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+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from oslotest import base as test_base
+
+# Do NOT change this to new namespace, it's testing the old namespace
+# passing hacking. Do NOT add a #noqa line, the point is this has to
+# pass without it.
+from oslo.concurrency import lockutils
+
+
+class ImportTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
+    """Test that lockutils can be imported from old namespace.
+
+    This also ensures that hacking rules on this kind of import will
+    work for the rest of OpenStack.
+
+    """
+
+    def test_imported(self):
+        self.assertEqual(len(lockutils._opts), 2,
+                         "Lockutils.opts: %s" % lockutils._opts)