yavdr-ansible/roles/yavdr-common/templates/module-helper.j2

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
# based on http://www.e-tobi.net/blog/files/module-helper
# http://www.e-tobi.net/blog/2010/11/06/squeeze-vdr-teil-9-suspend-to-ram
# ported to python3 by Alexander Grothe
#
# This script resolves linux kernel module dependencies automatically, so only
# the base module has to be specified (e.g. dvb_core)

import argparse
import subprocess
import pickle

dependency_map = {}


def find_dependencies(module, dependencies=[]):
    dependencies.append(module)
    if module in dependency_map:
        for dependency in dependency_map[module]:
            find_dependencies(dependency, dependencies)
    return dependencies


def build_module_dependency_map():
    with subprocess.Popen(['lsmod'],
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                          universal_newlines=True
                          ) as p:
        for line in p.stdout:
            values = line.split()
            if len(values) > 3:
                #print("module {} depends on {}".format(values[0], values[3]))
                dependency_map[values[0]] = values[3].split(',')


def run_command_on_module_list(command, module_list):
    for module in module_list:
        cmd = [command, module]
        subprocess.call(cmd)


def create_argparser():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="load or unload modules")
    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
    group.add_argument('-u', '--unload', metavar='MODULE', nargs='+',
                       help='unload modules')
    group.add_argument('-r', '--reload', action='store_true',
                       help='reload modules')
    parser.add_argument('-t', '--temp-file', nargs='?',
                        default='/tmp/modules.list',
                        help='''store names of unloaded modules in a file,
                              default location is /tmp/modules.list''')
    return parser

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = create_argparser()
    args = parser.parse_args()
    if args.unload:
        build_module_dependency_map()
        all_modules = []
        for module in args.unload:
            all_modules.extend(find_dependencies(module))
        all_modules.reverse()
        try:
            with open(args.temp_file, 'wb') as f:
                pickle.dump(all_modules, f)
            run_command_on_module_list('rmmod', all_modules)
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            pass
    elif args.reload:
        with open(args.temp_file, 'rb') as f:
            all_modules = pickle.load(f)
        run_command_on_module_list('modprobe', all_modules)
    else:
        parser.print_help()