summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Lib/test/test_threading.py
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test/test_threading.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_threading.py19
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index 86f5773..639e42b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -221,6 +221,25 @@ class ThreadTests(unittest.TestCase):
t.join()
# else the thread is still running, and we have no way to kill it
+ def test_limbo_cleanup(self):
+ # Issue 7481: Failure to start thread should cleanup the limbo map.
+ def fail_new_thread(*args):
+ raise threading.ThreadError()
+ _start_new_thread = threading._start_new_thread
+ threading._start_new_thread = fail_new_thread
+ try:
+ t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: None)
+ try:
+ t.start()
+ assert False
+ except threading.ThreadError:
+ self.assertFalse(
+ t in threading._limbo,
+ "Failed to cleanup _limbo map on failure of Thread.start()."
+ )
+ finally:
+ threading._start_new_thread = _start_new_thread
+
def test_finalize_runnning_thread(self):
# Issue 1402: the PyGILState_Ensure / _Release functions may be called
# very late on python exit: on deallocation of a running thread for