I solved the test_ftplib.py windows failures locally by more careful handling...

I solved the test_ftplib.py windows failures locally by more careful handling of lifetimes of io watchers: they should be disposed when the fileno is. I investigated a more drastic approach using new watchers entirely every time we restart, but it doesn't seem necessary, at least on CPython (I can't even run PyPy+libuv locally on darwin though, so there are more problems lurking there).

src/gevent/_ffi/__init__.py

 """
 Internal helpers for FFI implementations.
 """
+from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+def _dbg(*args, **kwargs):
+    # pylint:disable=unused-argument
+    pass
+
+#_dbg = print
+
+def _pid_dbg(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs['file'] = sys.stderr
+    print(os.getpid(), *args, **kwargs)
+
+GEVENT_DEBUG = 0
+TRACE = 9
+
+if os.getenv('GEVENT_DEBUG') == 'trace':
+    _dbg = _pid_dbg
+    GEVENT_DEBUG = TRACE

src/gevent/_ffi/loop.py

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import os
 import traceback
 from weakref import ref as WeakRef
 
+from gevent._ffi import _dbg
+from gevent._ffi import GEVENT_DEBUG
+from gevent._ffi import TRACE
 from gevent._ffi.callback import callback
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -59,10 +62,24 @@ EVENTS = GEVENT_CORE_EVENTS = _EVENTSType()
 ####
 class _Callbacks(object):
 
+    if GEVENT_DEBUG >= TRACE:
         def __init__(self, ffi):
             self.ffi = ffi
             self.callbacks = []
 
+        def from_handle(self, handle): # pylint:disable=method-hidden
+            _dbg("Getting from handle", handle)
+            traceback.print_stack()
+            x = self.ffi.from_handle(handle)
+            _dbg("Got from handle", handle, x)
+            return x
+
+    else:
+        def __init__(self, ffi):
+            self.ffi = ffi
+            self.callbacks = []
+            self.from_handle = self.ffi.from_handle
+
     def python_callback(self, handle, revents):
         """
         Returns an integer having one of three values:
@@ -79,13 +96,15 @@ class _Callbacks(object):
           Everything went according to plan, but the watcher has already
           been stopped. Its memory may no longer be valid.
         """
+        orig_ffi_watcher = None
         try:
             # Even dereferencing the handle needs to be inside the try/except;
             # if we don't return normally (e.g., a signal) then we wind up going
             # to the 'onerror' handler, which
             # is not what we want; that can permanently wedge the loop depending
             # on which callback was executing
-            the_watcher = self.ffi.from_handle(handle)
+            the_watcher = self.from_handle(handle)
+            orig_ffi_watcher = the_watcher._watcher
             args = the_watcher.args
             if args is None:
                 # Legacy behaviour from corecext: convert None into ()
@@ -101,7 +120,7 @@ class _Callbacks(object):
             try:
                 the_watcher
             except UnboundLocalError:
-                the_watcher = self.ffi.from_handle(handle)
+                the_watcher = self.from_handle(handle)
             the_watcher._exc_info = sys.exc_info()
             # Depending on when the exception happened, the watcher
             # may or may not have been stopped. We need to make sure its
@@ -109,14 +128,17 @@ class _Callbacks(object):
             the_watcher.loop._keepaliveset.add(the_watcher)
             return -1
         else:
-            if the_watcher in the_watcher.loop._keepaliveset:
-                # It didn't stop itself
+            if the_watcher in the_watcher.loop._keepaliveset and the_watcher._watcher is orig_ffi_watcher:
+                # It didn't stop itself, *and* it didn't stop itself, reset
+                # its watcher, and start itself again. libuv's io watchers MAY
+                # do that.
+                _dbg("The watcher has not stopped itself", the_watcher)
                 return 0
             return 1 # It stopped itself
 
     def python_handle_error(self, handle, _revents):
         try:
-            watcher = self.ffi.from_handle(handle)
+            watcher = self.from_handle(handle)
             exc_info = watcher._exc_info
             del watcher._exc_info
             # In the past, we passed the ``watcher`` itself as the context,
@@ -147,13 +169,13 @@ class _Callbacks(object):
         # This is supposed to be called for signals, etc.
         if tb is not None:
             handle = tb.tb_frame.f_locals['handle']
-            watcher = self.ffi.from_handle(handle)
+            watcher = self.from_handle(handle)
             watcher.loop._check_callback_handle_error(t, v, tb)
         else:
             raise v
 
     def python_stop(self, handle):
-        watcher = self.ffi.from_handle(handle)
+        watcher = self.from_handle(handle)
         watcher.stop()
 
 

src/gevent/_ffi/watcher.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
 import signal as signalmodule
 import functools
 
+from gevent._ffi import _dbg
 from gevent._ffi.loop import GEVENT_CORE_EVENTS
 from gevent._ffi.loop import _NOARGS
 
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ __all__ = [
 
 ]
 
+class _NoWatcherResult(int):
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<NoWatcher>"
+
+_NoWatcherResult = _NoWatcherResult(0)
 
 def events_to_str(event_field, all_events):
     result = []
@@ -35,10 +42,25 @@ def not_while_active(func):
     @functools.wraps(func)
     def nw(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.active:
-            raise AttributeError("not while active")
+            raise ValueError("not while active")
         func(self, *args, **kwargs)
     return nw
 
+def only_if_watcher(func):
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def if_w(self):
+        if self._watcher:
+            return func(self)
+        return _NoWatcherResult
+    return if_w
+
+def error_if_no_watcher(func):
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def no_w(self):
+        if not self._watcher:
+            raise ValueError("No watcher present", self)
+        func(self)
+    return no_w
 
 class LazyOnClass(object):
 
@@ -154,8 +176,26 @@ class watcher(object):
     _handle = None # FFI object to self. This is a GC cycle. See _watcher_create
     _watcher = None
 
+    # Do we create the native resources when this class is created?
+    # If so, we call _watcher_full_init from the constructor.
+    # Otherwise, it must be called before we are started.
+    # If a subclass sets this to false, they must make that call.
+    # Currently unused. Experimental functionality for libuv.
+    _watcher_init_on_init = True
+
     def __init__(self, _loop, ref=True, priority=None, args=_NOARGS):
         self.loop = _loop
+        self.__init_priority = priority
+        self.__init_args = args
+        self.__init_ref = ref
+
+        if self._watcher_init_on_init:
+            self._watcher_full_init()
+
+    def _watcher_full_init(self):
+        priority = self.__init_priority
+        ref = self.__init_ref
+        args = self.__init_args
 
         self._watcher_create(ref)
 
@@ -266,12 +306,14 @@ class watcher(object):
             result += " args=%r" % (self.args, )
         if self.callback is None and self.args is None:
             result += " stopped"
+        result += " watcher=%s" % (self._watcher)
         result += " handle=%s" % (self._watcher_handle)
         result += " ref=%s" % (self.ref)
         return result + ">"
 
     @property
     def _watcher_handle(self):
+        if self._watcher:
             return self._watcher.data
 
     def _format(self):
@@ -318,10 +360,11 @@ class watcher(object):
         self._watcher_ffi_start_unref()
 
     def stop(self):
+        _dbg("Main stop for", self, "keepalive?", self in self.loop._keepaliveset)
         self._watcher_ffi_stop_ref()
         self._watcher_ffi_stop()
         self.loop._keepaliveset.discard(self)
-
+        _dbg("Finished main stop for", self, "keepalive?", self in self.loop._keepaliveset)
         self.callback = None
         self.args = None
 
@@ -337,7 +380,9 @@ class watcher(object):
 
     @property
     def active(self):
-        return True if self._watcher_is_active(self._watcher) else False
+        if self._watcher is not None and self._watcher_is_active(self._watcher):
+            return True
+        return False
 
     @property
     def pending(self):

src/gevent/_socket2.py

@@ -202,13 +202,22 @@ class socket(object):
 
     def close(self, _closedsocket=_closedsocket, cancel_wait_ex=cancel_wait_ex):
         # This function should not reference any globals. See Python issue #808164.
+
+        # Also break any reference to the loop.io objects. Our fileno, which they were
+        # tied to, is now free to be reused, so these objects are no longer functional.
+
+        if self._read_event is not None:
             self.hub.cancel_wait(self._read_event, cancel_wait_ex)
+            self._read_event = None
+        if self._write_event is not None:
             self.hub.cancel_wait(self._write_event, cancel_wait_ex)
+            self._write_event = None
         s = self._sock
         self._sock = _closedsocket()
         if PYPY:
             s._drop()
 
+
     @property
     def closed(self):
         return isinstance(self._sock, _closedsocket)
@@ -261,7 +270,10 @@ class socket(object):
     def makefile(self, mode='r', bufsize=-1):
         # Two things to look out for:
         # 1) Closing the original socket object should not close the
-        #    socket (hence creating a new instance)
+        #    socket (hence creating a new socket instance);
+        #    An alternate approach is what _socket3.py does, which is to
+        #    keep count of the times makefile objects have been opened (Py3's
+        #    SocketIO helps with that).
         # 2) The resulting fileobject must keep the timeout in order
         #    to be compatible with the stdlib's socket.makefile.
         # Pass self as _sock to preserve timeout.

src/gevent/_socket3.py

@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ class socket(object):
         return text
 
     def _decref_socketios(self):
+        # Called by SocketIO when it is closed.
         if self._io_refs > 0:
             self._io_refs -= 1
         if self._closed:
@@ -244,8 +245,17 @@ class socket(object):
 
     def _real_close(self, _ss=_socket.socket, cancel_wait_ex=cancel_wait_ex):
         # This function should not reference any globals. See Python issue #808164.
+
+        # Break any reference to the loop.io objects. Our fileno,
+        # which they were tied to, is now free to be reused, so these
+        # objects are no longer functional.
+
+        if self._read_event is not None:
             self.hub.cancel_wait(self._read_event, cancel_wait_ex)
+            self._read_event = None
+        if self._write_event is not None:
             self.hub.cancel_wait(self._write_event, cancel_wait_ex)
+            self._write_event = None
         _ss.close(self._sock)
 
         # Break any references to the underlying socket object. Tested

src/gevent/libuv/_corecffi_source.c

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ static void (*gevent_noop)(void* handle) = &_gevent_noop;
 
 static void _gevent_generic_callback1(void* vwatcher, int arg)
 {
-	uv_handle_t* watcher = (uv_handle_t*)vwatcher;
-    void* handle = watcher->data;
-    int cb_result = python_callback(handle, arg);
+    const uv_handle_t* watcher = (uv_handle_t*)vwatcher;
+    const void* handle = watcher->data; // Python code may set this to NULL.
+    const int cb_result = python_callback(handle, arg);
     switch(cb_result) {
         case -1:
             // in case of exception, call self.loop.handle_error;

src/gevent/libuv/loop.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import signal
 from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 
 from gevent._compat import PYPY
-from gevent._compat import WIN
 from gevent._ffi.loop import AbstractLoop
 from gevent.libuv import _corecffi # pylint:disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
 from gevent._ffi.loop import assign_standard_callbacks
@@ -50,8 +49,8 @@ def get_header_version():
 def supported_backends():
     return ['default']
 
-if PYPY and WIN:
-    def gcsOnPyPy(f):
+if PYPY:
+    def gcBefore(f):
         import functools
         import gc
 
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ if PYPY and WIN:
             return f(self, *args)
         return m
 else:
-    def gcsOnPyPy(f):
+    def gcBefore(f):
         return f
 
 class loop(AbstractLoop):
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@ class loop(AbstractLoop):
                 watcher._set_status(status)
 
 
-    @gcsOnPyPy
+    @gcBefore
     def io(self, fd, events, ref=True, priority=None):
         # We don't keep a hard ref to the root object;
         # the caller must keep the multiplexed watcher

src/gevent/libuv/watcher.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ffi = _corecffi.ffi
 libuv = _corecffi.lib
 
 from gevent._ffi import watcher as _base
+from gevent._ffi import _dbg
 
 _closing_handles = set()
 
@@ -20,18 +21,6 @@ _closing_handles = set()
 def _uv_close_callback(handle):
     _closing_handles.remove(handle)
 
-def _dbg(*args, **kwargs):
-    # pylint:disable=unused-argument
-    pass
-
-#_dbg = print
-
-def _pid_dbg(*args, **kwargs):
-    import os
-    kwargs['file'] = sys.stderr
-    print(os.getpid(), *args, **kwargs)
-
-# _dbg = _pid_dbg
 
 _events = [(libuv.UV_READABLE, "READ"),
            (libuv.UV_WRITABLE, "WRITE")]
@@ -157,14 +146,16 @@ class watcher(_base.watcher):
         _dbg("\tStarted", self)
 
     def _watcher_ffi_stop(self):
-        _dbg("Stoping", self)
+        _dbg("Stopping", self, self._watcher_stop)
         self._watcher_stop(self._watcher)
-        _dbg("Stoped", self)
+        _dbg("Stopped", self)
 
+    @_base.only_if_watcher
     def _watcher_ffi_ref(self):
         _dbg("Reffing", self)
         libuv.uv_ref(self._watcher)
 
+    @_base.only_if_watcher
     def _watcher_ffi_unref(self):
         _dbg("Unreffing", self)
         libuv.uv_unref(self._watcher)
@@ -196,6 +187,34 @@ class io(_base.IoMixin, watcher):
     _watcher_type = 'poll'
     _watcher_callback_name = '_gevent_poll_callback2'
 
+    # On Windows is critical to be able to garbage collect these
+    # objects in a timely fashion so that they don't get reused
+    # for multiplexing completely different sockets. This is because
+    # uv_poll_init_socket does a lot of setup for the socket to make
+    # polling work. If get reused for another socket that has the same
+    # fileno, things break badly. (In theory this could be a problem
+    # on posix too, but in practice it isn't).
+
+    # TODO: We should probably generalize this to all
+    # ffi watchers. Avoiding GC cycles as much as possible
+    # is a good thing, and potentially allocating new handles
+    # as needed gets us better memory locality.
+
+    # Especially on Windows, we must also account for the case that a
+    # reference to this object has leaked (e.g., the socket object is
+    # still around), but the fileno has been closed and a new one
+    # opened. We must still get a new native watcher at that point. We
+    # handle this case by simply making sure that we don't even have
+    # a native watcher until the object is started, and we shut it down
+    # when the object is stopped.
+
+    # XXX: I was able to solve at least Windows test_ftplib.py issues with more of a
+    # careful use of io objects in socket.py, so delaying this entirely is at least
+    # temporarily on hold. Instead sticking with the _watcher_create
+    # function override for the moment.
+
+    #_watcher_init_on_init = False
+
     EVENT_MASK = libuv.UV_READABLE | libuv.UV_WRITABLE | libuv.UV_DISCONNECT
 
     def __init__(self, loop, fd, events, ref=True, priority=None):
@@ -239,6 +258,17 @@ class io(_base.IoMixin, watcher):
     def _set_events(self, events):
         self._events = events
 
+    # This is what we'd do if we set _watcher_init_on_init to False:
+    # def start(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    #    assert self._watcher is None
+    #    self._watcher_full_init()
+    #    super(io, self).start(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    # Along with disposing of self._watcher in _watcher_ffi_stop.
+    # In that method, it's possible that we might be started again right after this,
+    # in which case we will create a new set of FFI objects.
+    # TODO: Does anything leak in that case? Verify...
+
     def _watcher_ffi_start(self):
         assert self._handle is None
         self._handle = self._watcher.data = type(self).new_handle(self)
@@ -248,6 +278,7 @@ class io(_base.IoMixin, watcher):
         # We may or may not have been started yet, so
         # we may or may not have a handle; either way,
         # drop it.
+        _dbg("Stopping io watcher", self)
         self._handle = None
         self._watcher.data = ffi.NULL
         super(io, self)._watcher_ffi_stop()
@@ -347,6 +378,7 @@ class io(_base.IoMixin, watcher):
         self.stop()
 
     def _io_start(self):
+        _dbg("IO start on behalf of multiplex", self)
         self.start(self._io_callback, pass_events=True)
 
     def multiplex(self, events):

src/greentest/patched_tests_setup.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import os
 import re
 
 TRAVIS = os.environ.get("TRAVIS") == "true"
+APPVEYOR = os.environ.get('APPVEYOR')
 OSX = sys.platform == 'darwin'
 PYPY = hasattr(sys, 'pypy_version_info')
 WIN = sys.platform.startswith("win")
@@ -307,6 +308,11 @@ if LIBUV:
             disabled_tests += [
             ]
 
+            if APPVEYOR:
+
+                disabled_tests += [
+                ]
+
 def _make_run_with_original(mod_name, func_name):
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def with_orig():

src/greentest/test__core_timer.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def main():
     try:
         x.priority = 1
         raise AssertionError('must not be able to change priority of active watcher')
-    except AttributeError:
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
         pass
     loop.run()
     assert x.pending == 0, x.pending