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import atexit
import logging
import multiprocessing
import os
import platform
import signal
from subprocess import PIPE
from subprocess import Popen
import sys
CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP = 0x00000200
DETACHED_PROCESS = 0x00000008
REGISTERED = []
def start_detached(executable, *args):
"""
Starts a fully independent subprocess (with no parent)
:param executable: executable
:param args: arguments to the executable, eg: ['--param1_key=param1_val', '-vvv' ...]
:return: pid of the grandchild process
"""
# create pipe
reader, writer = multiprocessing.Pipe(False)
# do not keep reference
process = multiprocessing.Process(
target=_start_detached,
args=(executable, *args),
kwargs={"writer": writer},
daemon=True,
)
process.start()
process.join()
# receive pid from pipe
pid = reader.recv()
REGISTERED.append(pid)
# close pipes
writer.close()
reader.close()
process.close()
return pid
def _start_detached(executable, *args, writer: multiprocessing.Pipe = None):
# configure launch
kwargs = {}
if platform.system() == "Windows":
kwargs.update(creationflags=DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP)
elif sys.version_info < (3, 2):
# assume posix
kwargs.update(preexec_fn=os.setsid)
else: # Python 3.2+ and Unix
kwargs.update(start_new_session=True)
# run
p = Popen([executable, *args], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, **kwargs)
# send pid to pipe
writer.send(p.pid)
sys.exit()
def _cleanup():
for pid in REGISTERED:
try:
logging.getLogger(__name__).debug("cleaning up pid %d " % pid)
os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
except: # noqa
pass
atexit.register(_cleanup)