#!/usr/bin/python # kills aptitude processes that eat an excessive amount of resources # Copyright 2013 Peter Palfrader # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining # a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the # "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including # without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, # distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to # permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to # the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be # included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND # NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE # LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. import os import errno import sys try: import psutil except OSError, e: # XXX: This is a hack, but since we are run from cron, it's # better to handle this on the next run than to send mail. if e.errno == errno.ENOENT: sys.exit(0) total_mem = psutil.phymem_usage().total cutoff_time = 60*10 for p in psutil.process_iter(): try: if p.name != 'aptitude': continue parent = p.parent if parent is None: continue if parent.name != 'schroot': continue # rootdir = os.readlink('/proc/%d/root'%(p.pid,)) if not rootdir.startswith('/var/lib/schroot/mount'): continue # used = p.get_memory_info().vms if used < total_mem: continue # cputime = p.get_cpu_times().user if cputime < cutoff_time: continue # p.kill() except psutil.error.NoSuchProcess: pass