Revert "[2.7] bpo-34172: multiprocessing.Pool leaks resources after being...

Revert "[2.7] bpo-34172: multiprocessing.Pool leaks resources after being deleted (GH-9686)" (GH-10970)

This reverts commit 4a7dd30f.

Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py

@@ -162,9 +162,7 @@ class Pool(object):
 
         self._worker_handler = threading.Thread(
             target=Pool._handle_workers,
-            args=(self._cache, self._processes, self._pool, self.Process,
-                  self._inqueue, self._outqueue, self._initializer,
-                  self._initargs, self._maxtasksperchild, self._taskqueue)
+            args=(self, )
             )
         self._worker_handler.daemon = True
         self._worker_handler._state = RUN
@@ -196,56 +194,42 @@ class Pool(object):
             exitpriority=15
             )
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _join_exited_workers(pool):
+    def _join_exited_workers(self):
         """Cleanup after any worker processes which have exited due to reaching
         their specified lifetime.  Returns True if any workers were cleaned up.
         """
         cleaned = False
-        for i in reversed(range(len(pool))):
-            worker = pool[i]
+        for i in reversed(range(len(self._pool))):
+            worker = self._pool[i]
             if worker.exitcode is not None:
                 # worker exited
                 debug('cleaning up worker %d' % i)
                 worker.join()
                 cleaned = True
-                del pool[i]
+                del self._pool[i]
         return cleaned
 
     def _repopulate_pool(self):
-        return self._repopulate_pool_static(self._processes, self._pool,
-                                            self.Process, self._inqueue,
-                                            self._outqueue, self._initializer,
-                                            self._initargs,
-                                            self._maxtasksperchild)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _repopulate_pool_static(processes, pool, Process, inqueue, outqueue,
-                                initializer, initargs, maxtasksperchild):
         """Bring the number of pool processes up to the specified number,
         for use after reaping workers which have exited.
         """
-        for i in range(processes - len(pool)):
-            w = Process(target=worker,
-                        args=(inqueue, outqueue,
-                              initializer,
-                              initargs, maxtasksperchild)
-                       )
-            pool.append(w)
+        for i in range(self._processes - len(self._pool)):
+            w = self.Process(target=worker,
+                             args=(self._inqueue, self._outqueue,
+                                   self._initializer,
+                                   self._initargs, self._maxtasksperchild)
+                            )
+            self._pool.append(w)
             w.name = w.name.replace('Process', 'PoolWorker')
             w.daemon = True
             w.start()
             debug('added worker')
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _maintain_pool(processes, pool, Process, inqueue, outqueue,
-                       initializer, initargs, maxtasksperchild):
+    def _maintain_pool(self):
         """Clean up any exited workers and start replacements for them.
         """
-        if Pool._join_exited_workers(pool):
-            Pool._repopulate_pool_static(processes, pool, Process, inqueue,
-                                         outqueue, initializer, initargs,
-                                         maxtasksperchild)
+        if self._join_exited_workers():
+            self._repopulate_pool()
 
     def _setup_queues(self):
         from .queues import SimpleQueue
@@ -335,18 +319,16 @@ class Pool(object):
         return result
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _handle_workers(cache, processes, pool, Process, inqueue, outqueue,
-                        initializer, initargs, maxtasksperchild, taskqueue):
+    def _handle_workers(pool):
         thread = threading.current_thread()
 
         # Keep maintaining workers until the cache gets drained, unless the pool
         # is terminated.
-        while thread._state == RUN or (cache and thread._state != TERMINATE):
-            Pool._maintain_pool(processes, pool, Process, inqueue, outqueue,
-                                initializer, initargs, maxtasksperchild)
+        while thread._state == RUN or (pool._cache and thread._state != TERMINATE):
+            pool._maintain_pool()
             time.sleep(0.1)
         # send sentinel to stop workers
-        taskqueue.put(None)
+        pool._taskqueue.put(None)
         debug('worker handler exiting')
 
     @staticmethod

Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py

@@ -1359,13 +1359,6 @@ class _TestPool(BaseTestCase):
         # they were released too.
         self.assertEqual(CountedObject.n_instances, 0)
 
-    def test_del_pool(self):
-        p = self.Pool(1)
-        wr = weakref.ref(p)
-        del p
-        gc.collect()
-        self.assertIsNone(wr())
-
 
 def unpickleable_result():
     return lambda: 42

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-10-31-52.bpo-34172.8ovLNi.rst

-Fix a reference issue inside multiprocessing.Pool that caused the pool to remain alive if it was deleted without being closed or terminated explicitly.