Re: [libvirt] Help needed: simple python api to obtain events

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On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 10:19:08AM +0200, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:59:39PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 07:04:29PM +0200, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> > > Would someone help me have a shrink-wrapped solution for obtaining libvirt
> > > events in python?
> > 
> > I decided to re-write the demo program so that is shows a serious
> > production kwalitee event loop implementation that can be used in
> > real world applications. I think you'll find this much nicer :-)
> 
> It sure look nicer (though I still don't get the hows and whys).
> However, it seems that you have an issue with python's time.time()
> measured in seconds, not milliseconds.

Here's a version with more docs & the time in milliseconds

#!/usr/bin/python -u
#
#
#
#################################################################################
# Start off by implementing a general purpose event loop for anyones use
#################################################################################

import sys
import getopt
import os
import libvirt
import select
import errno
import time
import threading

#
# This general purpose event loop will support waiting for file handle
# I/O and errors events, as well as scheduling repeatable timers with
# a fixed interval.
#
# It is a pure python implementation based around the poll() API
#
class virEventLoopPure:
    # This class contains the data we need to track for a
    # single file handle
    class virEventLoopPureHandle:
        def __init__(self, handle, fd, events, cb, opaque):
            self.handle = handle
            self.fd = fd
            self.events = events
            self.cb = cb
            self.opaque = opaque

        def get_id(self):
            return self.handle

        def get_fd(self):
            return self.fd

        def get_events(self):
            return self.events

        def set_events(self, events):
            self.events = events

        def dispatch(self, events):
            self.cb(self.handle,
                    self.fd,
                    events,
                    self.opaque[0],
                    self.opaque[1])

    # This class contains the data we need to track for a
    # single periodic timer
    class virEventLoopPureTimer:
        def __init__(self, timer, interval, cb, opaque):
            self.timer = timer
            self.interval = interval
            self.cb = cb
            self.opaque = opaque
            self.lastfired = 0

        def get_id(self):
            return self.timer

        def get_interval(self):
            return self.interval

        def set_interval(self, interval):
            self.interval = interval

        def get_last_fired(self):
            return self.lastfired

        def set_last_fired(self, now):
            self.lastfired = now

        def dispatch(self):
            self.cb(self.timer,
                    self.opaque[0],
                    self.opaque[1])


    def __init__(self, debug=False):
        self.debugOn = debug
        self.poll = select.poll()
        self.pipetrick = os.pipe()
        self.nextHandleID = 1
        self.nextTimerID = 1
        self.handles = []
        self.timers = []
        self.quit = False

        # The event loop can be used from multiple threads at once.
        # Specifically while the main thread is sleeping in poll()
        # waiting for events to occur, another thread may come along
        # and add/update/remove a file handle, or timer. When this
        # happens we need to interrupt the poll() sleep in the other
        # thread, so that it'll see the file handle / timer changes.
        #
        # Using OS level signals for this is very unreliable and
        # hard to implement correctly. Thus we use the real classic
        # "self pipe" trick. A anonymous pipe, with one end registered
        # with the event loop for input events. When we need to force
        # the main thread out of a poll() sleep, we simple write a
        # single byte of data to the other end of the pipe.
        self.debug("Self pipe watch %d write %d" %(self.pipetrick[0], self.pipetrick[1]))
        self.poll.register(self.pipetrick[0], select.POLLIN)

    def debug(self, msg):
        if self.debugOn:
            print msg


    # Calculate when the next timeout is due to occurr, returning
    # the absolute timestamp for the next timeout, or 0 if there is
    # no timeout due
    def next_timeout(self):
        next = 0
        for t in self.timers:
            last = t.get_last_fired()
            interval = t.get_interval()
            if interval < 0:
                continue
            if next == 0 or (last + interval) < next:
                next = last + interval

        return next

    # Lookup a virEventLoopPureHandle object based on file descriptor
    def get_handle_by_fd(self, fd):
        for h in self.handles:
            if h.get_fd() == fd:
                return h
        return None

    # Lookup a virEventLoopPureHandle object based on its event loop ID
    def get_handle_by_id(self, handleID):
        for h in self.handles:
            if h.get_id() == handleID:
                return h
        return None


    # This is the heart of the event loop, performing one single
    # iteration. It asks when the next timeout is due, and then
    # calcuates the maximum amount of time it is able to sleep
    # for in poll() pending file handle events.
    #
    # It then goes into the poll() sleep.
    #
    # When poll() returns, there will zero or more file handle
    # events which need to be dispatched to registered callbacks
    # It may also be time to fire some periodic timers.
    #
    # Due to the coarse granularity of schedular timeslices, if
    # we ask for a sleep of 500ms in order to satisfy a timer, we
    # may return upto 1 schedular timeslice early. So even though
    # our sleep timeout was reached, the registered timer may not
    # technically be at its expiry point. This leads to us going
    # back around the loop with a crazy 5ms sleep. So when checking
    # if timeouts are due, we allow a margin of 20ms, to avoid
    # these pointless repeated tiny sleeps.
    def run_once(self):
        sleep = -1
        next = self.next_timeout()
        self.debug("Next timeout due at %d" % next)
        if next > 0:
            now = int(time.time() * 1000)
            if now >= next:
                sleep = 0
            else:
                sleep = next - now

        self.debug("Poll with a sleep of %d" % sleep)
        events = self.poll.poll(sleep)

        # Dispatch any file handle events that occurred
        for (fd, revents) in events:
            # See if the events was from the self-pipe
            # telling us to wakup. if so, then discard
            # the data just continue
            if fd == self.pipetrick[0]:
                data = os.read(fd, 1)
                continue

            h = self.get_handle_by_fd(fd)
            if h:
                self.debug("Dispatch fd %d handle %d events %d" % (fd, h.get_id(), revents))
                h.dispatch(self.events_from_poll(revents))

        now = int(time.time() * 1000)
        for t in self.timers:
            interval = t.get_interval()
            if interval < 0:
                continue

            want = t.get_last_fired() + interval
            # Deduct 20ms, since schedular timeslice
            # means we could be ever so slightly early
            if now >= (want-20):
                self.debug("Dispatch timer %d now %s want %s" % (t.get_id(), str(now), str(want)))
                t.set_last_fired(now)
                t.dispatch()


    # Actually the event loop forever
    def run_loop(self):
        self.quit = False
        while not self.quit:
            self.run_once()

    def interrupt(self):
        os.write(self.pipetrick[1], 'c')


    # Registers a new file handle 'fd', monitoring  for 'events' (libvirt
    # event constants), firing the callback  cb() when an event occurs.
    # Returns a unique integer identier for this handle, that should be
    # used to later update/remove it
    def add_handle(self, fd, events, cb, opaque):
        handleID = self.nextHandleID + 1
        self.nextHandleID = self.nextHandleID + 1

        h = self.virEventLoopPureHandle(handleID, fd, events, cb, opaque)
        self.handles.append(h)

        self.poll.register(fd, self.events_to_poll(events))
        self.interrupt()

        self.debug("Add handle %d fd %d events %d" % (handleID, fd, events))

        return handleID

    # Registers a new timer with periodic expiry at 'interval' ms,
    # firing cb() each time the timer expires. If 'interval' is -1,
    # then the timer is registered, but not enabled
    # Returns a unique integer identier for this handle, that should be
    # used to later update/remove it
    def add_timer(self, interval, cb, opaque):
        timerID = self.nextTimerID + 1
        self.nextTimerID = self.nextTimerID + 1

        h = self.virEventLoopPureTimer(timerID, interval, cb, opaque)
        self.timers.append(h)
        self.interrupt()

        self.debug("Add timer %d interval %d" % (timerID, interval))

        return timerID

    # Change the set of events to be monitored on the file handle
    def update_handle(self, handleID, events):
        h = self.get_handle_by_id(handleID)
        if h:
            h.set_events(events)
            self.poll.unregister(h.get_fd())
            self.poll.register(h.get_fd(), self.events_to_poll(events))
            self.interrupt()

            self.debug("Update handle %d fd %d events %d" % (handleID, h.get_fd(), events))

    # Change the periodic frequency of the timer
    def update_timer(self, timerID, interval):
        for h in self.timers:
            if h.get_id() == timerID:
                h.set_interval(interval);
                self.interrupt()

                self.debug("Update timer %d interval %d"  % (timerID, interval))
                break

    # Stop monitoring for events on the file handle
    def remove_handle(self, handleID):
        handles = []
        for h in self.handles:
            if h.get_id() == handleID:
                self.poll.unregister(h.get_fd())
                self.debug("Remove handle %d fd %d" % (handleID, h.get_fd()))
            else:
                handles.append(h)
        self.handles = handles
        self.interrupt()

    # Stop firing the periodic timer
    def remove_timer(self, timerID):
        timers = []
        for h in self.timers:
            if h.get_id() != timerID:
                timers.append(h)
                self.debug("Remove timer %d" % timerID)
        self.timers = timers
        self.interrupt()

    # Convert from libvirt event constants, to poll() events constants
    def events_to_poll(self, events):
        ret = 0
        if events & libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_READABLE:
            ret |= select.POLLIN
        if events & libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_WRITABLE:
            ret |= select.POLLOUT
        if events & libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_ERROR:
            ret |= select.POLLERR;
        if events & libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_HANGUP:
            ret |= select.POLLHUP;
        return ret

    # Convert from poll() event constants, to libvirt events constants
    def events_from_poll(self, events):
        ret = 0;
        if events & select.POLLIN:
            ret |= libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_READABLE;
        if events & select.POLLOUT:
            ret |= libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_WRITABLE;
        if events & select.POLLNVAL:
            ret |= libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_ERROR;
        if events & select.POLLERR:
            ret |= libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_ERROR;
        if events & select.POLLHUP:
            ret |= libvirt.VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_HANGUP;
        return ret;


###########################################################################
# Now glue an instance of the general event loop into libvirt's event loop
###########################################################################

# This single global instance of the event loop wil be used for
# monitoring libvirt events
eventLoop = virEventLoopPure(debug=False)

# This keeps track of what thread is running the event loop,
# (if it is run in a background thread)
eventLoopThread = None


# These next set of 6 methods are the glue between the official
# libvirt events API, and our particular impl of the event loop
#
# There is no reason why the 'virEventLoopPure' has to be used.
# An application could easily may these 6 glue methods hook into
# another event loop such as GLib's, or something like the python
# Twisted event framework.

def virEventAddHandleImpl(fd, events, cb, opaque):
    global eventLoop
    return eventLoop.add_handle(fd, events, cb, opaque)

def virEventUpdateHandleImpl(handleID, events):
    global eventLoop
    return eventLoop.update_handle(handleID, events)

def virEventRemoveHandleImpl(handleID):
    global eventLoop
    return eventLoop.remove_handle(handleID)

def virEventAddTimerImpl(interval, cb, opaque):
    global eventLoop
    return eventLoop.add_timer(interval, cb, opaque)

def virEventUpdateTimerImpl(timerID, interval):
    global eventLoop
    return eventLoop.update_timer(timerID, interval)

def virEventRemoveTimerImpl(timerID):
    global eventLoop
    return eventLoop.remove_timer(timerID)

# This tells libvirt what event loop implementation it
# should use
def virEventLoopPureRegister():
    libvirt.virEventRegisterImpl(virEventAddHandleImpl,
                                 virEventUpdateHandleImpl,
                                 virEventRemoveHandleImpl,
                                 virEventAddTimerImpl,
                                 virEventUpdateTimerImpl,
                                 virEventRemoveTimerImpl)

# Directly run the event loop in the current thread
def virEventLoopPureRun():
    global eventLoop
    eventLoop.run_loop()

# Spawn a background thread to run the event loop
def virEventLoopPureStart():
    global eventLoopThread
    virEventLoopPureRegister()
    eventLoopThread = threading.Thread(target=virEventLoopPureRun, name="libvirtEventLoop")
    eventLoopThread.setDaemon(True)
    eventLoopThread.start()


##########################################################################
# Everything that now follows is a simple demo of domain lifecycle events
##########################################################################
def eventToString(event):
    eventStrings = ( "Added",
                     "Removed",
                     "Started",
                     "Suspended",
                     "Resumed",
                     "Stopped",
                     "Saved",
                     "Restored" );
    return eventStrings[event];

def myDomainEventCallback1 (conn, dom, event, detail, opaque):
    print "myDomainEventCallback1 EVENT: Domain %s(%s) %s %d" % (dom.name(), dom.ID(), eventToString(event), detail)

def myDomainEventCallback2 (conn, dom, event, detail, opaque):
    print "myDomainEventCallback2 EVENT: Domain %s(%s) %s %d" % (dom.name(), dom.ID(), eventToString(event), detail)

def usage():
        print "usage: "+os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])+" [uri]"
        print "   uri will default to qemu:///system"

def main():
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "h", ["help"] )
    except getopt.GetoptError, err:
        # print help information and exit:
        print str(err) # will print something like "option -a not recognized"
        usage()
        sys.exit(2)
    for o, a in opts:
        if o in ("-h", "--help"):
            usage()
            sys.exit()

    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        uri = sys.argv[1]
    else:
        uri = "qemu:///system"

    print "Using uri:" + uri

    # Run a background thread with the event loop
    virEventLoopPureStart()

    vc = libvirt.open(uri)

    # Close connection on exit (to test cleanup paths)
    old_exitfunc = getattr(sys, 'exitfunc', None)
    def exit():
        print "Closing " + str(vc)
        vc.close()
        if (old_exitfunc): old_exitfunc()
    sys.exitfunc = exit

    #Add 2 callbacks to prove this works with more than just one
    vc.domainEventRegister(myDomainEventCallback1,None)
    vc.domainEventRegister(myDomainEventCallback2,None)

    # The rest of your app would go here normally, but for sake
    # of demo we'll just go to sleep. The other option is to
    # run the event loop in your main thread if your app is
    # totally event based.
    while 1:
        time.sleep(1)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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