circuitpython/tests/thread/thread_gc1.py
Damien George b070765427 tests/thread: Allow thread tests to pass with the native emitter.
The native emitter will not release/bounce the GIL when running code, so
if it runs tight loops then no other threads get a chance to run (if the
GIL is enabled).  So for the thread tests, explicitly include a call to
`time.sleep(0)` (or equivalent) to bounce the GIL and give other threads a
chance to run.

For some tests (eg `thread_coop.py`) the whole point of the test is to test
that the GIL is correctly bounced.  So for those cases force the use of the
bytecode emitter for the busy functions.

Signed-off-by: Damien George <damien@micropython.org>
2025-07-23 11:37:00 +10:00

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# test that we can run the garbage collector within threads
#
# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
import time
import gc
import _thread
def thread_entry(n):
# allocate a bytearray and fill it
data = bytearray(i for i in range(256))
# do some work and call gc.collect() a few times
for i in range(n):
for i in range(len(data)):
data[i] = data[i]
gc.collect()
# check whether the data remains intact and indicate we are finished
with lock:
global n_correct, n_finished
n_correct += list(data) == list(range(256))
n_finished += 1
lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
n_thread = 0
n_thread_max = 4
n_correct = 0
n_finished = 0
# spawn threads
for _ in range(n_thread_max):
try:
_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (10,))
n_thread += 1
except OSError:
# System cannot create a new thead, so stop trying to create them.
break
# also run the function on this main thread
thread_entry(10)
n_thread += 1
# busy wait for threads to finish
while n_finished < n_thread:
time.sleep(0)
print(n_correct == n_finished)