如果工作没有完成，我打算杀死进程，使用线程和进程来实现这一点。

from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor

from time import sleep
import multiprocessing


# test case 1
def worker_1(a,b,c):
    for _ in range(2):
        print('very time consuming sleep')
        sleep(1)

    return a+b+c

# test case 2
def worker_2(in_name):
    for _ in range(10):
        print('very time consuming sleep')
        sleep(1)

    return 'hello '+in_name

作为上下文管理器的实际类

class FuncTimer():
    def __init__(self,fn,args,runtime):
        self.fn = fn
        self.args = args
        self.queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
        self.runtime = runtime
        self.process = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.thread_caller)

    def thread_caller(self):
        with ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
            future = executor.submit(self.fn, *self.args)
            self.queue.put(future.result())

    def  __enter__(self):
        return self

    def start_run(self):
        self.process.start()
        self.process.join(timeout=self.runtime)
        if self.process.exitcode is None:
            self.process.kill()
        if self.process.exitcode is None:
            out_res = None
            print('killed premature')
        else:
            out_res = self.queue.get()
        return out_res


    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
        self.process.kill()

如何使用

print('testing case 1') 
with FuncTimer(fn=worker_1,args=(1,2,3),runtime = 5) as fp: 
    res = fp.start_run()
    print(res)

print('testing case 2')
with FuncTimer(fn=worker_2,args=('ram',),runtime = 5) as fp: 
    res = fp.start_run()
    print(res)

以防对任何人都有帮助，在@piro的回答的基础上，我做了一个函数装饰器:

import time
import signal
from functools import wraps


def timeout(timeout_secs: int):
    def wrapper(func):
        @wraps(func)
        def time_limited(*args, **kwargs):
            # Register an handler for the timeout
            def handler(signum, frame):
                raise Exception(f"Timeout for function '{func.__name__}'")

            # Register the signal function handler
            signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler)

            # Define a timeout for your function
            signal.alarm(timeout_secs)

            result = None
            try:
                result = func(*args, **kwargs)
            except Exception as exc:
                raise exc
            finally:
                # disable the signal alarm
                signal.alarm(0)

            return result

        return time_limited

    return wrapper

在一个有20秒超时的函数上使用包装器看起来像这样:

    @timeout(20)
    def my_slow_or_never_ending_function(name):
        while True:
            time.sleep(1)
            print(f"Yet another second passed {name}...")

    try:
        results = my_slow_or_never_ending_function("Yooo!")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"ERROR: {e}")

伟大的，易于使用和可靠的PyPi项目超时装饰器(https://pypi.org/project/timeout-decorator/)

安装:

pip install timeout-decorator

用法:

import time
import timeout_decorator

@timeout_decorator.timeout(5)
def mytest():
    print "Start"
    for i in range(1,10):
        time.sleep(1)
        print "%d seconds have passed" % i

if __name__ == '__main__':
    mytest()

我也遇到过同样的问题，但我的情况是需要在子线程上工作，信号不适合我，所以我写了一个python包:timeout-timer来解决这个问题，支持用作上下文或装饰器，使用信号或子线程模块来触发超时中断:

from timeout_timer import timeout, TimeoutInterrupt

class TimeoutInterruptNested(TimeoutInterrupt):
    pass

def test_timeout_nested_loop_both_timeout(timer="thread"):
    cnt = 0
    try:
        with timeout(5, timer=timer):
            try:
                with timeout(2, timer=timer, exception=TimeoutInterruptNested):
                    sleep(2)
            except TimeoutInterruptNested:
                cnt += 1
            time.sleep(10)
    except TimeoutInterrupt:
        cnt += 1
    assert cnt == 2

查看更多信息:https://github.com/dozysun/timeout-timer

asyncio的另一个解决方案:

如果你想取消后台任务，而不仅仅是在运行的主代码上超时，那么你需要一个来自主线程的显式通信，要求任务的代码取消，比如threading.Event()

import asyncio
import functools
import multiprocessing
from concurrent.futures.thread import ThreadPoolExecutor


class SingletonTimeOut:
    pool = None

    @classmethod
    def run(cls, to_run: functools.partial, timeout: float):
        pool = cls.get_pool()
        loop = cls.get_loop()
        try:
            task = loop.run_in_executor(pool, to_run)
            return loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.wait_for(task, timeout=timeout))
        except asyncio.TimeoutError as e:
            error_type = type(e).__name__ #TODO
            raise e

    @classmethod
    def get_pool(cls):
        if cls.pool is None:
            cls.pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
        return cls.pool

    @classmethod
    def get_loop(cls):
        try:
            return asyncio.get_event_loop()
        except RuntimeError:
            asyncio.set_event_loop(asyncio.new_event_loop())
            # print("NEW LOOP" + str(threading.current_thread().ident))
            return asyncio.get_event_loop()

# ---------------

TIME_OUT = float('0.2')  # seconds

def toto(input_items,nb_predictions):
    return 1

to_run = functools.partial(toto,
                           input_items=1,
                           nb_predictions="a")

results = SingletonTimeOut.run(to_run, TIME_OUT)

如果您在UNIX上运行，则可以使用信号包:

In [1]: import signal

# Register an handler for the timeout
In [2]: def handler(signum, frame):
   ...:     print("Forever is over!")
   ...:     raise Exception("end of time")
   ...: 

# This function *may* run for an indetermined time...
In [3]: def loop_forever():
   ...:     import time
   ...:     while 1:
   ...:         print("sec")
   ...:         time.sleep(1)
   ...:         
   ...:         

# Register the signal function handler
In [4]: signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler)
Out[4]: 0

# Define a timeout for your function
In [5]: signal.alarm(10)
Out[5]: 0

In [6]: try:
   ...:     loop_forever()
   ...: except Exception, exc: 
   ...:     print(exc)
   ....: 
sec
sec
sec
sec
sec
sec
sec
sec
Forever is over!
end of time

# Cancel the timer if the function returned before timeout
# (ok, mine won't but yours maybe will :)
In [7]: signal.alarm(0)
Out[7]: 0

在调用signal.alarm(10)后10秒，调用处理程序。这会引发一个异常，您可以从常规Python代码中拦截该异常。

这个模块不能很好地使用线程(但是，谁能呢?)

注意，由于我们在超时发生时引发异常，它可能最终在函数内部被捕获并忽略，例如这样一个函数:

def loop_forever():
    while 1:
        print('sec')
        try:
            time.sleep(10)
        except:
            continue