1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py
index 76e91951..349d0155 100644
--- a/cloudinit/util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -1957,3 +1957,24 @@ def pathprefix2dict(base, required=None, optional=None, delim=os.path.sep):
         raise ValueError("Missing required files: %s", ','.join(missing))
 
     return ret
+
+
+def read_meminfo(meminfo="/proc/meminfo", raw=False):
+    # read a /proc/meminfo style file and return
+    # a dict with 'total', 'free', and 'available'
+    mpliers = {'kB': 2**10, 'mB': 2 ** 20, 'B': 1, 'gB': 2 ** 30}
+    kmap = {'MemTotal:': 'total', 'MemFree:': 'free',
+            'MemAvailable:': 'available'}
+    ret = {}
+    for line in load_file(meminfo).splitlines():
+        try:
+            key, value, unit = line.split()
+        except ValueError:
+            key, value = line.split()
+            unit = 'B'
+        if raw:
+            ret[key] = int(value) * mpliers[unit]
+        elif key in kmap:
+            ret[kmap[key]] = int(value) * mpliers[unit]
+
+    return ret