Source code for filelock

#!/usr/bin/env python

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"""
A platform independent file lock that supports the with-statement.
"""


# Modules
# ------------------------------------------------
import logging
import os
import threading
import time
try:
    import warnings
except ImportError:
    warnings = None

try:
    import msvcrt
except ImportError:
    msvcrt = None

try:
    import fcntl
except ImportError:
    fcntl = None


# Backward compatibility
# ------------------------------------------------
try:
    TimeoutError
except NameError:
    TimeoutError = OSError


# Data
# ------------------------------------------------
__all__ = [
    "Timeout",
    "BaseFileLock",
    "WindowsFileLock",
    "UnixFileLock",
    "SoftFileLock",
    "FileLock"
]

__version__ = "2.0.13"


_logger = None
def logger():
    """Returns the logger instance used in this module."""
    global _logger
    _logger = _logger or logging.getLogger(__name__)
    return _logger


# Exceptions
# ------------------------------------------------
[docs]class Timeout(TimeoutError): """ Raised when the lock could not be acquired in *timeout* seconds. """ def __init__(self, lock_file): """ """ #: The path of the file lock. self.lock_file = lock_file return None def __str__(self): temp = "The file lock '{}' could not be acquired."\ .format(self.lock_file) return temp
# Classes # ------------------------------------------------
[docs]class BaseFileLock(object): """ Implements the base class of a file lock. """ def __init__(self, lock_file, timeout = -1): """ """ # The path to the lock file. self._lock_file = lock_file # The file descriptor for the *_lock_file* as it is returned by the # os.open() function. # This file lock is only NOT None, if the object currently holds the # lock. self._lock_file_fd = None # The default timeout value. self.timeout = timeout # We use this lock primarily for the lock counter. self._thread_lock = threading.Lock() # The lock counter is used for implementing the nested locking # mechanism. Whenever the lock is acquired, the counter is increased and # the lock is only released, when this value is 0 again. self._lock_counter = 0 return None @property def lock_file(self): """ The path to the lock file. """ return self._lock_file @property def timeout(self): """ You can set a default timeout for the filelock. It will be used as fallback value in the acquire method, if no timeout value (*None*) is given. If you want to disable the timeout, set it to a negative value. A timeout of 0 means, that there is exactly one attempt to acquire the file lock. .. versionadded:: 2.0.0 """ return self._timeout @timeout.setter def timeout(self, value): """ """ self._timeout = float(value) return None # Platform dependent locking # -------------------------------------------- def _acquire(self): """ Platform dependent. If the file lock could be acquired, self._lock_file_fd holds the file descriptor of the lock file. """ raise NotImplementedError() def _release(self): """ Releases the lock and sets self._lock_file_fd to None. """ raise NotImplementedError() # Platform independent methods # -------------------------------------------- @property def is_locked(self): """ True, if the object holds the file lock. .. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 This was previously a method and is now a property. """ return self._lock_file_fd is not None
[docs] def acquire(self, timeout=None, poll_intervall=0.05): """ Acquires the file lock or fails with a :exc:`Timeout` error. .. code-block:: python # You can use this method in the context manager (recommended) with lock.acquire(): pass # Or you use an equal try-finally construct: lock.acquire() try: pass finally: lock.release() :arg float timeout: The maximum time waited for the file lock. If ``timeout <= 0``, there is no timeout and this method will block until the lock could be acquired. If ``timeout`` is None, the default :attr:`~timeout` is used. :arg float poll_intervall: We check once in *poll_intervall* seconds if we can acquire the file lock. :raises Timeout: if the lock could not be acquired in *timeout* seconds. .. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 This method returns now a *proxy* object instead of *self*, so that it can be used in a with statement without side effects. """ # Use the default timeout, if no timeout is provided. if timeout is None: timeout = self.timeout # Increment the number right at the beginning. # We can still undo it, if something fails. with self._thread_lock: self._lock_counter += 1 try: start_time = time.time() while True: lock_id = id(self) lock_filename = self._lock_file with self._thread_lock: if not self.is_locked: logger().debug('Attempting to acquire lock %s on %s', lock_id, lock_filename) self._acquire() if self.is_locked: logger().info('Lock %s acquired on %s', lock_id, lock_filename) break elif timeout >= 0 and time.time() - start_time > timeout: logger().debug('Timeout on acquiring lock %s on %s', lock_id, lock_filename) raise Timeout(self._lock_file) else: logger().debug( 'Lock %s not acquired on %s, waiting %s seconds ...', lock_id, lock_filename, poll_intervall ) time.sleep(poll_intervall) except: # Something did go wrong, so decrement the counter. with self._thread_lock: self._lock_counter = max(0, self._lock_counter - 1) raise # This class wraps the lock to make sure __enter__ is not called # twiced when entering the with statement. # If we would simply return *self*, the lock would be acquired again # in the *__enter__* method of the BaseFileLock, but not released again # automatically. class ReturnProxy(object): def __init__(self, lock): self.lock = lock return None def __enter__(self): return self.lock def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback): self.lock.release() return None return ReturnProxy(lock = self)
[docs] def release(self, force = False): """ Releases the file lock. Please note, that the lock is only completly released, if the lock counter is 0. Also note, that the lock file itself is not automatically deleted. :arg bool force: If true, the lock counter is ignored and the lock is released in every case. """ with self._thread_lock: if self.is_locked: self._lock_counter -= 1 if self._lock_counter == 0 or force: lock_id = id(self) lock_filename = self._lock_file logger().debug('Attempting to release lock %s on %s', lock_id, lock_filename) self._release() self._lock_counter = 0 logger().info('Lock %s released on %s', lock_id, lock_filename) return None
def __enter__(self): self.acquire() return self def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback): self.release() return None def __del__(self): self.release(force = True) return None
# Windows locking mechanism # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[docs]class WindowsFileLock(BaseFileLock): """ Uses the :func:`msvcrt.locking` function to hard lock the lock file on windows systems. """ def _acquire(self): open_mode = os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC try: fd = os.open(self._lock_file, open_mode) except OSError: pass else: try: msvcrt.locking(fd, msvcrt.LK_NBLCK, 1) except (IOError, OSError): os.close(fd) else: self._lock_file_fd = fd return None def _release(self): fd = self._lock_file_fd self._lock_file_fd = None msvcrt.locking(fd, msvcrt.LK_UNLCK, 1) os.close(fd) try: os.remove(self._lock_file) # Probably another instance of the application # that acquired the file lock. except OSError: pass return None
# Unix locking mechanism # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[docs]class UnixFileLock(BaseFileLock): """ Uses the :func:`fcntl.flock` to hard lock the lock file on unix systems. """ def _acquire(self): open_mode = os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC fd = os.open(self._lock_file, open_mode) try: fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB) except (IOError, OSError): os.close(fd) else: self._lock_file_fd = fd return None def _release(self): fd = self._lock_file_fd self._lock_file_fd = None fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN) os.close(fd) return None
# Soft lock # ~~~~~~~~~
[docs]class SoftFileLock(BaseFileLock): """ Simply watches the existence of the lock file. """ def _acquire(self): open_mode = os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_TRUNC try: fd = os.open(self._lock_file, open_mode) except (IOError, OSError): pass else: self._lock_file_fd = fd return None def _release(self): os.close(self._lock_file_fd) self._lock_file_fd = None try: os.remove(self._lock_file) # The file is already deleted and that's what we want. except OSError: pass return None
# Platform filelock # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #: Alias for the lock, which should be used for the current platform. On #: Windows, this is an alias for :class:`WindowsFileLock`, on Unix for #: :class:`UnixFileLock` and otherwise for :class:`SoftFileLock`. FileLock = None if msvcrt: FileLock = WindowsFileLock elif fcntl: FileLock = UnixFileLock else: FileLock = SoftFileLock if warnings is not None: warnings.warn("only soft file lock is available")