OS X Support fixed, bug 942352

Change-Id: I3aa28ba46b0418310637dfeacbdea60361a7a280

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/nova/tests/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/test_utils.py
index 843b48dd3..f0c285869 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ class TestLockCleanup(test.TestCase):
         """verify locks for dead processes are cleaned up"""
 
         # create sentinels for two processes, us and a 'dead' one
-        # no actve lock
+        # no active lock
         sentinel1 = self._create_sentinel(self.hostname, self.pid)
         sentinel2 = self._create_sentinel(self.hostname, self.dead_pid)
 
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 6bb0dd0f2..d631afbfd 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -901,10 +901,13 @@ def cleanup_file_locks():
         pid = match.group(1)
         LOG.debug(_('Found sentinel %(filename)s for pid %(pid)s' %
                     {'filename': filename, 'pid': pid}))
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join('/proc', pid)):
+        try:
+            os.kill(int(pid), 0)
+        except OSError, e:
+            # PID wasn't found
             delete_if_exists(os.path.join(FLAGS.lock_path, filename))
             LOG.debug(_('Cleaned sentinel %(filename)s for pid %(pid)s' %
-                        {'filename': filename, 'pid': pid}))
+                    {'filename': filename, 'pid': pid}))
 
     # cleanup lock files
     for filename in files: