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bpo-38707: Fix for multiprocessing.Process MainThread.native_id (GH-17088)
authorJake Tesler <jake.tesler@gmail.com>
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:50:12 +0000 (11:50 -0800)
committerMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:50:12 +0000 (11:50 -0800)
commitc6b20be85c0de6f2355c67ae6e7e578941275cc0
tree1482aa6693e3fa4001a0a77c8fd50fb1a0223f66
parent892221bfa04a41cf581f988ba19dc263f557e157
bpo-38707: Fix for multiprocessing.Process MainThread.native_id (GH-17088)

This PR implements a fix for `multiprocessing.Process` objects; the error occurs when Processes are created using either `fork` or `forkserver` as the `start_method`.

In these instances, the `MainThread` of the newly created `Process` object retains all attributes from its parent's `MainThread` object, including the `native_id` attribute. The resulting behavior is such that the new process' `MainThread` captures an incorrect/outdated `native_id` (the parent's instead of its own).

This change forces the Process object to update its `native_id` attribute during the bootstrap process.

cc @vstinner

https://bugs.python.org/issue38707

Automerge-Triggered-By: @pitrou
Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
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