If no pidfile is specified, use a random tmp file.

gunicorn/pidfile.py

@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@
 
 
 class Pidfile(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        self.path = path
+    """\
+    Manage a PID file. If a specific name is provided
+    it and '"%s.oldpid" % name' will be used. Otherwise
+    we create a temp file using os.mkstemp.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, fname):
+        self.fname = fname
         self.pid = None
 
     def create(self, pid):
@@ -22,14 +27,17 @@ def create(self, pid):
             if oldpid == os.getpid():
                 return
             raise RuntimeError("Already running on PID %s " \
-                "(or pid file '%s' is stale)" % (os.getpid(), self.path))
+                "(or pid file '%s' is stale)" % (os.getpid(), self.fname))
 
         self.pid = pid
 
-        # write pidfile
-        fd, fname = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(self.path))
+        # Write pidfile
+        fd, fname = tempfile.mkstemp()
         os.write(fd, "%s\n" % self.pid)
-        os.rename(fname, self.path)
+        if self.fname:
+            os.rename(fname, self.fname)
+        else:
+            self.fname = fname
         os.close(fd)
 
     def rename(self, path):
@@ -50,11 +58,14 @@ def unlink(self):
 
     def validate(self):
         """ Validate pidfile and make it stale if needed"""
+        if not self.fname:
+            return
         try:
-            with open(self.path, "r") as f:
+            with open(self.fname, "r") as f:
                 wpid = int(f.read() or 0)
 
-                if wpid <= 0: return None
+                if wpid <= 0:
+                    return
 
                 try:
                     os.kill(wpid, 0)
@@ -66,4 +77,4 @@ def validate(self):
         except IOError, e:
             if e[0] == errno.ENOENT:
                 return
-            raise
+            raise