lib/_emerge/getloadavg.py

# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

from portage import os

getloadavg = getattr(os, "getloadavg", None)
if getloadavg is None:

    def getloadavg():
        """
        Uses /proc/loadavg to emulate os.getloadavg().
        Raises OSError if the load average was unobtainable.
        """
        try:
            with open("/proc/loadavg") as f:
                loadavg_str = f.readline()
        except IOError:
            # getloadavg() is only supposed to raise OSError, so convert
            raise OSError("unknown")
        loadavg_split = loadavg_str.split()
        if len(loadavg_split) < 3:
            raise OSError("unknown")
        loadavg_floats = []
        for i in range(3):
            try:
                loadavg_floats.append(float(loadavg_split[i]))
            except ValueError:
                raise OSError("unknown")
        return tuple(loadavg_floats)