"""This test checks for correct fork() behavior. """ import _imp as imp import os import signal import sys import threading import time import unittest from test.fork_wait import ForkWait from test import support # Skip test if fork does not exist. support.get_attribute(os, 'fork') class ForkTest(ForkWait): def test_threaded_import_lock_fork(self): """Check fork() in main thread works while a subthread is doing an import""" import_started = threading.Event() fake_module_name = "fake test module" partial_module = "partial" complete_module = "complete" def importer(): imp.acquire_lock() sys.modules[fake_module_name] = partial_module import_started.set() time.sleep(0.01) # Give the other thread time to try and acquire. sys.modules[fake_module_name] = complete_module imp.release_lock() t = threading.Thread(target=importer) t.start() import_started.wait() exitcode = 42 pid = os.fork() try: # PyOS_BeforeFork should have waited for the import to complete # before forking, so the child can recreate the import lock # correctly, but also won't see a partially initialised module if not pid: m = __import__(fake_module_name) if m == complete_module: os._exit(exitcode) else: if support.verbose > 1: print("Child encountered partial module") os._exit(1) else: t.join() # Exitcode 1 means the child got a partial module (bad.) No # exitcode (but a hang, which manifests as 'got pid 0') # means the child deadlocked (also bad.) self.wait_impl(pid, exitcode=exitcode) finally: try: os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL) except OSError: pass def test_nested_import_lock_fork(self): """Check fork() in main thread works while the main thread is doing an import""" exitcode = 42 # Issue 9573: this used to trigger RuntimeError in the child process def fork_with_import_lock(level): release = 0 in_child = False try: try: for i in range(level): imp.acquire_lock() release += 1 pid = os.fork() in_child = not pid finally: for i in range(release): imp.release_lock() except RuntimeError: if in_child: if support.verbose > 1: print("RuntimeError in child") os._exit(1) raise if in_child: os._exit(exitcode) self.wait_impl(pid, exitcode=exitcode) # Check this works with various levels of nested # import in the main thread for level in range(5): fork_with_import_lock(level) def tearDownModule(): support.reap_children() if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()