Removed method rpc_exception_handler which is not needed anymore sinc…

…e newly implemented timeout mechanic for RPC

source/rpc/utils.py

@@ -43,30 +43,3 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
             warnings.warn(message, UserWarning)
         return function(self, *args, **kwargs)
     return wrapper
-
-
-def rpc_exception_handler(max_timeout):
-    """Timeout decorator, parameter in seconds."""
-
-    def exception_decorator(item):
-        """Wrap the original function."""
-
-        @functools.wraps(item)
-        def func_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            """Closure for function."""
-            try:
-                pool = multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool(processes=1)
-                async_result = pool.apply_async(item, args, kwargs)
-                # raises a TimeoutError if execution exceeds max_timeout
-                pool.close()
-                return async_result.get(max_timeout)
-
-            except multiprocessing.context.TimeoutError as e:
-                raise TimeoutError(
-                    "Unable to establish XML-RPC connection to device with IP {}. "
-                    "Execution time exceeded max timeout of {} seconds."
-                    .format(args[0].address, max_timeout))
-
-        return func_wrapper
-
-    return exception_decorator