Issue 1124637: test_subprocess is far too slow (original) (raw)

Created on 2005-02-17 11:10 by mwh, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (10)
msg24321 - (view) Author: Michael Hudson (mwh) (Python committer) Date: 2005-02-17 11:10
test_subprocess takes multiple minutes. I'm pretty sure it's "test_no_leaking". It should either be sped up or only tested when some -u argument is passed to regrtest.
msg24322 - (view) Author: Peter Åstrand (astrand) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-02-17 11:50
Logged In: YES user_id=344921 Tell me a bit about your type of OS and hardware. On my machine (P4 2.66 GHz with Linux), the test takes 28 seconds.
msg24323 - (view) Author: Michael Hudson (mwh) (Python committer) Date: 2005-02-17 12:09
Logged In: YES user_id=6656 Bog standard linux pc -- p3 933, 384 megs of ram. "$ time ./python ../Lib/test/regrtest.py test_subprocess" reports 2 minutes 7. This is a debug build, a release build might be quicker. A run of the entire test suite takes a hair over nine minutes, so 20-odd % of the time seems to be test_subprocess. It also takes ages on my old-ish ibook (600 Mhz G3, also 384 megs of ram), but that's at home and I can't time it.
msg24324 - (view) Author: Anthony Baxter (anthonybaxter) (Python triager) Date: 2005-02-17 13:16
Logged In: YES user_id=29957 I'm with mwh. This test should be enabled with an option - I'd noticed that test_subprocess took a long time, but hadn't bothered to track it down. Before releases (and at other times) I always try to make sure that I run 'make testall', but for day-to-day use, this is too slow.
msg24325 - (view) Author: Tim Peters (tim.peters) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-02-17 15:13
Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Peculiar -- test_subprocess takes about 8 seconds on my WinXP box release build, about 10 seconds debug build, and Windows is notorious for slow process creation. That's a zippy 3.4 GHz P4, but clock rate alone can't account for such a large speed difference.
msg24326 - (view) Author: Peter Åstrand (astrand) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-02-17 15:17
Logged In: YES user_id=344921 tim_one: test_subprocess only creates 65 processes on Windows, compared to 1026 for UNIX.
msg24327 - (view) Author: Peter Åstrand (astrand) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-03-03 20:53
Logged In: YES user_id=344921 Fixed in HEAD revisions: regrtest.py: 1.166 1.19 Fixed in 2.4 revisions: regrtest.py: 1.165.2.1 test_subprocess.py: 1.15.2.2
msg24328 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-03-03 20:54
Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Shouldn't it be closed then?
msg24329 - (view) Author: Peter Åstrand (astrand) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-03-03 20:58
Logged In: YES user_id=344921 Forgot to close.
msg24330 - (view) Author: Michael Hudson (mwh) (Python committer) Date: 2005-03-04 10:17
Logged In: YES user_id=6656 Thank you!
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:09 admin set github: 41590
2005-02-17 11:10:13 mwh create