Memory Leak in multiprocessing.Pool()
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3.7 (EOL)
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Description
| BPO | 39531 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @pitrou, @applio |
| Files |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2020-02-02.19:19:26.803>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'Memory Leak in multiprocessing.Pool()'
updated_at = <Date 2020-02-09.20:16:24.365>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/EMO'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2020-02-09.20:16:24.365>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2020-02-02.19:19:26.803>
creator = 'EMO'
dependencies = []
files = ['48877']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 39531
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['361253']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'davin', 'EMO']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39531'
versions = ['Python 3.7']
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running the reproduction script in User's.py and reviewing the multiprocessing.Pool entry point. Compare the observed behavior with the linked BPO issue 39531 and Python 3.7 context; done means identifying and fixing the reported memory leak with a regression test demonstrating the corrected behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100