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-rw-r--r--Lib/logging/__init__.py50
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_logging.py67
2 files changed, 117 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index a4a950d..7aeff45 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -225,6 +225,55 @@ def _releaseLock():
if _lock:
_lock.release()
+
+# Prevent a held logging lock from blocking a child from logging.
+
+if not hasattr(os, 'register_at_fork'): # Windows and friends.
+ def _register_at_fork_acquire_release(instance):
+ pass # no-op when os.register_at_fork does not exist.
+else: # The os.register_at_fork API exists
+ os.register_at_fork(before=_acquireLock,
+ after_in_child=_releaseLock,
+ after_in_parent=_releaseLock)
+
+ # A collection of instances with acquire and release methods (logging.Handler)
+ # to be called before and after fork. The weakref avoids us keeping discarded
+ # Handler instances alive forever in case an odd program creates and destroys
+ # many over its lifetime.
+ _at_fork_acquire_release_weakset = weakref.WeakSet()
+
+
+ def _register_at_fork_acquire_release(instance):
+ # We put the instance itself in a single WeakSet as we MUST have only
+ # one atomic weak ref. used by both before and after atfork calls to
+ # guarantee matched pairs of acquire and release calls.
+ _at_fork_acquire_release_weakset.add(instance)
+
+
+ def _at_fork_weak_calls(method_name):
+ for instance in _at_fork_acquire_release_weakset:
+ method = getattr(instance, method_name)
+ try:
+ method()
+ except Exception as err:
+ # Similar to what PyErr_WriteUnraisable does.
+ print("Ignoring exception from logging atfork", instance,
+ method_name, "method:", err, file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+ def _before_at_fork_weak_calls():
+ _at_fork_weak_calls('acquire')
+
+
+ def _after_at_fork_weak_calls():
+ _at_fork_weak_calls('release')
+
+
+ os.register_at_fork(before=_before_at_fork_weak_calls,
+ after_in_child=_after_at_fork_weak_calls,
+ after_in_parent=_after_at_fork_weak_calls)
+
+
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The logging record
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -795,6 +844,7 @@ class Handler(Filterer):
Acquire a thread lock for serializing access to the underlying I/O.
"""
self.lock = threading.RLock()
+ _register_at_fork_acquire_release(self)
def acquire(self):
"""
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index f7232f6..b9dad64 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import os
import queue
import random
import re
+import signal
import socket
import struct
import sys
@@ -666,6 +667,72 @@ class HandlerTest(BaseTest):
if os.path.exists(fn):
os.unlink(fn)
+ # The implementation relies on os.register_at_fork existing, but we test
+ # based on os.fork existing because that is what users and this test use.
+ # This helps ensure that when fork exists (the important concept) that the
+ # register_at_fork mechanism is also present and used.
+ @unittest.skipIf(not hasattr(os, 'fork'), 'Test requires os.fork().')
+ def test_post_fork_child_no_deadlock(self):
+ """Ensure forked child logging locks are not held; bpo-6721."""
+ refed_h = logging.Handler()
+ refed_h.name = 'because we need at least one for this test'
+ self.assertGreater(len(logging._handlers), 0)
+
+ locks_held__ready_to_fork = threading.Event()
+ fork_happened__release_locks_and_end_thread = threading.Event()
+
+ def lock_holder_thread_fn():
+ logging._acquireLock()
+ try:
+ refed_h.acquire()
+ try:
+ # Tell the main thread to do the fork.
+ locks_held__ready_to_fork.set()
+
+ # If the deadlock bug exists, the fork will happen
+ # without dealing with the locks we hold, deadlocking
+ # the child.
+
+ # Wait for a successful fork or an unreasonable amount of
+ # time before releasing our locks. To avoid a timing based
+ # test we'd need communication from os.fork() as to when it
+ # has actually happened. Given this is a regression test
+ # for a fixed issue, potentially less reliably detecting
+ # regression via timing is acceptable for simplicity.
+ # The test will always take at least this long. :(
+ fork_happened__release_locks_and_end_thread.wait(0.5)
+ finally:
+ refed_h.release()
+ finally:
+ logging._releaseLock()
+
+ lock_holder_thread = threading.Thread(
+ target=lock_holder_thread_fn,
+ name='test_post_fork_child_no_deadlock lock holder')
+ lock_holder_thread.start()
+
+ locks_held__ready_to_fork.wait()
+ pid = os.fork()
+ if pid == 0: # Child.
+ logging.error(r'Child process did not deadlock. \o/')
+ os._exit(0)
+ else: # Parent.
+ fork_happened__release_locks_and_end_thread.set()
+ lock_holder_thread.join()
+ start_time = time.monotonic()
+ while True:
+ waited_pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, os.WNOHANG)
+ if waited_pid == pid:
+ break # child process exited.
+ if time.monotonic() - start_time > 7:
+ break # so long? implies child deadlock.
+ time.sleep(0.05)
+ if waited_pid != pid:
+ os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+ waited_pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+ self.fail("child process deadlocked.")
+ self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="child process error")
+
class BadStream(object):
def write(self, data):