[Python-checkins] bpo-31323: Fix reference leak in test_ssl (#3263)
Victor Stinner
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Fri Sep 1 18:26:20 EDT 2017
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/868710158910fa38e285ce0e6d50026e1d0b2a8c
commit: 868710158910fa38e285ce0e6d50026e1d0b2a8c
branch: master
author: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2017-09-02T00:26:17+02:00
summary:
bpo-31323: Fix reference leak in test_ssl (#3263)
Store exceptions as string rather than object to prevent reference
cycles which cause leaking dangling threads.
files:
M Lib/test/test_ssl.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 104b7f377a5..5e143f95e39 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -1889,7 +1889,11 @@ def wrap_conn(self):
# XXX Various errors can have happened here, for example
# a mismatching protocol version, an invalid certificate,
# or a low-level bug. This should be made more discriminating.
- self.server.conn_errors.append(e)
+ #
+ # bpo-31323: Store the exception as string to prevent
+ # a reference leak: server -> conn_errors -> exception
+ # -> traceback -> self (ConnectionHandler) -> server
+ self.server.conn_errors.append(str(e))
if self.server.chatty:
handle_error("\n server: bad connection attempt from " + repr(self.addr) + ":\n")
self.running = False
@@ -3097,7 +3101,7 @@ def test_default_ciphers(self):
with context.wrap_socket(socket.socket()) as s:
with self.assertRaises(OSError):
s.connect((HOST, server.port))
- self.assertIn("no shared cipher", str(server.conn_errors[0]))
+ self.assertIn("no shared cipher", server.conn_errors[0])
def test_version_basic(self):
"""
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