# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # pidlockfile.py # # Copyright © 2008–2009 Ben Finney # # This is free software: you may copy, modify, and/or distribute this work # under the terms of the Python Software Foundation License, version 2 or # later as published by the Python Software Foundation. # No warranty expressed or implied. See the file LICENSE.PSF-2 for details. """ Lockfile behaviour implemented via Unix PID files. """ from __future__ import absolute_import import os import sys import errno import time from . import (LockBase, AlreadyLocked, LockFailed, NotLocked, NotMyLock, LockTimeout) class PIDLockFile(LockBase): """ Lockfile implemented as a Unix PID file. The lock file is a normal file named by the attribute `path`. A lock's PID file contains a single line of text, containing the process ID (PID) of the process that acquired the lock. >>> lock = PIDLockFile('somefile') >>> lock = PIDLockFile('somefile') """ def __init__(self, path, threaded=False): # pid lockfiles don't support threaded operation, so always force # False as the threaded arg. LockBase.__init__(self, path, False) dirname = os.path.dirname(self.lock_file) basename = os.path.split(self.path)[-1] self.unique_name = self.path def read_pid(self): """ Get the PID from the lock file. """ return read_pid_from_pidfile(self.path) def is_locked(self): """ Test if the lock is currently held. The lock is held if the PID file for this lock exists. """ return os.path.exists(self.path) def i_am_locking(self): """ Test if the lock is held by the current process. Returns ``True`` if the current process ID matches the number stored in the PID file. """ return self.is_locked() and os.getpid() == self.read_pid() def acquire(self, timeout=None): """ Acquire the lock. Creates the PID file for this lock, or raises an error if the lock could not be acquired. """ end_time = time.time() if timeout is not None and timeout > 0: end_time += timeout while True: try: write_pid_to_pidfile(self.path) except OSError, exc: if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST: # The lock creation failed. Maybe sleep a bit. if timeout is not None and time.time() > end_time: if timeout > 0: raise LockTimeout else: raise AlreadyLocked time.sleep(timeout is not None and timeout/10 or 0.1) else: raise LockFailed else: return def release(self): """ Release the lock. Removes the PID file to release the lock, or raises an error if the current process does not hold the lock. """ if not self.is_locked(): raise NotLocked if not self.i_am_locking(): raise NotMyLock remove_existing_pidfile(self.path) def break_lock(self): """ Break an existing lock. Removes the PID file if it already exists, otherwise does nothing. """ remove_existing_pidfile(self.path) def read_pid_from_pidfile(pidfile_path): """ Read the PID recorded in the named PID file. Read and return the numeric PID recorded as text in the named PID file. If the PID file cannot be read, or if the content is not a valid PID, return ``None``. """ pid = None try: pidfile = open(pidfile_path, 'r') except IOError: pass else: # According to the FHS 2.3 section on PID files in /var/run: # # The file must consist of the process identifier in # ASCII-encoded decimal, followed by a newline character. # # Programs that read PID files should be somewhat flexible # in what they accept; i.e., they should ignore extra # whitespace, leading zeroes, absence of the trailing # newline, or additional lines in the PID file. line = pidfile.readline().strip() try: pid = int(line) except ValueError: pass pidfile.close() return pid def write_pid_to_pidfile(pidfile_path): """ Write the PID in the named PID file. Get the numeric process ID (“PID”) of the current process and write it to the named file as a line of text. """ open_flags = (os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_WRONLY) open_mode = 0644 pidfile_fd = os.open(pidfile_path, open_flags, open_mode) pidfile = os.fdopen(pidfile_fd, 'w') # According to the FHS 2.3 section on PID files in /var/run: # # The file must consist of the process identifier in # ASCII-encoded decimal, followed by a newline character. For # example, if crond was process number 25, /var/run/crond.pid # would contain three characters: two, five, and newline. pid = os.getpid() line = "%(pid)d\n" % vars() pidfile.write(line) pidfile.close() def remove_existing_pidfile(pidfile_path): """ Remove the named PID file if it exists. Removing a PID file that doesn't already exist puts us in the desired state, so we ignore the condition if the file does not exist. """ try: os.remove(pidfile_path) except OSError, exc: if exc.errno == errno.ENOENT: pass else: raise