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"""
Tests for the threading module.
"""
import test.support
from test.support import (verbose, import_module, cpython_only,
requires_type_collecting)
from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok, assert_python_failure
import random
import sys
import _thread
import threading
import time
import unittest
import weakref
import os
import subprocess
import signal
from test import lock_tests
from test import support
# Between fork() and exec(), only async-safe functions are allowed (issues
# #12316 and #11870), and fork() from a worker thread is known to trigger
# problems with some operating systems (issue #3863): skip problematic tests
# on platforms known to behave badly.
platforms_to_skip = ('netbsd5', 'hp-ux11')
# A trivial mutable counter.
class Counter(object):
def __init__(self):
self.value = 0
def inc(self):
self.value += 1
def dec(self):
self.value -= 1
def get(self):
return self.value
class TestThread(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, name, testcase, sema, mutex, nrunning):
threading.Thread.__init__(self, name=name)
self.testcase = testcase
self.sema = sema
self.mutex = mutex
self.nrunning = nrunning
def run(self):
delay = random.random() / 10000.0
if verbose:
print('task %s will run for %.1f usec' %
(self.name, delay * 1e6))
with self.sema:
with self.mutex:
self.nrunning.inc()
if verbose:
print(self.nrunning.get(), 'tasks are running')
self.testcase.assertLessEqual(self.nrunning.get(), 3)
time.sleep(delay)
if verbose:
print('task', self.name, 'done')
with self.mutex:
self.nrunning.dec()
self.testcase.assertGreaterEqual(self.nrunning.get(), 0)
if verbose:
print('%s is finished. %d tasks are running' %
(self.name, self.nrunning.get()))
class BaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
self._threads = test.support.threading_setup()
def tearDown(self):
test.support.threading_cleanup(*self._threads)
test.support.reap_children()
class ThreadTests(BaseTestCase):
# Create a bunch of threads, let each do some work, wait until all are
# done.
def test_various_ops(self):
# This takes about n/3 seconds to run (about n/3 clumps of tasks,
# times about 1 second per clump).
NUMTASKS = 10
# no more than 3 of the 10 can run at once
sema = threading.BoundedSemaphore(value=3)
mutex = threading.RLock()
numrunning = Counter()
threads = []
for i in range(NUMTASKS):
t = TestThread("<thread %d>"%i, self, sema, mutex, numrunning)
threads.append(t)
self.assertIsNone(t.ident)
self.assertRegex(repr(t), r'^<TestThread\(.*, initial\)>$')
t.start()
if hasattr(threading, 'get_native_id'):
native_ids = set(t.native_id for t in threads) | {threading.get_native_id()}
self.assertNotIn(None, native_ids)
self.assertEqual(len(native_ids), NUMTASKS + 1)
if verbose:
print('waiting for all tasks to complete')
for t in threads:
t.join()
self.assertFalse(t.is_alive())
self.assertNotEqual(t.ident, 0)
self.assertIsNotNone(t.ident)
self.assertRegex(repr(t), r'^<TestThread\(.*, stopped -?\d+\)>$')
if verbose:
print('all tasks done')
self.assertEqual(numrunning.get(), 0)
def test_ident_of_no_threading_threads(self):
# The ident still must work for the main thread and dummy threads.
self.assertIsNotNone(threading.currentThread().ident)
def f():
ident.append(threading.currentThread().ident)
done.set()
done = threading.Event()
ident = []
with support.wait_threads_exit():
tid = _thread.start_new_thread(f, ())
done.wait()
self.assertEqual(ident[0], tid)
# Kill the "immortal" _DummyThread
del threading._active[ident[0]]
# run with a small(ish) thread stack size (256 KiB)
def test_various_ops_small_stack(self):
if verbose:
print('with 256 KiB thread stack size...')
try:
threading.stack_size(262144)
except _thread.error:
raise unittest.SkipTest(
'platform does not support changing thread stack size')
self.test_various_ops()
threading.stack_size(0)
# run with a large thread stack size (1 MiB)
def test_various_ops_large_stack(self):
if verbose:
print('with 1 MiB thread stack size...')
try:
threading.stack_size(0x100000)
except _thread.error:
raise unittest.SkipTest(
'platform does not support changing thread stack size')
self.test_various_ops()
threading.stack_size(0)
def test_foreign_thread(self):
# Check that a "foreign" thread can use the threading module.
def f(mutex):
# Calling current_thread() forces an entry for the foreign
# thread to get made in the threading._active map.
threading.current_thread()
mutex.release()
mutex = threading.Lock()
mutex.acquire()
with support.wait_threads_exit():
tid = _thread.start_new_thread(f, (mutex,))
# Wait for the thread to finish.
mutex.acquire()
self.assertIn(tid, threading._active)
self.assertIsInstance(threading._active[tid], threading._DummyThread)
#Issue 29376
self.assertTrue(threading._active[tid].is_alive())
self.assertRegex(repr(threading._active[tid]), '_DummyThread')
del threading._active[tid]
# PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc() is a CPython-only gimmick, not (currently)
# exposed at the Python level. This test relies on ctypes to get at it.
def test_PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(self):
ctypes = import_module("ctypes")
set_async_exc = ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc
set_async_exc.argtypes = (ctypes.c_ulong, ctypes.py_object)
class AsyncExc(Exception):
pass
exception = ctypes.py_object(AsyncExc)
# First check it works when setting the exception from the same thread.
tid = threading.get_ident()
self.assertIsInstance(tid, int)
self.assertGreater(tid, 0)
try:
result = set_async_exc(tid, exception)
# The exception is async, so we might have to keep the VM busy until
# it notices.
while True:
pass
except AsyncExc:
pass
else:
# This code is unreachable but it reflects the intent. If we wanted
# to be smarter the above loop wouldn't be infinite.
self.fail("AsyncExc not raised")
try:
self.assertEqual(result, 1) # one thread state modified
except UnboundLocalError:
# The exception was raised too quickly for us to get the result.
pass
# `worker_started` is set by the thread when it's inside a try/except
# block waiting to catch the asynchronously set AsyncExc exception.
# `worker_saw_exception` is set by the thread upon catching that
# exception.
worker_started = threading.Event()
worker_saw_exception = threading.Event()
class Worker(threading.Thread):
def run(self):
self.id = threading.get_ident()
self.finished = False
try:
while True:
worker_started.set()
time.sleep(0.1)
except AsyncExc:
self.finished = True
worker_saw_exception.set()
t = Worker()
t.daemon = True # so if this fails, we don't hang Python at shutdown
t.start()
if verbose:
print(" started worker thread")
# Try a thread id that doesn't make sense.
if verbose:
print(" trying nonsensical thread id")
result = set_async_exc(-1, exception)
self.assertEqual(result, 0) # no thread states modified
# Now raise an exception in the worker thread.
if verbose:
print(" waiting for worker thread to get started")
ret = worker_started.wait()
self.assertTrue(ret)
if verbose:
print(" verifying worker hasn't exited")
self.assertFalse(t.finished)
if verbose:
print(" attempting to raise asynch exception in worker")
result = set_async_exc(t.id, exception)
self.assertEqual(result, 1) # one thread state modified
if verbose:
print(" waiting for worker to say it caught the exception")
worker_saw_exception.wait(timeout=10)
self.assertTrue(t.finished)
if verbose:
print(" all OK -- joining worker")
if t.finished:
t.join()
# else the thread is still running, and we have no way to kill it
def test_limbo_cleanup(self):
# Issue 7481: Failure to start thread should cleanup the limbo map.
def fail_new_thread(*args):
raise threading.ThreadError()
_start_new_thread = threading._start_new_thread
threading._start_new_thread = fail_new_thread
try:
t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: None)
self.assertRaises(threading.ThreadError, t.start)
self.assertFalse(
t in threading._limbo,
"Failed to cleanup _limbo map on failure of Thread.start().")
finally:
threading._start_new_thread = _start_new_thread
def test_finalize_runnning_thread(self):
# Issue 1402: the PyGILState_Ensure / _Release functions may be called
# very late on python exit: on deallocation of a running thread for
# example.
import_module("ctypes")
rc, out, err = assert_python_failure("-c", """if 1:
import ctypes, sys, time, _thread
# This lock is used as a simple event variable.
ready = _thread.allocate_lock()
ready.acquire()
# Module globals are cleared before __del__ is run
# So we save the functions in class dict
class C:
ensure = ctypes.pythonapi.PyGILState_Ensure
release = ctypes.pythonapi.PyGILState_Release
def __del__(self):
state = self.ensure()
self.release(state)
def waitingThread():
x = C()
ready.release()
time.sleep(100)
_thread.start_new_thread(waitingThread, ())
ready.acquire() # Be sure the other thread is waiting.
sys.exit(42)
""")
self.assertEqual(rc, 42)
def test_finalize_with_trace(self):
# Issue1733757
# Avoid a deadlock when sys.settrace steps into threading._shutdown
assert_python_ok("-c", """if 1:
import sys, threading
# A deadlock-killer, to prevent the
# testsuite to hang forever
def killer():
import os, time
time.sleep(2)
print('program blocked; aborting')
os._exit(2)
t = threading.Thread(target=killer)
t.daemon = True
t.start()
# This is the trace function
def func(frame, event, arg):
threading.current_thread()
return func
sys.settrace(func)
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