add debug log when a task is added to the queue

IPython/parallel/controller/scheduler.py

@@ -1,843 +1,844 b''
 """The Python scheduler for rich scheduling.
 
 The Pure ZMQ scheduler does not allow routing schemes other than LRU,
 nor does it check msg_id DAG dependencies. For those, a slightly slower
 Python Scheduler exists.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Min RK
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2010-2011  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 heapq
 import logging
 import sys
 import time
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from random import randint, random
 from types import FunctionType
 
 try:
     import numpy
 except ImportError:
     numpy = None
 
 import zmq
 from zmq.eventloop import ioloop, zmqstream
 
 # local imports
 from IPython.external.decorator import decorator
 from IPython.config.application import Application
 from IPython.config.loader import Config
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Instance, Dict, List, Set, Integer, Enum, CBytes
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import cast_bytes
 
 from IPython.parallel import error, util
 from IPython.parallel.factory import SessionFactory
 from IPython.parallel.util import connect_logger, local_logger
 
 from .dependency import Dependency
 
 @decorator
 def logged(f,self,*args,**kwargs):
     # print ("#--------------------")
     self.log.debug("scheduler::%s(*%s,**%s)", f.func_name, args, kwargs)
     # print ("#--")
     return f(self,*args, **kwargs)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Chooser functions
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def plainrandom(loads):
     """Plain random pick."""
     n = len(loads)
     return randint(0,n-1)
 
 def lru(loads):
     """Always pick the front of the line.
 
     The content of `loads` is ignored.
 
     Assumes LRU ordering of loads, with oldest first.
     """
     return 0
 
 def twobin(loads):
     """Pick two at random, use the LRU of the two.
 
     The content of loads is ignored.
 
     Assumes LRU ordering of loads, with oldest first.
     """
     n = len(loads)
     a = randint(0,n-1)
     b = randint(0,n-1)
     return min(a,b)
 
 def weighted(loads):
     """Pick two at random using inverse load as weight.
 
     Return the less loaded of the two.
     """
     # weight 0 a million times more than 1:
     weights = 1./(1e-6+numpy.array(loads))
     sums = weights.cumsum()
     t = sums[-1]
     x = random()*t
     y = random()*t
     idx = 0
     idy = 0
     while sums[idx] < x:
         idx += 1
     while sums[idy] < y:
         idy += 1
     if weights[idy] > weights[idx]:
         return idy
     else:
         return idx
 
 def leastload(loads):
     """Always choose the lowest load.
 
     If the lowest load occurs more than once, the first
     occurance will be used.  If loads has LRU ordering, this means
     the LRU of those with the lowest load is chosen.
     """
     return loads.index(min(loads))
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 # store empty default dependency:
 MET = Dependency([])
 
 
 class Job(object):
     """Simple container for a job"""
     def __init__(self, msg_id, raw_msg, idents, msg, header, metadata,
                     targets, after, follow, timeout):
         self.msg_id = msg_id
         self.raw_msg = raw_msg
         self.idents = idents
         self.msg = msg
         self.header = header
         self.metadata = metadata
         self.targets = targets
         self.after = after
         self.follow = follow
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.removed = False # used for lazy-delete in heap-sorted queue
         
         self.timestamp = time.time()
         self.blacklist = set()
 
     def __lt__(self, other):
         return self.timestamp < other.timestamp
 
     def __cmp__(self, other):
         return cmp(self.timestamp, other.timestamp)
 
     @property
     def dependents(self):
         return self.follow.union(self.after)
 
 class TaskScheduler(SessionFactory):
     """Python TaskScheduler object.
 
     This is the simplest object that supports msg_id based
     DAG dependencies. *Only* task msg_ids are checked, not
     msg_ids of jobs submitted via the MUX queue.
 
     """
 
     hwm = Integer(1, config=True,
         help="""specify the High Water Mark (HWM) for the downstream
         socket in the Task scheduler. This is the maximum number
         of allowed outstanding tasks on each engine.
         
         The default (1) means that only one task can be outstanding on each
         engine.  Setting TaskScheduler.hwm=0 means there is no limit, and the
         engines continue to be assigned tasks while they are working,
         effectively hiding network latency behind computation, but can result
         in an imbalance of work when submitting many heterogenous tasks all at
         once.  Any positive value greater than one is a compromise between the
         two.
 
         """
     )
     scheme_name = Enum(('leastload', 'pure', 'lru', 'plainrandom', 'weighted', 'twobin'),
         'leastload', config=True, allow_none=False,
         help="""select the task scheduler scheme  [default: Python LRU]
         Options are: 'pure', 'lru', 'plainrandom', 'weighted', 'twobin','leastload'"""
     )
     def _scheme_name_changed(self, old, new):
         self.log.debug("Using scheme %r"%new)
         self.scheme = globals()[new]
 
     # input arguments:
     scheme = Instance(FunctionType) # function for determining the destination
     def _scheme_default(self):
         return leastload
     client_stream = Instance(zmqstream.ZMQStream) # client-facing stream
     engine_stream = Instance(zmqstream.ZMQStream) # engine-facing stream
     notifier_stream = Instance(zmqstream.ZMQStream) # hub-facing sub stream
     mon_stream = Instance(zmqstream.ZMQStream) # hub-facing pub stream
     query_stream = Instance(zmqstream.ZMQStream) # hub-facing DEALER stream
 
     # internals:
     queue = List() # heap-sorted list of Jobs
     queue_map = Dict() # dict by msg_id of Jobs (for O(1) access to the Queue)
     graph = Dict() # dict by msg_id of [ msg_ids that depend on key ]
     retries = Dict() # dict by msg_id of retries remaining (non-neg ints)
     # waiting = List() # list of msg_ids ready to run, but haven't due to HWM
     pending = Dict() # dict by engine_uuid of submitted tasks
     completed = Dict() # dict by engine_uuid of completed tasks
     failed = Dict() # dict by engine_uuid of failed tasks
     destinations = Dict() # dict by msg_id of engine_uuids where jobs ran (reverse of completed+failed)
     clients = Dict() # dict by msg_id for who submitted the task
     targets = List() # list of target IDENTs
     loads = List() # list of engine loads
     # full = Set() # set of IDENTs that have HWM outstanding tasks
     all_completed = Set() # set of all completed tasks
     all_failed = Set() # set of all failed tasks
     all_done = Set() # set of all finished tasks=union(completed,failed)
     all_ids = Set() # set of all submitted task IDs
 
     auditor = Instance('zmq.eventloop.ioloop.PeriodicCallback')
 
     ident = CBytes() # ZMQ identity. This should just be self.session.session
                      # but ensure Bytes
     def _ident_default(self):
         return self.session.bsession
 
     def start(self):
         self.query_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_query_reply)
         self.session.send(self.query_stream, "connection_request", {})
         
         self.engine_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_result, copy=False)
         self.client_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_submission, copy=False)
 
         self._notification_handlers = dict(
             registration_notification = self._register_engine,
             unregistration_notification = self._unregister_engine
         )
         self.notifier_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_notification)
         self.auditor = ioloop.PeriodicCallback(self.audit_timeouts, 2e3, self.loop) # 1 Hz
         self.auditor.start()
         self.log.info("Scheduler started [%s]"%self.scheme_name)
 
     def resume_receiving(self):
         """Resume accepting jobs."""
         self.client_stream.on_recv(self.dispatch_submission, copy=False)
 
     def stop_receiving(self):
         """Stop accepting jobs while there are no engines.
         Leave them in the ZMQ queue."""
         self.client_stream.on_recv(None)
 
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # [Un]Registration Handling
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     
     def dispatch_query_reply(self, msg):
         """handle reply to our initial connection request"""
         try:
             idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg)
         except ValueError:
             self.log.warn("task::Invalid Message: %r",msg)
             return
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg)
         except ValueError:
             self.log.warn("task::Unauthorized message from: %r"%idents)
             return
         
         content = msg['content']
         for uuid in content.get('engines', {}).values():
             self._register_engine(cast_bytes(uuid))
 
     
     @util.log_errors
     def dispatch_notification(self, msg):
         """dispatch register/unregister events."""
         try:
             idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(msg)
         except ValueError:
             self.log.warn("task::Invalid Message: %r",msg)
             return
         try:
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg)
         except ValueError:
             self.log.warn("task::Unauthorized message from: %r"%idents)
             return
 
         msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
 
         handler = self._notification_handlers.get(msg_type, None)
         if handler is None:
             self.log.error("Unhandled message type: %r"%msg_type)
         else:
             try:
                 handler(cast_bytes(msg['content']['uuid']))
             except Exception:
                 self.log.error("task::Invalid notification msg: %r", msg, exc_info=True)
 
     def _register_engine(self, uid):
         """New engine with ident `uid` became available."""
         # head of the line:
         self.targets.insert(0,uid)
         self.loads.insert(0,0)
 
         # initialize sets
         self.completed[uid] = set()
         self.failed[uid] = set()
         self.pending[uid] = {}
 
         # rescan the graph:
         self.update_graph(None)
 
     def _unregister_engine(self, uid):
         """Existing engine with ident `uid` became unavailable."""
         if len(self.targets) == 1:
             # this was our only engine
             pass
 
         # handle any potentially finished tasks:
         self.engine_stream.flush()
 
         # don't pop destinations, because they might be used later
         # map(self.destinations.pop, self.completed.pop(uid))
         # map(self.destinations.pop, self.failed.pop(uid))
 
         # prevent this engine from receiving work
         idx = self.targets.index(uid)
         self.targets.pop(idx)
         self.loads.pop(idx)
 
         # wait 5 seconds before cleaning up pending jobs, since the results might
         # still be incoming
         if self.pending[uid]:
             dc = ioloop.DelayedCallback(lambda : self.handle_stranded_tasks(uid), 5000, self.loop)
             dc.start()
         else:
             self.completed.pop(uid)
             self.failed.pop(uid)
 
 
     def handle_stranded_tasks(self, engine):
         """Deal with jobs resident in an engine that died."""
         lost = self.pending[engine]
         for msg_id in lost.keys():
             if msg_id not in self.pending[engine]:
                 # prevent double-handling of messages
                 continue
 
             raw_msg = lost[msg_id].raw_msg
             idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(raw_msg, copy=False)
             parent = self.session.unpack(msg[1].bytes)
             idents = [engine, idents[0]]
 
             # build fake error reply
             try:
                 raise error.EngineError("Engine %r died while running task %r"%(engine, msg_id))
             except:
                 content = error.wrap_exception()
             # build fake metadata
             md = dict(
                 status=u'error',
                 engine=engine,
                 date=datetime.now(),
             )
             msg = self.session.msg('apply_reply', content, parent=parent, metadata=md)
             raw_reply = map(zmq.Message, self.session.serialize(msg, ident=idents))
             # and dispatch it
             self.dispatch_result(raw_reply)
 
         # finally scrub completed/failed lists
         self.completed.pop(engine)
         self.failed.pop(engine)
 
 
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Job Submission
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     
 
     @util.log_errors
     def dispatch_submission(self, raw_msg):
         """Dispatch job submission to appropriate handlers."""
         # ensure targets up to date:
         self.notifier_stream.flush()
         try:
             idents, msg = self.session.feed_identities(raw_msg, copy=False)
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=False, copy=False)
         except Exception:
             self.log.error("task::Invaid task msg: %r"%raw_msg, exc_info=True)
             return
 
 
         # send to monitor
         self.mon_stream.send_multipart([b'intask']+raw_msg, copy=False)
 
         header = msg['header']
         md = msg['metadata']
         msg_id = header['msg_id']
         self.all_ids.add(msg_id)
 
         # get targets as a set of bytes objects
         # from a list of unicode objects
         targets = md.get('targets', [])
         targets = map(cast_bytes, targets)
         targets = set(targets)
 
         retries = md.get('retries', 0)
         self.retries[msg_id] = retries
 
         # time dependencies
         after = md.get('after', None)
         if after:
             after = Dependency(after)
             if after.all:
                 if after.success:
                     after = Dependency(after.difference(self.all_completed),
                                 success=after.success,
                                 failure=after.failure,
                                 all=after.all,
                     )
                 if after.failure:
                     after = Dependency(after.difference(self.all_failed),
                                 success=after.success,
                                 failure=after.failure,
                                 all=after.all,
                     )
             if after.check(self.all_completed, self.all_failed):
                 # recast as empty set, if `after` already met,
                 # to prevent unnecessary set comparisons
                 after = MET
         else:
             after = MET
 
         # location dependencies
         follow = Dependency(md.get('follow', []))
 
         # turn timeouts into datetime objects:
         timeout = md.get('timeout', None)
         if timeout:
             # cast to float, because jsonlib returns floats as decimal.Decimal,
             # which timedelta does not accept
             timeout = datetime.now() + timedelta(0,float(timeout),0)
 
         job = Job(msg_id=msg_id, raw_msg=raw_msg, idents=idents, msg=msg,
                  header=header, targets=targets, after=after, follow=follow,
                  timeout=timeout, metadata=md,
         )
 
         # validate and reduce dependencies:
         for dep in after,follow:
             if not dep: # empty dependency
                 continue
             # check valid:
             if msg_id in dep or dep.difference(self.all_ids):
                 self.queue_map[msg_id] = job
                 return self.fail_unreachable(msg_id, error.InvalidDependency)
             # check if unreachable:
             if dep.unreachable(self.all_completed, self.all_failed):
                 self.queue_map[msg_id] = job
                 return self.fail_unreachable(msg_id)
 
         if after.check(self.all_completed, self.all_failed):
             # time deps already met, try to run
             if not self.maybe_run(job):
                 # can't run yet
                 if msg_id not in self.all_failed:
                     # could have failed as unreachable
                     self.save_unmet(job)
         else:
             self.save_unmet(job)
 
     def audit_timeouts(self):
         """Audit all waiting tasks for expired timeouts."""
         now = datetime.now()
         for msg_id in self.queue_map.keys():
             # must recheck, in case one failure cascaded to another:
             if msg_id in self.queue_map:
                 job = self.queue_map[msg_id]
                 if job.timeout and job.timeout < now:
                     self.fail_unreachable(msg_id, error.TaskTimeout)
 
     def fail_unreachable(self, msg_id, why=error.ImpossibleDependency):
         """a task has become unreachable, send a reply with an ImpossibleDependency
         error."""
         if msg_id not in self.queue_map:
             self.log.error("msg %r already failed!", msg_id)
             return
         job = self.queue_map.pop(msg_id)
         # lazy-delete from the queue
         job.removed = True
         for mid in job.dependents:
             if mid in self.graph:
                 self.graph[mid].remove(msg_id)
 
         try:
             raise why()
         except:
             content = error.wrap_exception()
 
         self.all_done.add(msg_id)
         self.all_failed.add(msg_id)
 
         msg = self.session.send(self.client_stream, 'apply_reply', content,
                                                 parent=job.header, ident=job.idents)
         self.session.send(self.mon_stream, msg, ident=[b'outtask']+job.idents)
 
         self.update_graph(msg_id, success=False)
 
     def available_engines(self):
         """return a list of available engine indices based on HWM"""
         if not self.hwm:
             return range(len(self.targets))
         available = []
         for idx in range(len(self.targets)):
             if self.loads[idx] < self.hwm:
                 available.append(idx)
         return available
 
     def maybe_run(self, job):
         """check location dependencies, and run if they are met."""
         msg_id = job.msg_id
         self.log.debug("Attempting to assign task %s", msg_id)
         available = self.available_engines()
         if not available:
             # no engines, definitely can't run
             return False
         
         if job.follow or job.targets or job.blacklist or self.hwm:
             # we need a can_run filter
             def can_run(idx):
                 # check hwm
                 if self.hwm and self.loads[idx] == self.hwm:
                     return False
                 target = self.targets[idx]
                 # check blacklist
                 if target in job.blacklist:
                     return False
                 # check targets
                 if job.targets and target not in job.targets:
                     return False
                 # check follow
                 return job.follow.check(self.completed[target], self.failed[target])
 
             indices = filter(can_run, available)
 
             if not indices:
                 # couldn't run
                 if job.follow.all:
                     # check follow for impossibility
                     dests = set()
                     relevant = set()
                     if job.follow.success:
                         relevant = self.all_completed
                     if job.follow.failure:
                         relevant = relevant.union(self.all_failed)
                     for m in job.follow.intersection(relevant):
                         dests.add(self.destinations[m])
                     if len(dests) > 1:
                         self.queue_map[msg_id] = job
                         self.fail_unreachable(msg_id)
                         return False
                 if job.targets:
                     # check blacklist+targets for impossibility
                     job.targets.difference_update(job.blacklist)
                     if not job.targets or not job.targets.intersection(self.targets):
                         self.queue_map[msg_id] = job
                         self.fail_unreachable(msg_id)
                         return False
                 return False
         else:
             indices = None
 
         self.submit_task(job, indices)
         return True
 
     def save_unmet(self, job):
         """Save a message for later submission when its dependencies are met."""
         msg_id = job.msg_id
+        self.log.debug("Adding task %s to the queue", msg_id)
         self.queue_map[msg_id] = job
         heapq.heappush(self.queue, job)
         # track the ids in follow or after, but not those already finished
         for dep_id in job.after.union(job.follow).difference(self.all_done):
             if dep_id not in self.graph:
                 self.graph[dep_id] = set()
             self.graph[dep_id].add(msg_id)
 
     def submit_task(self, job, indices=None):
         """Submit a task to any of a subset of our targets."""
         if indices:
             loads = [self.loads[i] for i in indices]
         else:
             loads = self.loads
         idx = self.scheme(loads)
         if indices:
             idx = indices[idx]
         target = self.targets[idx]
         # print (target, map(str, msg[:3]))
         # send job to the engine
         self.engine_stream.send(target, flags=zmq.SNDMORE, copy=False)
         self.engine_stream.send_multipart(job.raw_msg, copy=False)
         # update load
         self.add_job(idx)
         self.pending[target][job.msg_id] = job
         # notify Hub
         content = dict(msg_id=job.msg_id, engine_id=target.decode('ascii'))
         self.session.send(self.mon_stream, 'task_destination', content=content,
                         ident=[b'tracktask',self.ident])
 
 
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Result Handling
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     
     @util.log_errors
     def dispatch_result(self, raw_msg):
         """dispatch method for result replies"""
         try:
             idents,msg = self.session.feed_identities(raw_msg, copy=False)
             msg = self.session.unserialize(msg, content=False, copy=False)
             engine = idents[0]
             try:
                 idx = self.targets.index(engine)
             except ValueError:
                 pass # skip load-update for dead engines
             else:
                 self.finish_job(idx)
         except Exception:
             self.log.error("task::Invaid result: %r", raw_msg, exc_info=True)
             return
 
         md = msg['metadata']
         parent = msg['parent_header']
         if md.get('dependencies_met', True):
             success = (md['status'] == 'ok')
             msg_id = parent['msg_id']
             retries = self.retries[msg_id]
             if not success and retries > 0:
                 # failed
                 self.retries[msg_id] = retries - 1
                 self.handle_unmet_dependency(idents, parent)
             else:
                 del self.retries[msg_id]
                 # relay to client and update graph
                 self.handle_result(idents, parent, raw_msg, success)
                 # send to Hub monitor
                 self.mon_stream.send_multipart([b'outtask']+raw_msg, copy=False)
         else:
             self.handle_unmet_dependency(idents, parent)
 
     def handle_result(self, idents, parent, raw_msg, success=True):
         """handle a real task result, either success or failure"""
         # first, relay result to client
         engine = idents[0]
         client = idents[1]
         # swap_ids for ROUTER-ROUTER mirror
         raw_msg[:2] = [client,engine]
         # print (map(str, raw_msg[:4]))
         self.client_stream.send_multipart(raw_msg, copy=False)
         # now, update our data structures
         msg_id = parent['msg_id']
         self.pending[engine].pop(msg_id)
         if success:
             self.completed[engine].add(msg_id)
             self.all_completed.add(msg_id)
         else:
             self.failed[engine].add(msg_id)
             self.all_failed.add(msg_id)
         self.all_done.add(msg_id)
         self.destinations[msg_id] = engine
 
         self.update_graph(msg_id, success)
 
     def handle_unmet_dependency(self, idents, parent):
         """handle an unmet dependency"""
         engine = idents[0]
         msg_id = parent['msg_id']
 
         job = self.pending[engine].pop(msg_id)
         job.blacklist.add(engine)
 
         if job.blacklist == job.targets:
             self.queue_map[msg_id] = job
             self.fail_unreachable(msg_id)
         elif not self.maybe_run(job):
             # resubmit failed
             if msg_id not in self.all_failed:
                 # put it back in our dependency tree
                 self.save_unmet(job)
 
         if self.hwm:
             try:
                 idx = self.targets.index(engine)
             except ValueError:
                 pass # skip load-update for dead engines
             else:
                 if self.loads[idx] == self.hwm-1:
                     self.update_graph(None)
 
     def update_graph(self, dep_id=None, success=True):
         """dep_id just finished. Update our dependency
         graph and submit any jobs that just became runnable.
 
         Called with dep_id=None to update entire graph for hwm, but without finishing a task.
         """
         # print ("\n\n***********")
         # pprint (dep_id)
         # pprint (self.graph)
         # pprint (self.queue_map)
         # pprint (self.all_completed)
         # pprint (self.all_failed)
         # print ("\n\n***********\n\n")
         # update any jobs that depended on the dependency
         msg_ids = self.graph.pop(dep_id, [])
 
         # recheck *all* jobs if
         # a) we have HWM and an engine just become no longer full
         # or b) dep_id was given as None
         
         if dep_id is None or self.hwm and any( [ load==self.hwm-1 for load in self.loads ]):
             jobs = self.queue
             using_queue = True
         else:
             using_queue = False
             jobs = heapq.heapify([ self.queue_map[msg_id] for msg_id in msg_ids ])
         
         to_restore = []
         while jobs:
             job = heapq.heappop(jobs)
             if job.removed:
                 continue
             msg_id = job.msg_id
             
             put_it_back = True
             
             if job.after.unreachable(self.all_completed, self.all_failed)\
                     or job.follow.unreachable(self.all_completed, self.all_failed):
                 self.fail_unreachable(msg_id)
                 put_it_back = False
 
             elif job.after.check(self.all_completed, self.all_failed): # time deps met, maybe run
                 if self.maybe_run(job):
                     put_it_back = False
                     self.queue_map.pop(msg_id)
                     for mid in job.dependents:
                         if mid in self.graph:
                             self.graph[mid].remove(msg_id)
                     
                     # abort the loop if we just filled up all of our engines.
                     # avoids an O(N) operation in situation of full queue,
                     # where graph update is triggered as soon as an engine becomes
                     # non-full, and all tasks after the first are checked,
                     # even though they can't run.
                     if not self.available_engines():
                         break
             
             if using_queue and put_it_back:
                 # popped a job from the queue but it neither ran nor failed,
                 # so we need to put it back when we are done
                 to_restore.append(job)
         
         # put back any tasks we popped but didn't run
         for job in to_restore:
             heapq.heappush(self.queue, job)
         
 
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # methods to be overridden by subclasses
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def add_job(self, idx):
         """Called after self.targets[idx] just got the job with header.
         Override with subclasses.  The default ordering is simple LRU.
         The default loads are the number of outstanding jobs."""
         self.loads[idx] += 1
         for lis in (self.targets, self.loads):
             lis.append(lis.pop(idx))
 
 
     def finish_job(self, idx):
         """Called after self.targets[idx] just finished a job.
         Override with subclasses."""
         self.loads[idx] -= 1
 
 
 
 def launch_scheduler(in_addr, out_addr, mon_addr, not_addr, reg_addr, config=None,
                         logname='root', log_url=None, loglevel=logging.DEBUG,
                         identity=b'task', in_thread=False):
 
     ZMQStream = zmqstream.ZMQStream
 
     if config:
         # unwrap dict back into Config
         config = Config(config)
 
     if in_thread:
         # use instance() to get the same Context/Loop as our parent
         ctx = zmq.Context.instance()
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
     else:
         # in a process, don't use instance()
         # for safety with multiprocessing
         ctx = zmq.Context()
         loop = ioloop.IOLoop()
     ins = ZMQStream(ctx.socket(zmq.ROUTER),loop)
     ins.setsockopt(zmq.IDENTITY, identity + b'_in')
     ins.bind(in_addr)
 
     outs = ZMQStream(ctx.socket(zmq.ROUTER),loop)
     outs.setsockopt(zmq.IDENTITY, identity + b'_out')
     outs.bind(out_addr)
     mons = zmqstream.ZMQStream(ctx.socket(zmq.PUB),loop)
     mons.connect(mon_addr)
     nots = zmqstream.ZMQStream(ctx.socket(zmq.SUB),loop)
     nots.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, b'')
     nots.connect(not_addr)
     
     querys = ZMQStream(ctx.socket(zmq.DEALER),loop)
     querys.connect(reg_addr)
     
     # setup logging.
     if in_thread:
         log = Application.instance().log
     else:
         if log_url:
             log = connect_logger(logname, ctx, log_url, root="scheduler", loglevel=loglevel)
         else:
             log = local_logger(logname, loglevel)
 
     scheduler = TaskScheduler(client_stream=ins, engine_stream=outs,
                             mon_stream=mons, notifier_stream=nots,
                             query_stream=querys,
                             loop=loop, log=log,
                             config=config)
     scheduler.start()
     if not in_thread:
         try:
             loop.start()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             scheduler.log.critical("Interrupted, exiting...")