"""A few things that didn't seem to fit anywhere else.""" import cPickle import errno import os import pwd import tempfile import threading import fcntl import logger PID_FILE = '/var/run/nm.pid' def as_daemon_thread(run): """Call function with no arguments in its own thread.""" thr = threading.Thread(target=run) thr.setDaemon(True) thr.start() def close_nonstandard_fds(): """Close all open file descriptors other than 0, 1, and 2.""" _SC_OPEN_MAX = 4 for fd in range(3, os.sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)): try: os.close(fd) except OSError: pass # most likely an fd that isn't open # after http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html def daemon(): """Daemonize the current process.""" if os.fork() != 0: os._exit(0) os.setsid() if os.fork() != 0: os._exit(0) os.chdir('/') os.umask(0) devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR) os.dup2(devnull, 0) crashlog = os.open('/root/nm.stderr', os.O_RDWR | os.O_APPEND | os.O_CREAT, 0644) os.dup2(crashlog, 1) os.dup2(crashlog, 2) def fork_as(su, function, *args): """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 with arguments in the grandchild process. If is not None, set our group and user ids appropriately in the child process.""" child_pid = os.fork() if child_pid == 0: try: os.chdir('/') close_nonstandard_fds() if su: pw_ent = pwd.getpwnam(su) os.setegid(pw_ent[3]) os.seteuid(pw_ent[2]) child_pid = os.fork() if child_pid == 0: function(*args) except: os.seteuid(os.getuid()) # undo su so we can write the log file os.setegid(os.getgid()) logger.log_exc() os._exit(0) else: os.waitpid(child_pid, 0) def pid_file(): """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.""" other_pid = None if os.access(PID_FILE, os.F_OK): # check for a pid file handle = open(PID_FILE) # pid file exists, read it other_pid = int(handle.read()) handle.close() # check for a process with that pid by sending signal 0 try: os.kill(other_pid, 0) except OSError, e: if e.errno == errno.ESRCH: other_pid = None # doesn't exist else: raise # who knows if other_pid == None: # write a new pid file write_file(PID_FILE, lambda f: f.write(str(os.getpid()))) return other_pid def write_file(filename, do_write, **kw_args): """Write file atomically by opening a temporary file, using to write that file, and then renaming the temporary file.""" os.rename(write_temp_file(do_write, **kw_args), filename) def write_temp_file(do_write, mode=None, uidgid=None): fd, temporary_filename = tempfile.mkstemp() if mode: os.chmod(temporary_filename, mode) if uidgid: os.chown(temporary_filename, *uidgid) f = os.fdopen(fd, 'w') try: do_write(f) finally: f.close() return temporary_filename class NMLock: def __init__(self, file): self.fd = os.open(file, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT, 0600) flags = fcntl.fcntl(self.fd, fcntl.F_GETFD) flags |= fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC fcntl.fcntl(self.fd, fcntl.F_SETFD, flags) def __del__(self): os.close(self.fd) def acquire(self): fcntl.lockf(self.fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX) def release(self): fcntl.lockf(self.fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)