# Python modules import os import sys PY_MAJOR_VERSION = sys.version_info[0] # hashlib is only available in Python >= 2.5. I still want to support # older Pythons so I import md5 if hashlib is not available. Fortunately # md5 can masquerade as hashlib for my purposes. try: import hashlib except ImportError: import md5 as hashlib # 3rd party modules import sysv_ipc # Utils for this demo import utils if PY_MAJOR_VERSION > 2: import utils_for_3 as flex_utils else: import utils_for_2 as flex_utils utils.say("Oooo 'ello, I'm Mrs. Conclusion!") params = utils.read_params() semaphore = sysv_ipc.Semaphore(params["KEY"]) memory = sysv_ipc.SharedMemory(params["KEY"]) utils.say("memory attached at %d" % memory.address) what_i_wrote = "" s = "" for i in range(0, params["ITERATIONS"]): utils.say("i = %d" % i) if not params["LIVE_DANGEROUSLY"]: # Wait for Mrs. Premise to free up the semaphore. utils.say("acquiring the semaphore...") semaphore.acquire() s = utils.read_from_memory(memory) while s == what_i_wrote: if not params["LIVE_DANGEROUSLY"]: # Release the semaphore... utils.say("releasing the semaphore") semaphore.release() # ...and wait for it to become available again. utils.say("acquiring for the semaphore...") semaphore.acquire() s = utils.read_from_memory(memory) if what_i_wrote: if PY_MAJOR_VERSION > 2: what_i_wrote = what_i_wrote.encode() try: assert(s == hashlib.md5(what_i_wrote).hexdigest()) except AssertionError: flex_utils.raise_error(AssertionError, "Shared memory corruption after %d iterations." % i) if PY_MAJOR_VERSION > 2: s = s.encode() what_i_wrote = hashlib.md5(s).hexdigest() utils.write_to_memory(memory, what_i_wrote) if not params["LIVE_DANGEROUSLY"]: utils.say("releasing the semaphore") semaphore.release()