import threading import time import inspect import ctypes def _async_raise(tid, exctype): """raises the exception, performs cleanup if needed""" tid = ctypes.c_long(tid) if not inspect.isclass(exctype): exctype = type(exctype) res = ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(tid, ctypes.py_object(exctype)) if res == 0: raise ValueError("invalid thread id") elif res != 1: ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(tid, None) raise SystemError("PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc failed") def stop_thread(thread): _async_raise(thread.ident, SystemExit) def test(): while True: print('-------') time.sleep(0.05) if __name__ == "__main__": t = threading.Thread(target=test) t.start() time.sleep(0.2) print("main thread sleep finish") stop_thread(t)