bpo-30301: Fix AttributeError when using SimpleQueue.empty() under *spawn* and *forkserver* start methods

Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py

@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ def __getstate__(self):
 
     def __setstate__(self, state):
         (self._reader, self._writer, self._rlock, self._wlock) = state
+        self._poll = self._reader.poll
 
     def get(self):
         with self._rlock:

Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py

@@ -3958,6 +3958,42 @@ def test_semaphore_tracker(self):
         self.assertRegex(err, expected)
         self.assertRegex(err, r'semaphore_tracker: %r: \[Errno' % name1)
 
+class TestSimpleQueue(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _test_empty(cls, queue, child_can_start, parent_can_continue):
+        child_can_start.wait()
+        # issue 30301, could fail under spawn and forkserver
+        try:
+            queue.put(queue.empty())
+            queue.put(queue.empty())
+        finally:
+            parent_can_continue.set()
+
+    def test_empty(self):
+        queue = multiprocessing.SimpleQueue()
+        child_can_start = multiprocessing.Event()
+        parent_can_continue = multiprocessing.Event()
+
+        proc = multiprocessing.Process(
+            target=self._test_empty,
+            args=(queue, child_can_start, parent_can_continue)
+        )
+        proc.daemon = True
+        proc.start()
+
+        self.assertTrue(queue.empty())
+
+        child_can_start.set()
+        parent_can_continue.wait()
+
+        self.assertFalse(queue.empty())
+        self.assertEqual(queue.get(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(queue.get(), False)
+        self.assertTrue(queue.empty())
+
+        proc.join()
+
 #
 # Mixins
 #

Misc/NEWS

@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- bpo-30301: Fix AttributeError when using SimpleQueue.empty() under
+  *spawn* and *forkserver* start methods.
+
 - bpo-30375: Warnings emitted when compile a regular expression now always
   point to the line in the user code.  Previously they could point into inners
   of the re module if emitted from inside of groups or conditionals.