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Jython is an implementation of the high-level, dynamic, object-oriented
language Python written in 100% Pure Java, and seamlessly integrated with
the Java platform. It thus allows you to run Python on any Java platform.
import unittest
from test.test_support import verbose, run_unittest
from test import test_support
import sys
import gc
import weakref
import time
try:
import threading
except ImportError:
threading = None
### Support code
###############################################################################
# Bug 1055820 has several tests of longstanding bugs involving weakrefs and
# cyclic gc.
# An instance of C1055820 has a self-loop, so becomes cyclic trash when
# unreachable.
class C1055820(object):
def __init__(self, i):
self.i = i
self.loop = self
class GC_Detector(object):
# Create an instance I. Then gc hasn't happened again so long as
# I.gc_happened is false.
def __init__(self):
self.gc_happened = False
def it_happened(ignored):
self.gc_happened = True
# Create a piece of cyclic trash that triggers it_happened when
# gc collects it.
self.wr = weakref.ref(C1055820(666), it_happened)
### Tests
###############################################################################
class GCTests(unittest.TestCase):
@classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
#Jython-specific block:
try:
cls.savedJythonGCFlags = gc.getJythonGCFlags()
gc.setMonitorGlobal(True)
#since gc module already exists, it would not be caught by monitorGlobal.
#so we have to monitor it manually:
gc.monitorObject(gc)
#the finalizer-related tests need this flag to pass in Jython:
gc.addJythonGCFlags(gc.DONT_FINALIZE_CYCLIC_GARBAGE)
except Exception:
pass
@classmethod
def tearDownClass(cls):
#Jython-specific block:
try:
gc.setJythonGCFlags(cls.savedJythonGCFlags)
gc.stopMonitoring()
except Exception:
pass
def test_list(self):
l = []
l.append(l)
gc.collect()
del l
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 1)
def test_dict(self):
d = {}
d[1] = d
gc.collect()
del d
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 1)
def test_tuple(self):
# since tuples are immutable we close the loop with a list
l = []
t = (l,)
l.append(t)
gc.collect()
del t
del l
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 2)
def test_class(self):
class A:
pass
A.a = A
del A
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
def test_newstyleclass(self):
class A(object):
pass
gc.collect()
del A
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
def test_instance(self):
class A:
pass
a = A()
a.a = a
gc.collect()
del a
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
def test_newinstance(self):
class A(object):
pass
a = A()
a.a = a
gc.collect()
del a
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
class B(list):
pass
class C(B, A):
pass
a = C()
a.a = a
gc.collect()
del a
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
del B, C
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
A.a = A()
del A
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
def test_method(self):
# Tricky: self.__init__ is a bound method, it references the instance.
class A:
def __init__(self):
self.init = self.__init__
a = A()
gc.collect()
del a
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
def test_finalizer(self):
# A() is uncollectable if it is part of a cycle, make sure it shows up
# in gc.garbage.
class A:
def __del__(self): pass
class B:
pass
a = A()
a.a = a
id_a = id(a)
b = B()
b.b = b
gc.collect()
del a
del b
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
for obj in gc.garbage:
if id(obj) == id_a:
del obj.a
break
else:
self.fail("didn't find obj in garbage (finalizer)")
gc.garbage.remove(obj)
def test_finalizer_newclass(self):
# A() is uncollectable if it is part of a cycle, make sure it shows up
# in gc.garbage.
class A(object):
def __del__(self): pass
class B(object):
pass
a = A()
a.a = a
id_a = id(a)
b = B()
b.b = b
gc.collect()
del a
del b
self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
for obj in gc.garbage:
if id(obj) == id_a:
del obj.a
break
else:
self.fail("didn't find obj in garbage (finalizer)")
gc.garbage.remove(obj)
def test_function(self):
# Tricky: f -> d -> f, code should call d.clear() after the exec to
# break the cycle.
d = {}
exec("def f(): pass\n") in d
gc.collect()
del d
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 2)
def test_frame(self):
def f():
frame = sys._getframe()
gc.collect()
f()
col = gc.collect()
self.assertEqual(col, 1)
def test_saveall(self):
# Verify that cyclic garbage like lists show up in gc.garbage if the
# SAVEALL option is enabled.
# First make sure we don't save away other stuff that just happens to
# be waiting for collection.
gc.collect()
# if this fails, someone else created immortal trash
self.assertEqual(gc.garbage, [])
L = []
L.append(L)
id_L = id(L)
debug = gc.get_debug()
gc.set_debug(debug | gc.DEBUG_SAVEALL)
del L
gc.collect()
gc.set_debug(debug)
self.assertEqual(len(gc.garbage), 1)
obj = gc.garbage.pop()
self.assertEqual(id(obj), id_L)
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
Jython neither supports disabling/enabling the gc, nor
setting the gc threshold.
''')
def test_del(self):
# __del__ methods can trigger collection, make this to happen
thresholds = gc.get_threshold()
gc.enable()
gc.set_threshold(1)
class A:
def __del__(self):
dir(self)
a = A()
del a
gc.disable()
gc.set_threshold(*thresholds)
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
Jython neither supports disabling/enabling the gc, nor
setting the gc threshold.
''')
def test_del_newclass(self):
# __del__ methods can trigger collection, make this to happen
thresholds = gc.get_threshold()
gc.enable()
gc.set_threshold(1)
class A(object):
def __del__(self):
dir(self)
a = A()
del a
gc.disable()
gc.set_threshold(*thresholds)
# The following two tests are fragile:
# They precisely count the number of allocations,
# which is highly implementation-dependent.
# For example:
# - disposed tuples are not freed, but reused
# - the call to assertEqual somehow avoids building its args tuple
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
Jython does not support to interrogate gc-internal
generation-wise counters.
''')
def test_get_count(self):
# Avoid future allocation of method object
assertEqual = self._baseAssertEqual
gc.collect()
assertEqual(gc.get_count(), (0, 0, 0))
a = dict()
# since gc.collect(), we created two objects:
# the dict, and the tuple returned by get_count()
assertEqual(gc.get_count(), (2, 0, 0))
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
Jython does not support to interrogate gc-internal
generation-wise counters.
''')
def test_collect_generations(self):
# Avoid future allocation of method object
assertEqual = self.assertEqual
gc.collect()
a = dict()
gc.collect(0)
assertEqual(gc.get_count(), (0, 1, 0))
gc.collect(1)
assertEqual(gc.get_count(), (0, 0, 1))
gc.collect(2)
assertEqual(gc.get_count(), (0, 0, 0))
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
While this test passes in Jython, it leads to internal
allocation failures because of the massive referencing
in this test. To keep the JVM-process healthy and to
avoid subsequent failures due to bad conditions caused
by this test, we skip it for now.
''')
def test_trashcan(self):
class Ouch:
n = 0
def __del__(self):
Ouch.n = Ouch.n + 1
if Ouch.n % 17 == 0:
gc.collect()
# "trashcan" is a hack to prevent stack overflow when deallocating
# very deeply nested tuples etc. It works in part by abusing the
# type pointer and refcount fields, and that can yield horrible
# problems when gc tries to traverse the structures.
# If this test fails (as it does in 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2), it will
# most likely die via segfault.
# Note: In 2.3 the possibility for compiling without cyclic gc was
# removed, and that in turn allows the trashcan mechanism to work
# via much simpler means (e.g., it never abuses the type pointer or
# refcount fields anymore). Since it's much less likely to cause a
# problem now, the various constants in this expensive (we force a lot
# of full collections) test are cut back from the 2.2 version.
gc.enable()
N = 150
for count in range(2):
t = []
for i in range(N):
t = [t, Ouch()]
u = []
for i in range(N):
u = [u, Ouch()]
v = {}
for i in range(N):
v = {1: v, 2: Ouch()}
try:
gc.disable()
except NotImplementedError:
#i.e. Jython is running (or other non-CPython interpreter without gc-disabling)
pass
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
Jython does not have a trashcan mechanism.
This test should still not fail but currently does.
This is because the massive referencing in this test brings
sync gc emulation to its limit. Making this more robust is
of no priority for now.
''')
@unittest.skipUnless(threading, "test meaningless on builds without threads")
def test_trashcan_threads(self):
# Issue #13992: trashcan mechanism should be thread-safe
NESTING = 60
N_THREADS = 2
def sleeper_gen():
"""A generator that releases the GIL when closed or dealloc'ed."""
try:
yield
finally:
time.sleep(0.000001)
class C(list):
# Appending to a list is atomic, which avoids the use of a lock.
inits = []
dels = []
def __init__(self, alist):
self[:] = alist
C.inits.append(None)
def __del__(self):
# This __del__ is called by subtype_dealloc().
C.dels.append(None)
# `g` will release the GIL when garbage-collected. This
# helps assert subtype_dealloc's behaviour when threads
# switch in the middle of it.
g = sleeper_gen()
next(g)
# Now that __del__ is finished, subtype_dealloc will proceed
# to call list_dealloc, which also uses the trashcan mechanism.
def make_nested():
"""Create a sufficiently nested container object so that the
trashcan mechanism is invoked when deallocating it."""
x = C([])
for i in range(NESTING):
x = [C([x])]
del x
def run_thread():
"""Exercise make_nested() in a loop."""
while not exit:
make_nested()
old_checkinterval = sys.getcheckinterval()
sys.setcheckinterval(3)
try:
exit = False
threads = []
for i in range(N_THREADS):
t = threading.Thread(target=run_thread)
threads.append(t)
for t in threads:
t.start()
time.sleep(0.01)
exit = True
for t in threads:
t.join()
finally:
pass
sys.setcheckinterval(old_checkinterval)
self.assertEqual(len(C.inits), len(C.dels))
def test_boom(self):
class Boom:
def __getattr__(self, someattribute):
del self.attr
raise AttributeError
a = Boom()
b = Boom()
a.attr = b
b.attr = a
gc.collect()
garbagelen = len(gc.garbage)
del a, b
# a<->b are in a trash cycle now. Collection will invoke
# Boom.__getattr__ (to see whether a and b have __del__ methods), and
# __getattr__ deletes the internal "attr" attributes as a side effect.
# That causes the trash cycle to get reclaimed via refcounts falling to
# 0, thus mutating the trash graph as a side effect of merely asking
# whether __del__ exists. This used to (before 2.3b1) crash Python.
# Now __getattr__ isn't called.
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 4)
self.assertEqual(len(gc.garbage), garbagelen)
def test_boom2(self):
class Boom2:
def __init__(self):
self.x = 0
def __getattr__(self, someattribute):
self.x += 1
if self.x > 1:
del self.attr
raise AttributeError
a = Boom2()
b = Boom2()
a.attr = b
b.attr = a
gc.collect()
garbagelen = len(gc.garbage)
del a, b
# Much like test_boom(), except that __getattr__ doesn't break the
# cycle until the second time gc checks for __del__. As of 2.3b1,
# there isn't a second time, so this simply cleans up the trash cycle.
# We expect a, b, a.__dict__ and b.__dict__ (4 objects) to get
# reclaimed this way.
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 4)
self.assertEqual(len(gc.garbage), garbagelen)
def test_boom_new(self):
# boom__new and boom2_new are exactly like boom and boom2, except use
# new-style classes.
class Boom_New(object):
def __getattr__(self, someattribute):
del self.attr
raise AttributeError
a = Boom_New()
b = Boom_New()
a.attr = b
b.attr = a
gc.collect()
garbagelen = len(gc.garbage)
del a, b
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 4)
self.assertEqual(len(gc.garbage), garbagelen)
def test_boom2_new(self):
class Boom2_New(object):
def __init__(self):
self.x = 0
def __getattr__(self, someattribute):
self.x += 1
if self.x > 1:
del self.attr
raise AttributeError
a = Boom2_New()
b = Boom2_New()
a.attr = b
b.attr = a
gc.collect()
garbagelen = len(gc.garbage)
del a, b
self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 4)
self.assertEqual(len(gc.garbage), garbagelen)
def test_get_referents(self):
alist = [1, 3, 5]
got = gc.get_referents(alist)
got.sort()
self.assertEqual(got, alist)
atuple = tuple(alist)
got = gc.get_referents(atuple)
got.sort()
self.assertEqual(got, alist)
adict = {1: 3, 5: 7}
expected = [1, 3, 5, 7]
got = gc.get_referents(adict)
got.sort()
self.assertEqual(got, expected)
got = gc.get_referents([1, 2], {3: 4}, (0, 0, 0))
got.sort()
self.assertEqual(got, [0, 0] + range(5))
self.assertEqual(gc.get_referents(1, 'a', 4j), [])
def test_is_tracked(self):
# Atomic built-in types are not tracked, user-defined objects and
# mutable containers are.
# NOTE: types with special optimizations (e.g. tuple) have tests
# in their own test files instead.
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(None))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(1))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(1.0))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(1.0 + 5.0j))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(True))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(False))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked("a"))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(u"a"))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(bytearray("a")))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(type))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(int))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(object))
self.assertFalse(gc.is_tracked(object()))
class OldStyle:
pass
class NewStyle(object):
pass
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked(gc))
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked(OldStyle))
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked(OldStyle()))
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked(NewStyle))
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked(NewStyle()))
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked([]))
self.assertTrue(gc.is_tracked(set()))
def test_bug1055820b(self):
# Corresponds to temp2b.py in the bug report.
ouch = []
def callback(ignored):
ouch[:] = [wr() for wr in WRs]
Cs = [C1055820(i) for i in range(2)]
WRs = [weakref.ref(c, callback) for c in Cs]
c = None
gc.collect()
self.assertEqual(len(ouch), 0)
# Make the two instances trash, and collect again. The bug was that
# the callback materialized a strong reference to an instance, but gc
# cleared the instance's dict anyway.
Cs = None
gc.collect()
self.assertEqual(len(ouch), 2) # else the callbacks didn't run
for x in ouch:
# If the callback resurrected one of these guys, the instance
# would be damaged, with an empty __dict__.
self.assertEqual(x, None)
@unittest.skipIf(test_support.is_jython,
'''
GCTogglingTests are neither relevant nor applicable for Jython.
''')
class GCTogglingTests(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
gc.enable()
def tearDown(self):
gc.disable()
def test_bug1055820c(self):
# Corresponds to temp2c.py in the bug report. This is pretty
# elaborate.
c0 = C1055820(0)
# Move c0 into generation 2.
gc.collect()
c1 = C1055820(1)
c1.keep_c0_alive = c0
del c0.loop # now only c1 keeps c0 alive
c2 = C1055820(2)
c2wr = weakref.ref(c2) # no callback!
ouch = []
def callback(ignored):
ouch[:] = [c2wr()]
# The callback gets associated with a wr on an object in generation 2.
c0wr = weakref.ref(c0, callback)
c0 = c1 = c2 = None
# What we've set up: c0, c1, and c2 are all trash now. c0 is in
# generation 2. The only thing keeping it alive is that c1 points to
# it. c1 and c2 are in generation 0, and are in self-loops. There's a
# global weakref to c2 (c2wr), but that weakref has no callback.
# There's also a global weakref to c0 (c0wr), and that does have a
# callback, and that callback references c2 via c2wr().
#
# c0 has a wr with callback, which references c2wr
# ^
# |
# | Generation 2 above dots
#. . . . . . . .|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
# | Generation 0 below dots
# |
# |
# ^->c1 ^->c2 has a wr but no callback
# | | | |
# <--v <--v
#
# So this is the nightmare: when generation 0 gets collected, we see
# that c2 has a callback-free weakref, and c1 doesn't even have a
# weakref. Collecting generation 0 doesn't see c0 at all, and c0 is
# the only object that has a weakref with a callback. gc clears c1
# and c2. Clearing c1 has the side effect of dropping the refcount on
# c0 to 0, so c0 goes away (despite that it's in an older generation)
# and c0's wr callback triggers. That in turn materializes a reference
# to c2 via c2wr(), but c2 gets cleared anyway by gc.
# We want to let gc happen "naturally", to preserve the distinction
# between generations.
junk = []
i = 0
detector = GC_Detector()
while not detector.gc_happened:
i += 1
if i > 10000:
self.fail("gc didn't happen after 10000 iterations")
self.assertEqual(len(ouch), 0)
junk.append([]) # this will eventually trigger gc
self.assertEqual(len(ouch), 1) # else the callback wasn't invoked
for x in ouch:
# If the callback resurrected c2, the instance would be damaged,
# with an empty __dict__.
self.assertEqual(x, None)
def test_bug1055820d(self):
# Corresponds to temp2d.py in the bug report. This is very much like
# test_bug1055820c, but uses a __del__ method instead of a weakref
# callback to sneak in a resurrection of cyclic trash.
ouch = []
class D(C1055820):
def __del__(self):
ouch[:] = [c2wr()]
d0 = D(0)
# Move all the above into generation 2.
gc.collect()
c1 = C1055820(1)
c1.keep_d0_alive = d0
del d0.loop # now only c1 keeps d0 alive
c2 = C1055820(2)
c2wr = weakref.ref(c2) # no callback!
d0 = c1 = c2 = None
# What we've set up: d0, c1, and c2 are all trash now. d0 is in
# generation 2. The only thing keeping it alive is that c1 points to
# it. c1 and c2 are in generation 0, and are in self-loops. There's
# a global weakref to c2 (c2wr), but that weakref has no callback.
# There are no other weakrefs.
#
# d0 has a __del__ method that references c2wr
# ^
# |
# | Generation 2 above dots
#. . . . . . . .|. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
# | Generation 0 below dots
# |
# |
# ^->c1 ^->c2 has a wr but no callback
# | | | |
# <--v <--v
#
# So this is the nightmare: when generation 0 gets collected, we see
# that c2 has a callback-free weakref, and c1 doesn't even have a
# weakref. Collecting generation 0 doesn't see d0 at all. gc clears
# c1 and c2. Clearing c1 has the side effect of dropping the refcount
# on d0 to 0, so d0 goes away (despite that it's in an older
# generation) and d0's __del__ triggers. That in turn materializes
# a reference to c2 via c2wr(), but c2 gets cleared anyway by gc.
# We want to let gc happen "naturally", to preserve the distinction
# between generations.
detector = GC_Detector()
junk = []
i = 0
while not detector.gc_happened:
i += 1
if i > 10000:
self.fail("gc didn't happen after 10000 iterations")
self.assertEqual(len(ouch), 0)
junk.append([]) # this will eventually trigger gc
self.assertEqual(len(ouch), 1) # else __del__ wasn't invoked
for x in ouch:
# If __del__ resurrected c2, the instance would be damaged, with an
# empty __dict__.
self.assertEqual(x, None)
def test_main():
enabled = gc.isenabled()
try:
gc.disable()
assert not gc.isenabled()
except NotImplementedError:
pass
debug = gc.get_debug()
gc.set_debug(debug & ~gc.DEBUG_LEAK) # this test is supposed to leak
try:
gc.collect() # Delete 2nd generation garbage
run_unittest(GCTests, GCTogglingTests)
finally:
gc.set_debug(debug)
# test gc.enable() even if GC is disabled by default
if verbose:
print "restoring automatic collection"
# make sure to always test gc.enable()
gc.enable()
assert gc.isenabled()
if not enabled:
gc.disable()
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()