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@nvictus nvictus commented Dec 19, 2024

The default start method for multiprocessing will change from "fork" to "spawn" on all platforms: https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods

This PR uses contexts to keep the current fork behavior until we decide to migrate to spawn or refactor further. cc @mimakaev

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nvictus commented Dec 19, 2024

Well, this obviously fails on Windows, which can't fork...

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nvictus commented Dec 21, 2024

I implemented accessors for the reusable global multiprocessing state used by the cooler CLI. They are initialized on first access. It creates a context with "fork" on Unix/MacOS and "spawn" in Windows, but the method can be overridden with an environment variable COOLER_DEFAULT_MP_METHOD.

This has the benefit that multiprocessing objects won't be constructed if only the cooler API is used, as in #329 where multiprocessing synchronization primitives are not available on AWS lambda. cc @pkerpedjiev

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@nvictus nvictus changed the title Set multiprocessing fork method explicitly through context Set multiprocessing start method explicitly through context Dec 21, 2024
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