[issue19227] test_multiprocessing_xxx hangs under Gentoo buildbots
Christian Heimes
report at bugs.python.org
Sun Oct 27 01:16:03 CEST 2013
Christian Heimes added the comment:
OpenSSL kinda takes care of that. The PRNG mixes the PID into the seed so parent and child won't see the same output. The patch fixes a slightly more tricky issue:
- parent initializes PRNG but never touches the PRNG again
- parent forks lots of child processes
- PIDs get reused -- two child processes with same PID get same pseudorandom data
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