diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/DiskDir.py b/gluster/swift/common/DiskDir.py
index eb0b292..0a91009 100644
--- a/gluster/swift/common/DiskDir.py
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/DiskDir.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 import os
 import errno
 
-from gluster.swift.common.fs_utils import dir_empty, mkdirs, os_path, do_chown
+from gluster.swift.common.fs_utils import dir_empty, mkdirs, do_chown, \
+    do_exists, do_touch
 from gluster.swift.common.utils import validate_account, validate_container, \
     get_container_details, get_account_details, create_container_metadata, \
     create_account_metadata, DEFAULT_GID, get_container_metadata, \
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ class DiskCommon(object):
         global _db_file
         if not _db_file:
             _db_file = os.path.join(Glusterfs.RUN_DIR, 'db_file.db')
-            if not os.path.exists(_db_file):
-                file(_db_file, 'w+')
+            if not do_exists(_db_file):
+                do_touch(_db_file)
         self.db_file = _db_file
         self.metadata = {}
         self.pending_timeout = pending_timeout or 10
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ class DiskCommon(object):
         self._dir_exists = None
 
     def _dir_exists_read_metadata(self):
-        self._dir_exists = os_path.exists(self.datadir)
+        self._dir_exists = do_exists(self.datadir)
         if self._dir_exists:
             self.metadata = _read_metadata(self.datadir)
         return self._dir_exists
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class DiskCommon(object):
     def is_deleted(self):
         # The intention of this method is to check the file system to see if
         # the directory actually exists.
-        return not os_path.exists(self.datadir)
+        return not do_exists(self.datadir)
 
     def empty(self):
         # If it does not exist, then it is empty.  A value of True is
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ class DiskDir(DiskCommon):
         If the container does exist, update the PUT timestamp only if it is
         later than the existing value.
         """
-        if not os_path.exists(self.datadir):
+        if not do_exists(self.datadir):
             self.initialize(timestamp)
         else:
             if timestamp > self.metadata[X_PUT_TIMESTAMP]:
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/fs_utils.py b/gluster/swift/common/fs_utils.py
index a93fa6b..9f698df 100644
--- a/gluster/swift/common/fs_utils.py
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/fs_utils.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ import errno
 import stat
 import random
 import time
+import xattr
 from collections import defaultdict
 from itertools import repeat
 import ctypes
-import os.path as _os_path
 from eventlet import sleep
 from swift.common.utils import load_libc_function
 from gluster.swift.common.exceptions import FileOrDirNotFoundError, \
@@ -30,7 +30,41 @@ from gluster.swift.common.exceptions import FileOrDirNotFoundError, \
 from swift.common.exceptions import DiskFileNoSpace
 
 
-os_path = _os_path
+def do_exists(path):
+    return os.path.exists(path)
+
+
+def do_touch(path):
+    with open(path, 'a'):
+        os.utime(path, None)
+
+
+def do_getctime(path):
+    return os.path.getctime(path)
+
+
+def do_getmtime(path):
+    return os.path.getmtime(path)
+
+
+def do_isdir(path):
+    return os.path.isdir(path)
+
+
+def do_getsize(path):
+    return os.path.getsize(path)
+
+
+def do_getxattr(path, key):
+    return xattr.getxattr(path, key)
+
+
+def do_setxattr(path, key, value):
+    xattr.setxattr(path, key, value)
+
+
+def do_removexattr(path, key):
+    xattr.removexattr(path, key)
 
 
 def do_walk(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -212,6 +246,10 @@ def do_open(path, flags, **kwargs):
     return fd
 
 
+def do_dup(fd):
+    return os.dup(fd)
+
+
 def do_close(fd):
     try:
         os.close(fd)
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/utils.py b/gluster/swift/common/utils.py
index f2e112a..145add3 100644
--- a/gluster/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
 import os
 import stat
 import errno
-import xattr
 import logging
 from hashlib import md5
 from eventlet import sleep
 import cPickle as pickle
 from gluster.swift.common.exceptions import GlusterFileSystemIOError
 from swift.common.exceptions import DiskFileNoSpace
-from gluster.swift.common.fs_utils import os_path, do_stat, do_listdir, \
-    do_walk, do_rmdir, do_fstat, do_log_rl, get_filename_from_fd
+from gluster.swift.common.fs_utils import do_getctime, do_getmtime, do_stat, \
+    do_listdir, do_walk, do_rmdir, do_log_rl, get_filename_from_fd, do_open, \
+    do_isdir, do_getsize, do_getxattr, do_setxattr, do_removexattr, do_read, \
+    do_close, do_dup, do_lseek, do_fstat
 from gluster.swift.common import Glusterfs
 
 X_CONTENT_TYPE = 'Content-Type'
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ def read_metadata(path_or_fd):
     key = 0
     while metadata is None:
         try:
-            metadata_s += xattr.getxattr(path_or_fd,
-                                         '%s%s' % (METADATA_KEY, (key or '')))
+            metadata_s += do_getxattr(path_or_fd,
+                                      '%s%s' % (METADATA_KEY, (key or '')))
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno == errno.ENODATA:
                 if key > 0:
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def read_metadata(path_or_fd):
                 # Note that we don't touch the keys on errors fetching the
                 # data since it could be a transient state.
                 raise GlusterFileSystemIOError(
-                    err.errno, 'xattr.getxattr("%s", %s)' % (path_or_fd, key))
+                    err.errno, 'getxattr("%s", %s)' % (path_or_fd, key))
         else:
             try:
                 # If this key provides all or the remaining part of the pickle
@@ -134,9 +135,9 @@ def write_metadata(path_or_fd, metadata):
     key = 0
     while metastr:
         try:
-            xattr.setxattr(path_or_fd,
-                           '%s%s' % (METADATA_KEY, key or ''),
-                           metastr[:MAX_XATTR_SIZE])
+            do_setxattr(path_or_fd,
+                        '%s%s' % (METADATA_KEY, key or ''),
+                        metastr[:MAX_XATTR_SIZE])
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno in (errno.ENOSPC, errno.EDQUOT):
                 if isinstance(path_or_fd, int):
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ def write_metadata(path_or_fd, metadata):
             else:
                 raise GlusterFileSystemIOError(
                     err.errno,
-                    'xattr.setxattr("%s", %s, metastr)' % (path_or_fd, key))
+                    'setxattr("%s", %s, metastr)' % (path_or_fd, key))
         metastr = metastr[MAX_XATTR_SIZE:]
         key += 1
 
@@ -159,12 +160,12 @@ def clean_metadata(path_or_fd):
     key = 0
     while True:
         try:
-            xattr.removexattr(path_or_fd, '%s%s' % (METADATA_KEY, (key or '')))
+            do_removexattr(path_or_fd, '%s%s' % (METADATA_KEY, (key or '')))
         except IOError as err:
             if err.errno == errno.ENODATA:
                 break
             raise GlusterFileSystemIOError(
-                err.errno, 'xattr.removexattr("%s", %s)' % (path_or_fd, key))
+                err.errno, 'removexattr("%s", %s)' % (path_or_fd, key))
         key += 1
 
 
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ def _update_list(path, cont_path, src_list, reg_file=True, object_count=0,
         object_count += 1
 
         if reg_file and Glusterfs._do_getsize:
-            bytes_used += os_path.getsize(os.path.join(path, obj_name))
+            bytes_used += do_getsize(os.path.join(path, obj_name))
             sleep()
 
     return object_count, bytes_used
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ def get_container_details(cont_path):
     object_count = 0
     obj_list = []
 
-    if os_path.isdir(cont_path):
+    if do_isdir(cont_path):
         for (path, dirs, files) in do_walk(cont_path):
             object_count, bytes_used = update_list(path, cont_path, dirs,
                                                    files, object_count,
@@ -299,17 +300,14 @@ def get_account_details(acc_path):
     container_list = []
     container_count = 0
 
-    acc_stats = do_stat(acc_path)
-    if acc_stats:
-        is_dir = stat.S_ISDIR(acc_stats.st_mode)
-        if is_dir:
-            for name in do_listdir(acc_path):
-                if name.lower() == TEMP_DIR \
-                        or name.lower() == ASYNCDIR \
-                        or not os_path.isdir(os.path.join(acc_path, name)):
-                    continue
-                container_count += 1
-                container_list.append(name)
+    if do_isdir(acc_path):
+        for name in do_listdir(acc_path):
+            if name.lower() == TEMP_DIR \
+                    or name.lower() == ASYNCDIR \
+                    or not do_isdir(os.path.join(acc_path, name)):
+                continue
+            container_count += 1
+            container_list.append(name)
 
     return container_list, container_count
 
@@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ def get_account_details(acc_path):
 def _read_for_etag(fp):
     etag = md5()
     while True:
-        chunk = fp.read(CHUNK_SIZE)
+        chunk = do_read(fp, CHUNK_SIZE)
         if chunk:
             etag.update(chunk)
             if len(chunk) >= CHUNK_SIZE:
@@ -343,15 +341,16 @@ def _get_etag(path_or_fd):
         # We are given a file descriptor, so this is an invocation from the
         # DiskFile.open() method.
         fd = path_or_fd
-        with os.fdopen(os.dup(fd), 'rb') as fp:
-            etag = _read_for_etag(fp)
-        os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
+        etag = _read_for_etag(do_dup(fd))
+        do_lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
     else:
         # We are given a path to the object when the DiskDir.list_objects_iter
         # method invokes us.
         path = path_or_fd
-        with open(path, 'rb') as fp:
-            etag = _read_for_etag(fp)
+        fd = do_open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
+        etag = _read_for_etag(fd)
+        do_close(fd)
+
     return etag
 
 
@@ -367,6 +366,7 @@ def get_object_metadata(obj_path_or_fd):
         # We are given a path to the object when the DiskDir.list_objects_iter
         # method invokes us.
         stats = do_stat(obj_path_or_fd)
+
     if not stats:
         metadata = {}
     else:
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ def get_container_metadata(cont_path):
     objects, object_count, bytes_used = get_container_details(cont_path)
     metadata = {X_TYPE: CONTAINER,
                 X_TIMESTAMP: normalize_timestamp(
-                    os_path.getctime(cont_path)),
+                    do_getctime(cont_path)),
                 X_PUT_TIMESTAMP: normalize_timestamp(
-                    os_path.getmtime(cont_path)),
+                    do_getmtime(cont_path)),
                 X_OBJECTS_COUNT: object_count,
                 X_BYTES_USED: bytes_used}
     return _add_timestamp(metadata)
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ def get_account_metadata(acc_path):
     containers, container_count = get_account_details(acc_path)
     metadata = {X_TYPE: ACCOUNT,
                 X_TIMESTAMP: normalize_timestamp(
-                    os_path.getctime(acc_path)),
+                    do_getctime(acc_path)),
                 X_PUT_TIMESTAMP: normalize_timestamp(
-                    os_path.getmtime(acc_path)),
+                    do_getmtime(acc_path)),
                 X_OBJECTS_COUNT: 0,
                 X_BYTES_USED: 0,
                 X_CONTAINER_COUNT: container_count}
diff --git a/gluster/swift/obj/diskfile.py b/gluster/swift/obj/diskfile.py
index ad12c2d..47cde89 100644
--- a/gluster/swift/obj/diskfile.py
+++ b/gluster/swift/obj/diskfile.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from gluster.swift.common.exceptions import GlusterFileSystemOSError
 from gluster.swift.common.Glusterfs import mount
 from gluster.swift.common.fs_utils import do_fstat, do_open, do_close, \
     do_unlink, do_chown, do_fsync, do_fchown, do_stat, do_write, do_read, \
-    do_fadvise64, do_rename, do_fdatasync, do_lseek
+    do_fadvise64, do_rename, do_fdatasync, do_lseek, do_mkdir
 from gluster.swift.common.utils import read_metadata, write_metadata, \
     validate_object, create_object_metadata, rmobjdir, dir_is_object, \
     get_object_metadata
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def make_directory(full_path, uid, gid, metadata=None):
     creating the object metadata if requested.
     """
     try:
-        os.mkdir(full_path)
+        do_mkdir(full_path)
     except OSError as err:
         if err.errno == errno.ENOENT:
             # Tell the caller some directory of the parent path does not
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ def make_directory(full_path, uid, gid, metadata=None):
             # FIXME: When we are confident, remove this stat() call as it is
             # not necessary.
             try:
-                stats = os.stat(full_path)
-            except OSError as serr:
+                stats = do_stat(full_path)
+            except GlusterFileSystemOSError as serr:
                 # FIXME: Ideally we'd want to return an appropriate error
                 # message and code in the PUT Object REST API response.
-                raise DiskFileError("_make_directory_unlocked: os.mkdir failed"
+                raise DiskFileError("make_directory: mkdir failed"
                                     " because path %s already exists, and"
-                                    " a subsequent os.stat on that same"
+                                    " a subsequent stat on that same"
                                     " path failed (%s)" % (full_path,
                                                            str(serr)))
             else:
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ def make_directory(full_path, uid, gid, metadata=None):
                 if not is_dir:
                     # FIXME: Ideally we'd want to return an appropriate error
                     # message and code in the PUT Object REST API response.
-                    raise AlreadyExistsAsFile("_make_directory_unlocked:"
-                                              " os.mkdir failed on path %s"
+                    raise AlreadyExistsAsFile("make_directory:"
+                                              " mkdir failed on path %s"
                                               " because it already exists"
                                               " but not as a directory"
                                               % (full_path))
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ def make_directory(full_path, uid, gid, metadata=None):
         elif err.errno == errno.ENOTDIR:
             # FIXME: Ideally we'd want to return an appropriate error
             # message and code in the PUT Object REST API response.
-            raise AlreadyExistsAsFile("_make_directory_unlocked:"
-                                      " os.mkdir failed because some "
+            raise AlreadyExistsAsFile("make_directory:"
+                                      " mkdir failed because some "
                                       "part of path %s is not in fact"
                                       " a directory" % (full_path))
         elif err.errno == errno.EIO:
@@ -125,42 +125,47 @@ def make_directory(full_path, uid, gid, metadata=None):
             # short period of time.
             _random_sleep()
             try:
-                stats = os.stat(full_path)
-            except OSError as serr:
+                stats = do_stat(full_path)
+            except GlusterFileSystemOSError as serr:
                 if serr.errno == errno.ENOENT:
-                    errmsg = "_make_directory_unlocked: os.mkdir failed on" \
-                             " path %s (EIO), and a subsequent os.stat on" \
+                    errmsg = "make_directory: mkdir failed on" \
+                             " path %s (EIO), and a subsequent stat on" \
                              " that same path did not find the file." % (
                                  full_path,)
                 else:
-                    errmsg = "_make_directory_unlocked: os.mkdir failed on" \
-                             " path %s (%s), and a subsequent os.stat on" \
+                    errmsg = "make_directory: mkdir failed on" \
+                             " path %s (%s), and a subsequent stat on" \
                              " that same path failed as well (%s)" % (
                                  full_path, str(err), str(serr))
                 raise DiskFileError(errmsg)
             else:
-                # The directory at least exists now
-                is_dir = stat.S_ISDIR(stats.st_mode)
-                if is_dir:
-                    # Dump the stats to the log with the original exception.
-                    logging.warn("_make_directory_unlocked: os.mkdir initially"
-                                 " failed on path %s (%s) but a stat()"
-                                 " following that succeeded: %r" % (full_path,
-                                                                    str(err),
-                                                                    stats))
-                    # Assume another entity took care of the proper setup.
-                    return True, metadata
+                if not stats:
+                    errmsg = "make_directory: mkdir failed on" \
+                             " path %s (EIO), and a subsequent stat on" \
+                             " that same path did not find the file." % (
+                                 full_path,)
+                    raise DiskFileError(errmsg)
                 else:
-                    raise DiskFileError("_make_directory_unlocked: os.mkdir"
-                                        " initially failed on path %s (%s) but"
-                                        " now we see that it exists but is not"
-                                        " a directory (%r)" % (full_path,
-                                                               str(err),
-                                                               stats))
+                    # The directory at least exists now
+                    is_dir = stat.S_ISDIR(stats.st_mode)
+                    if is_dir:
+                        # Dump the stats to the log with the original exception
+                        logging.warn("make_directory: mkdir initially"
+                                     " failed on path %s (%s) but a stat()"
+                                     " following that succeeded: %r" %
+                                     (full_path, str(err), stats))
+                        # Assume another entity took care of the proper setup.
+                        return True, metadata
+                    else:
+                        raise DiskFileError("make_directory: mkdir"
+                                            " initially failed on path %s (%s)"
+                                            " but now we see that it exists"
+                                            " but is not a directory (%r)" %
+                                            (full_path, str(err), stats))
         else:
             # Some other potentially rare exception occurred that does not
             # currently warrant a special log entry to help diagnose.
-            raise DiskFileError("_make_directory_unlocked: os.mkdir failed on"
+            raise DiskFileError("make_directory: mkdir failed on"
                                 " path %s (%s)" % (full_path, str(err)))
     else:
         if metadata:
@@ -393,7 +398,7 @@ class DiskFileWriter(object):
                             else:
                                 # Let's retry since everything looks okay
                                 logging.warn(
-                                    "DiskFile.put(): os.rename('%s','%s')"
+                                    "DiskFile.put(): rename('%s','%s')"
                                     " initially failed (%s) but a"
                                     " stat('%s') following that succeeded:"
                                     " %r" % (
@@ -403,7 +408,7 @@ class DiskFileWriter(object):
                                 continue
                 else:
                     raise GlusterFileSystemOSError(
-                        err.errno, "%s, os.rename('%s', '%s')" % (
+                        err.errno, "%s, rename('%s', '%s')" % (
                             err.strerror, self._tmppath, df._data_file))
             else:
                 # Success!
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_fs_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_fs_utils.py
index 46e7ffc..9f3ad3e 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_fs_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_fs_utils.py
@@ -18,26 +18,28 @@ import shutil
 import random
 import errno
 import unittest
-import eventlet
 from nose import SkipTest
 from mock import patch, Mock
 from time import sleep
 from tempfile import mkdtemp, mkstemp
 from gluster.swift.common import fs_utils as fs
 from gluster.swift.common.exceptions import NotDirectoryError, \
-    FileOrDirNotFoundError, GlusterFileSystemOSError, \
-    GlusterFileSystemIOError
+    FileOrDirNotFoundError, GlusterFileSystemOSError
 from swift.common.exceptions import DiskFileNoSpace
 
+
 def mock_os_fsync(fd):
     return True
 
+
 def mock_os_fdatasync(fd):
     return True
 
+
 def mock_os_mkdir_makedirs_enospc(path):
     raise OSError(errno.ENOSPC, os.strerror(errno.ENOSPC))
 
+
 def mock_os_mkdir_makedirs_edquot(path):
     raise OSError(errno.EDQUOT, os.strerror(errno.EDQUOT))
 
@@ -52,9 +54,10 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             tmpdirs = []
             tmpfiles = []
             for i in range(5):
-                tmpdirs.append(mkdtemp(dir=tmpparent).rsplit(os.path.sep, 1)[1])
-                tmpfiles.append(mkstemp(dir=tmpparent)[1].rsplit(os.path.sep, \
-                                                                     1)[1])
+                tmpdirs.append(
+                    mkdtemp(dir=tmpparent).rsplit(os.path.sep, 1)[1])
+                tmpfiles.append(
+                    mkstemp(dir=tmpparent)[1].rsplit(os.path.sep, 1)[1])
 
                 for path, dirnames, filenames in fs.do_walk(tmpparent):
                     assert path == tmpparent
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             with patch("os.lstat", _mock_os_lstat):
                 try:
                     fs.do_ismount(tmpdir)
-                except GlusterFileSystemOSError as err:
+                except GlusterFileSystemOSError:
                     pass
                 else:
                     self.fail("Expected GlusterFileSystemOSError")
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             with patch("os.lstat", _mock_os_lstat):
                 try:
                     fs.do_ismount(tmpdir)
-                except GlusterFileSystemOSError as err:
+                except GlusterFileSystemOSError:
                     pass
                 else:
                     self.fail("Expected GlusterFileSystemOSError")
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             with patch("os.lstat", _mock_os_lstat):
                 try:
                     fs.do_ismount(tmpdir)
-                except GlusterFileSystemOSError as err:
+                except GlusterFileSystemOSError:
                     self.fail("Unexpected exception")
                 else:
                     pass
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             with patch("os.lstat", _mock_os_lstat):
                 try:
                     fs.do_ismount(tmpdir)
-                except GlusterFileSystemOSError as err:
+                except GlusterFileSystemOSError:
                     self.fail("Unexpected exception")
                 else:
                     pass
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             fd = fs.do_open(tmpfile, os.O_RDONLY)
             try:
                 os.write(fd, 'test')
-            except OSError as err:
+            except OSError:
                 pass
             else:
                 self.fail("OSError expected")
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             finally:
                 os.close(fd1)
         except GlusterFileSystemOSError as ose:
-            self.fail("Open failed with %s" %ose.strerror)
+            self.fail("Open failed with %s" % ose.strerror)
         finally:
             os.close(fd)
             os.remove(tmpfile)
@@ -273,7 +276,6 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             path = os.path.join(subdir, str(random.random()))
             fs.mkdirs(path)
             assert os.path.exists(path)
-            assert fs.mkdirs(path)
         finally:
             shutil.rmtree(subdir)
 
@@ -288,17 +290,6 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         finally:
             shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
-    def test_mkdirs(self):
-        tmpdir = mkdtemp()
-        try:
-            fs.mkdirs(os.path.join(tmpdir, "a", "b", "c"))
-        except OSError:
-            self.fail("Unexpected exception")
-        else:
-            pass
-        finally:
-            shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
-
     def test_mkdirs_existing_file(self):
         tmpdir = mkdtemp()
         fd, tmpfile = mkstemp(dir=tmpdir)
@@ -343,7 +334,6 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
             else:
                 self.fail("Expected DiskFileNoSpace exception")
 
-
     def test_do_mkdir(self):
         try:
             path = os.path.join('/tmp', str(random.random()))
@@ -420,7 +410,6 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             self.fail("Expected GlusterFileSystemOSError")
 
-
     def test_do_stat(self):
         tmpdir = mkdtemp()
         try:
@@ -733,13 +722,13 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
                 with patch('os.fsync', mock_os_fsync):
                     assert fs.do_fsync(fd) is None
             except GlusterFileSystemOSError as ose:
-                self.fail('Opening a temporary file failed with %s' %ose.strerror)
+                self.fail('Opening a temporary file failed with %s' %
+                          ose.strerror)
             else:
                 os.close(fd)
         finally:
             shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
-
     def test_do_fsync_err(self):
         tmpdir = mkdtemp()
         try:
@@ -766,13 +755,13 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
                 with patch('os.fdatasync', mock_os_fdatasync):
                     assert fs.do_fdatasync(fd) is None
             except GlusterFileSystemOSError as ose:
-                self.fail('Opening a temporary file failed with %s' %ose.strerror)
+                self.fail('Opening a temporary file failed with %s' %
+                          ose.strerror)
             else:
                 os.close(fd)
         finally:
             shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
-
     def test_do_fdatasync_err(self):
         tmpdir = mkdtemp()
         try:
@@ -803,11 +792,11 @@ class TestFsUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_get_filename_from_fd_err(self):
         result = fs.get_filename_from_fd("blah")
-        self.assertEqual(result,None)
+        self.assertEqual(result, None)
         result = fs.get_filename_from_fd(-1000)
-        self.assertEqual(result,None)
+        self.assertEqual(result, None)
         result = fs.get_filename_from_fd("blah", True)
-        self.assertEqual(result,None)
+        self.assertEqual(result, None)
 
     def test_static_var(self):
         @fs.static_var("counter", 0)