import multiprocessing import random import sys def fill_queue(queue, code): queue.put(code) def drain_queue(queue, code): if code != queue.get(): sys.exit(1) def test_func(): code = random.randrange(0, 1000) queue = multiprocessing.Queue() fill_pool = multiprocessing.Process( target=fill_queue, args=(queue, code) ) drain_pool = multiprocessing.Process( target=drain_queue, args=(queue, code) ) drain_pool.start() fill_pool.start() fill_pool.join() drain_pool.join() def main(): multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn') test_pool = multiprocessing.Process(target=test_func) test_pool.start() test_pool.join() sys.exit(test_pool.exitcode) if __name__ == "__main__": main()