Thread starvation with threading.Condition
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Description
| BPO | 46812 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @tim-one, @msg555 |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2022-02-21.02:47:19.547>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', '3.10']
title = 'Thread starvation with threading.Condition'
updated_at = <Date 2022-02-21.03:24:41.502>
user = 'https://github.com/msg555'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2022-02-21.03:24:41.502>
actor = 'tim.peters'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2022-02-21.02:47:19.547>
creator = 'msg555'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 46812
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['413629', '413630']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['tim.peters', 'msg555']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue46812'
versions = ['Python 3.10']
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Research direction
The issue provides no implementation file, test, or reproduction beyond the threading.Condition title. First clarify the starvation scenario and expected scheduling behavior, then locate the threading.Condition implementation and its tests. Done would require a demonstrated fix for the reported starvation case with regression coverage.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100