""" Defines helper functions for creating kernel entry points and process launchers. """ # Standard library imports. import atexit import os import socket from subprocess import Popen, PIPE import sys import tempfile # System library imports from zmq.utils import jsonapi as json # IPython imports from IPython.utils.localinterfaces import LOCALHOST from IPython.utils.py3compat import bytes_to_str # Local imports. from parentpoller import ParentPollerWindows def write_connection_file(fname=None, shell_port=0, iopub_port=0, stdin_port=0, hb_port=0, ip=LOCALHOST, key=b''): """Generates a JSON config file, including the selection of random ports. Parameters ---------- fname : unicode The path to the file to write shell_port : int, optional The port to use for XREP channel. iopub_port : int, optional The port to use for the SUB channel. stdin_port : int, optional The port to use for the REQ (raw input) channel. hb_port : int, optional The port to use for the hearbeat REP channel. ip : str, optional The ip address the kernel will bind to. key : str, optional The Session key used for HMAC authentication. """ # default to temporary connector file if not fname: fname = tempfile.mktemp('.json') # Find open ports as necessary. ports = [] ports_needed = int(shell_port <= 0) + int(iopub_port <= 0) + \ int(stdin_port <= 0) + int(hb_port <= 0) for i in xrange(ports_needed): sock = socket.socket() sock.bind(('', 0)) ports.append(sock) for i, sock in enumerate(ports): port = sock.getsockname()[1] sock.close() ports[i] = port if shell_port <= 0: shell_port = ports.pop(0) if iopub_port <= 0: iopub_port = ports.pop(0) if stdin_port <= 0: stdin_port = ports.pop(0) if hb_port <= 0: hb_port = ports.pop(0) cfg = dict( shell_port=shell_port, iopub_port=iopub_port, stdin_port=stdin_port, hb_port=hb_port, ) cfg['ip'] = ip cfg['key'] = bytes_to_str(key) with open(fname, 'wb') as f: f.write(json.dumps(cfg, indent=2)) return fname, cfg def base_launch_kernel(code, fname, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None, executable=None, independent=False, extra_arguments=[]): """ Launches a localhost kernel, binding to the specified ports. Parameters ---------- code : str, A string of Python code that imports and executes a kernel entry point. stdin, stdout, stderr : optional (default None) Standards streams, as defined in subprocess.Popen. fname : unicode, optional The JSON connector file, containing ip/port/hmac key information. key : str, optional The Session key used for HMAC authentication. executable : str, optional (default sys.executable) The Python executable to use for the kernel process. independent : bool, optional (default False) If set, the kernel process is guaranteed to survive if this process dies. If not set, an effort is made to ensure that the kernel is killed when this process dies. Note that in this case it is still good practice to kill kernels manually before exiting. extra_arguments = list, optional A list of extra arguments to pass when executing the launch code. Returns ------- A tuple of form: (kernel_process, shell_port, iopub_port, stdin_port, hb_port) where kernel_process is a Popen object and the ports are integers. """ # Build the kernel launch command. if executable is None: executable = sys.executable arguments = [ executable, '-c', code, '-f', fname ] arguments.extend(extra_arguments) # Popen will fail (sometimes with a deadlock) if stdin, stdout, and stderr # are invalid. Unfortunately, there is in general no way to detect whether # they are valid. The following two blocks redirect them to (temporary) # pipes in certain important cases. # If this process has been backgrounded, our stdin is invalid. Since there # is no compelling reason for the kernel to inherit our stdin anyway, we'll # place this one safe and always redirect. redirect_in = True _stdin = PIPE if stdin is None else stdin # If this process in running on pythonw, we know that stdin, stdout, and # stderr are all invalid. redirect_out = sys.executable.endswith('pythonw.exe') if redirect_out: _stdout = PIPE if stdout is None else stdout _stderr = PIPE if stderr is None else stderr else: _stdout, _stderr = stdout, stderr # Spawn a kernel. if sys.platform == 'win32': # Create a Win32 event for interrupting the kernel. interrupt_event = ParentPollerWindows.create_interrupt_event() arguments += [ '--interrupt=%i'%interrupt_event ] # If the kernel is running on pythonw and stdout/stderr are not been # re-directed, it will crash when more than 4KB of data is written to # stdout or stderr. This is a bug that has been with Python for a very # long time; see http://bugs.python.org/issue706263. # A cleaner solution to this problem would be to pass os.devnull to # Popen directly. Unfortunately, that does not work. if executable.endswith('pythonw.exe'): if stdout is None: arguments.append('--no-stdout') if stderr is None: arguments.append('--no-stderr') # Launch the kernel process. if independent: proc = Popen(arguments, creationflags=512, # CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP stdin=_stdin, stdout=_stdout, stderr=_stderr) else: from _subprocess import DuplicateHandle, GetCurrentProcess, \ DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS pid = GetCurrentProcess() handle = DuplicateHandle(pid, pid, pid, 0, True, # Inheritable by new processes. DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) proc = Popen(arguments + ['--parent=%i'%int(handle)], stdin=_stdin, stdout=_stdout, stderr=_stderr) # Attach the interrupt event to the Popen objet so it can be used later. proc.win32_interrupt_event = interrupt_event else: if independent: proc = Popen(arguments, preexec_fn=lambda: os.setsid(), stdin=_stdin, stdout=_stdout, stderr=_stderr) else: proc = Popen(arguments + ['--parent=1'], stdin=_stdin, stdout=_stdout, stderr=_stderr) # Clean up pipes created to work around Popen bug. if redirect_in: if stdin is None: proc.stdin.close() if redirect_out: if stdout is None: proc.stdout.close() if stderr is None: proc.stderr.close() return proc