Merge pull request #752 from minrk/optional-capture-fd

Add IPKernelApp.capture_fd_output config to disable FD-level capture

ipykernel/kernelapp.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import signal
 import traceback
 import logging
+from functools import partial
 from io import TextIOWrapper, FileIO
 from logging import StreamHandler
 
@@ -162,6 +163,12 @@ def abs_connection_file(self):
     displayhook_class = DottedObjectName('ipykernel.displayhook.ZMQDisplayHook',
         help="The importstring for the DisplayHook factory").tag(config=True)
 
+    capture_fd_output = Bool(
+        True,
+        help="""Attempt to capture and forward low-level output, e.g. produced by Extension libraries.
+    """,
+    ).tag(config=True)
+
     # polling
     parent_handle = Integer(int(os.environ.get('JPY_PARENT_PID') or 0),
         help="""kill this process if its parent dies.  On Windows, the argument
@@ -413,6 +420,9 @@ def init_io(self):
             e_stdout = None if self.quiet else sys.__stdout__
             e_stderr = None if self.quiet else sys.__stderr__
 
+            if not self.capture_fd_output:
+                outstream_factory = partial(outstream_factory, watchfd=False)
+
             sys.stdout = outstream_factory(self.session, self.iopub_thread,
                                            'stdout',
                                            echo=e_stdout)