procfs/sysctl.py

#! /usr/bin/python3
# -*- python -*-
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
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class sysctl:
    def __init__(self):
        self.cache = {}

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        if key not in self.cache:
            value = self.read(key)
            if value is None:
                return None
            self.cache[key] = value

        return self.cache[key]

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        oldvalue = self[key]

        if oldvalue is None:
            raise IOError
        elif oldvalue != value:
            self.write(key, value)
            self.cache[key] = value

    def keys(self):
        return list(self.cache.keys())

    def read(self, key):
        try:
            f = open("/proc/sys/%s" % key.replace(".", "/"))
        except:
            return None
        value = f.readline().strip()
        f.close()
        return value

    def write(self, key, value):
        try:
            f = open("/proc/sys/%s" % key.replace(".", "/"), "w")
        except:
            return
        f.write(value)
        f.close()

    def refresh(self):
        for key in list(self.cache.keys()):
            del self.cache[key]
            value = self.read(key)
            if value is not None:
                self.cache[key] = value