cpython/Misc
Jake Tesler c6b20be85c bpo-38707: Fix for multiprocessing.Process MainThread.native_id (GH-17088)
This PR implements a fix for `multiprocessing.Process` objects; the error occurs when Processes are created using either `fork` or `forkserver` as the `start_method`.

In these instances, the `MainThread` of the newly created `Process` object retains all attributes from its parent's `MainThread` object, including the `native_id` attribute. The resulting behavior is such that the new process' `MainThread` captures an incorrect/outdated `native_id` (the parent's instead of its own). 

This change forces the Process object to update its `native_id` attribute during the bootstrap process.

cc @vstinner





https://bugs.python.org/issue38707



Automerge-Triggered-By: @pitrou
2019-11-19 11:50:12 -08:00
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NEWS.d bpo-38707: Fix for multiprocessing.Process MainThread.native_id (GH-17088) 2019-11-19 11:50:12 -08:00
ACKS Add Ilya Kulakov to Misc/ACKS. (GH-17130) 2019-11-12 18:33:04 -08:00
HISTORY Fix typos mostly in comments, docs and test names (GH-15209) 2019-08-30 16:21:19 -04:00
Porting
README
README.AIX
README.coverity
README.valgrind
SpecialBuilds.txt
coverity_model.c
gdbinit bpo-15817: gdbinit: Document commands after defining them (GH-15021) 2019-09-09 04:06:37 -05:00
indent.pro
python-config.in bpo-38468 : Refactor python-config (#16749) 2019-10-15 11:18:47 -03:00
python-config.sh.in bpo-37925: Mention --embed in python-config usage (GH-15458) 2019-08-26 23:45:36 +02:00
python-embed.pc.in
python-wing3.wpr Mark files as executable that are meant as scripts. (GH-15354) 2019-09-09 07:16:33 -07:00
python-wing4.wpr Mark files as executable that are meant as scripts. (GH-15354) 2019-09-09 07:16:33 -07:00
python-wing5.wpr Mark files as executable that are meant as scripts. (GH-15354) 2019-09-09 07:16:33 -07:00
python.man bpo-29535: Remove promize about hash randomization of datetime objects. (GH-15269) 2019-08-24 12:49:27 +03:00
python.pc.in
svnmap.txt
valgrind-python.supp bpo-38118: Ignore Valgrind false alarm in PyUnicode_Decode() (GH-16651) 2019-10-08 15:42:17 +02:00
vgrindefs

README

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS                    Acknowledgements
gdbinit                 Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY                 News from previous releases -- oldest last
indent.pro              GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS                    News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting                 Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
python-config.in        Python script template for python-config
python.man              UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python.pc.in            Package configuration info template for pkg-config
python-wing*.wpr        Wing IDE project file
README                  The file you're reading now
README.AIX              Information about using Python on AIX
README.coverity         Information about running Coverity's Prevent on Python
README.valgrind         Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
SpecialBuilds.txt       Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
svnmap.txt              Map of old SVN revs and branches to hg changeset ids,
                        help history-digging
valgrind-python.supp    Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind
vgrindefs               Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)