"""Helper threading perform all the threading operations."""
import threading
from contextlib import contextmanager
import helper_random
try:
import prctl
except ImportError:
def set_thread_name(name):
"""Set the thread name for external use (visible from the OS)."""
threading.current_thread().name = name
else:
"""Set a name for the thread for python internal use."""
prctl.set_name(name)
def _thread_name_hack(self):
set_thread_name(self.name)
threading.Thread.__bootstrap_original__(self)
threading.Thread.__bootstrap_original__ = threading.Thread._Thread__bootstrap
threading.Thread._Thread__bootstrap = _thread_name_hack
class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
name = None
def __init__(self, name=None):
if name:
self.name = name
super(StoppableThread, self).__init__(name=self.name)
self.initStop()
helper_random.seed()
def initStop(self):
self.stop = threading.Event()
self._stopped = False
def stopThread(self):
self._stopped = True
self.stop.set()
class BusyError(threading.ThreadError):
pass
@contextmanager
def nonBlocking(lock):
locked = lock.acquire(False)
if not locked:
raise BusyError
yield
finally:
lock.release()