def prep_jid(nocache=False, passed_jid=None, recurse_count=0):
    if recurse_count >= 5:
        err = 'prep_jid could not store a jid after {0} tries.'.format(recurse_count)
        log.error(err)
        raise salt.exceptions.SaltCacheError(err)
    if passed_jid is None:  # this can be a None or an empty string.
        jid = salt.utils.jid.gen_jid()
    else:
        jid = passed_jid

    jid_dir_ = _jid_dir(jid)

    # Make sure we create the jid dir, otherwise someone else is using it,
    # meaning we need a new jid.
    try:
        os.makedirs(jid_dir_)
    except OSError:
        time.sleep(0.1)
        if passed_jid is None:
            return prep_jid(nocache=nocache, recurse_count=recurse_count+1)

    try:
        with salt.utils.fopen(os.path.join(jid_dir_, 'jid'), 'wb+') as fn_:
            if six.PY2:
                fn_.write(jid)
            else:
                fn_.write(bytes(jid, 'utf-8'))
        if nocache:
            with salt.utils.fopen(os.path.join(jid_dir_, 'nocache'), 'wb+') as fn_:
                fn_.write(b'')
    except IOError:
        log.warning('Could not write out jid file for job {0}. Retrying.'.format(jid))
        time.sleep(0.1)
        return prep_jid(passed_jid=jid, nocache=nocache,
                        recurse_count=recurse_count+1)

    return jid
setDefaultCursorState(state: int) -> None
dataset/ETHPy150Open saltstack/salt/salt/returners/local_cache.py/prep_jid--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open VisTrails/VisTrails/vistrails/gui/graphics_view.py/QInteractiveGraphicsView.setDefaultCursorState