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authorChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2022-03-25 18:54:44 +0100
committerChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2022-03-25 19:16:02 +0100
commita053b48316b3bee09671381e01289e927ef828e7 (patch)
tree2d8287f64e70b7e5c5720b0166f019df9fe14775
parentd2ad75c59f2e2776d1ce663b64af77a22a7764fd (diff)
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vyos.util: T4319: provide generic sysctl_read() helper
(cherry picked from commit 52cb6185a4a51ffa92f10e0ded55a943bc21bc60)
-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index 76ba0fb60..5dff70b94 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -814,11 +814,16 @@ def boot_configuration_complete() -> bool:
return True
return False
+def sysctl_read(name):
+ """ Read and return current value of sysctl() option """
+ tmp = cmd(f'sysctl {name}')
+ return tmp.split()[-1]
+
def sysctl(name, value):
""" Change value via sysctl() - return True if changed, False otherwise """
tmp = cmd(f'sysctl {name}')
# last list index contains the actual value - only write if value differs
- if tmp.split()[-1] != str(value):
+ if sysctl_read(name) != str(value):
call(f'sysctl -wq {name}={value}')
return True
return False