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      1 """PyUnit testing that threads honor our signal semantics"""
      2 
      3 import unittest
      4 import signal
      5 import os
      6 import sys
      7 from test.support import run_unittest, import_module
      8 thread = import_module('_thread')
      9 import time
     10 
     11 if (sys.platform[:3] == 'win'):
     12     raise unittest.SkipTest("Can't test signal on %s" % sys.platform)
     13 
     14 process_pid = os.getpid()
     15 signalled_all=thread.allocate_lock()
     16 
     17 USING_PTHREAD_COND = (sys.thread_info.name == 'pthread'
     18                       and sys.thread_info.lock == 'mutex+cond')
     19 
     20 def registerSignals(for_usr1, for_usr2, for_alrm):
     21     usr1 = signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, for_usr1)
     22     usr2 = signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR2, for_usr2)
     23     alrm = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, for_alrm)
     24     return usr1, usr2, alrm
     25 
     26 
     27 # The signal handler. Just note that the signal occurred and
     28 # from who.
     29 def handle_signals(sig,frame):
     30     signal_blackboard[sig]['tripped'] += 1
     31     signal_blackboard[sig]['tripped_by'] = thread.get_ident()
     32 
     33 # a function that will be spawned as a separate thread.
     34 def send_signals():
     35     os.kill(process_pid, signal.SIGUSR1)
     36     os.kill(process_pid, signal.SIGUSR2)
     37     signalled_all.release()
     38 
     39 class ThreadSignals(unittest.TestCase):
     40 
     41     def test_signals(self):
     42         # Test signal handling semantics of threads.
     43         # We spawn a thread, have the thread send two signals, and
     44         # wait for it to finish. Check that we got both signals
     45         # and that they were run by the main thread.
     46         signalled_all.acquire()
     47         self.spawnSignallingThread()
     48         signalled_all.acquire()
     49         # the signals that we asked the kernel to send
     50         # will come back, but we don't know when.
     51         # (it might even be after the thread exits
     52         # and might be out of order.)  If we haven't seen
     53         # the signals yet, send yet another signal and
     54         # wait for it return.
     55         if signal_blackboard[signal.SIGUSR1]['tripped'] == 0 \
     56            or signal_blackboard[signal.SIGUSR2]['tripped'] == 0:
     57             signal.alarm(1)
     58             signal.pause()
     59             signal.alarm(0)
     60 
     61         self.assertEqual( signal_blackboard[signal.SIGUSR1]['tripped'], 1)
     62         self.assertEqual( signal_blackboard[signal.SIGUSR1]['tripped_by'],
     63                            thread.get_ident())
     64         self.assertEqual( signal_blackboard[signal.SIGUSR2]['tripped'], 1)
     65         self.assertEqual( signal_blackboard[signal.SIGUSR2]['tripped_by'],
     66                            thread.get_ident())
     67         signalled_all.release()
     68 
     69     def spawnSignallingThread(self):
     70         thread.start_new_thread(send_signals, ())
     71 
     72     def alarm_interrupt(self, sig, frame):
     73         raise KeyboardInterrupt
     74 
     75     @unittest.skipIf(USING_PTHREAD_COND,
     76                      'POSIX condition variables cannot be interrupted')
     77     # Issue #20564: sem_timedwait() cannot be interrupted on OpenBSD
     78     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith('openbsd'),
     79                      'lock cannot be interrupted on OpenBSD')
     80     def test_lock_acquire_interruption(self):
     81         # Mimic receiving a SIGINT (KeyboardInterrupt) with SIGALRM while stuck
     82         # in a deadlock.
     83         # XXX this test can fail when the legacy (non-semaphore) implementation
     84         # of locks is used in thread_pthread.h, see issue #11223.
     85         oldalrm = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.alarm_interrupt)
     86         try:
     87             lock = thread.allocate_lock()
     88             lock.acquire()
     89             signal.alarm(1)
     90             t1 = time.time()
     91             self.assertRaises(KeyboardInterrupt, lock.acquire, timeout=5)
     92             dt = time.time() - t1
     93             # Checking that KeyboardInterrupt was raised is not sufficient.
     94             # We want to assert that lock.acquire() was interrupted because
     95             # of the signal, not that the signal handler was called immediately
     96             # after timeout return of lock.acquire() (which can fool assertRaises).
     97             self.assertLess(dt, 3.0)
     98         finally:
     99             signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, oldalrm)
    100 
    101     @unittest.skipIf(USING_PTHREAD_COND,
    102                      'POSIX condition variables cannot be interrupted')
    103     # Issue #20564: sem_timedwait() cannot be interrupted on OpenBSD
    104     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith('openbsd'),
    105                      'lock cannot be interrupted on OpenBSD')
    106     def test_rlock_acquire_interruption(self):
    107         # Mimic receiving a SIGINT (KeyboardInterrupt) with SIGALRM while stuck
    108         # in a deadlock.
    109         # XXX this test can fail when the legacy (non-semaphore) implementation
    110         # of locks is used in thread_pthread.h, see issue #11223.
    111         oldalrm = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.alarm_interrupt)
    112         try:
    113             rlock = thread.RLock()
    114             # For reentrant locks, the initial acquisition must be in another
    115             # thread.
    116             def other_thread():
    117                 rlock.acquire()
    118             thread.start_new_thread(other_thread, ())
    119             # Wait until we can't acquire it without blocking...
    120             while rlock.acquire(blocking=False):
    121                 rlock.release()
    122                 time.sleep(0.01)
    123             signal.alarm(1)
    124             t1 = time.time()
    125             self.assertRaises(KeyboardInterrupt, rlock.acquire, timeout=5)
    126             dt = time.time() - t1
    127             # See rationale above in test_lock_acquire_interruption
    128             self.assertLess(dt, 3.0)
    129         finally:
    130             signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, oldalrm)
    131 
    132     def acquire_retries_on_intr(self, lock):
    133         self.sig_recvd = False
    134         def my_handler(signal, frame):
    135             self.sig_recvd = True
    136         old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, my_handler)
    137         try:
    138             def other_thread():
    139                 # Acquire the lock in a non-main thread, so this test works for
    140                 # RLocks.
    141                 lock.acquire()
    142                 # Wait until the main thread is blocked in the lock acquire, and
    143                 # then wake it up with this.
    144                 time.sleep(0.5)
    145                 os.kill(process_pid, signal.SIGUSR1)
    146                 # Let the main thread take the interrupt, handle it, and retry
    147                 # the lock acquisition.  Then we'll let it run.
    148                 time.sleep(0.5)
    149                 lock.release()
    150             thread.start_new_thread(other_thread, ())
    151             # Wait until we can't acquire it without blocking...
    152             while lock.acquire(blocking=False):
    153                 lock.release()
    154                 time.sleep(0.01)
    155             result = lock.acquire()  # Block while we receive a signal.
    156             self.assertTrue(self.sig_recvd)
    157             self.assertTrue(result)
    158         finally:
    159             signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, old_handler)
    160 
    161     def test_lock_acquire_retries_on_intr(self):
    162         self.acquire_retries_on_intr(thread.allocate_lock())
    163 
    164     def test_rlock_acquire_retries_on_intr(self):
    165         self.acquire_retries_on_intr(thread.RLock())
    166 
    167     def test_interrupted_timed_acquire(self):
    168         # Test to make sure we recompute lock acquisition timeouts when we
    169         # receive a signal.  Check this by repeatedly interrupting a lock
    170         # acquire in the main thread, and make sure that the lock acquire times
    171         # out after the right amount of time.
    172         # NOTE: this test only behaves as expected if C signals get delivered
    173         # to the main thread.  Otherwise lock.acquire() itself doesn't get
    174         # interrupted and the test trivially succeeds.
    175         self.start = None
    176         self.end = None
    177         self.sigs_recvd = 0
    178         done = thread.allocate_lock()
    179         done.acquire()
    180         lock = thread.allocate_lock()
    181         lock.acquire()
    182         def my_handler(signum, frame):
    183             self.sigs_recvd += 1
    184         old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, my_handler)
    185         try:
    186             def timed_acquire():
    187                 self.start = time.time()
    188                 lock.acquire(timeout=0.5)
    189                 self.end = time.time()
    190             def send_signals():
    191                 for _ in range(40):
    192                     time.sleep(0.02)
    193                     os.kill(process_pid, signal.SIGUSR1)
    194                 done.release()
    195 
    196             # Send the signals from the non-main thread, since the main thread
    197             # is the only one that can process signals.
    198             thread.start_new_thread(send_signals, ())
    199             timed_acquire()
    200             # Wait for thread to finish
    201             done.acquire()
    202             # This allows for some timing and scheduling imprecision
    203             self.assertLess(self.end - self.start, 2.0)
    204             self.assertGreater(self.end - self.start, 0.3)
    205             # If the signal is received several times before PyErr_CheckSignals()
    206             # is called, the handler will get called less than 40 times. Just
    207             # check it's been called at least once.
    208             self.assertGreater(self.sigs_recvd, 0)
    209         finally:
    210             signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, old_handler)
    211 
    212 
    213 def test_main():
    214     global signal_blackboard
    215 
    216     signal_blackboard = { signal.SIGUSR1 : {'tripped': 0, 'tripped_by': 0 },
    217                           signal.SIGUSR2 : {'tripped': 0, 'tripped_by': 0 },
    218                           signal.SIGALRM : {'tripped': 0, 'tripped_by': 0 } }
    219 
    220     oldsigs = registerSignals(handle_signals, handle_signals, handle_signals)
    221     try:
    222         run_unittest(ThreadSignals)
    223     finally:
    224         registerSignals(*oldsigs)
    225 
    226 if __name__ == '__main__':
    227     test_main()
    228