Additional to the actual signal, send a message on the control port

docs/kernels.rst

@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ JSON serialised dictionary containing the following keys and values:
   is found, a kernel with a matching `language` will be used.
   This allows a notebook written on any Python or Julia kernel to be properly associated
   with the user's Python or Julia kernel, even if they aren't listed under the same name as the author's.
+- **interrupt_mode** (optional): May be either ``signal`` or ``message`` and
+  specifies how a client is supposed to interrupt cell execution on this kernel,
+  either by sending an interrupt ``signal`` via the operating system's
+  signalling facilities (e.g. `SIGINT` on POSIX systems), or by sending an
+  ``interrupt_request`` message on the control channel (see
+  :ref:`msging_interrupt`). If this is not specified
+  the client will default to ``signal`` mode.
 - **env** (optional): A dictionary of environment variables to set for the kernel.
   These will be added to the current environment variables before the kernel is
   started.

docs/messaging.rst

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Versioning
 
 The Jupyter message specification is versioned independently of the packages
 that use it.
-The current version of the specification is 5.2.
+The current version of the specification is 5.3.
 
 .. note::
    *New in* and *Changed in* messages in this document refer to versions of the
@@ -959,6 +959,27 @@ Message type: ``shutdown_reply``::
    socket, they simply send a forceful process termination signal, since a dead
    process is unlikely to respond in any useful way to messages.
 
+.. _msging_interrupt:
+
+Kernel interrupt
+----------------
+
+In case a kernel can not catch operating system interrupt signals (e.g. the used
+runtime handles signals and does not allow a user program to define a callback),
+a kernel can choose to be notified using a message instead. For this to work,
+the kernels kernelspec must set `interrupt_mode` to ``message``. An interruption
+will then result in the following message on the `control` channel:
+
+Message type: ``interrupt_request``::
+
+    content = {}
+
+Message type: ``interrupt_reply``::
+
+    content = {}
+
+.. versionadded:: 5.3
+
 
 Messages on the IOPub (PUB/SUB) channel
 =======================================

jupyter_client/_version.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version_info = (5, 1, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 
-protocol_version_info = (5, 2)
+protocol_version_info = (5, 3)
 protocol_version = "%i.%i" % protocol_version_info

jupyter_client/kernelspec.py

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 pjoin = os.path.join
 
 from ipython_genutils.py3compat import PY3
-from traitlets import HasTraits, List, Unicode, Dict, Set, Bool, Type
+from traitlets import (
+    HasTraits, List, Unicode, Dict, Set, Bool, Type, CaselessStrEnum
+)
 from traitlets.config import LoggingConfigurable
 
 from jupyter_core.paths import jupyter_data_dir, jupyter_path, SYSTEM_JUPYTER_PATH
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ class KernelSpec(HasTraits):
     language = Unicode()
     env = Dict()
     resource_dir = Unicode()
+    interrupt_mode = CaselessStrEnum(
+        ['message', 'signal'], default_value='signal'
+    )
     metadata = Dict()
 
     @classmethod
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ def to_dict(self):
                  env=self.env,
                  display_name=self.display_name,
                  language=self.language,
+                 interrupt_mode=self.interrupt_mode,
                  metadata=self.metadata,
                 )
 
@@ -227,7 +233,7 @@ def get_all_specs(self):
 
     def remove_kernel_spec(self, name):
         """Remove a kernel spec directory by name.
-        
+
         Returns the path that was deleted.
         """
         save_native = self.ensure_native_kernel
@@ -263,7 +269,7 @@ def install_kernel_spec(self, source_dir, kernel_name=None, user=False,
         If ``user`` is False, it will attempt to install into the systemwide
         kernel registry. If the process does not have appropriate permissions,
         an :exc:`OSError` will be raised.
-        
+
         If ``prefix`` is given, the kernelspec will be installed to
         PREFIX/share/jupyter/kernels/KERNEL_NAME. This can be sys.prefix
         for installation inside virtual or conda envs.
@@ -284,16 +290,16 @@ def install_kernel_spec(self, source_dir, kernel_name=None, user=False,
                 DeprecationWarning,
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
-        
+
         destination = self._get_destination_dir(kernel_name, user=user, prefix=prefix)
         self.log.debug('Installing kernelspec in %s', destination)
-        
+
         kernel_dir = os.path.dirname(destination)
         if kernel_dir not in self.kernel_dirs:
             self.log.warning("Installing to %s, which is not in %s. The kernelspec may not be found.",
                 kernel_dir, self.kernel_dirs,
             )
-        
+
         if os.path.isdir(destination):
             self.log.info('Removing existing kernelspec in %s', destination)
             shutil.rmtree(destination)

jupyter_client/manager.py

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def start_kernel(self, **kw):
             env.update(self.kernel_spec.env or {})
         elif self.extra_env:
             env.update(self.extra_env)
-        
+
         # launch the kernel subprocess
         self.log.debug("Starting kernel: %s", kernel_cmd)
         self.kernel = self._launch_kernel(kernel_cmd, env=env,
@@ -403,11 +403,18 @@ def interrupt_kernel(self):
         platforms.
         """
         if self.has_kernel:
-            if sys.platform == 'win32':
-                from .win_interrupt import send_interrupt
-                send_interrupt(self.kernel.win32_interrupt_event)
-            else:
-                self.signal_kernel(signal.SIGINT)
+            interrupt_mode = self.kernel_spec.interrupt_mode
+            if interrupt_mode == 'signal':
+                if sys.platform == 'win32':
+                    from .win_interrupt import send_interrupt
+                    send_interrupt(self.kernel.win32_interrupt_event)
+                else:
+                    self.signal_kernel(signal.SIGINT)
+
+            elif interrupt_mode == 'message':
+                msg = self.session.msg("interrupt_request", content={})
+                self._connect_control_socket()
+                self.session.send(self._control_socket, msg)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot interrupt kernel. No kernel is running!")