[issue7123] Multiprocess Process does not always exit when run from a thread.

[Peter Saunders]

Peter Saunders <pajs at fodder.org.uk> added the comment:

Further information: it doesn't fail everytime in Python 3.1 - usually 1
in 4, or 1 in 5 times. It never fails with Python 2.6.3

Example output from the script when its failing (python 3.1):

Starting data1
Starting data2
Started subproc: PID: 20209 : args: data1
poll
Started subproc: PID: 20210 : args: data2
poll
Child has sent:True
poll
Child has sent:True
poll
isalive: False
isalive: True
Reaping PID: 20210
isalive: True
poll
Finishing: data2
isalive: True
poll
isalive: True
poll
isalive: True
poll
isalive: True
poll
<repeat isalive and poll lines until>:
isalive: True
poll
isalive: True
terminating
Child had to be killed due to a timeout
Finishing: data1
True

Working output (consistantly works on Python 2.6.3):
Starting data1
Starting data2
Started subproc: PID: 20252 : args: data1
poll
Started subproc: PID: 20253 : args: data2
poll
Child has sent:True
Child has sent:True
poll
Child has sent:True
poll
isalive: False
isalive: False
isalive: False
Reaping PID: 20252
Reaping PID: 20253
Finishing: data1
Finishing: data2
True

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