID,
           otherwise 0

  """
  try:
    raw_data = ReadFile(pidfile)
  except EnvironmentError, err:
    if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
      logging.exception("Can't read pid file")
    return 0

  try:
    pid = int(raw_data)
  except (TypeError, ValueError), err:
    logging.info("Can't parse pid file contents", exc_info=True)
    return 0

  return pid


def MatchNameComponent(key, name_list, case_sensitive=True):
  """Try to match a name against a list.

  This function will try to match a name like test1 against a list
  like C{['test1.example.com', 'test2.example.com', ...]}. Against
  this list, I{'test1'} as well as I{'test1.example'} will match, but
  not I{'test1.ex'}. A multiple match will be considered as no match
  at all (e.g. I{'test1'} against C{['test1.example.com',
  'test1.example.org']}), except when the key fully matches an entry
  (e.g. I{'test1'} against C{['test1', 'test1.example.com']}).

  @type key: str
  @param key: the name to be searched
  @type name_list: list
  @param name_list: the list of strings against which to search the key
  @type case_sensitive: boolean
  @param case_sensitive: whether to provide a case-sensitive match

  @rtype: None or str
  @return: None if there is no match I{or} if there are multiple matches,
      otherwise the element from the list which matches

  """
  if key in name_list:
    return key

  re_flags = 0
  if not case_sensitive:
    re_flags |= re.IGNORECASE
    key = key.upper()
  mo = re.compile("^%s(\..*)?$" % re.escape(key), re_flags)
  names_filtered = []
  string_matches = []
  for name in name_list:
    if mo.match(name) is not None:
      names_filtered.append(name)
      if not case_sensitive and key == name.upper():
        string_matches.append(name)

  if len(string_matches) == 1:
    return string_matches[0]
  if len(names_filtered) == 1:
    return names_filtered[0]
  return None


class HostInfo:
  """Class implementing resolver and hostname functionality

  """
  _VALID_NAME_RE = re.compile("^[a-z0-9._-]{1,255}$")

  def __init__(self, name=None):
    """Initialize the host name object.

    If the name argument is not passed, it will use this system's
    name.

    """
    if name is None:
      name = self.SysName()

    self.query = name
    self.name, self.aliases, self.ipaddrs = self.LookupHostname(name)
    self.ip = self.ipaddrs[0]

  def ShortName(self):
    """Returns the hostname without domain.

    """
    return self.name.split('.')[0]

  @staticmethod
  def SysName():
    """Return the current system's name.

    This is simply a wrapper over C{socket.gethostname()}.

    """
    return socket.gethostname()

  @staticmethod
  def LookupHostname(hostname):
    """Look up hostname

    @type hostname: str
    @param hostname: hostname to look up

    @rtype: tuple
    @return: a tuple (name, aliases, ipaddrs) as returned by
        C{socket.gethostbyname_ex}
    @raise errors.ResolverError: in case of errors in resolving

    """
    try:
      result = socket.gethostbyname_ex(hostname)
    except socket.gaierror, err:
      # hostname not found in DNS
      raise errors.ResolverError(hostname, err.args[0], err.args[1])

    return result

  @classmethod
  def NormalizeName(cls, hostname):
    """Validate and normalize the given hostname.

    @attention: the validation is a bit more relaxed than the standards
        require; most importantly, we allow underscores in names
    @raise errors.OpPrereqError: when the name is not valid

    """
    hostname = hostname.lower()
    if (not cls._VALID_NAME_RE.match(hostname) or
        # double-dots, meaning empty label
        ".." in hostname or
        # empty initial label
        hostname.startswith(".")):
      raise errors.OpPrereqError("Invalid hostname '%s'" % hostname,
                                 errors.ECODE_INVAL)
    if hostname.endswith("."):
      hostname = hostname.rstrip(".")
    return hostname


def GetHostInfo(name=None):
  """Lookup host name and raise an OpPrereqError for failures"""

  try:
    return HostInfo(name)
  except errors.ResolverError, err:
    raise errors.OpPrereqError("The given name (%s) does not resolve: %s" %
                               (err[0], err[2]), errors.ECODE_RESOLVER)


def ListVolumeGroups():
  """List volume groups and their size

  @rtype: dict
  @return:
       Dictionary with keys volume name and values
       the size of the volume

  """
  command = "vgs --noheadings --units m --nosuffix -o name,size"
  result = RunCmd(command)
  retval = {}
  if result.failed:
    return retval

  for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
    try:
      name, size = line.split()
      size = int(float(size))
    except (IndexError, ValueError), err:
      logging.error("Invalid output from vgs (%s): %s", err, line)
      continue

    retval[name] = size

  return retval


def BridgeExists(bridge):
  """Check whether the given bridge exists in the system

  @type bridge: str
  @param bridge: the bridge name to check
  @rtype: boolean
  @return: True if it does

  """
  return os.path.isdir("/sys/class/net/%s/bridge" % bridge)


def NiceSort(name_list):
  """Sort a list of strings based on digit and non-digit groupings.

  Given a list of names C{['a1', 'a10', 'a11', 'a2']} this function
  will sort the list in the logical order C{['a1', 'a2', 'a10',
  'a11']}.

  The sort algorithm breaks each name in groups of either only-digits
  or no-digits. Only the first eight such groups are considered, and
  after that we just use what's left of the string.

  @type name_list: list
  @param name_list: the names to be sorted
  @rtype: list
  @return: a copy of the name list sorted with our algorithm

  """
  _SORTER_BASE = "(\D+|\d+)"
  _SORTER_FULL = "^%s%s?%s?%s?%s?%s?%s?%s?.*$" % (_SORTER_BASE, _SORTER_BASE,
                                                  _SORTER_BASE, _SORTER_BASE,
                                                  _SORTER_BASE, _SORTER_BASE,
                                                  _SORTER_BASE, _SORTER_BASE)
  _SORTER_RE = re.compile(_SORTER_FULL)
  _SORTER_NODIGIT = re.compile("^\D*$")
  def _TryInt(val):
    """Attempts to convert a variable to integer."""
    if val is None or _SORTER_NODIGIT.match(val):
      return val
    rval = int(val)
    return rval

  to_sort = [([_TryInt(grp) for grp in _SORTER_RE.match(name).groups()], name)
             for name in name_list]
  to_sort.sort()
  return [tup[1] for tup in to_sort]


def TryConvert(fn, val):
  """Try to convert a value ignoring errors.

  This function tries to apply function I{fn} to I{val}. If no
  C{ValueError} or C{TypeError} exceptions are raised, it will return
  the result, else it will return the original value. Any other
  exceptions are propagated to the caller.

  @type fn: callable
  @param fn: function to apply to the value
  @param val: the value to be converted
  @return: The converted value if the conversion was successful,
      otherwise the original value.

  """
  try:
    nv = fn(val)
  except (ValueError, TypeError):
    nv = val
  return nv


def IsValidIP(ip):
  """Verifies the syntax of an IPv4 address.

  This function checks if the IPv4 address passes is valid or not based
  on syntax (not IP range, class calculations, etc.).

  @type ip: str
  @param ip: the address to be checked
  @rtype: a regular expression match object
  @return: a regular expression match object, or None if the
      address is not valid

  """
  unit = "(0|[1-9]\d{0,2})"
  #TODO: convert and return only boolean
  return re.match("^%s\.%s\.%s\.%s$" % (unit, unit, unit, unit), ip)


def IsValidShellParam(word):
  """Verifies is the given word is safe from the shell's p.o.v.

  This means that we can pass this to a command via the shell and be
  sure that it doesn't alter the command line and is passed as such to
  the actual command.

  Note that we are overly restrictive here, in order to be on the safe
  side.

  @type word: str
  @param word: the word to check
  @rtype: boolean
  @return: True if the word is 'safe'

  """
  return bool(re.match("^[-a-zA-Z0-9._+/:%@]+$", word))


def BuildShellCmd(template, *args):
  """Build a safe shell command line from the given arguments.

  This function will check all arguments in the args list so that they
  are valid shell parameters (i.e. they don't contain shell
  metacharacters). If everything is ok, it will return the result of
  template % args.

  @type template: str
  @param template: the string holding the template for the
      string formatting
  @rtype: str
  @return: the expanded command line

  """
  for word in args:
    if not IsValidShellParam(word):
      raise errors.ProgrammerError("Shell argument '%s' contains"
                                   " invalid characters" % word)
  return template % args


def FormatUnit(value, units):
  """Formats an incoming number of MiB with the appropriate unit.

  @type value: int
  @param value: integer representing the value in MiB (1048576)
  @type units: char
  @param units: the type of formatting we should do:
      - 'h' for automatic scaling
      - 'm' for MiBs
      - 'g' for GiBs
      - 't' for TiBs
  @rtype: str
  @return: the formatted value (with suffix)

  """
  if units not in ('m', 'g', 't', 'h'):
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Invalid unit specified '%s'" % str(units))

  suffix = ''

  if units == 'm' or (units == 'h' and value < 1024):
    if units == 'h':
      suffix = 'M'
    return "%d%s" % (round(value, 0), suffix)

  elif units == 'g' or (units == 'h' and value < (1024 * 1024)):
    if units == 'h':
      suffix = 'G'
    return "%0.1f%s" % (round(float(value) / 1024, 1), suffix)

  else:
    if units == 'h':
      suffix = 'T'
    return "%0.1f%s" % (round(float(value) / 1024 / 1024, 1), suffix)


def ParseUnit(input_string):
  """Tries to extract number and scale from the given string.

  Input must be in the format C{NUMBER+ [DOT NUMBER+] SPACE*
  [UNIT]}. If no unit is specified, it defaults to MiB. Return value
  is always an int in MiB.

  """
  m = re.match('^([.\d]+)\s*([a-zA-Z]+)?$', str(input_string))
  if not m:
    raise errors.UnitParseError("Invalid format")

  value = float(m.groups()[0])

  unit = m.groups()[1]
  if unit:
    lcunit = unit.lower()
  else:
    lcunit = 'm'

  if lcunit in ('m', 'mb', 'mib'):
    # Value already in MiB
    pass

  elif lcunit in ('g', 'gb', 'gib'):
    value *= 1024

  elif lcunit in ('t', 'tb', 'tib'):
    value *= 1024 * 1024

  else:
    raise errors.UnitParseError("Unknown unit: %s" % unit)

  # Make sure we round up
  if int(value) < value:
    value += 1

  # Round up to the next multiple of 4
  value = int(value)
  if value % 4:
    value += 4 - value % 4

  return value


def AddAuthorizedKey(file_name, key):
  """Adds an SSH public key to an authorized_keys file.

  @type file_name: str
  @param file_name: path to authorized_keys file
  @type key: str
  @param key: string containing key

  """
  key_fields = key.split()

  f = open(file_name, 'a+')
  try:
    nl = True
    for line in f:
      # Ignore whitespace changes
      if line.split() == key_fields:
        break
      nl = line.endswith('\n')
    else:
      if not nl:
        f.write("\n")
      f.write(key.rstrip('\r\n'))
      f.write("\n")
      f.flush()
  finally:
    f.close()


def RemoveAuthorizedKey(file_name, key):
  """Removes an SSH public key from an authorized_keys file.

  @type file_name: str
  @param file_name: path to authorized_keys file
  @type key: str
  @param key: string containing key

  """
  key_fields = key.split()

  fd, tmpname = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(file_name))
  try:
    out = os.fdopen(fd, 'w')
    try:
      f = open(file_name, 'r')
      try:
        for line in f:
          # Ignore whitespace changes while comparing lines
          if line.split() != key_fields:
            out.write(line)

        out.flush()
        os.rename(tmpname, file_name)
      finally:
        f.close()
    finally:
      out.close()
  except:
    RemoveFile(tmpname)
    raise


def SetEtcHostsEntry(file_name, ip, hostname, aliases):
  """Sets the name of an IP address and hostname in /etc/hosts.

  @type file_name: str
  @param file_name: path to the file to modify (usually C{/etc/hosts})
  @type ip: str
  @param ip: the IP address
  @type hostname: str
  @param hostname: the hostname to be added
  @type aliases: list
  @param aliases: the list of aliases to add for the hostname

  """
  # FIXME: use WriteFile + fn rather than duplicating its efforts
  # Ensure aliases are unique
  aliases = UniqueSequence([hostname] + aliases)[1:]

  fd, tmpname = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(file_name))
  try:
    out = os.fdopen(fd, 'w')
    try:
      f = open(file_name, 'r')
      try:
        for line in f:
          fields = line.split()
          if fields and not fields[0].startswith('#') and ip == fields[0]:
            continue
          out.write(line)

        out.write("%s\t%s" % (ip, hostname))
        if aliases:
          out.write(" %s" % ' '.join(aliases))
        out.write('\n')

        out.flush()
        os.fsync(out)
        os.chmod(tmpname, 0644)
        os.rename(tmpname, file_name)
      finally:
        f.close()
    finally:
      out.close()
  except:
    RemoveFile(tmpname)
    raise


def AddHostToEtcHosts(hostname):
  """Wrapper around SetEtcHostsEntry.

  @type hostname: str
  @param hostname: a hostname that will be resolved and added to
      L{constants.ETC_HOSTS}

  """
  hi = HostInfo(name=hostname)
  SetEtcHostsEntry(constants.ETC_HOSTS, hi.ip, hi.name, [hi.ShortName()])


def RemoveEtcHostsEntry(file_name, hostname):
  """Removes a hostname from /etc/hosts.

  IP addresses without names are removed from the file.

  @type file_name: str
  @param file_name: path to the file to modify (usually C{/etc/hosts})
  @type hostname: str
  @param hostname: the hostname to be removed

  """
  # FIXME: use WriteFile + fn rather than duplicating its efforts
  fd, tmpname = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(file_name))
  try:
    out = os.fdopen(fd, 'w')
    try:
      f = open(file_name, 'r')
      try:
        for line in f:
          fields = line.split()
          if len(fields) > 1 and not fields[0].startswith('#'):
            names = fields[1:]
            if hostname in names:
              while hostname in names:
                names.remove(hostname)
              if names:
                out.write("%s %s\n" % (fields[0], ' '.join(names)))
              continue

          out.write(line)

        out.flush()
        os.fsync(out)
        os.chmod(tmpname, 0644)
        os.rename(tmpname, file_name)
      finally:
        f.close()
    finally:
      out.close()
  except:
    RemoveFile(tmpname)
    raise


def RemoveHostFromEtcHosts(hostname):
  """Wrapper around RemoveEtcHostsEntry.

  @type hostname: str
  @param hostname: hostname that will be resolved and its
      full and shot name will be removed from
      L{constants.ETC_HOSTS}

  """
  hi = HostInfo(name=hostname)
  RemoveEtcHostsEntry(constants.ETC_HOSTS, hi.name)
  RemoveEtcHostsEntry(constants.ETC_HOSTS, hi.ShortName())


def TimestampForFilename():
  """Returns the current time formatted for filenames.

  The format doesn't contain colons as some shells and applications them as
  separators.

  """
  return time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M_%S")


def CreateBackup(file_name):
  """Creates a backup of a file.

  @type file_name: str
  @param file_name: file to be backed up
  @rtype: str
  @return: the path to the newly created backup
  @raise errors.ProgrammerError: for invalid file names

  """
  if not os.path.isfile(file_name):
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Can't make a backup of a non-file '%s'" %
                                file_name)

  prefix = ("%s.backup-%s." %
            (os.path.basename(file_name), TimestampForFilename()))
  dir_name = os.path.dirname(file_name)

  fsrc = open(file_name, 'rb')
  try:
    (fd, backup_name) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=prefix, dir=dir_name)
    fdst = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb')
    try:
      logging.debug("Backing up %s at %s", file_name, backup_name)
      shutil.copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)
    finally:
      fdst.close()
  finally:
    fsrc.close()

  return backup_name


def ShellQuote(value):
  """Quotes shell argument according to POSIX.

  @type value: str
  @param value: the argument to be quoted
  @rtype: str
  @return: the quoted value

  """
  if _re_shell_unquoted.match(value):
    return value
  else:
    return "'%s'" % value.replace("'", "'\\''")


def ShellQuoteArgs(args):
  """Quotes a list of shell arguments.

  @type args: list
  @param args: list of arguments to be quoted
  @rtype: str
  @return: the quoted arguments concatenated with spaces

  """
  return ' '.join([ShellQuote(i) for i in args])


def TcpPing(target, port, timeout=10, live_port_needed=False, source=None):
  """Simple ping implementation using TCP connect(2).

  Check if the given IP is reachable by doing attempting a TCP connect
  to it.

  @type target: str
  @param target: the IP or hostname to ping
  @type port: int
  @param port: the port to connect to
  @type timeout: int
  @param timeout: the timeout on the connection attempt
  @type live_port_needed: boolean
  @param live_port_needed: whether a closed port will cause the
      function to return failure, as if there was a timeout
  @type source: str or None
  @param source: if specified, will cause the connect to be made
      from this specific source address; failures to bind other
      than C{EADDRNOTAVAIL} will be ignored

  """
  sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

  success = False

  if source is not None:
    try:
      sock.bind((source, 0))
    except socket.error, (errcode, _):
      if errcode == errno.EADDRNOTAVAIL:
        success = False

  sock.settimeout(timeout)

  try:
    sock.connect((target, port))
    sock.close()
    success = True
  except socket.timeout:
    success = False
  except socket.error, (errcode, _):
    success = (not live_port_needed) and (errcode == errno.ECONNREFUSED)

  return success


def OwnIpAddress(address):
  """Check if the current host has the the given IP address.

  Currently this is done by TCP-pinging the address from the loopback
  address.

  @type address: string
  @param address: the address to check
  @rtype: bool
  @return: True if we own the address

  """
  return TcpPing(address, constants.DEFAULT_NODED_PORT,
                 source=constants.LOCALHOST_IP_ADDRESS)


def ListVisibleFiles(path):
  """Returns a list of visible files in a directory.

  @type path: str
  @param path: the directory to enumerate
  @rtype: list
  @return: the list of all files not starting with a dot
  @raise ProgrammerError: if L{path} is not an absolue and normalized path

  """
  if not IsNormAbsPath(path):
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Path passed to ListVisibleFiles is not"
                                 " absolute/normalized: '%s'" % path)
  files = [i for i in os.listdir(path) if not i.startswith(".")]
  files.sort()
  return files


def GetHomeDir(user, default=None):
  """Try to get the homedir of the given user.

  The user can be passed either as a string (denoting the name) or as
  an integer (denoting the user id). If the user is not found, the
  'default' argument is returned, which defaults to None.

  """
  try:
    if isinstance(user, basestring):
      result = pwd.getpwnam(user)
    elif isinstance(user, (int, long)):
      result = pwd.getpwuid(user)
    else:
      raise errors.ProgrammerError("Invalid type passed to GetHomeDir (%s)" %
                                   type(user))
  except KeyError:
    return default
  return result.pw_dir


def NewUUID():
  """Returns a random UUID.

  @note: This is a Linux-specific method as it uses the /proc
      filesystem.
  @rtype: str

  """
  return ReadFile(_RANDOM_UUID_FILE, size=128).rstrip("\n")


def GenerateSecret(numbytes=20):
  """Generates a random secret.

  This will generate a pseudo-random secret returning an hex string
  (so that it can be used where an ASCII string is needed).

  @param numbytes: the number of bytes which will be represented by the returned
      string (defaulting to 20, the length of a SHA1 hash)
  @rtype: str
  @return: an hex representation of the pseudo-random sequence

  """
  return os.urandom(numbytes).encode('hex')


def EnsureDirs(dirs):
  """Make required directories, if they don't exist.

  @param dirs: list of tuples (dir_name, dir_mode)
  @type dirs: list of (string, integer)

  """
  for dir_name, dir_mode in dirs:
    try:
      os.mkdir(dir_name, dir_mode)
    except EnvironmentError, err:
      if err.errno != errno.EEXIST:
        raise errors.GenericError("Cannot create needed directory"
                                  " '%s': %s" % (dir_name, err))
    if not os.path.isdir(dir_name):
      raise errors.GenericError("%s is not a directory" % dir_name)


def ReadFile(file_name, size=-1):
  """Reads a file.

  @type size: int
  @param size: Read at most size bytes (if negative, entire file)
  @rtype: str
  @return: the (possibly partial) content of the file

  """
  f = open(file_name, "r")
  try:
    return f.read(size)
  finally:
    f.close()


def WriteFile(file_name, fn=None, data=None,
              mode=None, uid=-1, gid=-1,
              atime=None, mtime=None, close=True,
              dry_run=False, backup=False,
              prewrite=None, postwrite=None):
  """(Over)write a file atomically.

  The file_name and either fn (a function taking one argument, the
  file descriptor, and which should write the data to it) or data (the
  contents of the file) must be passed. The other arguments are
  optional and allow setting the file mode, owner and group, and the
  mtime/atime of the file.

  If the function doesn't raise an exception, it has succeeded and the
  target file has the new contents. If the function has raised an
  exception, an existing target file should be unmodified and the
  temporary file should be removed.

  @type file_name: str
  @param file_name: the target filename
  @type fn: callable
  @param fn: content writing function, called with
      file descriptor as parameter
  @type data: str
  @param data: contents of the file
  @type mode: int
  @param mode: file mode
  @type uid: int
  @param uid: the owner of the file
  @type gid: int
  @param gid: the group of the file
  @type atime: int
  @param atime: a custom access time to be set on the file
  @type mtime: int
  @param mtime: a custom modification time to be set on the file
  @type close: boolean
  @param close: whether to close file after writing it
  @type prewrite: callable
  @param prewrite: function to be called before writing content
  @type postwrite: callable
  @param postwrite: function to be called after writing content

  @rtype: None or int
  @return: None if the 'close' parameter evaluates to True,
      otherwise the file descriptor

  @raise errors.ProgrammerError: if any of the arguments are not valid

  """
  if not os.path.isabs(file_name):
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Path passed to WriteFile is not"
                                 " absolute: '%s'" % file_name)

  if [fn, data].count(None) != 1:
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("fn or data required")

  if [atime, mtime].count(None) == 1:
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Both atime and mtime must be either"
                                 " set or None")

  if backup and not dry_run and os.path.isfile(file_name):
    CreateBackup(file_name)

  dir_name, base_name = os.path.split(file_name)
  fd, new_name = tempfile.mkstemp('.new', base_name, dir_name)
  do_remove = True
  # here we need to make sure we remove the temp file, if any error
  # leaves it in place
  try:
    if uid != -1 or gid != -1:
      os.chown(new_name, uid, gid)
    if mode:
      os.chmod(new_name, mode)
    if callable(prewrite):
      prewrite(fd)
    if data is not None:
      os.write(fd, data)
    else:
      fn(fd)
    if callable(postwrite):
      postwrite(fd)
    os.fsync(fd)
    if atime is not None and mtime is not None:
      os.utime(new_name, (atime, mtime))
    if not dry_run:
      os.rename(new_name, file_name)
      do_remove = False
  finally:
    if close:
      os.close(fd)
      result = None
    else:
      result = fd
    if do_remove:
      RemoveFile(new_name)

  return result


def FirstFree(seq, base=0):
  """Returns the first non-existing integer from seq.

  The seq argument should be a sorted list of positive integers. The
  first time the index of an element is smaller than the element
  value, the index will be returned.

  The base argument is used to start at a different offset,
  i.e. C{[3, 4, 6]} with I{offset=3} will return 5.

  Example: C{[0, 1, 3]} will return I{2}.

  @type seq: sequence
  @param seq: the sequence to be analyzed.
  @type base: int
  @param base: use this value as the base index of the sequence
  @rtype: int
  @return: the first non-used index in the sequence

  """
  for idx, elem in enumerate(seq):
    assert elem >= base, "Passed element is higher than base offset"
    if elem > idx + base:
      # idx is not used
      return idx + base
  return None


def all(seq, pred=bool): # pylint: disable-msg=W0622
  "Returns True if pred(x) is True for every element in the iterable"
  for _ in itertools.ifilterfalse(pred, seq):
    return False
  return True


def any(seq, pred=bool): # pylint: disable-msg=W0622
  "Returns True if pred(x) is True for at least one element in the iterable"
  for _ in itertools.ifilter(pred, seq):
    return True
  return False


def SingleWaitForFdCondition(fdobj, event, timeout):
  """Waits for a condition to occur on the socket.

  Immediately returns at the first interruption.

  @type fdobj: integer or object supporting a fileno() method
  @param fdobj: entity to wait for events on
  @type event: integer
  @param event: ORed condition (see select module)
  @type timeout: float or None
  @param timeout: Timeout in seconds
  @rtype: int or None
  @return: None for timeout, otherwise occured conditions

  """
  check = (event | select.POLLPRI |
           select.POLLNVAL | select.POLLHUP | select.POLLERR)

  if timeout is not None:
    # Poller object expects milliseconds
    timeout *= 1000

  poller = select.poll()
  poller.register(fdobj, event)
  try:
    # TODO: If the main thread receives a signal and we have no timeout, we
    # could wait forever. This should check a global "quit" flag or something
    # every so often.
    io_events = poller.poll(timeout)
  except select.error, err:
    if err[0] != errno.EINTR:
      raise
    io_events = []
  if io_events and io_events[0][1] & check:
    return io_events[0][1]
  else:
    return None


class FdConditionWaiterHelper(object):
  """Retry helper for WaitForFdCondition.

  This class contains the retried and wait functions that make sure
  WaitForFdCondition can continue waiting until the timeout is actually
  expired.

  """

  def __init__(self, timeout):
    self.timeout = timeout

  def Poll(self, fdobj, event):
    result = SingleWaitForFdCondition(fdobj, event, self.timeout)
    if result is None:
      raise RetryAgain()
    else:
      return result

  def UpdateTimeout(self, timeout):
    self.timeout = timeout


def WaitForFdCondition(fdobj, event, timeout):
  """Waits for a condition to occur on the socket.

  Retries until the timeout is expired, even if interrupted.

  @type fdobj: integer or object supporting a fileno() method
  @param fdobj: entity to wait for events on
  @type event: integer
  @param event: ORed condition (see select module)
  @type timeout: float or None
  @param timeout: Timeout in seconds
  @rtype: int or None
  @return: None for timeout, otherwise occured conditions

  """
  if timeout is not None:
    retrywaiter = FdConditionWaiterHelper(timeout)
    result = Retry(retrywaiter.Poll, RETRY_REMAINING_TIME, timeout,
                   args=(fdobj, event), wait_fn=retrywaiter.UpdateTimeout)
  else:
    result = None
    while result is None:
      result = SingleWaitForFdCondition(fdobj, event, timeout)
  return result


def partition(seq, pred=bool): # # pylint: disable-msg=W0622
  "Partition a list in two, based on the given predicate"
  return (list(itertools.ifilter(pred, seq)),
          list(itertools.ifilterfalse(pred, seq)))


def UniqueSequence(seq):
  """Returns a list with unique elements.

  Element order is preserved.

  @type seq: sequence
  @param seq: the sequence with the source elements
  @rtype: list
  @return: list of unique elements from seq

  """
  seen = set()
  return [i for i in seq if i not in seen and not seen.add(i)]


def NormalizeAndValidateMac(mac):
  """Normalizes and check if a MAC address is valid.

  Checks whether the supplied MAC address is formally correct, only
  accepts colon separated format. Normalize it to all lower.

  @type mac: str
  @param mac: the MAC to be validated
  @rtype: str
  @return: returns the normalized and validated MAC.

  @raise errors.OpPrereqError: If the MAC isn't valid

  """
  mac_check = re.compile("^([0-9a-f]{2}(:|$)){6}$", re.I)
  if not mac_check.match(mac):
    raise errors.OpPrereqError("Invalid MAC address specified: %s" %
                               mac, errors.ECODE_INVAL)

  return mac.lower()


def TestDelay(duration):
  """Sleep for a fixed amount of time.

  @type duration: float
  @param duration: the sleep duration
  @rtype: boolean
  @return: False for negative value, True otherwise

  """
  if duration < 0:
    return False, "Invalid sleep duration"
  time.sleep(duration)
  return True, None


def _CloseFDNoErr(fd, retries=5):
  """Close a file descriptor ignoring errors.

  @type fd: int
  @param fd: the file descriptor
  @type retries: int
  @param retries: how many retries to make, in case we get any
      other error than EBADF

  """
  try:
    os.close(fd)
  except OSError, err:
    if err.errno != errno.EBADF:
      if retries > 0:
        _CloseFDNoErr(fd, retries - 1)
    # else either it's closed already or we're out of retries, so we
    # ignore this and go on


def CloseFDs(noclose_fds=None):
  """Close file descriptors.

  This closes all file descriptors above 2 (i.e. except
  stdin/out/err).

  @type noclose_fds: list or None
  @param noclose_fds: if given, it denotes a list of file descriptor
      that should not be closed

  """
  # Default maximum for the number of available file descriptors.
  if 'SC_OPEN_MAX' in os.sysconf_names:
    try:
      MAXFD = os.sysconf('SC_OPEN_MAX')
      if MAXFD < 0:
        MAXFD = 1024
    except OSError:
      MAXFD = 1024
  else:
    MAXFD = 1024
  maxfd = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)[1]
  if (maxfd == resource.RLIM_INFINITY):
    maxfd = MAXFD

  # Iterate through and close all file descriptors (except the standard ones)
  for fd in range(3, maxfd):
    if noclose_fds and fd in noclose_fds:
      continue
    _CloseFDNoErr(fd)


def Daemonize(logfile):
  """Daemonize the current process.

  This detaches the current process from the controlling terminal and
  runs it in the background as a daemon.

  @type logfile: str
  @param logfile: the logfile to which we should redirect stdout/stderr
  @rtype: int
  @return: the value zero

  """
  # pylint: disable-msg=W0212
  # yes, we really want os._exit
  UMASK = 077
  WORKDIR = "/"

  # this might fail
  pid = os.fork()
  if (pid == 0):  # The first child.
    os.setsid()
    # this might fail
    pid = os.fork() # Fork a second child.
    if (pid == 0):  # The second child.
      os.chdir(WORKDIR)
      os.umask(UMASK)
    else:
      # exit() or _exit()?  See below.
      os._exit(0) # Exit parent (the first child) of the second child.
  else:
    os._exit(0) # Exit parent of the first child.

  for fd in range(3):
    _CloseFDNoErr(fd)
  i = os.open("/dev/null", os.O_RDONLY) # stdin
  assert i == 0, "Can't close/reopen stdin"
  i = os.open(logfile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_APPEND, 0600) # stdout
  assert i == 1, "Can't close/reopen stdout"
  # Duplicate standard output to standard error.
  os.dup2(1, 2)
  return 0


def DaemonPidFileName(name):
  """Compute a ganeti pid file absolute path

  @type name: str
  @param name: the daemon name
  @rtype: str
  @return: the full path to the pidfile corresponding to the given
      daemon name

  """
  return PathJoin(constants.RUN_GANETI_DIR, "%s.pid" % name)


def EnsureDaemon(name):
  """Check for and start daemon if not alive.

  """
  result = RunCmd([constants.DAEMON_UTIL, "check-and-start", name])
  if result.failed:
    logging.error("Can't start daemon '%s', failure %s, output: %s",
                  name, result.fail_reason, result.output)
    return False

  return True


def WritePidFile(name):
  """Write the current process pidfile.

  The file will be written to L{constants.RUN_GANETI_DIR}I{/name.pid}

  @type name: str
  @param name: the daemon name to use
  @raise errors.GenericError: if the pid file already exists and
      points to a live process

  """
  pid = os.getpid()
  pidfilename = DaemonPidFileName(name)
  if IsProcessAlive(ReadPidFile(pidfilename)):
    raise errors.GenericError("%s contains a live process" % pidfilename)

  WriteFile(pidfilename, data="%d\n" % pid)


def RemovePidFile(name):
  """Remove the current process pidfile.

  Any errors are ignored.

  @type name: str
  @param name: the daemon name used to derive the pidfile name

  """
  pidfilename = DaemonPidFileName(name)
  # TODO: we could check here that the file contains our pid
  try:
    RemoveFile(pidfilename)
  except: # pylint: disable-msg=W0702
    pass


def KillProcess(pid, signal_=signal.SIGTERM, timeout=30,
                waitpid=False):
  """Kill a process given by its pid.

  @type pid: int
  @param pid: The PID to terminate.
  @type signal_: int
  @param signal_: The signal to send, by default SIGTERM
  @type timeout: int
  @param timeout: The timeout after which, if the process is still alive,
                  a SIGKILL will be sent. If not positive, no such checking
                  will be done
  @type waitpid: boolean
  @param waitpid: If true, we should waitpid on this process after
      sending signals, since it's our own child and otherwise it
      would remain as zombie

  """
  def _helper(pid, signal_, wait):
    """Simple helper to encapsulate the kill/waitpid sequence"""
    os.kill(pid, signal_)
    if wait:
      try:
        os.waitpid(pid, os.WNOHANG)
      except OSError:
        pass

  if pid <= 0:
    # kill with pid=0 == suicide
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Invalid pid given '%s'" % pid)

  if not IsProcessAlive(pid):
    return

  _helper(pid, signal_, waitpid)

  if timeout <= 0:
    return

  def _CheckProcess():
    if not IsProcessAlive(pid):
      return

    try:
      (result_pid, _) = os.waitpid(pid, os.WNOHANG)
    except OSError:
      raise RetryAgain()

    if result_pid > 0:
      return

    raise RetryAgain()

  try:
    # Wait up to $timeout seconds
    Retry(_CheckProcess, (0.01, 1.5, 0.1), timeout)
  except RetryTimeout:
    pass

  if IsProcessAlive(pid):
    # Kill process if it's still alive
    _helper(pid, signal.SIGKILL, waitpid)


def FindFile(name, search_path, test=os.path.exists):
  """Look for a filesystem object in a given path.

  This is an abstract method to search for filesystem object (files,
  dirs) under a given search path.

  @type name: str
  @param name: the name to look for
  @type search_path: str
  @param search_path: location to start at
  @type test: callable
  @param test: a function taking one argument that should return True
      if the a given object is valid; the default value is
      os.path.exists, causing only existing files to be returned
  @rtype: str or None
  @return: full path to the object if found, None otherwise

  """
  # validate the filename mask
  if constants.EXT_PLUGIN_MASK.match(name) is None:
    logging.critical("Invalid value passed for external script name: '%s'",
                     name)
    return None

  for dir_name in search_path:
    # FIXME: investigate switch to PathJoin
    item_name = os.path.sep.join([dir_name, name])
    # check the user test and that we're indeed resolving to the given
    # basename
    if test(item_name) and os.path.basename(item_name) == name:
      return item_name
  return None


def CheckVolumeGroupSize(vglist, vgname, minsize):
  """Checks if the volume group list is valid.

  The function will check if a given volume group is in the list of
  volume groups and has a minimum size.

  @type vglist: dict
  @param vglist: dictionary of volume group names and their size
  @type vgname: str
  @param vgname: the volume group we should check
  @type minsize: int
  @param minsize: the minimum size we accept
  @rtype: None or str
  @return: None for success, otherwise the error message

  """
  vgsize = vglist.get(vgname, None)
  if vgsize is None:
    return "volume group '%s' missing" % vgname
  elif vgsize < minsize:
    return ("volume group '%s' too small (%s MiB required, %d MiB found)" %
            (vgname, minsize, vgsize))
  return None


def SplitTime(value):
  """Splits time as floating point number into a tuple.

  @param value: Time in seconds
  @type value: int or float
  @return: Tuple containing (seconds, microseconds)

  """
  (seconds, microseconds) = divmod(int(value * 1000000), 1000000)

  assert 0 <= seconds, \
    "Seconds must be larger than or equal to 0, but are %s" % seconds
  assert 0 <= microseconds <= 999999, \
    "Microseconds must be 0-999999, but are %s" % microseconds

  return (int(seconds), int(microseconds))


def MergeTime(timetuple):
  """Merges a tuple into time as a floating point number.

  @param timetuple: Time as tuple, (seconds, microseconds)
  @type timetuple: tuple
  @return: Time as a floating point number expressed in seconds

  """
  (seconds, microseconds) = timetuple

  assert 0 <= seconds, \
    "Seconds must be larger than or equal to 0, but are %s" % seconds
  assert 0 <= microseconds <= 999999, \
    "Microseconds must be 0-999999, but are %s" % microseconds

  return float(seconds) + (float(microseconds) * 0.000001)


def GetDaemonPort(daemon_name):
  """Get the daemon port for this cluster.

  Note that this routine does not read a ganeti-specific file, but
  instead uses C{socket.getservbyname} to allow pre-customization of
  this parameter outside of Ganeti.

  @type daemon_name: string
  @param daemon_name: daemon name (in constants.DAEMONS_PORTS)
  @rtype: int

  """
  if daemon_name not in constants.DAEMONS_PORTS:
    raise errors.ProgrammerError("Unknown daemon: %s" % daemon_name)

  (proto, default_port) = constants.DAEMONS_PORTS[daemon_name]
  try:
    port = socket.getservbyname(daemon_name, proto)
  except socket.error:
    port = default_port

  return port


def SetupLogging(logfile, debug=0, stderr_logging=False, program="",
                 multithreaded=False, syslog=constants.SYSLOG_USAGE):
  """Configures the logging module.

  @type logfile: str
  @param logfile: the filename to which we should log
  @type debug: integer
  @param debug: if greater than zero, enable debug messages, otherwise
      only those at C{INFO} and above level
  @type stderr_logging: boolean
  @param stderr_logging: whether we should also log to the standard error
  @type program: str
  @param program: the name under which we should log messages
  @type multithreaded: boolean
  @param multithreaded: if True, will add the thread name to the log file
  @type syslog: string
  @param syslog: one of 'no', 'yes', 'only':
      - if no, syslog is not used
      - if yes, syslog is used (in addition to file-logging)
      - if only, only syslog is used
  @raise EnvironmentError: if we can't open the log file and
      syslog/stderr logging is disabled

  """
  fmt = "%(asctime)s: " + program + " pid=%(process)d"
  sft = program + "[%(process)d]:"
  if multithreaded:
    fmt += "/%(threadName)s"
    sft += " (%(threadName)s)"
  if debug:
    fmt += " %(module)s:%(lineno)s"
    # no debug info for syslog loggers
  fmt += " %(levelname)s %(message)s"
  # yes, we do want the textual level, as remote syslog will probably
  # lose the error level, and it's easier to grep for it
  sft += " %(levelname)s %(message)s"
  formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt)
  sys_fmt = logging.Formatter(sft)

  root_logger = logging.getLogger("")
  root_logger.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)

  # Remove all previously setup handlers
  for handler in root_logger.handlers:
    handler.close()
    root_logger.removeHandler(handler)

  if stderr_logging:
    stderr_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
    stderr_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
    if debug:
      stderr_handler.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
    else:
      stderr_handler.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
    root_logger.addHandler(stderr_handler)

  if syslog in (constants.SYSLOG_YES, constants.SYSLOG_ONLY):
    facility = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON
    syslog_handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(constants.SYSLOG_SOCKET,
                                                    facility)
    syslog_handler.setFormatter(sys_fmt)
    # Never enable debug over syslog
    syslog_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    root_logger.addHandler(syslog_handler)

  if syslog != constants.SYSLOG_ONLY:
    # this can fail, if the logging directories are not setup or we have
    # a permisssion problem; in this case, it's best to log but ignore
    # the error if stderr_logging is True, and if false we re-raise the
    # exception since otherwise we could run but without any logs at all
    try:
      logfile_handler = logging.FileHandler(logfile)
      logfile_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
      if debug:
        logfile_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
      else:
        logfile_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
      root_logger.addHandler(logfile_handler)
    except EnvironmentError:
      if stderr_logging or syslog == constants.SYSLOG_YES:
        logging.exception("Failed to enable logging to file '%s'", logfile)
      else:
        # we need to re-raise the exception
        raise


def IsNormAbsPath(path):
  """Check whether a path is absolute and also normalized

  This avoids things like /dir/../../other/path to be valid.

  """
  return os.path.normpath(path) == path and os.path.isabs(path)


def PathJoin(*args):
  """Safe-join a list of path components.

  Requirements:
      - the first argument must be an absolute path
      - no component in the path must have backtracking (e.g. /../),
        since we check for normalization at the end

  @param args: the path components to be joined
  @raise ValueError: for invalid paths

  """
  # ensure we're having at least one path passed in
  assert args
  # ensure the first component is an absolute and normalized path name
  root = args[0]
  if not IsNormAbsPath(root):
    raise ValueError("Invalid parameter to PathJoin: '%s'" % str(args[0]))
  result = os.path.join(*args)
  # ensure that the whole path is normalized
  if not IsNormAbsPath(result):
    raise ValueError("Invalid parameters to PathJoin: '%s'" % str(args))
  # check that we're still under the original prefix
  prefix = os.path.commonprefix([root, result])
  if prefix != root:
    raise ValueError("Error: path joining resulted in different prefix"
                     " (%s != %s)" % (prefix, root))
  return result


def TailFile(fname, lines=20):
  """Return the last lines from a file.

  @note: this function will only read and parse the last 4KB of
      the file; if the lines are very long, it could be that less
      than the requested number of lines are returned

  @param fname: the file name
  @type lines: int
  @param lines: the (maximum) number of lines to return

  """
  fd = open(fname, "r")
  try:
    fd.seek(0, 2)
    pos = fd.tell()
    pos = max(0, pos-4096)
    fd.seek(pos, 0)
    raw_data = fd.read()
  finally:
    fd.close()

  rows = raw_data.splitlines()
  return rows[-lines:]


def _ParseAsn1Generalizedtime(value):
  """Parses an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME timestamp as used by pyOpenSSL.

  @type value: string
  @param value: ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME timestamp

  """
  m = re.match(r"^(\d+)([-+]\d\d)(\d\d)$", value)
  if m:
    # We have an offset
    asn1time = m.group(1)
    hours = int(m.group(2))
    minutes = int(m.group(3))
    utcoffset = (60 * hours) + minutes
  else:
    if not value.endswith("Z"):
      raise ValueError("Missing timezone")
    asn1time = value[:-1]
    utcoffset = 0

  parsed = time.strptime(asn1time, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")

  tt = datetime.datetime(*(parsed[:7])) - datetime.timedelta(minutes=utcoffset)

  return calendar.timegm(tt.utctimetuple())


def GetX509CertValidity(cert):
  """Returns the validity period of the certificate.

  @type cert: OpenSSL.crypto.X509
  @param cert: X509 certificate object

  """
  # The get_notBefore and get_notAfter functions are only supported in
  # pyOpenSSL 0.7 and above.
  try:
    get_notbefore_fn = cert.get_notBefore
  except AttributeError:
    not_before = None
  else:
    not_before_asn1 = get_notbefore_fn()

    if not_before_asn1 is None:
      not_before = None
    else:
      not_before = _ParseAsn1Generalizedtime(not_before_asn1)

  try:
    get_notafter_fn = cert.get_notAfter
  except AttributeError:
    not_after = None
  else:
    not_after_asn1 = get_notafter_fn()

    if not_after_asn1 is None:
      not_after = None
    else:
      not_after = _ParseAsn1Generalizedtime(not_after_asn1)

  return (not_before, not_after)


def SafeEncode(text):
  """Return a 'safe' version of a source string.

  This function mangles the input string and returns a version that
  should be safe to display/encode as ASCII. To this end, we first
  convert it to ASCII using the 'backslashreplace' encoding which
  should get rid of any non-ASCII chars, and then we process it
  through a loop copied from the string repr sources in the python; we
  don't use string_escape anymore since that escape single quotes and
  backslashes too, and that is too much; and that escaping is not
  stable, i.e. string_escape(string_escape(x)) != string_escape(x).

  @type text: str or unicode
  @param text: input data
  @rtype: str
  @return: a safe version of text

  """
  if isinstance(text, unicode):
    # only if unicode; if str already, we handle it below
    text = text.encode('ascii', 'backslashreplace')
  resu = ""
  for char in text:
    c = ord(char)
    if char  == '\t':
      resu += r'\t'
    elif char == '\n':
      resu += r'\n'
    elif char == '\r':
      resu += r'\'r'
    elif c < 32 or c >= 127: # non-printable
      resu += "\\x%02x" % (c & 0xff)
    else:
      resu += char
  return resu


def UnescapeAndSplit(text, sep=","):
  """Split and unescape a string based on a given separator.

  This function splits a string based on a separator where the
  separator itself can be escape in order to be an element of the
  elements. The escaping rules are (assuming coma being the
  separator):
    - a plain , separates the elements
    - a sequence \\\\, (double backslash plus comma) is handled as a
      backslash plus a separator comma
    - a sequence \, (backslash plus comma) is handled as a
      non-separator comma

  @type text: string
  @param text: the string to split
  @type sep: string
  @param text: the separator
  @rtype: string
  @return: a list of strings

  """
  # we split the list by sep (with no escaping at this stage)
  slist = text.split(sep)
  # next, we revisit the elements and if any of them ended with an odd
  # number of backslashes, then we join it with the next
  rlist = []
  while slist:
    e1 = slist.pop(0)
    if e1.endswith("\\"):
      num_b = len(e1) - len(e1.rstrip("\\"))
      if num_b % 2 == 1:
        e2 = slist.pop(0)
        # here the backslashes remain (all), and will be reduced in
        # the next step
        rlist.append(e1 + sep + e2)
        continue
    rlist.append(e1)
  # finally, replace backslash-something with something
  rlist = [re.sub(r"\\(.)", r"\1", v) for v in rlist]
  return rlist


def CommaJoin(names):
  """Nicely join a set of identifiers.

  @param names: set, list or tuple
  @return: a string with the formatted results

  """
  return ", ".join([str(val) for val in names])


def BytesToMebibyte(value):
  """Converts bytes to mebibytes.

  @type value: int
  @param value: Value in bytes
  @rtype: int
  @return: Value in mebibytes

  """
  return int(round(value / (1024.0 * 1024.0), 0))


def CalculateDirectorySize(path):
  """Calculates the size of a directory recursively.

  @type path: string
  @param path: Path to directory
  @rtype: int
  @return: Size in mebibytes

  """
  size = 0

  for (curpath, _, files) in os.walk(path):
    for filename in files:
      st = os.lstat(PathJoin(curpath, filename))
      size += st.st_size

  return BytesToMebibyte(size)


def GetFilesystemStats(path):
  """Returns the total and free space on a filesystem.

  @type path: string
  @param path: Path on filesystem to be examined
  @rtype: int
  @return: tuple of (Total space, Free space) in mebibytes

  """
  st = os.statvfs(path)

  fsize = BytesToMebibyte(st.f_bavail * st.f_frsize)
  tsize = BytesToMebibyte(st.f_blocks * st.f_frsize)
  return (tsize, fsize)


def RunInSeparateProcess(fn, *args):
  """Runs a function in a separate process.

  Note: Only boolean return values are supported.

  @type fn: callable
  @param fn: Function to be called
  @rtype: bool
  @return: Function's result

  """
  pid = os.fork()
  if pid == 0:
    # Child process
    try:
      # In case the function uses temporary files
      ResetTempfileModule()

      # Call function
      result = int(bool(fn(*args)))
      assert result in (0, 1)
    except: # pylint: disable-msg=W0702
      logging.exception("Error while calling function in separate process")
      # 0 and 1 are reserved for the return value
      result = 33

    os._exit(result) # pylint: disable-msg=W0212

  # Parent process

  # Avoid zombies and check exit code
  (_, status) = os.waitpid(pid, 0)

  if os.WIFSIGNALED(status):
    exitcode = None
    signum = os.WTERMSIG(status)
  else:
    exitcode = os.WEXITSTATUS(status)
    signum = None

  if not (exitcode in (0, 1) and signum is None):
    raise errors.GenericError("Child program failed (code=%s, signal=%s)" %
                              (exitcode, signum))

  return bool(exitcode)


def LockedMethod(fn):
  """Synchronized object access decorator.

  This decorator is intended to protect access to an object using the
  object's own lock which is hardcoded to '_lock'.

  """
  def _LockDebug(*args, **kwargs):
    if debug_locks:
      logging.debug(*args, **kwargs)

  def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
    # pylint: disable-msg=W0212
    assert hasattr(self, '_lock')
    lock = self._lock
    _LockDebug("Waiting for %s", lock)
    lock.acquire()
    try:
      _LockDebug("Acquired %s", lock)
      result = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
    finally:
      _LockDebug("Releasing %s", lock)
      lock.release()
      _LockDebug("Released %s", lock)
    return result
  return wrapper


def LockFile(fd):
  """Locks a file using POSIX locks.

  @type fd: int
  @param fd: the file descriptor we need to lock

  """
  try:
    fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
  except IOError, err:
    if err.errno == errno.EAGAIN:
      raise errors.LockError("File already locked")
    raise


def FormatTime(val):
  """Formats a time value.

  @type val: float or None
  @param val: the timestamp as returned by time.time()
  @return: a string value or N/A if we don't have a valid timestamp

  """
  if val is None or not isinstance(val, (int, float)):
    return "N/A"
  # these two codes works on Linux, but they are not guaranteed on all
  # platforms
  return time.strftime("%F %T", time.localtime(val))


def ReadWatcherPauseFile(filename, now=None, remove_after=3600):
  """Reads the watcher pause file.

  @type filename: string
  @param filename: Path to watcher pause file
  @type now: None, float or int
  @param now: Current time as Unix timestamp
  @type remove_after: int
  @param remove_after: Remove watcher pause file after specified amount of
    seconds past the pause end time

  """
  if now is None:
    now = time.time()

  try:
    value = ReadFile(filename)
  except IOError, err:
    if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:
      raise
    value = None

  if value is not None:
    try:
      value = int(value)
    except ValueError:
      logging.warning(("Watcher pause file (%s) contains invalid value,"
                       " removing it"), filename)
      RemoveFile(filename)
      value = None

    if value is not None:
      # Remove file if it's outdated
      if now > (value + remove_after):
        RemoveFile(filename)
        value = None

      elif now > value:
        value = None

  return value


class RetryTimeout(Exception):
  """Retry loop timed out.

  """


class RetryAgain(Exception):
  """Retry again.

  """


class _RetryDelayCalculator(object):
  """Calculator for increasing delays.

  """
  __slots__ = [
    "_factor",
    "_limit",
    "_next",
    "_start",
    ]

  def __init__(self, start, factor, limit):
    """Initializes this class.

    @type start: float
    @param start: Initial delay
    @type factor: float
    @param factor: Factor for delay increase
    @type limit: float or None
    @param limit: Upper limit for delay or None for no limit

    """
    assert start > 0.0
    assert factor >= 1.0
    assert limit is None or limit >= 0.0

    self._start = start
    self._factor = factor
    self._limit = limit

    self._next = start

  def __call__(self):
    """Returns current delay and calculates the next one.

    """
    current = self._next

    # Update for next run
    if self._limit is None or self._next < self._limit:
      self._next = min(self._limit, self._next * self._factor)

    return current


#: Special delay to specify whole remaining timeout
RETRY_REMAINING_TIME = object()


def Retry(fn, delay, timeout, args=None, wait_fn=time.sleep,
          _time_fn=time.time):
  """Call a function repeatedly until it succeeds.

  The function C{fn} is called repeatedly until it doesn't throw L{RetryAgain}
  anymore. Between calls a delay, specified by C{delay}, is inserted. After a
  total of C{timeout} seconds, this function throws L{RetryTimeout}.

  C{delay} can be one of the following:
    - callable returning the delay length as a float
    - Tuple of (start, factor, limit)
    - L{RETRY_REMAINING_TIME} to sleep until the timeout expires (this is
      useful when overriding L{wait_fn} to wait for an external event)
    - A static delay as a number (int or float)

  @type fn: callable
  @param fn: Function to be called
  @param delay: Either a callable (returning the delay), a tuple of (start,
                factor, limit) (see L{_RetryDelayCalculator}),
                L{RETRY_REMAINING_TIME} or a number (int or float)
  @type timeout: float
  @param timeout: Total timeout
  @type wait_fn: callable
  @param wait_fn: Waiting function
  @return: Return value of function

  """
  assert callable(fn)
  assert callable(wait_fn)
  assert callable(_time_fn)

  if args is None:
    args = []

  end_time = _time_fn() + timeout

  if callable(delay):
    # External function to calculate delay
    calc_delay = delay

  elif isinstance(delay, (tuple, list)):
    # Increasing delay with optional upper boundary
    (start, factor, limit) = delay
    calc_delay = _RetryDelayCalculator(start, factor, limit)

  elif delay is RETRY_REMAINING_TIME:
    # Always use the remaining time
    calc_delay = None

  else:
    # Static delay
    calc_delay = lambda: delay

  assert calc_delay is None or callable(calc_delay)

  while True:
    try:
      # pylint: disable-msg=W0142
      return fn(*args)
    except RetryAgain:
      pass

    remaining_time = end_time - _time_fn()

    if remaining_time < 0.0:
      raise RetryTimeout()

    assert remaining_time >= 0.0

    if calc_delay is None:
      wait_fn(remaining_time)
    else:
      current_delay = calc_delay()
      if current_delay > 0.0:
        wait_fn(current_delay)


class FileLock(object):
  """Utility class for file locks.

  """
  def __init__(self, fd, filename):
    """Constructor for FileLock.

    @type fd: file
    @param fd: File object
    @type filename: str
    @param filename: Path of the file opened at I{fd}

    """
    self.fd = fd
    self.filename = filename

  @classmethod
  def Open(cls, filename):
    """Creates and opens a file to be used as a file-based lock.

    @type filename: string
    @param filename: path to the file to be locked

    """
    # Using "os.open" is necessary to allow both opening existing file
    # read/write and creating if not existing. Vanilla "open" will truncate an
    # existing file -or- allow creating if not existing.
    return cls(os.fdopen(os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT), "w+"),
               filename)

  def __del__(self):
    self.Close()

  def Close(self):
    """Close the file and release the lock.

    """
    if hasattr(self, "fd") and self.fd:
      self.fd.close()
      self.fd = None

  def _flock(self, flag, blocking, timeout, errmsg):
    """Wrapper for fcntl.flock.

    @type flag: int
    @param flag: operation flag
    @type blocking: bool
    @param blocking: whether the operation should be done in blocking mode.
    @type timeout: None or float
    @param timeout: for how long the operation should be retried (implies
                    non-blocking mode).
    @type errmsg: string
    @param errmsg: error message in case operation fails.

    """
    assert self.fd, "Lock was closed"
    assert timeout is None or timeout >= 0, \
      "If specified, timeout must be positive"
    assert not (flag & fcntl.LOCK_NB), "LOCK_NB must not be set"

    # When a timeout is used, LOCK_NB must always be set
    if not (timeout is None and blocking):
      flag |= fcntl.LOCK_NB

    if timeout is None:
      self._Lock(self.fd, flag, timeout)
    else:
      try:
        Retry(self._Lock, (0.1, 1.2, 1.0), timeout,
              args=(self.fd, flag, timeout))
      except RetryTimeout:
        raise errors.LockError(errmsg)

  @staticmethod
  def _Lock(fd, flag, timeout):
    try:
      fcntl.flock(fd, flag)
    except IOError, err:
      if timeout is not None and err.errno == errno.EAGAIN:
        raise RetryAgain()

      logging.exception("fcntl.flock failed")
      raise

  def Exclusive(self, blocking=False, timeout=None):
    """Locks the file in exclusive mode.

    @type blocking: boolean
    @param blocking: whether to block and wait until we
        can lock the file or return immediately
    @type timeout: int or None
    @param timeout: if not None, the duration to wait for the lock
        (in blocking mode)

    """
    self._flock(fcntl.LOCK_EX, blocking, timeout,
                "Failed to lock %s in exclusive mode" % self.filename)

  def Shared(self, blocking=False, timeout=None):
    """Locks the file in shared mode.

    @type blocking: boolean
    @param blocking: whether to block and wait until we
        can lock the file or return immediately
    @type timeout: int or None
    @param timeout: if not None, the duration to wait for the lock
        (in blocking mode)

    """
    self._flock(fcntl.LOCK_SH, blocking, timeout,
                "Failed to lock %s in shared mode" % self.filename)

  def Unlock(self, blocking=True, timeout=None):
    """Unlocks the file.

    According to C{flock(2)}, unlocking can also be a nonblocking
    operation::

      To make a non-blocking request, include LOCK_NB with any of the above
      operations.

    @type blocking: boolean
    @param blocking: whether to block and wait until we
        can lock the file or return immediately
    @type timeout: int or None
    @param timeout: if not None, the duration to wait for the lock
        (in blocking mode)

    """
    self._flock(fcntl.LOCK_UN, blocking, timeout,
                "Failed to unlock %s" % self.filename)


def SignalHandled(signums):
  """Signal Handled decoration.

  This special decorator installs a signal handler and then calls the target
  function. The function must accept a 'signal_handlers' keyword argument,
  which will contain a dict indexed by signal number, with SignalHandler
  objects as values.

  The decorator can be safely stacked with iself, to handle multiple signals
  with different handlers.

  @type signums: list
  @param signums: signals to intercept

  """
  def wrap(fn):
    def sig_function(*args, **kwargs):
      assert 'signal_handlers' not in kwargs or \
             kwargs['signal_handlers'] is None or \
             isinstance(kwargs['signal_handlers'], dict), \
             "Wrong signal_handlers parameter in original function call"
      if 'signal_handlers' in kwargs and kwargs['signal_handlers'] is not None:
        signal_handlers = kwargs['signal_handlers']
      else:
        signal_handlers = {}
        kwargs['signal_handlers'] = signal_handlers
      sighandler = SignalHandler(signums)
      try:
        for sig in signums:
          signal_handlers[sig] = sighandler
        return fn(*args, **kwargs)
      finally:
        sighandler.Reset()
    return sig_function
  return wrap


class SignalHandler(object):
  """Generic signal handler class.

  It automatically restores the original handler when deconstructed or
  when L{Reset} is called. You can either pass your own handler
  function in or query the L{called} attribute to detect whether the
  signal was sent.

  @type signum: list
  @ivar signum: the signals we handle
  @type called: boolean
  @ivar called: tracks whether any of the signals have been raised

  """
  def __init__(self, signum):
    """Constructs a new SignalHandler instance.

    @type signum: int or list of ints
    @param signum: Single signal number or set of signal numbers

    """
    self.signum = set(signum)
    self.called = False

    self._previous = {}
    try:
      for signum in self.signum:
        # Setup handler
        prev_handler = signal.signal(signum, self._HandleSignal)
        try:
          self._previous[signum] = prev_handler
        except:
          # Restore previous handler
          signal.signal(signum, prev_handler)
          raise
    except:
      # Reset all handlers
      self.Reset()
      # Here we have a race condition: a handler may have already been called,
      # but there's not much we can do about it at this point.
      raise

  def __del__(self):
    self.Reset()

  def Reset(self):
    """Restore previous handler.

    This will reset all the signals to their previous handlers.

    """
    for signum, prev_handler in self._previous.items():
      signal.signal(signum, prev_handler)
      # If successful, remove from dict
      del self._previous[signum]

  def Clear(self):
    """Unsets the L{called} flag.

    This function can be used in case a signal may arrive several times.

    """
    self.called = False

  # we don't care about arguments, but we leave them named for the future
  def _HandleSignal(self, signum, frame): # pylint: disable-msg=W0613
    """Actual signal handling function.

    """
    # This is not nice and not absolutely atomic, but it appears to be the only
    # solution in Python -- there are no atomic types.
    self.called = True


class FieldSet(object):
  """A simple field set.

  Among the features are:
    - checking if a string is among a list of static string or regex objects
    - checking if a whole list of string matches
    - returning the matching groups from a regex match

  Internally, all fields are held as regular expression objects.

  """
  def __init__(self, *items):
    self.items = [re.compile("^%s$" % value) for value in items]

  def Extend(self, other_set):
    """Extend the field set with the items from another one"""
    self.items.extend(other_set.items)

  def Matches(self, field):
    """Checks if a field matches the current set

    @type field: str
    @param field: the string to match
    @return: either None or a regular expression match object

    """
    for m in itertools.ifilter(None, (val.match(field) for val in self.items)):
      return m
    return None

  def NonMatching(self, items):
    """Returns the list of fields not matching the current set

    @type items: list
    @param items: the list of fields to check
    @rtype: list
    @return: list of non-matching fields

    """
    return [val for val in items if not self.Matches(val)]