If a pid is completed and disappears a FileNotFoundError will occur because /proc/pid/stat will disappear too. It is not possible to check for the file first because it could still disappear between the time of the check and the time of use. Progate this error to the user. The user should handle this with a try, except clause and ignore it if an exception occurs. Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur(a)redhat.com&gt; --- procfs/procfs.py | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/procfs/procfs.py b/procfs/procfs.py index 408b2bcd0a31..a0e9977214fe 100755 --- a/procfs/procfs.py +++ b/procfs/procfs.py @@ -130,7 +130,12 @@ class pidstat: def __init__(self, pid, basedir="/proc"): self.pid = pid - self.load(basedir) + try: + self.load(basedir) + except FileNotFoundError: + # The file representing the pid has disappeared + # propagate the error to the user to handle + raise def __getitem__(self, fieldname): return self.fields[fieldname] @@ -151,7 +156,11 @@ class pidstat: return fieldname in self.fields def load(self, basedir="/proc"): - f = open("%s/%d/stat" % (basedir, self.pid)) + try: + f = open("%s/%d/stat" % (basedir, self.pid)) + except FileNotFoundError: + # The pid has disappeared, propagate the error + raise fields = f.readline().strip().split(') ') f.close() fields = fields[0].split(' (') + fields[1].split() @@ -338,7 +347,11 @@ class process: else: sclass = pidstatus - setattr(self, attr, sclass(self.pid, self.basedir)) + try: + setattr(self, attr, sclass(self.pid, self.basedir)) + except FileNotFoundError: + # The pid has disappeared, progate the error + raise elif attr == "cmdline": self.load_cmdline() elif attr == "threads": -- 2.31.1