[fix regression] Remove psutil, it could cause Lutris to slow down while game is running

.travis.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y python3-yaml python3-psutil python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 psmisc gir1.2-glib-2.0 libgirepository1.0-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y python3-yaml python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 psmisc gir1.2-glib-2.0 libgirepository1.0-dev
 script: nosetests
 

INSTALL.rst

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ Lutris should work on any Gnome system, the following depencies should be
 installed:
 
     * python > 3.4
-    * python3-yaml
+    * python-yaml
-    * python3-psutil
     * PyGobject
     * libsoup-gnome
 

debian/control

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends},
  python3-yaml,
- python3-psutil,
  python3-gi,
  gir1.2-gtk-3.0,
  psmisc,

lutris.spec

@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 
 %if 0%{?fedora_version}
 BuildRequires:  python3-gobject, python3-wheel, python3-setuptools, python3-gobject
-Requires:       python3-gobject, python3-PyYAML, python3-psutil, cabextract
+Requires:       python3-gobject, python3-PyYAML, cabextract
 %endif
 %if 0%{?rhel_version} || 0%{?centos_version}
 BuildRequires:  python3-gobject
-Requires:       python3-gobject, python3-PyYAML, python3-psutil, cabextract
+Requires:       python3-gobject, python3-PyYAML, cabextract
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  python3-gobject
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  polkit
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
-Requires:       python3-gobject, python3-PyYAML, python3-psutil, cabextract
+Requires:       python3-gobject, python3-PyYAML, cabextract
 %endif
 %if 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires: fdupes

lutris/runners/winesteam.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import os
 import time
 import shlex
 import subprocess
-import psutil
 
 from lutris import settings
 from lutris.gui.dialogs import DownloadDialog
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ def is_running():
     if pid:
         # If process is defunct, don't consider it as running
         process = Process(pid)
-        return process.state != psutil.STATUS_ZOMBIE
+        return process.state != 'Z'
     else:
         return False
 

lutris/thread.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import shlex
 import threading
 import subprocess
 import contextlib
-import psutil
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from gi.repository import GLib
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ class LutrisThread(threading.Thread):
                 continue
             num_watched_children += 1
             processes['monitored'].append(str(child))
-            if child.state == psutil.STATUS_ZOMBIE:
+            if child.state == 'Z':
                 terminated_children += 1
 
         if processes != self.monitored_processes:

lutris/util/process.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-import psutil
+import signal
 from lutris.util.log import logger
 
 
@@ -13,39 +13,48 @@ class Process(object):
             self.pid = int(pid)
         except ValueError:
             raise InvalidPid("'%s' is not a valid pid" % pid)
-        self.process = None
         self.children = []
-        self.children_pids = []
         self.parent = None
-        try:
-            self.process = psutil.Process(self.pid)
-        except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
-            return
         self.get_children()
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "Process {}".format(self.pid)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        if self.process and self.process.is_running():
+        return "{} ({}:{})".format(self.name, self.pid, self.state)
-            return "{} ({}:{})".format(self.name, self.pid, self.state)
+
-        return str(self.pid)
+    def get_stat(self, parsed=True):
+        stat_filename = "/proc/{}/stat".format(self.pid)
+        if not os.path.exists(stat_filename):
+            return
+        with open(stat_filename) as stat_file:
+            try:
+                _stat = stat_file.readline()
+            except (ProcessLookupError, FileNotFoundError):
+                logger.warning('Unable to read stat for process %s', self.pid)
+                return
+        if parsed:
+            return _stat[_stat.rfind(")") + 1:].split()
+        return _stat
 
     def get_thread_ids(self):
         """Return a list of thread ids opened by process."""
-        if self.process and self.process.is_running():
+        basedir = '/proc/{}/task/'.format(self.pid)
-            return [c.id for c in self.process.threads()]
+        if os.path.isdir(basedir):
+            try:
+                return [tid for tid in os.listdir(basedir)]
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                return []
         else:
             return []
 
     def get_children_pids_of_thread(self, tid):
         """Return pids of child processes opened by thread `tid` of process."""
         children = []
-        try:
+        children_path = '/proc/{}/task/{}/children'.format(self.pid, tid)
-            p = psutil.Process(tid)
+        if os.path.exists(children_path):
-            children = [c.pid for c in p.children()]
+            with open(children_path) as children_file:
-        except:
+                children = children_file.read().strip().split()
-            pass
         return children
 
     def get_children(self):
@@ -57,8 +66,9 @@ class Process(object):
     @property
     def name(self):
         """Filename of the executable."""
-        if self.process and self.process.is_running():
+        _stat = self.get_stat(parsed=False)
-            return self.process.name()
+        if _stat:
+            return _stat[_stat.find("(") + 1:_stat.rfind(")")]
 
     @property
     def state(self):
@@ -67,24 +77,39 @@ class Process(object):
         sleep, Z is zombie, T is traced or stopped (on a signal), and W is
         paging.
         """
-        if self.process and self.process.is_running():
+        _stat = self.get_stat()
-            return self.process.status()
+        if _stat:
-        return psutil.STATUS_ZOMBIE
+            return _stat[0]
+
+    @property
+    def ppid(self):
+        """PID of the parent."""
+        _stat = self.get_stat()
+        if _stat:
+            return _stat[1]
+
+    @property
+    def pgrp(self):
+        """Process group ID of the process."""
+        _stat = self.get_stat()
+        if _stat:
+            return _stat[2]
 
     @property
     def cmdline(self):
         """Return command line used to run the process `pid`."""
-        if self.process and self.process.is_running():
+        cmdline_path = '/proc/{}/cmdline'.format(self.pid)
-            return self.process.cmdline()
+        with open(cmdline_path) as cmdline_file:
+            _cmdline = cmdline_file.read().replace('\x00', ' ')
+        return _cmdline
 
     @property
     def cwd(self):
-        if self.process and self.process.is_running():
+        cwd_path = '/proc/%d/cwd' % int(self.pid)
-            cwd_path = self.process.cwd()
+        return os.readlink(cwd_path)
-            return os.readlink(cwd_path)
 
     def kill(self):
         try:
-            self.process.kill()
+            os.kill(self.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
         except OSError:
             logger.error("Could not kill process %s", self.pid)

lutris/util/system.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import string
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import traceback
-import psutil
 
 from lutris.util.log import logger
 
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ def get_pid(program, multiple=False):
 
 def get_all_pids():
     """Return all pids of currently running processes"""
-    return psutil.pids()
+    return [int(pid) for pid in os.listdir('/proc') if pid.isdigit()]
 
 
 def kill_pid(pid):
@@ -147,15 +146,18 @@ def kill_pid(pid):
     except ValueError:
         logger.error("Invalid pid %s")
         return
-    psutil.Process(pid).kill()
+    execute(['kill', '-9', pid])
 
 
 def get_command_line(pid):
     """Return command line used to run the process `pid`."""
-    try:
+    cmdline = None
-        return psutil.Process(pid).cmdline()
+    cmdline_path = '/proc/{}/cmdline'.format(pid)
-    except:
+    if os.path.exists(cmdline_path):
-        pass
+        with open(cmdline_path) as cmdline_file:
+            cmdline = cmdline_file.read()
+            cmdline = cmdline.replace('\x00', ' ')
+    return cmdline
 
 
 def python_identifier(string):