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authorRichard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com>2012-11-15 18:16:35 +0000
committerRichard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com>2012-11-15 18:16:35 +0000
commit021f4c2ecca4e65755fc39b01b7819df8dd9993f (patch)
treebbc2c8080093d698addfe3b358fb4b82b0ca7e6e
parente2cf03e499c64fc51a46356169642add4890f33e (diff)
downloadcpython-git-021f4c2ecca4e65755fc39b01b7819df8dd9993f.tar.gz
Issue #16481: multiprocessing no longer leaks process handles on Windows.
-rw-r--r--Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
index af6580dc5d..c5501a2f75 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ else:
self.returncode = None
self._handle = hp
self.sentinel = int(hp)
+ util.Finalize(self, _winapi.CloseHandle, (self.sentinel,))
# send information to child
Popen._tls.process_handle = int(hp)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2c165e0847..9e456057c6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #16481: multiprocessing no longer leaks process handles on Windows.
+
- Issue #16140: The subprocess module no longer double closes its child
subprocess.PIPE parent file descriptors on child error prior to exec().