Issue #16481: Merge

2012-11-15 18:22:23 +00:00 · 2012-11-15 18:22:23 +00:00 · 8f7c4b8a85
parent 9bd7f22c05 021f4c2ecc
commit 8f7c4b8a85
2 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ else:
                self.returncode = None
                self._handle = hp
                self.sentinel = int(hp)
+                util.Finalize(self, _winapi.CloseHandle, (self.sentinel,))

                # send information to child
                Popen._tls.process_handle = int(hp)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------

+- Issue #16481: multiprocessing no longer leaks process handles on Windows.
+
 - Issue #12428: Add a pure Python implementation of functools.partial().
  Patch by Brian Thorne.