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"""Module implementing the Ganeti locking code."""

# pylint: disable-msg=W0212

# W0212 since e.g. LockSet methods use (a lot) the internals of

# SharedLock

import threading

# Wouldn't it be better to define LockingError in the locking module?

# Well, for now that's how the rest of the code does it...

from ganeti import errors

from ganeti import utils

def ssynchronized(lock, shared=0):

  """Shared Synchronization decorator.

  Calls the function holding the given lock, either in exclusive or shared

  mode. It requires the passed lock to be a SharedLock (or support its

  semantics).

  """

  def wrap(fn):

    def sync_function(*args, **kwargs):

      lock.acquire(shared=shared)

      try:

        return fn(*args, **kwargs)

      finally:

        lock.release()

    return sync_function

  return wrap

class SharedLock:

  """Implements a shared lock.

  Multiple threads can acquire the lock in a shared way, calling

  acquire_shared().  In order to acquire the lock in an exclusive way threads

  can call acquire_exclusive().

  The lock prevents starvation but does not guarantee that threads will acquire

  the shared lock in the order they queued for it, just that they will

  eventually do so.

  """

  def __init__(self):

    """Construct a new SharedLock"""

    # we have two conditions, c_shr and c_exc, sharing the same lock.

    self.__lock = threading.Lock()

    self.__turn_shr = threading.Condition(self.__lock)

    self.__turn_exc = threading.Condition(self.__lock)

    # current lock holders

    self.__shr = set()

    self.__exc = None

    # lock waiters

    self.__nwait_exc = 0

    self.__nwait_shr = 0

    self.__npass_shr = 0

    # is this lock in the deleted state?

    self.__deleted = False

  def __is_sharer(self):

    """Is the current thread sharing the lock at this time?"""

    return threading.currentThread() in self.__shr

  def __is_exclusive(self):

    """Is the current thread holding the lock exclusively at this time?"""

    return threading.currentThread() == self.__exc

  def __is_owned(self, shared=-1):

    """Is the current thread somehow owning the lock at this time?

    This is a private version of the function, which presumes you're holding

    the internal lock.

    """

    if shared < 0:

      return self.__is_sharer() or self.__is_exclusive()

    elif shared:

      return self.__is_sharer()

    else:

      return self.__is_exclusive()

  def _is_owned(self, shared=-1):

    """Is the current thread somehow owning the lock at this time?

    @param shared:

        - < 0: check for any type of ownership (default)

        - 0: check for exclusive ownership

        - > 0: check for shared ownership

    """

    self.__lock.acquire()

    try:

      result = self.__is_owned(shared=shared)

    finally:

      self.__lock.release()

    return result

  def __wait(self, c):

    """Wait on the given condition, and raise an exception if the current lock

    is declared deleted in the meantime.

    @param c: the condition to wait on

    """

    c.wait()

    if self.__deleted:

      raise errors.LockError('deleted lock')

  def __exclusive_acquire(self):

    """Acquire the lock exclusively.

    This is a private function that presumes you are already holding the

    internal lock. It's defined separately to avoid code duplication between

    acquire() and delete()

    """

    self.__nwait_exc += 1

    try:

      # This is to save ourselves from a nasty race condition that could

      # theoretically make the sharers starve.

      if self.__nwait_shr > 0 or self.__nwait_exc > 1:

        self.__wait(self.__turn_exc)

      while len(self.__shr) > 0 or self.__exc is not None:

        self.__wait(self.__turn_exc)

      self.__exc = threading.currentThread()

    finally:

      self.__nwait_exc -= 1

    assert self.__npass_shr == 0, "SharedLock: internal fairness violation"

  def acquire(self, blocking=1, shared=0):

    """Acquire a shared lock.

    @param shared: whether to acquire in shared mode; by default an

        exclusive lock will be acquired

    @param blocking: whether to block while trying to acquire or to

        operate in try-lock mode (this locking mode is not supported yet)

    """

    if not blocking:

      # We don't have non-blocking mode for now

      raise NotImplementedError

    self.__lock.acquire()

    try:

      if self.__deleted:

        raise errors.LockError('deleted lock')

      # We cannot acquire the lock if we already have it

      assert not self.__is_owned(), "double acquire() on a non-recursive lock"

      assert self.__npass_shr >= 0, "Internal fairness condition weirdness"

      if shared:

        self.__nwait_shr += 1

        try:

          wait = False

          # If there is an exclusive holder waiting we have to wait.

          # We'll only do this once, though, when we start waiting for

          # the lock. Then we'll just wait while there are no

          # exclusive holders.

          if self.__nwait_exc > 0:

            # TODO: if !blocking...

            wait = True

            self.__wait(self.__turn_shr)

          while self.__exc is not None:

            wait = True

            # TODO: if !blocking...

            self.__wait(self.__turn_shr)

          self.__shr.add(threading.currentThread())

          # If we were waiting note that we passed

          if wait:

            self.__npass_shr -= 1

        finally:

          self.__nwait_shr -= 1

        assert self.__npass_shr >= 0, "Internal fairness condition weirdness"

      else:

        # TODO: if !blocking...

        # (or modify __exclusive_acquire for non-blocking mode)

        self.__exclusive_acquire()

    finally:

      self.__lock.release()

    return True

  def release(self):

    """Release a Shared Lock.

    You must have acquired the lock, either in shared or in exclusive mode,

    before calling this function.

    """

    self.__lock.acquire()

    try:

      assert self.__npass_shr >= 0, "Internal fairness condition weirdness"

      # Autodetect release type

      if self.__is_exclusive():

        self.__exc = None

        # An exclusive holder has just had the lock, time to put it in shared

        # mode if there are shared holders waiting. Otherwise wake up the next

        # exclusive holder.

        if self.__nwait_shr > 0:

          # Make sure at least the ones which were blocked pass.

          self.__npass_shr = self.__nwait_shr

          self.__turn_shr.notifyAll()

        elif self.__nwait_exc > 0:

          self.__turn_exc.notify()

      elif self.__is_sharer():

        self.__shr.remove(threading.currentThread())

        # If there are shared holders waiting (and not just scheduled to pass)

        # there *must* be an exclusive holder waiting as well; otherwise what

        # were they waiting for?

        assert (self.__nwait_exc > 0 or

                self.__npass_shr == self.__nwait_shr), \

                "Lock sharers waiting while no exclusive is queueing"

        # If there are no more shared holders either in or scheduled to pass,

        # and some exclusive holders are waiting let's wake one up.

        if (len(self.__shr) == 0 and

            self.__nwait_exc > 0 and

            not self.__npass_shr > 0):

          self.__turn_exc.notify()

      else:

        assert False, "Cannot release non-owned lock"

    finally:

      self.__lock.release()

  def delete(self, blocking=1):

    """Delete a Shared Lock.

    This operation will declare the lock for removal. First the lock will be

    acquired in exclusive mode if you don't already own it, then the lock

    will be put in a state where any future and pending acquire() fail.

    @param blocking: whether to block while trying to acquire or to

        operate in try-lock mode.  this locking mode is not supported

        yet unless you are already holding exclusively the lock.

    """

    self.__lock.acquire()

    try:

      assert not self.__is_sharer(), "cannot delete() a lock while sharing it"

      if self.__deleted:

        raise errors.LockError('deleted lock')

      if not self.__is_exclusive():

        if not blocking:

          # We don't have non-blocking mode for now

          raise NotImplementedError

        self.__exclusive_acquire()

      self.__deleted = True

      self.__exc = None

      # Wake up everybody, they will fail acquiring the lock and

      # raise an exception instead.

      self.__turn_exc.notifyAll()

      self.__turn_shr.notifyAll()

    finally:

      self.__lock.release()

# Whenever we want to acquire a full LockSet we pass None as the value

# to acquire.  Hide this behind this nicely named constant.

ALL_SET = None

class LockSet:

  """Implements a set of locks.

  This abstraction implements a set of shared locks for the same resource type,

  distinguished by name. The user can lock a subset of the resources and the

  LockSet will take care of acquiring the locks always in the same order, thus

  preventing deadlock.

  All the locks needed in the same set must be acquired together, though.

  """

  def __init__(self, members=None):

    """Constructs a new LockSet.

    @param members: initial members of the set

    """

    # Used internally to guarantee coherency.

    self.__lock = SharedLock()

    # The lockdict indexes the relationship name -> lock

    # The order-of-locking is implied by the alphabetical order of names

    self.__lockdict = {}

    if members is not None:

      for name in members:

        self.__lockdict[name] = SharedLock()

    # The owner dict contains the set of locks each thread owns. For

    # performance each thread can access its own key without a global lock on

    # this structure. It is paramount though that *no* other type of access is

    # done to this structure (eg. no looping over its keys). *_owner helper

    # function are defined to guarantee access is correct, but in general never

    # do anything different than __owners[threading.currentThread()], or there

    # will be trouble.

    self.__owners = {}

  def _is_owned(self):

    """Is the current thread a current level owner?"""

    return threading.currentThread() in self.__owners

  def _add_owned(self, name=None):

    """Note the current thread owns the given lock"""

    if name is None:

      if not self._is_owned():

        self.__owners[threading.currentThread()] = set()

    else:

      if self._is_owned():

        self.__owners[threading.currentThread()].add(name)

      else:

        self.__owners[threading.currentThread()] = set([name])

  def _del_owned(self, name=None):

    """Note the current thread owns the given lock"""

    if name is not None:

      self.__owners[threading.currentThread()].remove(name)

    # Only remove the key if we don't hold the set-lock as well

    if (not self.__lock._is_owned() and

        not self.__owners[threading.currentThread()]):

      del self.__owners[threading.currentThread()]

  def _list_owned(self):

    """Get the set of resource names owned by the current thread"""

    if self._is_owned():

      return self.__owners[threading.currentThread()].copy()

    else:

      return set()

  def __names(self):

    """Return the current set of names.

    Only call this function while holding __lock and don't iterate on the

    result after releasing the lock.

    """

    return self.__lockdict.keys()

  def _names(self):

    """Return a copy of the current set of elements.

    Used only for debugging purposes.

    """

    # If we don't already own the set-level lock acquired

    # we'll get it and note we need to release it later.

    release_lock = False

    if not self.__lock._is_owned():

      release_lock = True

      self.__lock.acquire(shared=1)

    try:

      result = self.__names()

    finally:

      if release_lock:

        self.__lock.release()

    return set(result)

  def acquire(self, names, blocking=1, shared=0):

    """Acquire a set of resource locks.

    @param names: the names of the locks which shall be acquired

        (special lock names, or instance/node names)

    @param shared: whether to acquire in shared mode; by default an

        exclusive lock will be acquired

    @param blocking: whether to block while trying to acquire or to

        operate in try-lock mode (this locking mode is not supported yet)

    @return: True when all the locks are successfully acquired

    @raise errors.LockError: when any lock we try to acquire has

        been deleted before we succeed. In this case none of the

        locks requested will be acquired.

    """

    if not blocking:

      # We don't have non-blocking mode for now

      raise NotImplementedError

    # Check we don't already own locks at this level

    assert not self._is_owned(), "Cannot acquire locks in the same set twice"

    if names is None:

      # If no names are given acquire the whole set by not letting new names

      # being added before we release, and getting the current list of names.

      # Some of them may then be deleted later, but we'll cope with this.

      #

      # We'd like to acquire this lock in a shared way, as it's nice if

      # everybody else can use the instances at the same time. If are acquiring

      # them exclusively though they won't be able to do this anyway, though,

      # so we'll get the list lock exclusively as well in order to be able to

      # do add() on the set while owning it.

      self.__lock.acquire(shared=shared)

      try:

        # note we own the set-lock

        self._add_owned()

        names = self.__names()

      except:

        # We shouldn't have problems adding the lock to the owners list, but

        # if we did we'll try to release this lock and re-raise exception.

        # Of course something is going to be really wrong, after this.

        self.__lock.release()

        raise

    try:

      # Support passing in a single resource to acquire rather than many

      if isinstance(names, basestring):

        names = [names]

      else:

        names = sorted(names)

      acquire_list = []

      # First we look the locks up on __lockdict. We have no way of being sure

      # they will still be there after, but this makes it a lot faster should

      # just one of them be the already wrong

      for lname in utils.UniqueSequence(names):

        try:

          lock = self.__lockdict[lname] # raises KeyError if lock is not there

          acquire_list.append((lname, lock))

        except (KeyError):

          if self.__lock._is_owned():

            # We are acquiring all the set, it doesn't matter if this

            # particular element is not there anymore.

            continue

          else:

            raise errors.LockError('non-existing lock in set (%s)' % lname)

      # This will hold the locknames we effectively acquired.

      acquired = set()

      # Now acquire_list contains a sorted list of resources and locks we want.

      # In order to get them we loop on this (private) list and acquire() them.

      # We gave no real guarantee they will still exist till this is done but

      # .acquire() itself is safe and will alert us if the lock gets deleted.

      for (lname, lock) in acquire_list:

        try:

          lock.acquire(shared=shared) # raises LockError if the lock is deleted

          # now the lock cannot be deleted, we have it!

          self._add_owned(name=lname)

          acquired.add(lname)

        except (errors.LockError):

          if self.__lock._is_owned():

            # We are acquiring all the set, it doesn't matter if this

            # particular element is not there anymore.

            continue

          else:

            name_fail = lname

            for lname in self._list_owned():

              self.__lockdict[lname].release()

              self._del_owned(name=lname)

            raise errors.LockError('non-existing lock in set (%s)' % name_fail)

        except:

          # We shouldn't have problems adding the lock to the owners list, but

          # if we did we'll try to release this lock and re-raise exception.

          # Of course something is going to be really wrong, after this.

          if lock._is_owned():

            lock.release()

          raise

    except:

      # If something went wrong and we had the set-lock let's release it...

      if self.__lock._is_owned():

        self.__lock.release()

      raise

    return acquired

  def release(self, names=None):

    """Release a set of resource locks, at the same level.

    You must have acquired the locks, either in shared or in exclusive mode,

    before releasing them.

    @param names: the names of the locks which shall be released

        (defaults to all the locks acquired at that level).

    """

    assert self._is_owned(), "release() on lock set while not owner"

    # Support passing in a single resource to release rather than many

    if isinstance(names, basestring):

      names = [names]

    if names is None:

      names = self._list_owned()

    else:

      names = set(names)

      assert self._list_owned().issuperset(names), (

               "release() on unheld resources %s" %

               names.difference(self._list_owned()))

    # First of all let's release the "all elements" lock, if set.

    # After this 'add' can work again

    if self.__lock._is_owned():

      self.__lock.release()

      self._del_owned()

    for lockname in names:

      # If we are sure the lock doesn't leave __lockdict without being

      # exclusively held we can do this...

      self.__lockdict[lockname].release()

      self._del_owned(name=lockname)

  def add(self, names, acquired=0, shared=0):

    """Add a new set of elements to the set

    @param names: names of the new elements to add

    @param acquired: pre-acquire the new resource?

    @param shared: is the pre-acquisition shared?

    """

    # Check we don't already own locks at this level

    assert not self._is_owned() or self.__lock._is_owned(shared=0), \

      "Cannot add locks if the set is only partially owned, or shared"

    # Support passing in a single resource to add rather than many

    if isinstance(names, basestring):

      names = [names]

    # If we don't already own the set-level lock acquired in an exclusive way

    # we'll get it and note we need to release it later.

    release_lock = False

    if not self.__lock._is_owned():

      release_lock = True

      self.__lock.acquire()

    try:

      invalid_names = set(self.__names()).intersection(names)

      if invalid_names:

        # This must be an explicit raise, not an assert, because assert is

        # turned off when using optimization, and this can happen because of

        # concurrency even if the user doesn't want it.

        raise errors.LockError("duplicate add() (%s)" % invalid_names)

      for lockname in names:

        lock = SharedLock()

        if acquired:

          lock.acquire(shared=shared)

          # now the lock cannot be deleted, we have it!

          try:

            self._add_owned(name=lockname)

          except:

            # We shouldn't have problems adding the lock to the owners list,

            # but if we did we'll try to release this lock and re-raise

            # exception.  Of course something is going to be really wrong,

            # after this.  On the other hand the lock hasn't been added to the

            # __lockdict yet so no other threads should be pending on it. This

            # release is just a safety measure.

            lock.release()

            raise

        self.__lockdict[lockname] = lock

    finally:

      # Only release __lock if we were not holding it previously.

      if release_lock:

        self.__lock.release()

    return True

  def remove(self, names, blocking=1):

    """Remove elements from the lock set.

    You can either not hold anything in the lockset or already hold a superset

    of the elements you want to delete, exclusively.

    @param names: names of the resource to remove.

    @param blocking: whether to block while trying to acquire or to

        operate in try-lock mode (this locking mode is not supported

        yet unless you are already holding exclusively the locks)

    @return:: a list of locks which we removed; the list is always

        equal to the names list if we were holding all the locks

        exclusively

    """

    if not blocking and not self._is_owned():

      # We don't have non-blocking mode for now

      raise NotImplementedError

    # Support passing in a single resource to remove rather than many

    if isinstance(names, basestring):

      names = [names]

    # If we own any subset of this lock it must be a superset of what we want

    # to delete. The ownership must also be exclusive, but that will be checked

    # by the lock itself.

    assert not self._is_owned() or self._list_owned().issuperset(names), (

      "remove() on acquired lockset while not owning all elements")

    removed = []

    for lname in names:

      # Calling delete() acquires the lock exclusively if we don't already own

      # it, and causes all pending and subsequent lock acquires to fail. It's

      # fine to call it out of order because delete() also implies release(),

      # and the assertion above guarantees that if we either already hold

      # everything we want to delete, or we hold none.

      try:

        self.__lockdict[lname].delete()

        removed.append(lname)

      except (KeyError, errors.LockError):

        # This cannot happen if we were already holding it, verify:

        assert not self._is_owned(), "remove failed while holding lockset"

      else:

        # If no LockError was raised we are the ones who deleted the lock.

        # This means we can safely remove it from lockdict, as any further or

        # pending delete() or acquire() will fail (and nobody can have the lock

        # since before our call to delete()).

        #

        # This is done in an else clause because if the exception was thrown

        # it's the job of the one who actually deleted it.

        del self.__lockdict[lname]

        # And let's remove it from our private list if we owned it.

        if self._is_owned():

          self._del_owned(name=lname)

    return removed

# Locking levels, must be acquired in increasing order.

# Current rules are:

#   - at level LEVEL_CLUSTER resides the Big Ganeti Lock (BGL) which must be

#   acquired before performing any operation, either in shared or in exclusive

#   mode. acquiring the BGL in exclusive mode is discouraged and should be

#   avoided.

#   - at levels LEVEL_NODE and LEVEL_INSTANCE reside node and instance locks.

#   If you need more than one node, or more than one instance, acquire them at

#   the same time.

LEVEL_CLUSTER = 0

LEVEL_INSTANCE = 1

LEVEL_NODE = 2

LEVELS = [LEVEL_CLUSTER,

          LEVEL_INSTANCE,

          LEVEL_NODE]

# Lock levels which are modifiable

LEVELS_MOD = [LEVEL_NODE, LEVEL_INSTANCE]

# Constant for the big ganeti lock

BGL = 'BGL'

class GanetiLockManager:

  """The Ganeti Locking Library

  The purpose of this small library is to manage locking for ganeti clusters

  in a central place, while at the same time doing dynamic checks against

  possible deadlocks. It will also make it easier to transition to a different

  lock type should we migrate away from python threads.

  """

  _instance = None

  def __init__(self, nodes=None, instances=None):

    """Constructs a new GanetiLockManager object.

    There should be only a GanetiLockManager object at any time, so this

    function raises an error if this is not the case.

    @param nodes: list of node names

    @param instances: list of instance names

    """

    assert self.__class__._instance is None, \

           "double GanetiLockManager instance"

    self.__class__._instance = self

    # The keyring contains all the locks, at their level and in the correct

    # locking order.

    self.__keyring = {

      LEVEL_CLUSTER: LockSet([BGL]),

      LEVEL_NODE: LockSet(nodes),

      LEVEL_INSTANCE: LockSet(instances),

    }

  def _names(self, level):

    """List the lock names at the given level.

    This can be used for debugging/testing purposes.

    @param level: the level whose list of locks to get

    """

    assert level in LEVELS, "Invalid locking level %s" % level

    return self.__keyring[level]._names()

  def _is_owned(self, level):

    """Check whether we are owning locks at the given level

    """

    return self.__keyring[level]._is_owned()

  is_owned = _is_owned

  def _list_owned(self, level):

    """Get the set of owned locks at the given level

    """

    return self.__keyring[level]._list_owned()

  def _upper_owned(self, level):

    """Check that we don't own any lock at a level greater than the given one.

    """

    # This way of checking only works if LEVELS[i] = i, which we check for in

    # the test cases.

    return utils.any((self._is_owned(l) for l in LEVELS[level + 1:]))

  def _BGL_owned(self): # pylint: disable-msg=C0103

    """Check if the current thread owns the BGL.

    Both an exclusive or a shared acquisition work.

    """

    return BGL in self.__keyring[LEVEL_CLUSTER]._list_owned()

  @staticmethod

  def _contains_BGL(level, names): # pylint: disable-msg=C0103

    """Check if the level contains the BGL.

    Check if acting on the given level and set of names will change

    the status of the Big Ganeti Lock.

    """

    return level == LEVEL_CLUSTER and (names is None or BGL in names)

  def acquire(self, level, names, blocking=1, shared=0):

    """Acquire a set of resource locks, at the same level.

    @param level: the level at which the locks shall be acquired;

        it must be a member of LEVELS.

    @param names: the names of the locks which shall be acquired

        (special lock names, or instance/node names)

    @param shared: whether to acquire in shared mode; by default

        an exclusive lock will be acquired

    @param blocking: whether to block while trying to acquire or to

        operate in try-lock mode (this locking mode is not supported yet)

    """

    assert level in LEVELS, "Invalid locking level %s" % level

    # Check that we are either acquiring the Big Ganeti Lock or we already own

    # it. Some "legacy" opcodes need to be sure they are run non-concurrently

    # so even if we've migrated we need to at least share the BGL to be

    # compatible with them. Of course if we own the BGL exclusively there's no

    # point in acquiring any other lock, unless perhaps we are half way through

    # the migration of the current opcode.

    assert (self._contains_BGL(level, names) or self._BGL_owned()), (

            "You must own the Big Ganeti Lock before acquiring any other")

    # Check we don't own locks at the same or upper levels.

    assert not self._upper_owned(level), ("Cannot acquire locks at a level"

           " while owning some at a greater one")

    # Acquire the locks in the set.

    return self.__keyring[level].acquire(names, shared=shared,

                                         blocking=blocking)

  def release(self, level, names=None):

    """Release a set of resource locks, at the same level.

    You must have acquired the locks, either in shared or in exclusive

    mode, before releasing them.

    @param level: the level at which the locks shall be released;

        it must be a member of LEVELS

    @param names: the names of the locks which shall be released

        (defaults to all the locks acquired at that level)

    """

    assert level in LEVELS, "Invalid locking level %s" % level

    assert (not self._contains_BGL(level, names) or

            not self._upper_owned(LEVEL_CLUSTER)), (

            "Cannot release the Big Ganeti Lock while holding something"

            " at upper levels")

    # Release will complain if we don't own the locks already

    return self.__keyring[level].release(names)

  def add(self, level, names, acquired=0, shared=0):

    """Add locks at the specified level.

    @param level: the level at which the locks shall be added;

        it must be a member of LEVELS_MOD.

    @param names: names of the locks to acquire

    @param acquired: whether to acquire the newly added locks

    @param shared: whether the acquisition will be shared

    """

    assert level in LEVELS_MOD, "Invalid or immutable level %s" % level

    assert self._BGL_owned(), ("You must own the BGL before performing other"

           " operations")

    assert not self._upper_owned(level), ("Cannot add locks at a level"

           " while owning some at a greater one")

    return self.__keyring[level].add(names, acquired=acquired, shared=shared)

  def remove(self, level, names, blocking=1):

    """Remove locks from the specified level.

    You must either already own the locks you are trying to remove

    exclusively or not own any lock at an upper level.

    @param level: the level at which the locks shall be removed;

        it must be a member of LEVELS_MOD

    @param names: the names of the locks which shall be removed

        (special lock names, or instance/node names)

    @param blocking: whether to block while trying to operate in

        try-lock mode (this locking mode is not supported yet)

    """

    assert level in LEVELS_MOD, "Invalid or immutable level %s" % level

    assert self._BGL_owned(), ("You must own the BGL before performing other"

           " operations")

    # Check we either own the level or don't own anything from here

    # up. LockSet.remove() will check the case in which we don't own

    # all the needed resources, or we have a shared ownership.

    assert self._is_owned(level) or not self._upper_owned(level), (

           "Cannot remove locks at a level while not owning it or"

           " owning some at a greater one")

    return self.__keyring[level].remove(names, blocking=blocking)