10、进程和线程

多进程 #

multiprocessing #

from multiprocessing import Process
import os

# 子进程要执行的代码
def run_proc(name):
    print('Run child process %s (%s)...' % (name, os.getpid()))

if __name__=='__main__':
    print('Parent process %s.' % os.getpid())
    p = Process(target=run_proc, args=('test',))
    print('Child process will start.')
    p.start()
    p.join()
    print('Child process end.')

创建一个Process实例,用start()方法启动,join()方法可以等待子进程结束后再继续往下运行,通常用于进程间的同步。

Pool #

from multiprocessing import Pool
import os, time, random

def long_time_task(name):
    print('Run task %s (%s)...' % (name, os.getpid()))
    start = time.time()
    time.sleep(random.random() * 3)
    end = time.time()
    print('Task %s runs %0.2f seconds.' % (name, (end - start)))

if __name__=='__main__':
    print('Parent process %s.' % os.getpid())
    p = Pool(4)
    for i in range(5):
        p.apply_async(long_time_task, args=(i,))
    print('Waiting for all subprocesses done...')
    p.close()
    p.join()
    print('All subprocesses done.')

Pool对象调用join()方法会等待所有子进程执行完毕,调用join()之前必须先调用close(),调用close()之后就不能继续添加新的Process了。

Pool的默认大小是CPU的核数。

子进程 #

subprocess模块可以让我们非常方便地启动一个子进程,然后控制其输入和输出。

import subprocess

print('$ nslookup www.python.org')
r = subprocess.call(['nslookup', 'www.python.org'])
print('Exit code:', r)

# 如果子进程还需要输入,则可以通过`communicate()`方法输入
print('$ nslookup')
p = subprocess.Popen(['nslookup'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
output, err = p.communicate(b'set q=mx\npython.org\nexit\n')
print(output.decode('utf-8'))
print('Exit code:', p.returncode)

上面的代码相当于在命令行执行命令nslookup,然后手动输入:

set q=mx
python.org
exit

进程间通信 #

Python的multiprocessing模块包装了底层的机制,提供了QueuePipes等多种方式来交换数据。

from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
import os, time, random

# 写数据进程执行的代码:
def write(q):
    print('Process to write: %s' % os.getpid())
    for value in ['A', 'B', 'C']:
        print('Put %s to queue...' % value)
        q.put(value)
        time.sleep(random.random())

# 读数据进程执行的代码:
def read(q):
    print('Process to read: %s' % os.getpid())
    while True:
        value = q.get(True)
        print('Get %s from queue.' % value)

if __name__=='__main__':
    # 父进程创建Queue,并传给各个子进程:
    q = Queue()
    pw = Process(target=write, args=(q,))
    pr = Process(target=read, args=(q,))
    # 启动子进程pw,写入:
    pw.start()
    # 启动子进程pr,读取:
    pr.start()
    # 等待pw结束:
    pw.join()
    # pr进程里是死循环,无法等待其结束,只能强行终止:
    pr.terminate()

多线程 #

Python的线程是真正的Posix Thread,而不是模拟出来的线程。

Python的标准库提供了两个模块:_threadthreading_thread是低级模块,threading是高级模块,对_thread进行了封装。绝大多数情况下,我们只需要使用threading这个高级模块。

启动一个线程就是把一个函数传入并创建Thread实例,然后调用start()开始执行:

import time, threading

# 新线程执行的代码:
def loop():
    print('thread %s is running...' % threading.current_thread().name)
    n = 0
    while n < 5:
        n = n + 1
        print('thread %s >>> %s' % (threading.current_thread().name, n))
        time.sleep(1)
    print('thread %s ended.' % threading.current_thread().name)

print('thread %s is running...' % threading.current_thread().name)
t = threading.Thread(target=loop, name='LoopThread')
t.start()
t.join()
print('thread %s ended.' % threading.current_thread().name)

Lock #

balance = 0
# 创建锁
lock = threading.Lock()

def run_thread(n):
    for i in range(100000):
        # 先要获取锁:
        lock.acquire()
        try:
            # 放心地改吧:
            change_it(n)
        finally:
            # 改完了一定要释放锁:
            lock.release()

多核CPU #

多线程在Python中只能交替执行,即使100个线程跑在100核CPU上,也只能用到1个核,因为有一个GIL全局锁。

ThreadLocal #

import threading

# 创建全局ThreadLocal对象:
local_school = threading.local()

def process_student():
    # 获取当前线程关联的student:
    std = local_school.student
    print('Hello, %s (in %s)' % (std, threading.current_thread().name))

def process_thread(name):
    # 绑定ThreadLocal的student:
    local_school.student = name
    process_student()

t1 = threading.Thread(target= process_thread, args=('Alice',), name='Thread-A')
t2 = threading.Thread(target= process_thread, args=('Bob',), name='Thread-B')
t1.start()
t2.start()
t1.join()
t2.join()

全局变量local_school就是一个ThreadLocal对象,每个Thread对它都可以读写student属性,但互不影响。你可以把local_school看成全局变量,但每个属性如local_school.student都是线程的局部变量,可以任意读写而互不干扰,也不用管理锁的问题,ThreadLocal内部会处理。

分布式进程 #

# task_master.py
import random, time, queue
from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager

# 发送任务的队列:
task_queue = queue.Queue()
# 接收结果的队列:
result_queue = queue.Queue()

def r_task_queue():
    return task_queue

def r_result_queue():
    return result_queue

# 从BaseManager继承的QueueManager:
class QueueManager(BaseManager):
    pass


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # 把两个Queue都注册到网络上, callable参数关联了Queue对象:
    QueueManager.register('get_task_queue', callable=r_task_queue)
    QueueManager.register('get_result_queue', callable=r_result_queue)
    # 绑定端口5000, 设置验证码'abc':
    manager = QueueManager(address=('127.0.0.1', 5000), authkey=b'abc')
    # 启动Queue:
    manager.start()
    # 获得通过网络访问的Queue对象:
    task = manager.get_task_queue()
    result = manager.get_result_queue()
    # 放几个任务进去:
    for i in range(10):
        n = random.randint(0, 10000)
        print('Put task %d...' % n)
        task.put(n)
    # 从result队列读取结果:
    print('Try get results...')
    for i in range(10):
        r = result.get(timeout=10)
        print('Result: %s' % r)
    # 关闭:
    manager.shutdown()
    print('master exit.')
    
#######################################################

# task_worker.py
import time, sys, queue
from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager

# 创建类似的QueueManager:
class QueueManager(BaseManager):
    pass

# 由于这个QueueManager只从网络上获取Queue,所以注册时只提供名字:
QueueManager.register('get_task_queue')
QueueManager.register('get_result_queue')

# 连接到服务器,也就是运行task_master.py的机器:
server_addr = '127.0.0.1'
print('Connect to server %s...' % server_addr)
# 端口和验证码注意保持与task_master.py设置的完全一致:
m = QueueManager(address=(server_addr, 5000), authkey=b'abc')
# 从网络连接:
m.connect()
# 获取Queue的对象:
task = m.get_task_queue()
result = m.get_result_queue()
# 从task队列取任务,并把结果写入result队列:
for i in range(10):
    try:
        n = task.get(timeout=1)
        print('run task %d * %d...' % (n, n))
        r = '%d * %d = %d' % (n, n, n*n)
        time.sleep(1)
        result.put(r)
    except Queue.Empty:
        print('task queue is empty.')
# 处理结束:
print('worker exit.')