Merge pull request #4897 from khinsen/kernel_cmd_doc

More detailed documentation about kernel_comd documentation

IPython/kernel/manager.py

@@ -1,385 +1,391 b''
 """Base class to manage a running kernel"""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2013  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
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 # Standard library imports
 import re
 import signal
 import sys
 import time
 
 import zmq
 
 # Local imports
 from IPython.config.configurable import LoggingConfigurable
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
 from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import is_local_ip, local_ips
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Any, Instance, Unicode, List, Bool, Type, DottedObjectName
 )
 from IPython.kernel import (
     make_ipkernel_cmd,
     launch_kernel,
 )
 from .connect import ConnectionFileMixin
 from .zmq.session import Session
 from .managerabc import (
     KernelManagerABC
 )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main kernel manager class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class KernelManager(LoggingConfigurable, ConnectionFileMixin):
     """Manages a single kernel in a subprocess on this host.
 
     This version starts kernels with Popen.
     """
 
     # The PyZMQ Context to use for communication with the kernel.
     context = Instance(zmq.Context)
     def _context_default(self):
         return zmq.Context.instance()
 
     # The Session to use for communication with the kernel.
     session = Instance(Session)
     def _session_default(self):
         return Session(parent=self)
 
     # the class to create with our `client` method
     client_class = DottedObjectName('IPython.kernel.blocking.BlockingKernelClient')
     client_factory = Type()
     def _client_class_changed(self, name, old, new):
         self.client_factory = import_item(str(new))
 
     # The kernel process with which the KernelManager is communicating.
     # generally a Popen instance
     kernel = Any()
 
     kernel_cmd = List(Unicode, config=True,
         help="""The Popen Command to launch the kernel.
-        Override this if you have a custom
+        Override this if you have a custom kernel.
+        If kernel_cmd is specified in a configuration file,
+        IPython does not pass any arguments to the kernel,
+        because it cannot make any assumptions about the 
+        arguments that the kernel understands. In particular,
+        this means that the kernel does not receive the
+        option --debug if it given on the IPython command line.
         """
     )
 
     def _kernel_cmd_changed(self, name, old, new):
         self.ipython_kernel = False
 
     ipython_kernel = Bool(True)
 
     # Protected traits
     _launch_args = Any()
     _control_socket = Any()
 
     _restarter = Any()
 
     autorestart = Bool(False, config=True,
         help="""Should we autorestart the kernel if it dies."""
     )
 
     def __del__(self):
         self._close_control_socket()
         self.cleanup_connection_file()
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel restarter
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def start_restarter(self):
         pass
 
     def stop_restarter(self):
         pass
 
     def add_restart_callback(self, callback, event='restart'):
         """register a callback to be called when a kernel is restarted"""
         if self._restarter is None:
             return
         self._restarter.add_callback(callback, event)
 
     def remove_restart_callback(self, callback, event='restart'):
         """unregister a callback to be called when a kernel is restarted"""
         if self._restarter is None:
             return
         self._restarter.remove_callback(callback, event)
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # create a Client connected to our Kernel
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def client(self, **kwargs):
         """Create a client configured to connect to our kernel"""
         if self.client_factory is None:
             self.client_factory = import_item(self.client_class)
 
         kw = {}
         kw.update(self.get_connection_info())
         kw.update(dict(
             connection_file=self.connection_file,
             session=self.session,
             parent=self,
         ))
 
         # add kwargs last, for manual overrides
         kw.update(kwargs)
         return self.client_factory(**kw)
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Kernel management
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def format_kernel_cmd(self, **kw):
         """replace templated args (e.g. {connection_file})"""
         if self.kernel_cmd:
             cmd = self.kernel_cmd
         else:
             cmd = make_ipkernel_cmd(
                 'from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import main; main()',
                 **kw
             )
         ns = dict(connection_file=self.connection_file)
         ns.update(self._launch_args)
         
         pat = re.compile(r'\{([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\}')
         def from_ns(match):
             """Get the key out of ns if it's there, otherwise no change."""
             return ns.get(match.group(1), match.group())
         
         return [ pat.sub(from_ns, arg) for arg in cmd ]
 
     def _launch_kernel(self, kernel_cmd, **kw):
         """actually launch the kernel
 
         override in a subclass to launch kernel subprocesses differently
         """
         return launch_kernel(kernel_cmd, **kw)
 
     # Control socket used for polite kernel shutdown
 
     def _connect_control_socket(self):
         if self._control_socket is None:
             self._control_socket = self.connect_control()
             self._control_socket.linger = 100
 
     def _close_control_socket(self):
         if self._control_socket is None:
             return
         self._control_socket.close()
         self._control_socket = None
 
     def start_kernel(self, **kw):
         """Starts a kernel on this host in a separate process.
 
         If random ports (port=0) are being used, this method must be called
         before the channels are created.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         **kw : optional
              keyword arguments that are passed down to build the kernel_cmd
              and launching the kernel (e.g. Popen kwargs).
         """
         if self.transport == 'tcp' and not is_local_ip(self.ip):
             raise RuntimeError("Can only launch a kernel on a local interface. "
                                "Make sure that the '*_address' attributes are "
                                "configured properly. "
                                "Currently valid addresses are: %s" % local_ips()
                                )
 
         # write connection file / get default ports
         self.write_connection_file()
 
         # save kwargs for use in restart
         self._launch_args = kw.copy()
         # build the Popen cmd
         kernel_cmd = self.format_kernel_cmd(**kw)
         # launch the kernel subprocess
         self.kernel = self._launch_kernel(kernel_cmd,
                                     ipython_kernel=self.ipython_kernel,
                                     **kw)
         self.start_restarter()
         self._connect_control_socket()
 
     def _send_shutdown_request(self, restart=False):
         """TODO: send a shutdown request via control channel"""
         content = dict(restart=restart)
         msg = self.session.msg("shutdown_request", content=content)
         self.session.send(self._control_socket, msg)
 
     def shutdown_kernel(self, now=False, restart=False):
         """Attempts to the stop the kernel process cleanly.
 
         This attempts to shutdown the kernels cleanly by:
 
         1. Sending it a shutdown message over the shell channel.
         2. If that fails, the kernel is shutdown forcibly by sending it
            a signal.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         now : bool
             Should the kernel be forcible killed *now*. This skips the
             first, nice shutdown attempt.
         restart: bool
             Will this kernel be restarted after it is shutdown. When this
             is True, connection files will not be cleaned up.
         """
         # Stop monitoring for restarting while we shutdown.
         self.stop_restarter()
 
         # FIXME: Shutdown does not work on Windows due to ZMQ errors!
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
             self._kill_kernel()
             return
 
         if now:
             if self.has_kernel:
                 self._kill_kernel()
         else:
             # Don't send any additional kernel kill messages immediately, to give
             # the kernel a chance to properly execute shutdown actions. Wait for at
             # most 1s, checking every 0.1s.
             self._send_shutdown_request(restart=restart)
             for i in range(10):
                 if self.is_alive():
                     time.sleep(0.1)
                 else:
                     break
             else:
                 # OK, we've waited long enough.
                 if self.has_kernel:
                     self._kill_kernel()
 
         if not restart:
             self.cleanup_connection_file()
             self.cleanup_ipc_files()
         else:
             self.cleanup_ipc_files()
 
     def restart_kernel(self, now=False, **kw):
         """Restarts a kernel with the arguments that were used to launch it.
 
         If the old kernel was launched with random ports, the same ports will be
         used for the new kernel. The same connection file is used again.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         now : bool, optional
             If True, the kernel is forcefully restarted *immediately*, without
             having a chance to do any cleanup action.  Otherwise the kernel is
             given 1s to clean up before a forceful restart is issued.
 
             In all cases the kernel is restarted, the only difference is whether
             it is given a chance to perform a clean shutdown or not.
 
         **kw : optional
             Any options specified here will overwrite those used to launch the
             kernel.
         """
         if self._launch_args is None:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot restart the kernel. "
                                "No previous call to 'start_kernel'.")
         else:
             # Stop currently running kernel.
             self.shutdown_kernel(now=now, restart=True)
 
             # Start new kernel.
             self._launch_args.update(kw)
             self.start_kernel(**self._launch_args)
 
             # FIXME: Messages get dropped in Windows due to probable ZMQ bug
             # unless there is some delay here.
             if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 time.sleep(0.2)
 
     @property
     def has_kernel(self):
         """Has a kernel been started that we are managing."""
         return self.kernel is not None
 
     def _kill_kernel(self):
         """Kill the running kernel.
 
         This is a private method, callers should use shutdown_kernel(now=True).
         """
         if self.has_kernel:
 
             # Signal the kernel to terminate (sends SIGKILL on Unix and calls
             # TerminateProcess() on Win32).
             try:
                 self.kernel.kill()
             except OSError as e:
                 # In Windows, we will get an Access Denied error if the process
                 # has already terminated. Ignore it.
                 if sys.platform == 'win32':
                     if e.winerror != 5:
                         raise
                 # On Unix, we may get an ESRCH error if the process has already
                 # terminated. Ignore it.
                 else:
                     from errno import ESRCH
                     if e.errno != ESRCH:
                         raise
 
             # Block until the kernel terminates.
             self.kernel.wait()
             self.kernel = None
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot kill kernel. No kernel is running!")
 
     def interrupt_kernel(self):
         """Interrupts the kernel by sending it a signal.
 
         Unlike ``signal_kernel``, this operation is well supported on all
         platforms.
         """
         if self.has_kernel:
             if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 from .zmq.parentpoller import ParentPollerWindows as Poller
                 Poller.send_interrupt(self.kernel.win32_interrupt_event)
             else:
                 self.kernel.send_signal(signal.SIGINT)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot interrupt kernel. No kernel is running!")
 
     def signal_kernel(self, signum):
         """Sends a signal to the kernel.
 
         Note that since only SIGTERM is supported on Windows, this function is
         only useful on Unix systems.
         """
         if self.has_kernel:
             self.kernel.send_signal(signum)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot signal kernel. No kernel is running!")
 
     def is_alive(self):
         """Is the kernel process still running?"""
         if self.has_kernel:
             if self.kernel.poll() is None:
                 return True
             else:
                 return False
         else:
             # we don't have a kernel
             return False
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ABC Registration
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 KernelManagerABC.register(KernelManager)