27.2. faulthandler — 转储 Python 回溯

3.3 版新增。

This module contains functions to dump Python tracebacks explicitly, on a fault, after a timeout, or on a user signal. Call faulthandler.enable() to install fault handlers for the SIGSEGV , SIGFPE , SIGABRT , SIGBUS ,和 SIGILL signals. You can also enable them at startup by setting the PYTHONFAULTHANDLER environment variable or by using the -X faulthandler 命令行选项。

The fault handler is compatible with system fault handlers like Apport or the Windows fault handler. The module uses an alternative stack for signal handlers if the sigaltstack() function is available. This allows it to dump the traceback even on a stack overflow.

The fault handler is called on catastrophic cases and therefore can only use signal-safe functions (e.g. it cannot allocate memory on the heap). Because of this limitation traceback dumping is minimal compared to normal Python tracebacks:

  • 仅支持 ASCII。 backslashreplace error handler is used on 编码。
  • Each string is limited to 500 characters.
  • Only the filename, the function name and the line number are displayed. (no source code)
  • It is limited to 100 frames and 100 threads.
  • The order is reversed: the most recent call is shown first.

By default, the Python traceback is written to sys.stderr . To see tracebacks, applications must be run in the terminal. A log file can alternatively be passed to faulthandler.enable() .

The module is implemented in C, so tracebacks can be dumped on a crash or when Python is deadlocked.

27.2.1. 转储回溯

faulthandler. dump_traceback ( file=sys.stderr , all_threads=True )

Dump the tracebacks of all threads into file 。若 all_threads is False , dump only the current thread.

27.2.2. 故障处理程序状态

faulthandler. enable ( file=sys.stderr , all_threads=True )

Enable the fault handler: install handlers for the SIGSEGV , SIGFPE , SIGABRT , SIGBUS and SIGILL signals to dump the Python traceback. If all_threads is True , produce tracebacks for every running thread. Otherwise, dump only the current thread.

faulthandler. disable ( )

Disable the fault handler: uninstall the signal handlers installed by enable() .

faulthandler. is_enabled ( )

Check if the fault handler is enabled.

27.2.3. 在超时后转储回溯

faulthandler. dump_traceback_later ( timeout , repeat=False , file=sys.stderr , exit=False )

Dump the tracebacks of all threads, after a timeout of timeout seconds, or every timeout seconds if repeat is True 。若 exit is True ,调用 _exit() with status=1 after dumping the tracebacks. (Note _exit() exits the process immediately, which means it doesn’t do any cleanup like flushing file buffers.) If the function is called twice, the new call replaces previous parameters and resets the timeout. The timer has a sub-second resolution.

This function is implemented using a watchdog thread and therefore is not available if Python is compiled with threads disabled.

faulthandler. cancel_dump_traceback_later ( )

Cancel the last call to dump_traceback_later() .

27.2.4. Dumping the traceback on a user signal

faulthandler. register ( signum , file=sys.stderr , all_threads=True , chain=False )

Register a user signal: install a handler for the signum signal to dump the traceback of all threads, or of the current thread if all_threads is False ,进 file . Call the previous handler if chain is True .

不可用于 Windows。

faulthandler. unregister ( signum )

Unregister a user signal: uninstall the handler of the signum signal installed by register() 。返回 True if the signal was registered, False 否则。

不可用于 Windows。

27.2.5. Issue with file descriptors

enable() , dump_traceback_later() and register() keep the file descriptor of their file argument. If the file is closed and its file descriptor is reused by a new file, or if os.dup2() is used to replace the file descriptor, the traceback will be written into a different file. Call these functions again each time that the file is replaced.

27.2.6. 范例

Example of a segmentation fault on Linux with and without enabling the fault handler:

$ python3 -c "import ctypes; ctypes.string_at(0)"
Segmentation fault
$ python3 -q -X faulthandler
>>> import ctypes
>>> ctypes.string_at(0)
Fatal Python error: Segmentation fault
Current thread 0x00007fb899f39700 (most recent call first):
  File "/home/python/cpython/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py", line 486 in string_at
  File "<stdin>", line 1 in <module>
Segmentation fault