Issue #8713: Support alternative start methods in multiprocessing on Unix.

See http://hg.python.org/sandbox/sbt#spawn

Lib/multiprocessing/process.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def active_children():
     Return list of process objects corresponding to live child processes
     '''
     _cleanup()
-    return list(_current_process._children)
+    return list(_children)
 
 #
 #
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def active_children():
 
 def _cleanup():
     # check for processes which have finished
-    for p in list(_current_process._children):
+    for p in list(_children):
         if p._popen.poll() is not None:
-            _current_process._children.discard(p)
+            _children.discard(p)
 
 #
 # The `Process` class
@@ -63,21 +63,16 @@ class Process(object):
     '''
     Process objects represent activity that is run in a separate process
 
-    The class is analagous to `threading.Thread`
+    The class is analogous to `threading.Thread`
     '''
     _Popen = None
 
     def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={},
                  *, daemon=None):
         assert group is None, 'group argument must be None for now'
-        count = next(_current_process._counter)
+        count = next(_process_counter)
         self._identity = _current_process._identity + (count,)
-        self._authkey = _current_process._authkey
-        if daemon is not None:
-            self._daemonic = daemon
-        else:
-            self._daemonic = _current_process._daemonic
-        self._tempdir = _current_process._tempdir
+        self._config = _current_process._config.copy()
         self._parent_pid = os.getpid()
         self._popen = None
         self._target = target
@@ -85,6 +80,8 @@ class Process(object):
         self._kwargs = dict(kwargs)
         self._name = name or type(self).__name__ + '-' + \
                      ':'.join(str(i) for i in self._identity)
+        if daemon is not None:
+            self.daemon = daemon
         _dangling.add(self)
 
     def run(self):
@@ -101,16 +98,16 @@ class Process(object):
         assert self._popen is None, 'cannot start a process twice'
         assert self._parent_pid == os.getpid(), \
                'can only start a process object created by current process'
-        assert not _current_process._daemonic, \
+        assert not _current_process._config.get('daemon'), \
                'daemonic processes are not allowed to have children'
         _cleanup()
         if self._Popen is not None:
             Popen = self._Popen
         else:
-            from .forking import Popen
+            from .popen import Popen
         self._popen = Popen(self)
         self._sentinel = self._popen.sentinel
-        _current_process._children.add(self)
+        _children.add(self)
 
     def terminate(self):
         '''
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ class Process(object):
         assert self._popen is not None, 'can only join a started process'
         res = self._popen.wait(timeout)
         if res is not None:
-            _current_process._children.discard(self)
+            _children.discard(self)
 
     def is_alive(self):
         '''
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ class Process(object):
         '''
         Return whether process is a daemon
         '''
-        return self._daemonic
+        return self._config.get('daemon', False)
 
     @daemon.setter
     def daemon(self, daemonic):
@@ -162,18 +159,18 @@ class Process(object):
         Set whether process is a daemon
         '''
         assert self._popen is None, 'process has already started'
-        self._daemonic = daemonic
+        self._config['daemon'] = daemonic
 
     @property
     def authkey(self):
-        return self._authkey
+        return self._config['authkey']
 
     @authkey.setter
     def authkey(self, authkey):
         '''
         Set authorization key of process
         '''
-        self._authkey = AuthenticationString(authkey)
+        self._config['authkey'] = AuthenticationString(authkey)
 
     @property
     def exitcode(self):
@@ -227,17 +224,17 @@ class Process(object):
                 status = 'stopped[%s]' % _exitcode_to_name.get(status, status)
 
         return '<%s(%s, %s%s)>' % (type(self).__name__, self._name,
-                                   status, self._daemonic and ' daemon' or '')
+                                   status, self.daemon and ' daemon' or '')
 
     ##
 
     def _bootstrap(self):
         from . import util
-        global _current_process
+        global _current_process, _process_counter, _children
 
         try:
-            self._children = set()
-            self._counter = itertools.count(1)
+            _process_counter = itertools.count(1)
+            _children = set()
             if sys.stdin is not None:
                 try:
                     sys.stdin.close()
@@ -285,8 +282,8 @@ class Process(object):
 
 class AuthenticationString(bytes):
     def __reduce__(self):
-        from .forking import Popen
-        if not Popen.thread_is_spawning():
+        from .popen import get_spawning_popen
+        if get_spawning_popen() is None:
             raise TypeError(
                 'Pickling an AuthenticationString object is '
                 'disallowed for security reasons'
@@ -301,16 +298,19 @@ class _MainProcess(Process):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._identity = ()
-        self._daemonic = False
         self._name = 'MainProcess'
         self._parent_pid = None
         self._popen = None
-        self._counter = itertools.count(1)
-        self._children = set()
-        self._authkey = AuthenticationString(os.urandom(32))
-        self._tempdir = None
+        self._config = {'authkey': AuthenticationString(os.urandom(32)),
+                        'semprefix': 'mp'}
+        # Note that some versions of FreeBSD only allow named
+        # semaphores to have names of up to 14 characters.  Therfore
+        # we choose a short prefix.
+
 
 _current_process = _MainProcess()
+_process_counter = itertools.count(1)
+_children = set()
 del _MainProcess
 
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