forward subprocess IO over zmq on Windows

This is required on Windows, because select can only poll
sockets, unlike [all] other platforms

IPython/parallel/apps/win32support.py

@@ -0,0 +1,67 b''
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Utility for forwarding file read events over a zmq socket.
+
+This is necessary because select on Windows only supports"""
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2011  The IPython Development Team
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import uuid
+import zmq
+
+from threading import Thread
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Code
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class ForwarderThread(Thread):
+    def __init__(self, sock, fd):
+        Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.daemon=True
+        self.sock = sock
+        self.fd = fd
+
+    def run(self):
+        """loop through lines in self.fd, and send them over self.sock"""
+        line = self.fd.readline()
+        # allow for files opened in unicode mode
+        if isinstance(line, unicode):
+            send = self.sock.send_unicode
+        else:
+            send = self.sock.send
+        while line:
+            send(line)
+            line = self.fd.readline()
+        # line == '' means EOF
+        self.fd.close()
+        self.sock.close()
+
+def forward_read_events(fd, context=None):
+    """forward read events from an FD over a socket.
+
+    This method wraps a file in a socket pair, so it can
+    be polled for read events by select (specifically zmq.eventloop.ioloop)
+    """
+    if context is None:
+        context = zmq.Context.instance()
+    push = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+    push.setsockopt(zmq.LINGER, -1)
+    pull = context.socket(zmq.PULL)
+    addr='inproc://%s'%uuid.uuid4()
+    push.bind(addr)
+    pull.connect(addr)
+    forwarder = ForwarderThread(push, fd)
+    forwarder.start()
+    return pull
+
+
+__all__ = ['forward_read_events']
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IPython/parallel/apps/launcher.py

@@ -48,6 +48,8 b' from IPython.utils.process import find_cmd, pycmd2argv, FindCmdError'
 
 from IPython.parallel.factory import LoggingFactory
 
+from .win32support import forward_read_events
+
 # load winhpcjob only on Windows
 try:
     from .winhpcjob import (
@@ -57,7 +59,7 b' try:'
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-
+WINDOWS = os.name == 'nt'
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Paths to the kernel apps
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -251,9 +253,14 b' class LocalProcessLauncher(BaseLauncher):'
                 env=os.environ,
                 cwd=self.work_dir
             )
-            
-            self.loop.add_handler(self.process.stdout.fileno(), self.handle_stdout, self.loop.READ)
-            self.loop.add_handler(self.process.stderr.fileno(), self.handle_stderr, self.loop.READ)
+            if WINDOWS:
+                self.stdout = forward_read_events(self.process.stdout)
+                self.stderr = forward_read_events(self.process.stderr)
+            else:
+                self.stdout = self.process.stdout.fileno()
+                self.stderr = self.process.stderr.fileno()
+            self.loop.add_handler(self.stdout, self.handle_stdout, self.loop.READ)
+            self.loop.add_handler(self.stderr, self.handle_stderr, self.loop.READ)
             self.poller = ioloop.PeriodicCallback(self.poll, self.poll_frequency, self.loop)
             self.poller.start()
             self.notify_start(self.process.pid)
@@ -277,7 +284,10 b' class LocalProcessLauncher(BaseLauncher):'
     # callbacks, etc:
     
     def handle_stdout(self, fd, events):
-        line = self.process.stdout.readline()
+        if WINDOWS:
+            line = self.stdout.recv()
+        else:
+            line = self.process.stdout.readline()
         # a stopped process will be readable but return empty strings
         if line:
             self.log.info(line[:-1])
@@ -285,7 +295,10 b' class LocalProcessLauncher(BaseLauncher):'
             self.poll()
     
     def handle_stderr(self, fd, events):
-        line = self.process.stderr.readline()
+        if WINDOWS:
+            line = self.stderr.recv()
+        else:
+            line = self.process.stderr.readline()
         # a stopped process will be readable but return empty strings
         if line:
             self.log.error(line[:-1])
@@ -296,8 +309,8 b' class LocalProcessLauncher(BaseLauncher):'
         status = self.process.poll()
         if status is not None:
             self.poller.stop()
-            self.loop.remove_handler(self.process.stdout.fileno())
-            self.loop.remove_handler(self.process.stderr.fileno())
+            self.loop.remove_handler(self.stdout)
+            self.loop.remove_handler(self.stderr)
             self.notify_stop(dict(exit_code=status, pid=self.process.pid))
         return status
 
@@ -588,7 +601,7 b' class SSHEngineSetLauncher(LocalEngineSetLauncher):'
 
 # This is only used on Windows.
 def find_job_cmd():
-    if os.name=='nt':
+    if WINDOWS:
         try:
             return find_cmd('job')
         except (FindCmdError, ImportError):