gh-128308: pass **kwargs to asyncio task_factory (#128768)

Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <kumaraditya@python.org>

Lib/asyncio/base_events.py

@@ -458,25 +458,18 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
         """Create a Future object attached to the loop."""
         return futures.Future(loop=self)
 
-    def create_task(self, coro, *, name=None, context=None):
+    def create_task(self, coro, **kwargs):
         """Schedule a coroutine object.
 
         Return a task object.
         """
         self._check_closed()
-        if self._task_factory is None:
-            task = tasks.Task(coro, loop=self, name=name, context=context)
-            if task._source_traceback:
-                del task._source_traceback[-1]
-        else:
-            if context is None:
-                # Use legacy API if context is not needed
-                task = self._task_factory(self, coro)
-            else:
-                task = self._task_factory(self, coro, context=context)
-
-            task.set_name(name)
+        if self._task_factory is not None:
+            return self._task_factory(self, coro, **kwargs)
 
+        task = tasks.Task(coro, loop=self, **kwargs)
+        if task._source_traceback:
+            del task._source_traceback[-1]
         try:
             return task
         finally:
@@ -490,9 +483,10 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
         If factory is None the default task factory will be set.
 
         If factory is a callable, it should have a signature matching
-        '(loop, coro)', where 'loop' will be a reference to the active
-        event loop, 'coro' will be a coroutine object.  The callable
-        must return a Future.
+        '(loop, coro, **kwargs)', where 'loop' will be a reference to the active
+        event loop, 'coro' will be a coroutine object, and **kwargs will be
+        arbitrary keyword arguments that should be passed on to Task.
+        The callable must return a Task.
         """
         if factory is not None and not callable(factory):
             raise TypeError('task factory must be a callable or None')

Lib/asyncio/events.py

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class AbstractEventLoop:
 
     # Method scheduling a coroutine object: create a task.
 
-    def create_task(self, coro, *, name=None, context=None):
+    def create_task(self, coro, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     # Methods for interacting with threads.