4 """A few things that didn't seem to fit anywhere else."""
16 PID_FILE = '/var/run/nm.pid'
19 interface = get_if_from_hwaddr(get_hwaddr_from_plnode())
20 if not interface: interface = "eth0"
23 def get_hwaddr_from_plnode():
25 for line in open("/usr/boot/plnode.txt", 'r').readlines():
26 if line.startswith("NET_DEVICE"):
27 return line.split("=")[1].strip().strip('"')
32 def get_if_from_hwaddr(hwaddr):
36 dev_hwaddr = sioc.gifhwaddr(dev)
37 if dev_hwaddr == hwaddr: return dev
40 def as_daemon_thread(run):
41 """Call function <run> with no arguments in its own thread."""
42 thr = threading.Thread(target=run)
46 def close_nonstandard_fds():
47 """Close all open file descriptors other than 0, 1, and 2."""
49 for fd in range(3, os.sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)):
51 except OSError: pass # most likely an fd that isn't open
53 # after http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html
55 """Daemonize the current process."""
56 if os.fork() != 0: os._exit(0)
58 if os.fork() != 0: os._exit(0)
61 devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
63 # xxx fixme - this is just to make sure that nothing gets stupidly lost - should use devnull
64 crashlog = os.open('/var/log/nm.daemon', os.O_RDWR | os.O_APPEND | os.O_CREAT, 0644)
68 def fork_as(su, function, *args):
69 """fork(), cd / to avoid keeping unused directories open, close all nonstandard file descriptors (to avoid capturing open sockets), fork() again (to avoid zombies) and call <function> with arguments <args> in the grandchild process. If <su> is not None, set our group and user ids appropriately in the child process."""
74 close_nonstandard_fds()
76 pw_ent = pwd.getpwnam(su)
80 if child_pid == 0: function(*args)
82 os.seteuid(os.getuid()) # undo su so we can write the log file
83 os.setegid(os.getgid())
86 else: os.waitpid(child_pid, 0)
89 """We use a pid file to ensure that only one copy of NM is running at a given time. If successful, this function will write a pid file containing the pid of the current process. The return value is the pid of the other running process, or None otherwise."""
91 if os.access(PID_FILE, os.F_OK): # check for a pid file
92 handle = open(PID_FILE) # pid file exists, read it
93 other_pid = int(handle.read())
95 # check for a process with that pid by sending signal 0
96 try: os.kill(other_pid, 0)
98 if e.errno == errno.ESRCH: other_pid = None # doesn't exist
99 else: raise # who knows
100 if other_pid == None:
101 # write a new pid file
102 write_file(PID_FILE, lambda f: f.write(str(os.getpid())))
105 def write_file(filename, do_write, **kw_args):
106 """Write file <filename> atomically by opening a temporary file, using <do_write> to write that file, and then renaming the temporary file."""
107 os.rename(write_temp_file(do_write, **kw_args), filename)
109 def write_temp_file(do_write, mode=None, uidgid=None):
110 fd, temporary_filename = tempfile.mkstemp()
111 if mode: os.chmod(temporary_filename, mode)
112 if uidgid: os.chown(temporary_filename, *uidgid)
113 f = os.fdopen(fd, 'w')
116 return temporary_filename
118 # utilities functions to get (cached) information from the node
120 # get node_id from /etc/planetlab/node_id and cache it
126 _node_id=int(file("/etc/planetlab/node_id").read())
131 _root_context_arch=None
132 def root_context_arch():
133 global _root_context_arch
134 if not _root_context_arch:
135 _root_context_arch=commands.getoutput("uname -i")
136 return _root_context_arch
140 def __init__(self, file):
141 logger.log("Lock %s initialized." % file, 2)
142 self.fd = os.open(file, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT, 0600)
143 flags = fcntl.fcntl(self.fd, fcntl.F_GETFD)
144 flags |= fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC
145 fcntl.fcntl(self.fd, fcntl.F_SETFD, flags)
149 logger.log("Lock acquired.", 2)
150 fcntl.lockf(self.fd, fcntl.LOCK_SH)
152 logger.log("Lock released.", 2)
153 fcntl.lockf(self.fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)