1 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index 70ecc54bfe..d49e9c68c8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -3110,6 +3110,14 @@ class _TestFinalize(BaseTestCase):
 
     ALLOWED_TYPES = ('processes',)
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.registry_backup = util._finalizer_registry.copy()
+        util._finalizer_registry.clear()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.assertFalse(util._finalizer_registry)
+        util._finalizer_registry.update(self.registry_backup)
+
     @classmethod
     def _test_finalize(cls, conn):
         class Foo(object):
@@ -3159,6 +3167,61 @@ class _TestFinalize(BaseTestCase):
         result = [obj for obj in iter(conn.recv, 'STOP')]
         self.assertEqual(result, ['a', 'b', 'd10', 'd03', 'd02', 'd01', 'e'])
 
+    def test_thread_safety(self):
+        # bpo-24484: _run_finalizers() should be thread-safe
+        def cb():
+            pass
+
+        class Foo(object):
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.ref = self  # create reference cycle
+                # insert finalizer at random key
+                util.Finalize(self, cb, exitpriority=random.randint(1, 100))
+
+        finish = False
+        exc = None
+
+        def run_finalizers():
+            nonlocal exc
+            while not finish:
+                time.sleep(random.random() * 1e-1)
+                try:
+                    # A GC run will eventually happen during this,
+                    # collecting stale Foo's and mutating the registry
+                    util._run_finalizers()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    exc = e
+
+        def make_finalizers():
+            nonlocal exc
+            d = {}
+            while not finish:
+                try:
+                    # Old Foo's get gradually replaced and later
+                    # collected by the GC (because of the cyclic ref)
+                    d[random.getrandbits(5)] = {Foo() for i in range(10)}
+                except Exception as e:
+                    exc = e
+                    d.clear()
+
+        old_interval = sys.getswitchinterval()
+        old_threshold = gc.get_threshold()
+        try:
+            sys.setswitchinterval(1e-6)
+            gc.set_threshold(5, 5, 5)
+            threads = [threading.Thread(target=run_finalizers),
+                       threading.Thread(target=make_finalizers)]
+            with test.support.start_threads(threads):
+                time.sleep(4.0)  # Wait a bit to trigger race condition
+                finish = True
+            if exc is not None:
+                raise exc
+        finally:
+            sys.setswitchinterval(old_interval)
+            gc.set_threshold(*old_threshold)
+            gc.collect()  # Collect remaining Foo's
+
+
 #
 # Test that from ... import * works for each module
 #