Function run_test_in_subprocess

src/transformers/testing_utils.py:2780–2820

To run a test in a subprocess. In particular, this can avoid (GPU) memory issue. Args: test_case (`unittest.TestCase`): The test that will run `target_func`. target_func (`Callable`): The function implementing the actual testing logic. inputs

(test_case, target_func, inputs=None, timeout=None)

def run_test_in_subprocess(test_case, target_func, inputs=None, timeout=None):
    """
    To run a test in a subprocess. In particular, this can avoid (GPU) memory issue.

    Args:
        test_case (`unittest.TestCase`):
            The test that will run `target_func`.
        target_func (`Callable`):
            The function implementing the actual testing logic.
        inputs (`dict`, *optional*, defaults to `None`):
            The inputs that will be passed to `target_func` through an (input) queue.
        timeout (`int`, *optional*, defaults to `None`):
            The timeout (in seconds) that will be passed to the input and output queues. If not specified, the env.
            variable `PYTEST_TIMEOUT` will be checked. If still `None`, its value will be set to `600`.
    """
    if timeout is None:
        timeout = int(os.environ.get("PYTEST_TIMEOUT", "600"))

    start_methohd = "spawn"
    ctx = multiprocessing.get_context(start_methohd)

    input_queue = ctx.Queue(1)
    output_queue = ctx.JoinableQueue(1)

    # We can't send `unittest.TestCase` to the child, otherwise we get issues regarding pickle.
    input_queue.put(inputs, timeout=timeout)

    process = ctx.Process(target=target_func, args=(input_queue, output_queue, timeout))
    process.start()
    # Kill the child process if we can't get outputs from it in time: otherwise, the hanging subprocess prevents
    # the test to exit properly.
    try:
        results = output_queue.get(timeout=timeout)
        output_queue.task_done()
    except Exception as e:
        process.terminate()
        test_case.fail(e)
    process.join(timeout=timeout)

    if results["error"] is not None:
        test_case.fail(f"{results['error']}")


def run_test_using_subprocess(func):