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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# restart multipath service if multipathd needs to much memory
+
+# Copyright 2013,2017 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
+import psutil
+import subprocess
+
+total_mem = psutil.virtual_memory().total
+
+for p in psutil.process_iter():
+ try:
+ if p.name() != 'multipathd': continue
+ parent = p.parent()
+ if parent is None: continue
+ if parent.pid != 1: continue
+ #
+ used = p.memory_info().vms
+ if used > 4*1024**3:
+ subprocess.check_call(['service', 'multipathd', 'restart'])
+ print("Did restart multipathd, one hopes.")
+ except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
+ pass