Global variables problem

[Matteo Landi]

Usually, modify global variables in a multi-thread/multi-process
scenario is not the right to operate: you better re-implement your
solution in a way that the shared resource is either protected with
synchronized objects or accessed by a single thread/process (and in
this case,  it won't be a shared resource anymore).

Think about the the needs of the shared resources: in this extremely
simple example, you can see that the increment of the session number
could be done by the server before spawning the child, but obviously
this is not a real scenario.

If you can't give up with shared resources, I recommend you to create
a synchronized object owned by the server but shared with the children
(take a look at the args keywords of the Process constructor).

Regards.

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Navkirat Singh <navkirats at gmail.com> wrote:
>  : (
> False alarm, the earlier solution breaks multiprocessing. Whats happening
> here is the child needs to change a variable in the parent process, So I
> think I am looking at shared memory (maybe). Any suggestions?
> Regards,
> Nav
>
>
> On 04-Aug-2010, at 12:41 PM, Navkirat Singh wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot guys !!
> I solved the problem:
> In the lines:
>>>
>>> new_process = process(target=newprocess)
>>>                        new_process.start()
>
> The target=newprocess is pointing towards a variable, instead of a function.
> So, appending a () will make it goto that function, thereby changing the
> global variable : )
> Thanks,
> Nav
>
> On 04-Aug-2010, at 11:42 AM, Daniel da Silva wrote:
>
> Your problem lies somewhere in the use of the Process class, not with global
> variables.
>
> If you replace your "p = ..." and "p.start()" lines with a direct call to
> self.handle_connection(), your code works as expected. I don't know much
> about the multiprocessing module, so I can't really comment on what you're
> doing wrong, but I hope this points you in the right direction.
>
> Sorry I couldn't be of more help,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Navkirat Singh <navkirats at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 04-Aug-2010, at 9:46 AM, Daniel da Silva wrote:
>>
>> Please post approximate code that actually works and displays the problem.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Navkirat Singh <navkirats at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>> I am using a multiprocessing program, where the new process is supposed
>>> to change a variable in the main class that it branches out from. This is
>>> somehow not working, following is an approximate code. Would really
>>> appreciate any insight into this matter:
>>>
>>>
>>> var = {}
>>>
>>> class Something():
>>>
>>>        def set_var(self):
>>>                global var
>>>                var = somevalue
>>>
>>>        def get_var(self):
>>>                return var
>>>
>>>        def newprocess(self):
>>>                self.set_var()
>>>
>>>        def do_multiprocessing(self):
>>>                while true:
>>>                        self.get_var()
>>>                        new_process = process(target=newprocess)
>>>                        new_process.start()
>>>
>>>
>>> I am really confused here !
>>>
>>> Any help would be awesome : )
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nav
>>>
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>>
>>
>> This is a working code, streamlined, but it is where the problem is:
>> from multiprocessing import *
>> dicts = 0
>> print('global ', dicts)
>> class WebServer():
>> def set_sessionInfo(self):
>> global dicts
>> dicts = dicts + 1
>> def get_sessionInfo(self):
>> return dicts
>> def handle_connection(self):
>> self.set_sessionInfo()
>> def serve_forever(self):
>> for x in range(10):
>> p = Process(target=self.handle_connection)
>> p.start()
>> print(self.get_sessionInfo())
>> ws = WebServer()
>> ws.serve_forever()
>> print(dicts)
>>
>
>
>
>
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