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Chris Masone6a0680f2012-03-02 08:40:00 -08001# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3# found in the LICENSE file.
4
5from autotest_lib.client.common_lib import base_utils
6
7def ping(host, deadline=None, tries=None, timeout=60):
8 """Attempt to ping |host|.
9
10 Shell out to 'ping' to try to reach |host| for |timeout| seconds.
11 Returns exit code of ping.
12
13 Per 'man ping', if you specify BOTH |deadline| and |tries|, ping only
14 returns 0 if we get responses to |tries| pings within |deadline| seconds.
15
16 Specifying |deadline| or |count| alone should return 0 as long as
17 some packets receive responses.
18
19 @param deadline: seconds within which |tries| pings must succeed.
20 @param tries: number of pings to send.
21 @param timeout: number of seconds after which to kill 'ping' command.
22 @return exit code of ping command.
23 """
24 args = [host]
25 if deadline:
26 args.append('-w%d' % deadline)
27 if tries:
28 args.append('-c%d' % tries)
29 return base_utils.run('ping', args=args,
30 ignore_status=True, timeout=timeout,
31 stdout_tee=utils.TEE_TO_LOGS,
32 stderr_tee=utils.TEE_TO_LOGS).exit_status