diff --git a/Doc/library/faulthandler.rst b/Doc/library/faulthandler.rst index 96593ee97a139d..c40d5e9aacb83c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/faulthandler.rst +++ b/Doc/library/faulthandler.rst @@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ This module contains functions to dump Python tracebacks explicitly, on a fault, after a timeout, or on a user signal. Call :func:`faulthandler.enable` to -install fault handlers for the :const:`SIGSEGV`, :const:`SIGFPE`, -:const:`SIGABRT`, :const:`SIGBUS`, and :const:`SIGILL` signals. You can also +install fault handlers for the :const:`~signal.SIGSEGV`, +:const:`~signal.SIGFPE`, :const:`~signal.SIGABRT`, :const:`~signal.SIGBUS`, and +:const:`~signal.SIGILL` signals. You can also enable them at startup by setting the :envvar:`PYTHONFAULTHANDLER` environment variable or by using the :option:`-X` ``faulthandler`` command line option. 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 :c:func:`sigaltstack` function is available. This allows it to dump the +if the :c:func:`!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 @@ -70,8 +71,9 @@ Fault handler state .. function:: enable(file=sys.stderr, all_threads=True) - Enable the fault handler: install handlers for the :const:`SIGSEGV`, - :const:`SIGFPE`, :const:`SIGABRT`, :const:`SIGBUS` and :const:`SIGILL` + Enable the fault handler: install handlers for the :const:`~signal.SIGSEGV`, + :const:`~signal.SIGFPE`, :const:`~signal.SIGABRT`, :const:`~signal.SIGBUS` + and :const:`~signal.SIGILL` signals to dump the Python traceback. If *all_threads* is ``True``, produce tracebacks for every running thread. Otherwise, dump only the current thread. @@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ Dumping the tracebacks after a timeout Dump the tracebacks of all threads, after a timeout of *timeout* seconds, or every *timeout* seconds if *repeat* is ``True``. If *exit* is ``True``, call - :c:func:`_exit` with status=1 after dumping the tracebacks. (Note - :c:func:`_exit` exits the process immediately, which means it doesn't do any + :c:func:`!_exit` with status=1 after dumping the tracebacks. (Note + :c:func:`!_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. diff --git a/Doc/tools/.nitignore b/Doc/tools/.nitignore index 6f38f36d3311c0..4790136a75cba9 100644 --- a/Doc/tools/.nitignore +++ b/Doc/tools/.nitignore @@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Doc/library/email.errors.rst Doc/library/email.parser.rst Doc/library/email.policy.rst Doc/library/exceptions.rst -Doc/library/faulthandler.rst Doc/library/functools.rst Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst Doc/library/http.server.rst