+
+
+def IsValidMac(mac):
+ """Predicate to check if a MAC address is valid.
+
+ Checks wether the supplied MAC address is formally correct, only
+ accepts colon separated format.
+ """
+ mac_check = re.compile("^([0-9a-f]{2}(:|$)){6}$")
+ return mac_check.match(mac) is not None
+
+
+def TestDelay(duration):
+ """Sleep for a fixed amount of time.
+
+ """
+ if duration < 0:
+ return False
+ time.sleep(duration)
+ return True
+
+
+def Daemonize(logfile, noclose_fds=None):
+ """Daemonize the current process.
+
+ This detaches the current process from the controlling terminal and
+ runs it in the background as a daemon.
+
+ """
+ UMASK = 077
+ WORKDIR = "/"
+ # 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
+
+ # 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.
+ maxfd = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)[1]
+ if (maxfd == resource.RLIM_INFINITY):
+ maxfd = MAXFD
+
+ # Iterate through and close all file descriptors.
+ for fd in range(0, maxfd):
+ if noclose_fds and fd in noclose_fds:
+ continue
+ try:
+ os.close(fd)
+ except OSError: # ERROR, fd wasn't open to begin with (ignored)
+ pass
+ os.open(logfile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT|os.O_APPEND, 0600)
+ # Duplicate standard input to standard output and standard error.
+ os.dup2(0, 1) # standard output (1)
+ os.dup2(0, 2) # standard error (2)
+ return 0
+
+
+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.
+
+ Args:
+ - name: the name to look for
+ - search_path: list of directory names
+ - test: the test which the full path must satisfy
+ (defaults to os.path.exists)
+
+ Returns:
+ - full path to the item if found
+ - None otherwise
+
+ """
+ for dir_name in search_path:
+ item_name = os.path.sep.join([dir_name, name])
+ if test(item_name):
+ return item_name
+ return None
+
+
+def CheckVolumeGroupSize(vglist, vgname, minsize):
+ """Checks if the volume group list is valid.
+
+ A non-None return value means there's an error, and the return value
+ is 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 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 wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ assert hasattr(self, '_lock')
+ lock = self._lock
+ lock.acquire()
+ try:
+ result = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
+ finally:
+ lock.release()
+ return result
+ return wrapper
+
+
+def LockFile(fd):
+ """Locks a file using POSIX locks.
+
+ """
+ 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