Hi Mike, On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 16:04 -0400, Mike Burns wrote: > + > +def __unload_modules(module): > + lsmod = os.popen("lsmod | grep \"^%s \"" % module) > + line_parts = lsmod.readline().split() > + if len(line_parts) == 0: > + kvm_log.info("%s not loaded." % module) > + else: > + kvm_log.info("Found module %s, checking for dependecies..." %module) > + if len(line_parts) == 4: > + submodules = line_parts[3].split(",") > + for submodule in submodules: > + __unload_modules(submodule) > + else: > + kvm_log.info("No modules dependent on %s" % module ) > + > + kvm_log.info("Removing module: %s" % module) > + utils.system("/sbin/modprobe -r %s" % module, ignore_status=False) ignore_status is False by default, so no need to do explicitly pass it to the function. Also, as we are putting something that can throw an exception, you can wrap it in a try/except module that throws a error.TestError exception in case our module removal still fails. Other than that, I agree with Avi that we should avoid adding commented lines, and prefer python constructs over shell ones. -- Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues Software Engineer (QE) Red Hat - Emerging Technologies -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html