Package ganeti :: Package utils :: Module livelock

Module livelock

Lockfiles to prove liveliness

When requesting resources, like locks, from wconfd, requesters have to provide the name of a file they own an exclusive lock on, to prove that they are still alive. Provide methods to obtain such a file.

Classes

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LiveLockName

LiveLock
Utility for a lockfile needed to request resources from WconfD.

Functions

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GuessLockfileFor(name)
For a given name, take the latest file matching.

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Imports: fcntl, os, struct, time, NiceSort, pathutils

Function Details

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GuessLockfileFor(name)

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For a given name, take the latest file matching.

Returns:: the file with the latest name matching the given prefix in LIVELOCK_DIR, or the plain name, if none exists.