I have a python-2.5 program running under linux in which I spawn a
number of threads. The main thread does nothing while these subsidiary
threads are running, and after they all complete, the main thread will
then exit.
I know that I can manage this through the use of Thread.join(), but
when I do it as follows, the main thread doesn't respond to signals:
import sys, time, signal, threading
signaled = False
class Signaled(Exception):
pass
def sighandler(signum, frame):
global signaled
print 'aborted!'
signaled = True
def sigtest():
global signaled
if signaled:
raise Signaled
def myfunc(arg):
while True:
try:
sigtest()
# do something
except Signaled:
return
threads = []
for a in sys.argv[1:]:
t = threading.Thread(myfunc, args=(a,))
threads.append(t)
# do some initialization
for s in (signal.SIGHUP, \
signal.SIGINT, \
signal.SIGQUIT, \
signal.SIGTERM):
signal.signal(s, sighandler)
for t in threads:
t.start()
for t in threads:
t.join()
sys.exit(0)
However, if I get rid of the t.join() loop and replace the last three
executable lines of the program with these, the main thread responds to
signals just fine:
...
while threading.activeCount() > 1:
time.sleep(0.001)
sys.exit(0)
Is there any way to allow my program to respond to signals without
having to busy-wait in the main thread?
Thanks in advance.
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