python tests: Implemented signal.alarm for Windows

signal.alarm is not available in Windows and would trigger an exception
when called. Implemented this to mentain compatibility between
Windows and Linux for python tests.

Signed-off-by: Paul-Daniel Boca <pboca@cloudbasesolutions.com>
Acked-by: Alin Gabriel Serdean <aserdean@cloudbasesolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <guru@ovn.org>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/python/ovs/fatal_signal.py b/python/ovs/fatal_signal.py
index 730803922..719f21b0e 100644
--- a/python/ovs/fatal_signal.py
+++ b/python/ovs/fatal_signal.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import atexit
 import os
 import signal
+import sys
 
 import ovs.vlog
 
@@ -134,3 +135,25 @@ def _init():
             if signal.getsignal(signr) == signal.SIG_DFL:
                 signal.signal(signr, _signal_handler)
         atexit.register(_atexit_handler)
+
+
+def signal_alarm(timeout):
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        import os
+        import time
+        import threading
+
+        class Alarm (threading.Thread):
+            def __init__(self, timeout):
+                super(Alarm, self).__init__()
+                self.timeout = timeout
+                self.setDaemon(True)
+
+            def run(self):
+                time.sleep(self.timeout)
+                os._exit(1)
+
+        alarm = Alarm(timeout)
+        alarm.start()
+    else:
+        signal.alarm(timeout)