micropython/tests/thread/stress_heap.py

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# stress test for the heap by allocating lots of objects within threads
# allocates about 5mb on the heap
#
# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
import _thread
def last(l):
return l[-1]
def thread_entry(n):
# allocate a bytearray and fill it
data = bytearray(i for i in range(256))
# run a loop which allocates a small list and uses it each iteration
lst = 8 * [0]
sum = 0
for i in range(n):
sum += last(lst)
lst = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, i + 1]
# check that the bytearray still has the right data
for i, b in enumerate(data):
assert i == b
# print the result of the loop and indicate we are finished
with lock:
print(sum, lst[-1])
global n_finished
n_finished += 1
lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
n_thread = 10
n_finished = 0
# spawn threads
for i in range(n_thread):
_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (10000,))
# busy wait for threads to finish
while n_finished < n_thread:
pass