General Exception is modified as built-in Exception

Author: rkanagar

appqos/.pylintrc

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ min-public-methods=1
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.Exception
 
 
 [FORMAT]

appqos/appqos/cache_ops.py

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def rdt_interface():
         """
         if cfg_rdt_iface != PQOS_API.current_iface():
             if PQOS_API.init(cfg_rdt_iface):
-                raise Exception("Failed to initialize RDT interface!")
+                raise RuntimeError("Failed to initialize RDT interface!")
 
             log.info(f"RDT initialized with {cfg_rdt_iface.upper()} interface.")
             return True
@@ -615,11 +615,11 @@ def get_l3cdp_cfg():
             if PQOS_API.reset(l3_cdp_cfg = l3cdp_cfg, l2_cdp_cfg = l2cdp_cfg, \
                                      mba_cfg = mba_cfg):
                 if l3cdp_cfg != "any":
-                    raise Exception("Failed to change L3 CDP state!")
+                    raise RuntimeError("Failed to change L3 CDP state!")
                 if l2cdp_cfg != "any":
-                    raise Exception("Failed to change L2 CDP state!")
+                    raise RuntimeError("Failed to change L2 CDP state!")
                 if mba_cfg != "any":
-                    raise Exception("Failed to change MBA BW state!")
+                    raise RuntimeError("Failed to change MBA BW state!")
 
             log.info(f"RDT MBA BW {'en' if PQOS_API.is_mba_bw_enabled() else 'dis'}abled.")
             log.info(f"RDT L3 CDP {'en' if PQOS_API.is_l3_cdp_enabled() else 'dis'}abled.")

lib/python/.pylintrc

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ min-public-methods=1
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.Exception
 
 
 [FORMAT]

lib/python/pqos/common.py

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def free_memory(ptr):
     libc_path = ctypes.util.find_library('c')
 
     if not libc_path:
-        raise Exception('Cannot find libc')
+        raise OSError('Cannot find libc')
 
     libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(libc_path)
     libc.free(ptr)

tests/.pylintrc

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ min-public-methods=1
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.Exception
 
 
 [FORMAT]