import traceback, time, sys from threading import RLock def stackdump(*args): print args code = [] for threadId, stack in sys._current_frames().items(): code.append("\n# ThreadID: %s" % threadId) for filename, lineno, name, line in traceback.extract_stack(stack): code.append('File: "%s", line %d, in %s' % (filename, lineno, name)) if line: code.append(" %s" % (line.strip())) print "\n".join(code) import signal signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, stackdump) #out = open("/tmp/stacks.txt", "write") class LoudLock: def __init__(self): self.lock = RLock() def acquire(self, blocking=1): import threading while not self.lock.acquire(blocking=0): time.sleep(1) print >> out, "TRYING" # print self.lock._RLock__owner, threading._active # stackdump() traceback.print_stack(None, None, out) print >> out, "TRYING" print >> out, "ACQUIRED" traceback.print_stack(None, None, out) print >> out, "ACQUIRED" return True def _is_owned(self): return self.lock._is_owned() def release(self): self.lock.release()