From: Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) <greg@krypto.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 19:30:34 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Add a note about queue not being safe for use from signal handlers.
X-Git-Tag: v3.6.0b1~185^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cb3f2c8f97d38385fb4672d52b18f4bbbf207348;p=python

Add a note about queue not being safe for use from signal handlers.
issue14976.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/queue.rst b/Doc/library/queue.rst
index 1cb0935377..f80385270b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/queue.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/queue.rst
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ Example of how to wait for enqueued tasks to be completed::
         t.join()
 
 
+.. note::
+
+   The :mod:`queue` module is not safe for use from :mod:`signal` handlers as
+   it uses :mod:`threading` locks.
+
 .. seealso::
 
    Class :class:`multiprocessing.Queue`