# 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 os import imp import sys import time import shutil import unittest from test.support import ( verbose, import_module, run_unittest, TESTFN, reap_threads, forget, unlink) threading = import_module('threading') def task(N, done, done_tasks, errors): try: # We don't use modulefinder but still import it in order to stress # importing of different modules from several threads. if len(done_tasks) % 2: import modulefinder import random else: import random import modulefinder # This will fail if random is not completely initialized x = random.randrange(1, 3) except Exception as e: errors.append(e.with_traceback(None)) finally: done_tasks.append(threading.get_ident()) finished = len(done_tasks) == N if finished: done.set() # Create a circular import structure: A -> C -> B -> D -> A # NOTE: `time` is already loaded and therefore doesn't threaten to deadlock. circular_imports_modules = { 'A': """if 1: import time time.sleep(%(delay)s) x = 'a' import C """, 'B': """if 1: import time time.sleep(%(delay)s) x = 'b' import D """, 'C': """import B""", 'D': """import A""", } class Finder: """A dummy finder to detect concurrent access to its find_module() method.""" def __init__(self): self.numcalls = 0 self.x = 0 self.lock = threading.Lock() def find_module(self, name, path=None): # Simulate some thread-unsafe behaviour. If calls to find_module() # are properly serialized, `x` will end up the same as `numcalls`. # Otherwise not. with self.lock: self.numcalls += 1 x = self.x time.sleep(0.1) self.x = x + 1 class FlushingFinder: """A dummy finder which flushes sys.path_importer_cache when it gets called.""" def find_module(self, name, path=None): sys.path_importer_cache.clear() class ThreadedImportTests(unittest.TestCase): def setUp(self): self.old_random = sys.modules.pop('random', None) def tearDown(self): # If the `random` module was already initialized, we restore the # old module at the end so that pickling tests don't fail. # See http://bugs.python.org/issue3657#msg110461 if self.old_random is not None: sys.modules['random'] = self.old_random def check_parallel_module_init(self): 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 = threading.Event() for N in (20, 50) * 3: if verbose: print("Trying", N, "threads ...", end=' ') # Make sure that random and modulefinder get reimported freshly for modname in ['random', 'modulefinder']: try: del sys.modules[modname] except KeyError: pass errors = [] done_tasks = [] done.clear() for i in range(N): t = threading.Thread(target=task, args=(N, done, done_tasks, errors,)) t.start() done.wait(60) self.assertFalse(errors) if verbose: print("OK.") def test_parallel_module_init(self): self.check_parallel_module_init() def test_parallel_meta_path(self): finder = Finder() sys.meta_path.insert(0, finder) try: self.check_parallel_module_init() self.assertGreater(finder.numcalls, 0) self.assertEqual(finder.x, finder.numcalls) finally: sys.meta_path.remove(finder) def test_parallel_path_hooks(self): # Here the Finder instance is only used to check concurrent calls # to path_hook(). finder = Finder() # In order for our path hook to be called at each import, we need # to flush the path_importer_cache, which we do by registering a # dedicated meta_path entry. flushing_finder = FlushingFinder() def path_hook(path): finder.find_module('') raise ImportError sys.path_hooks.insert(0, path_hook) sys.meta_path.append(flushing_finder) try: # Flush the cache a first time flushing_finder.find_module('') numtests = self.check_parallel_module_init() self.assertGreater(finder.numcalls, 0) self.assertEqual(finder.x, finder.numcalls) finally: sys.meta_path.remove(flushing_finder) sys.path_hooks.remove(path_hook) def test_import_hangers(self): # In case this test is run again, make sure the helper module # gets loaded from scratch again. try: del sys.modules['test.threaded_import_hangers'] except KeyError: pass import test.threaded_import_hangers self.assertFalse(test.threaded_import_hangers.errors) def test_circular_imports(self): # The goal of this test is to exercise implementations of the import # lock which use a per-module lock, rather than a global lock. # In these implementations, there is a possible deadlock with # circular imports, for example: # - thread 1 imports A (grabbing the lock for A) which imports B # - thread 2 imports B (grabbing the lock for B) which imports A # Such implementations should be able to detect such situations and # resolve them one way or the other, without freezing. # NOTE: our test constructs a slightly less trivial import cycle, # in order to better stress the deadlock avoidance mechanism. delay = 0.5 os.mkdir(TESTFN) self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, TESTFN) sys.path.insert(0, TESTFN) self.addCleanup(sys.path.remove, TESTFN) for name, contents in circular_imports_modules.items(): contents = contents % {'delay': delay} with open(os.path.join(TESTFN, name + ".py"), "wb") as f: f.write(contents.encode('utf-8')) self.addCleanup(forget, name) results = [] def import_ab(): import A results.append(getattr(A, 'x', None)) def import_ba(): import B results.append(getattr(B, 'x', None)) t1 = threading.Thread(target=import_ab) t2 = threading.Thread(target=import_ba) t1.start() t2.start() t1.join() t2.join() self.assertEqual(set(results), {'a', 'b'}) def test_side_effect_import(self): code = """if 1: import threading def target(): import random t = threading.Thread(target=target) t.start() t.join()""" sys.path.insert(0, os.curdir) self.addCleanup(sys.path.remove, os.curdir) filename = TESTFN + ".py" with open(filename, "wb") as f: f.write(code.encode('utf-8')) self.addCleanup(unlink, filename) self.addCleanup(forget, TESTFN) __import__(TESTFN) @reap_threads def test_main(): old_switchinterval = None try: old_switchinterval = sys.getswitchinterval() sys.setswitchinterval(1e-5) except AttributeError: pass try: run_unittest(ThreadedImportTests) finally: if old_switchinterval is not None: sys.setswitchinterval(old_switchinterval) if __name__ == "__main__": test_main()