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)

Tim Savannah的func_timeout包对我来说工作得很好。

安装:

PIP安装func_timeout

用法:

import time
from func_timeout import func_timeout, FunctionTimedOut

def my_func(n):
    time.sleep(n)

time_to_sleep = 10

# time out after 2 seconds using kwargs
func_timeout(2, my_func, kwargs={'n' : time_to_sleep})

# time out after 2 seconds using args
func_timeout(2, my_func, args=(time_to_sleep,))

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}")

有很多建议，但没有一个是使用并发的。期货，我认为这是最清晰的处理方式。

from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor

# Warning: this does not terminate function if timeout
def timeout_five(fnc, *args, **kwargs):
    with ProcessPoolExecutor() as p:
        f = p.submit(fnc, *args, **kwargs)
        return f.result(timeout=5)

超级简单的阅读和维护。

我们创建一个池，提交一个进程，然后等待5秒，然后引发一个TimeoutError，你可以根据需要捕获和处理它。

本机为python 3.2+，并反向移植到2.7 (pip install futures)。

线程和进程之间的切换非常简单，只需将ProcessPoolExecutor替换为ThreadPoolExecutor。

如果您想在超时时终止进程，我建议您查看Pebble。

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

下面是一个简单的例子，运行一个带有timeout的方法，并在成功时检索它的值。

import multiprocessing
import time

ret = {"foo": False}


def worker(queue):
    """worker function"""

    ret = queue.get()

    time.sleep(1)

    ret["foo"] = True
    queue.put(ret)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
    queue.put(ret)

    p = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(queue,))
    p.start()
    p.join(timeout=10)

    if p.exitcode is None:
        print("The worker timed out.")
    else:
        print(f"The worker completed and returned: {queue.get()}")