diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index 92ec34fb8a9d4ee1cb575fcacc013de6e27c9b70..99119ff61df534b6d1d0785b6a57b495919a378c 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ import (
 
 var NotImplementedError = errors.New("not implemented yet")
 
-// readLines reads contents from file and splits them by new line.
-// A convenience wrapper to readLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1).
-func readLines(filename string) ([]string, error) {
-	return readLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1)
+// ReadLines reads contents from file and splits them by new line.
+// A convenience wrapper to ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1).
+func ReadLines(filename string) ([]string, error) {
+	return ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1)
 }
 
-// readLines reads contents from file and splits them by new line.
+// ReadLines reads contents from file and splits them by new line.
 // The offset tells at which line number to start.
 // The count determines the number of lines to read (starting from offset):
 //   n >= 0: at most n lines
 //   n < 0: whole file
-func readLinesOffsetN(filename string, offset uint, n int) ([]string, error) {
+func ReadLinesOffsetN(filename string, offset uint, n int) ([]string, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []string{""}, err
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go b/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go
index f1055bfba5a4c6db1ec8920b28e1ee047d0a16bc..29c8b7cc0207a52cefbe1cbbd75c92ec1af4ed54 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_freebsd.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
 // Returns only one CPUInfoStat on FreeBSD
 func CPUInfo() ([]CPUInfoStat, error) {
 	filename := "/var/run/dmesg.boot"
-	lines, _ := readLines(filename)
+	lines, _ := common.ReadLines(filename)
 
 	var ret []CPUInfoStat
 
diff --git a/cpu/cpu_linux.go b/cpu/cpu_linux.go
index 3b2ee715eba146371e420e1ac7d330f4162610e9..8fb03c240d6ff8d3664a72e0cdee78bc6d7b24f5 100644
--- a/cpu/cpu_linux.go
+++ b/cpu/cpu_linux.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	common "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/common"
 )
 
 func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
@@ -13,9 +15,9 @@ func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
 	var lines []string
 	if percpu {
 		ncpu, _ := CPUCounts(true)
-		lines, _ = readLinesOffsetN(filename, 1, ncpu)
+		lines, _ = common.ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 1, ncpu)
 	} else {
-		lines, _ = readLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, 1)
+		lines, _ = common.ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, 1)
 	}
 
 	ret := make([]CPUTimesStat, 0, len(lines))
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func CPUTimes(percpu bool) ([]CPUTimesStat, error) {
 
 func CPUInfo() ([]CPUInfoStat, error) {
 	filename := "/proc/cpuinfo"
-	lines, _ := readLines(filename)
+	lines, _ := common.ReadLines(filename)
 
 	var ret []CPUInfoStat
 
diff --git a/disk/disk_freebsd.go b/disk/disk_freebsd.go
index c415e159c7759454e4ee6fa47fc587204f59a675..1c8d746f57a941dc8bea58106f3671e82f574faf 100644
--- a/disk/disk_freebsd.go
+++ b/disk/disk_freebsd.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func DiskIOCounters() (map[string]DiskIOCountersStat, error) {
 
 	ret := make(map[string]DiskIOCountersStat, 0)
 	for _, stat := range fs {
-		name := ByteToString(stat.FMntonname[:])
+		name := common.ByteToString(stat.FMntonname[:])
 		d := DiskIOCountersStat{
 			Name:       name,
 			ReadCount:  stat.FSyncwrites + stat.FAsyncwrites,
diff --git a/disk/disk_linux.go b/disk/disk_linux.go
index 51e504b6d75e49033dbcac2bf45a49e96a31228f..3f075ff12c29274358340bbe85eb30e686094c21 100644
--- a/disk/disk_linux.go
+++ b/disk/disk_linux.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	common "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/common"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ const (
 func DiskPartitions(all bool) ([]DiskPartitionStat, error) {
 
 	filename := "/etc/mtab"
-	lines, err := readLines(filename)
+	lines, err := common.ReadLines(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func DiskPartitions(all bool) ([]DiskPartitionStat, error) {
 
 func DiskIOCounters() (map[string]DiskIOCountersStat, error) {
 	filename := "/proc/diskstats"
-	lines, err := readLines(filename)
+	lines, err := common.ReadLines(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/docker/docker_linux.go b/docker/docker_linux.go
index 5320c31780a6e7bc90757b3b82eaf27b69783f1c..0845837ef6404e4190f46952126245f6e956bb57 100644
--- a/docker/docker_linux.go
+++ b/docker/docker_linux.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	common "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/common"
 )
 
 type CgroupMemStat struct {
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ func CgroupCPU(containerid string, base string) (*CPUTimesStat, error) {
 	}
 	path := path.Join(base, containerid, "cpuacct.stat")
 
-	lines, _ := readLines(path)
+	lines, _ := common.ReadLines(path)
 	// empty containerid means all cgroup
 	if len(containerid) == 0 {
 		containerid = "all"
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ func CgroupMem(containerid string, base string) (*CgroupMemStat, error) {
 	if len(containerid) == 0 {
 		containerid = "all"
 	}
-	lines, _ := readLines(path)
+	lines, _ := common.ReadLines(path)
 	ret := &CgroupMemStat{ContainerID: containerid}
 	for _, line := range lines {
 		fields := strings.Split(line, " ")
diff --git a/host/host_linux.go b/host/host_linux.go
index d5a5936fdb7610e81527f6c9094972c14f96982c..46480055fe01f9e17b610c3003740619882937bb 100644
--- a/host/host_linux.go
+++ b/host/host_linux.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func Users() ([]UserStat, error) {
 func getLSB() (*LSB, error) {
 	ret := &LSB{}
 	if pathExists("/etc/lsb-release") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/etc/lsb-release")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/lsb-release")
 		if err != nil {
 			return ret, err // return empty
 		}
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ func GetPlatformInformation() (platform string, family string, version string, e
 
 	if pathExists("/etc/oracle-release") {
 		platform = "oracle"
-		contents, err := readLines("/etc/oracle-release")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/oracle-release")
 		if err == nil {
 			version = getRedhatishVersion(contents)
 		}
 	} else if pathExists("/etc/enterprise-release") {
 		platform = "oracle"
-		contents, err := readLines("/etc/enterprise-release")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/enterprise-release")
 		if err == nil {
 			version = getRedhatishVersion(contents)
 		}
@@ -185,26 +185,26 @@ func GetPlatformInformation() (platform string, family string, version string, e
 			} else {
 				platform = "debian"
 			}
-			contents, err := readLines("/etc/debian_version")
+			contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/debian_version")
 			if err == nil {
 				version = contents[0]
 			}
 		}
 	} else if pathExists("/etc/redhat-release") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/etc/redhat-release")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/redhat-release")
 		if err == nil {
 			version = getRedhatishVersion(contents)
 			platform = getRedhatishPlatform(contents)
 		}
 	} else if pathExists("/etc/system-release") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/etc/system-release")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/system-release")
 		if err == nil {
 			version = getRedhatishVersion(contents)
 			platform = getRedhatishPlatform(contents)
 		}
 	} else if pathExists("/etc/gentoo-release") {
 		platform = "gentoo"
-		contents, err := readLines("/etc/gentoo-release")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/etc/gentoo-release")
 		if err == nil {
 			version = getRedhatishVersion(contents)
 		}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func GetVirtualization() (string, string, error) {
 		role = "guest" // assume guest
 
 		if pathExists("/proc/xen/capabilities") {
-			contents, err := readLines("/proc/xen/capabilities")
+			contents, err := common.ReadLines("/proc/xen/capabilities")
 			if err == nil {
 				if stringContains(contents, "control_d") {
 					role = "host"
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func GetVirtualization() (string, string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if pathExists("/proc/modules") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/proc/modules")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/proc/modules")
 		if err == nil {
 			if stringContains(contents, "kvm") {
 				system = "kvm"
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func GetVirtualization() (string, string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if pathExists("/proc/cpuinfo") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/proc/cpuinfo")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/proc/cpuinfo")
 		if err == nil {
 			if stringContains(contents, "QEMU Virtual CPU") ||
 				stringContains(contents, "Common KVM processor") ||
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func GetVirtualization() (string, string, error) {
 	// not use dmidecode because it requires root
 
 	if pathExists("/proc/self/status") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/proc/self/status")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/proc/self/status")
 		if err == nil {
 
 			if stringContains(contents, "s_context:") ||
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func GetVirtualization() (string, string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if pathExists("/proc/self/cgroup") {
-		contents, err := readLines("/proc/self/cgroup")
+		contents, err := common.ReadLines("/proc/self/cgroup")
 		if err == nil {
 
 			if stringContains(contents, "lxc") ||
diff --git a/mem/mem_linux.go b/mem/mem_linux.go
index fa113ba705c911b4e667593e1349b4a9372f0599..aecdee1f79f8e089334a0601975cdae04e7ba1c3 100644
--- a/mem/mem_linux.go
+++ b/mem/mem_linux.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+
+	common "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/common"
 )
 
 func VirtualMemory() (*VirtualMemoryStat, error) {
 	filename := "/proc/meminfo"
-	lines, _ := readLines(filename)
+	lines, _ := common.ReadLines(filename)
 
 	ret := &VirtualMemoryStat{}
 	for _, line := range lines {
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ func SwapMemory() (*SwapMemoryStat, error) {
 	} else {
 		ret.UsedPercent = 0
 	}
-	lines, _ := readLines("/proc/vmstat")
+	lines, _ := common.ReadLines("/proc/vmstat")
 	for _, l := range lines {
 		fields := strings.Fields(l)
 		if len(fields) < 2 {
diff --git a/net/net_linux.go b/net/net_linux.go
index 9cc38aeb6e065d36b2c90a98af90f821e0bcaf38..b3a8841955afb7973c11fe2e04f0d134e44c7ad5 100644
--- a/net/net_linux.go
+++ b/net/net_linux.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ package gopsutil
 import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	common "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/common"
 )
 
 func NetIOCounters(pernic bool) ([]NetIOCountersStat, error) {
 	filename := "/proc/net/dev"
-	lines, err := readLines(filename)
+	lines, err := common.ReadLines(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}