🐛 fix getting kernel versions for debian/proxmox

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.pyc
 .cache/
 .idea/
+.venv/

check_kernel

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def running_kernel_version():
         proc_version_ = re.sub('\(gcc.*?\)', '', proc_version_)
 
         # Then look for the Debian kernel version
-        m = re.search('(?<=Debian )(\S+)', proc_version_)
+        m = re.search('((?<=Debian )(\S+)|(?<=PVE )(\S+))', proc_version_)
         if m:
             version_str = m.group(1).strip('()')
             version = clean_kernel_version(version_str)
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@ def is_redhat():
 
 
 def installed_kernel_versions():
+    """
+    Debian-based kernels come in different flavors.
+
+    On some of them, like Proxmox' PVE kernels, special care has to be taken
+    when selecting the right packages to run `dpkg-query` on.
+    """
     if is_debian():
-        return installed_kernel_versions_debian()
+        return \
+          installed_kernel_versions_debian(pkgname='linux-image') \
+          or installed_kernel_versions_debian(pkgname='pve-kernel',
+                                              pkgquery='pve-kernel*-pve')
     if is_fedora() or is_redhat():
         return installed_kernel_versions_fedora()
     return [None]
@@ -108,18 +117,22 @@ def installed_kernel_versions():
 
 def check_output(cmd):
     """Emulate subprocess.check_output for ancient Python versions"""
-    return subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    return subprocess.Popen(
+        cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
+    ).communicate()[0]
 
 
-def installed_kernel_versions_debian():
+def installed_kernel_versions_debian(pkgname='linux-image', pkgquery=None):
+    if not pkgquery:
+        pkgquery = '%s*' % pkgname
     dpkg_out = check_output(
         ['dpkg-query',
          '--show', '--showformat', '${Package} ${Version}\n',
-         'linux-image*'])
+         pkgquery])
     dpkg_out = dpkg_out.decode('ascii', 'ignore').strip()
 
     versions = dpkg_out.split('\n')
-    versions = [v for v in versions if re.search('^linux-image-\d.* \S+$', v)]
+    versions = [v for v in versions if re.search('^%s-\d.* \S+$' % pkgname, v)]
     versions = [clean_kernel_version(v.split(' ')[1]) for v in versions]
 
     return versions
@@ -137,7 +150,11 @@ def installed_kernel_versions_fedora():
 
 
 def installed_kernel_version():
-    return sorted(installed_kernel_versions())[-1]
+    installed = sorted(installed_kernel_versions())
+    if not installed:
+        print('KERNEL UNKNOWN - unable to determine running kernel version')
+        sys.exit(3)
+    return installed[-1]
 
 
 def clean_kernel_version(version):

check_kernel_test.py

@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertLess'):
 
 
 class CleanKernelVersionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    def testDebian(self):
+    def testDebianVanilla(self):
         versions = [('3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u2', '3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u2')]
         for dirty, clean in versions:
             self.assertEqual(clean_kernel_version(dirty), Version(clean))
 
+    def testDebianProxmox(self):
+        versions = [('5.13.19-14', '5.13.19-14')]
+        for dirty, clean in versions:
+            self.assertEqual(clean_kernel_version(dirty), Version(clean))
+
     def testFedora(self):
         versions = [('4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64', '4.0.4-301'),
                     ('4.0.0-1.fc22', '4.0.0-1')]
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ class RunningKernelVersionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(check_kernel.running_kernel_version(),
                          Version('4.0.3-301'))
 
-    def testDebian(self):
+    def testDebianVanilla(self):
         patch_object(check_kernel, 'proc_version', return_value='Linux version 4.19.0-5-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-7)) #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-5 (2019-06-19)')
         self.assertEqual(check_kernel.running_kernel_version(),
                          Version('4.19.37-5'))
@@ -61,6 +66,15 @@ class RunningKernelVersionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(check_kernel.running_kernel_version(),
                          Version('5.10.46-4'))
 
+    def testDebianProxmox(self):
+        patch_object(check_kernel, 'proc_version', return_value='Linux version 5.4.162-1-pve (build@proxmox) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-6)) #1 SMP PVE 5.4.162-2 (Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:38:53 +0100)')
+        self.assertEqual(check_kernel.running_kernel_version(),
+                         Version('5.4.162-2'))
+
+        patch_object(check_kernel, 'proc_version', return_value='Linux version 5.13.19-6-pve (build@proxmox) (gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP PVE 5.13.19-14 (Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:24:52 +0100)')
+        self.assertEqual(check_kernel.running_kernel_version(),
+                         Version('5.13.19-14'))
+
 
 class VersionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def testStr(self):