bpo-37421: multiprocessing tests call _run_finalizers() (GH-14527)

miss-islington · vstinner · web-flow · commit 632cb36084dc · 2019-07-02T04:58:05.000-07:00
multiprocessing tests now call explicitly _run_finalizers() to remove immediately temporary directories created by multiprocessing.util.get_temp_dir(). (cherry picked from commit 039fb49) Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -5651,6 +5651,9 @@ def tearDownModule():
         if need_sleep:
             time.sleep(0.5)
         multiprocessing.process._cleanup()
+        # bpo-37421: Explicitly call _run_finalizers() to remove immediately
+        # temporary directories created by multiprocessing.util.get_temp_dir().
+        multiprocessing.util._run_finalizers()
         test.support.gc_collect()
 
     remote_globs['setUpModule'] = setUpModule
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-07-01-19-57-26.bpo-37421.NFH1f0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-07-01-19-57-26.bpo-37421.NFH1f0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+multiprocessing tests now explicitly call ``_run_finalizers()`` to
+immediately remove temporary directories created by tests.

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	`1`	+multiprocessing tests now explicitly call ``_run_finalizers()`` to
	`2`	`+immediately remove temporary directories created by tests.`