/proc/interrupts not found when running Glances in an OpenVZ container #947

4 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7f28b57a..7baeb0a5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Bugs corrected:
     * Glances RAID plugin Traceback (issue #927)
     * Default AMP crashes when 'command' given (issue #933)
     * Default AMP ignores `enable` setting (issue #932)
+    * /proc/interrupts not found in an OpenVZ container (issue #947)
 
 Version 2.7.1
 =============
diff --git a/docs/aoa/irq.rst b/docs/aoa/irq.rst
index 8df73c1e..6969bdc6 100644
--- a/docs/aoa/irq.rst
+++ b/docs/aoa/irq.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ IRQ
 Glances displays the top 5 interrupts rate. This plugin is only available on
 GNU/Linux machine (stats are grabbed from the /proc/interrupts file).
 
+Note: /proc/interrupts file did not exist inside OpenVZ containers.
+
 How to read the informations:
 
 * The first Column is the IRQ number / name
diff --git a/docs/man/glances.1 b/docs/man/glances.1
index a18df5b9..366b7a98 100644
--- a/docs/man/glances.1
+++ b/docs/man/glances.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
 .
-.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Oct 22, 2016" "2.8_DEVELOP" "Glances"
+.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Oct 30, 2016" "2.8_DEVELOP" "Glances"
 .SH NAME
 glances \- An eye on your system
 .
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py b/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
index ae3019ab..b17198b0 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Glances.
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Angelo Poerio <angelo.poerio@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Angelo Poerio <angelo.poerio@gmail.com>
 #
 # Glances is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 """IRQ plugin."""
 
+import os
 import operator
+
 from glances.globals import LINUX
 from glances.timer import getTimeSinceLastUpdate
 from glances.plugins.glances_plugin import GlancesPlugin
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ class Plugin(GlancesPlugin):
     stats is a list
     """
 
+    IRQ_FILE = '/proc/interrupts'
+
     def __init__(self, args=None):
         """Init the plugin."""
         super(Plugin, self).__init__(args=args)
@@ -63,11 +67,14 @@ class Plugin(GlancesPlugin):
         self.reset()
 
         # IRQ plugin only available on GNU/Linux
-        if not LINUX or (self.args is not None and self.args.disable_irq):
+        # Correct issue #947: IRQ file do not exist on OpenVZ container
+        if not LINUX \
+           or (self.args is not None and self.args.disable_irq) \
+           or not os.path.exists(self.IRQ_FILE):
             return self.stats
 
         if self.input_method == 'local':
-            with open('/proc/interrupts') as irq_proc:
+            with open(self.IRQ_FILE) as irq_proc:
                 time_since_update = getTimeSinceLastUpdate('irq')
                 irq_proc.readline()  # skip header line
                 for irq_line in irq_proc.readlines():