# This is a variant of the very old (early 90's) file # Demo/threads/bug.py. It simply provokes a number of threads into # trying to import the same module "at the same time". # There are no pleasant failure modes -- most likely is that Python # complains several times about module random having no attribute # randrange, and then Python hangs. import _thread as thread from test.support import verbose, TestFailed critical_section = thread.allocate_lock() done = thread.allocate_lock() def task(): global N, critical_section, done import random x = random.randrange(1, 3) critical_section.acquire() N -= 1 # Must release critical_section before releasing done, else the main # thread can exit and set critical_section to None as part of global # teardown; then critical_section.release() raises AttributeError. finished = N == 0 critical_section.release() if finished: done.release() def test_import_hangers(): import sys if verbose: print("testing import hangers ...", end=' ') import test.threaded_import_hangers try: if test.threaded_import_hangers.errors: raise TestFailed(test.threaded_import_hangers.errors) elif verbose: print("OK.") finally: # In case this test is run again, make sure the helper module # gets loaded from scratch again. del sys.modules['test.threaded_import_hangers'] # Tricky: When regrtest imports this module, the thread running regrtest # grabs the import lock and won't let go of it until this module returns. # All other threads attempting an import hang for the duration. Since # this test spawns threads that do little *but* import, we can't do that # successfully until after this module finishes importing and regrtest # regains control. To make this work, a special case was added to # regrtest to invoke a module's "test_main" function (if any) after # importing it. def test_main(): # magic name! see above global N, done import imp if imp.lock_held(): # This triggers on, e.g., from test import autotest. raise unittest.SkipTest("can't run when import lock is held") done.acquire() for N in (20, 50) * 3: if verbose: print("Trying", N, "threads ...", end=' ') for i in range(N): thread.start_new_thread(task, ()) done.acquire() if verbose: print("OK.") done.release() test_import_hangers() if __name__ == "__main__": test_main()