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81 lines
2.8 KiB
Python
81 lines
2.8 KiB
Python
from __future__ import absolute_import
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import time
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import ctypes
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import threading
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# Based on http://code.activestate.com/recipes/483752/
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class TimeoutExpired(Exception):
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'''Exception raised when a function times out.'''
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def __str__(self):
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return 'Function call timed out.'
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def timeout(timeout, func, *args, **kwargs):
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'''Call the function in a separate thread.
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Return its return value, or raise an exception,
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within approximately 'timeout' seconds.
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The function may receive a TimeoutExpired exception
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anywhere in its code, which could have arbitrary
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unsafe effects (resources not released, etc.).
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It might also fail to receive the exception and
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keep running in the background even though
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timeout() has returned.
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This may also fail to interrupt functions which are
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stuck in a long-running primitive interpreter
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operation.'''
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class TimeoutThread(threading.Thread):
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def __init__(self):
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threading.Thread.__init__(self)
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self.result = None
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self.exn = None
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# Don't block the whole program from exiting
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# if this is the only thread left.
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self.daemon = True
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def run(self):
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try:
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self.result = func(*args, **kwargs)
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except BaseException, e:
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self.exn = e
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def raise_async_timeout(self):
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# Called from another thread.
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# Attempt to raise a TimeoutExpired in the thread represented by 'self'.
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tid = ctypes.c_long(self.ident)
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result = ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(
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tid, ctypes.py_object(TimeoutExpired))
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if result > 1:
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# "if it returns a number greater than one, you're in trouble,
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# and you should call it again with exc=NULL to revert the effect"
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#
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# I was unable to find the actual source of this quote, but it
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# appears in the many projects across the Internet that have
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# copy-pasted this recipe.
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ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(tid, None)
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thread = TimeoutThread()
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thread.start()
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thread.join(timeout)
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if thread.isAlive():
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# Gamely try to kill the thread, following the dodgy approach from
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# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/323972/is-there-any-way-to-kill-a-thread-in-python
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#
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# We need to retry, because an async exception received while the
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# thread is in a system call is simply ignored.
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for i in xrange(10):
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thread.raise_async_timeout()
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time.sleep(0.1)
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if not thread.isAlive():
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break
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raise TimeoutExpired
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if thread.exn:
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raise thread.exn
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return thread.result
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