Method test_trashcan_threads

Lib/test/test_gc.py:468–524

(self)

    @threading_helper.requires_working_threading()
    def test_trashcan_threads(self):
        # Issue #13992: trashcan mechanism should be thread-safe
        NESTING = 60
        N_THREADS = 2

        def sleeper_gen():
            """A generator that releases the GIL when closed or dealloc'ed."""
            try:
                yield
            finally:
                time.sleep(0.000001)

        class C(list):
            # Appending to a list is atomic, which avoids the use of a lock.
            inits = []
            dels = []
            def __init__(self, alist):
                self[:] = alist
                C.inits.append(None)
            def __del__(self):
                # This __del__ is called by subtype_dealloc().
                C.dels.append(None)
                # `g` will release the GIL when garbage-collected.  This
                # helps assert subtype_dealloc's behaviour when threads
                # switch in the middle of it.
                g = sleeper_gen()
                next(g)
                # Now that __del__ is finished, subtype_dealloc will proceed
                # to call list_dealloc, which also uses the trashcan mechanism.

        def make_nested():
            """Create a sufficiently nested container object so that the
            trashcan mechanism is invoked when deallocating it."""
            x = C([])
            for i in range(NESTING):
                x = [C([x])]
            del x

        def run_thread():
            """Exercise make_nested() in a loop."""
            while not exit:
                make_nested()

        old_switchinterval = sys.getswitchinterval()
        support.setswitchinterval(1e-5)
        try:
            exit = []
            threads = []
            for i in range(N_THREADS):
                t = threading.Thread(target=run_thread)
                threads.append(t)
            with threading_helper.start_threads(threads, lambda: exit.append(1)):
                time.sleep(1.0)
        finally:
            sys.setswitchinterval(old_switchinterval)
        gc.collect()
        self.assertEqual(len(C.inits), len(C.dels))