Use forkserver on Unix and Python 3

.travis.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ install:
   # Install dependencies
   - conda create -q -n test-environment python=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION
   - source activate test-environment
-  - conda install -q pytest pytest-timeout coverage tornado toolz dill futures dask ipywidgets psutil bokeh requests joblib mock ipykernel jupyter_client h5py netcdf4
+  - conda install -q pytest pytest-timeout coverage tornado toolz dill futures dask ipywidgets psutil bokeh requests joblib mock ipykernel jupyter_client h5py netcdf4 lz4 paramiko
   - |
     if [[ $HDFS == true ]]; then
         conda install -q libxml2 krb5 boost
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ install:
   - python setup.py install
 
 script:
+    - export PYTEST_OPTIONS="--verbose -r s --timeout-method=thread --timeout=300"
     - |
       if [[ $HDFS == true ]]; then
-        py.test distributed/tests/test_hdfs.py --verbose -r s --timeout-method=thread --timeout=30
+        py.test distributed/tests/test_hdfs.py $PYTEST_OPTIONS
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
             # Diagnose test error
             echo "--"
@@ -75,9 +76,9 @@ script:
             (exit 1)
         fi
       elif [[ $COVERAGE == true ]]; then
-        coverage run $(which py.test) distributed -m "not avoid_travis" --verbose;
+        coverage run $(which py.test) distributed -m "not avoid_travis" $PYTEST_OPTIONS;
       else
-        py.test -m "not avoid_travis" distributed --verbose;
+        py.test -m "not avoid_travis" distributed $PYTEST_OPTIONS;
       fi;
 
 after_success:

distributed/bokeh/application.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import atexit
 import json
 import logging
-import multiprocessing
 import os
 import socket
 import sys

distributed/cli/dask_scheduler.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import atexit
 import json
 import logging
-import multiprocessing
 import os
 import socket
 import subprocess

distributed/nanny.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import json
 import logging
-from multiprocessing import Process, Queue, queues
+from multiprocessing.queues import Empty
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from .compatibility import JSONDecodeError
 from .core import Server, rpc, write, RPCClosed
 from .protocol import to_serialize
-from .utils import get_ip, ignoring, log_errors, tmpfile
+from .utils import get_ip, ignoring, log_errors, mp_context, tmpfile
 from .worker import _ncores, Worker, run, TOTAL_MEMORY
 
 nanny_environment = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
@@ -190,13 +190,14 @@ def instantiate(self, stream=None, environment=None):
                         except JSONDecodeError:
                             yield gen.sleep(0.01)
             else:
-                q = Queue()
-                self.process = Process(target=run_worker_fork,
-                                       args=(q, self.ip, self.scheduler.ip,
-                                             self.scheduler.port, self.ncores,
-                                             self.port, self._given_worker_port,
-                                             self.local_dir, self.services, self.name,
-                                             self.memory_limit, self.reconnect))
+                q = mp_context.Queue()
+                self.process = mp_context.Process(
+                    target=run_worker_fork,
+                    args=(q, self.ip, self.scheduler.ip,
+                          self.scheduler.port, self.ncores,
+                          self.port, self._given_worker_port,
+                          self.local_dir, self.services, self.name,
+                          self.memory_limit, self.reconnect))
                 self.process.daemon = True
                 self.process.start()
                 while True:
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ def instantiate(self, stream=None, environment=None):
                         self.worker_dir = msg['dir']
                         assert self.worker_port
                         break
-                    except queues.Empty:
+                    except Empty:
                         yield gen.sleep(0.1)
 
             logger.info("Nanny %s:%d starts worker process %s:%d",

distributed/tests/test_client.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from concurrent.futures import CancelledError
 from datetime import timedelta
 import itertools
-from multiprocessing import Process
 import os
 import pickle
 from random import random, choice
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@
         temp_default_client, get_restrictions)
 from distributed.scheduler import Scheduler, KilledWorker
 from distributed.sizeof import sizeof
-from distributed.utils import sync, tmp_text, ignoring, tokey, All
+from distributed.utils import sync, tmp_text, ignoring, tokey, All, mp_context
 from distributed.utils_test import (cluster, slow, slowinc, slowadd, randominc,
         loop, inc, dec, div, throws, gen_cluster, gen_test, double, deep)
 
@@ -1614,7 +1613,7 @@ def long_running_client_connection(ip, port):
 
 @gen_cluster()
 def test_cleanup_after_broken_client_connection(s, a, b):
-    proc = Process(target=long_running_client_connection, args=(s.ip, s.port))
+    proc = mp_context.Process(target=long_running_client_connection, args=(s.ip, s.port))
     proc.daemon = True
     proc.start()
 

distributed/tests/test_core.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
 
 from functools import partial
-from multiprocessing import Process
 import socket
 from time import time
 
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
         coerce_to_rpc, send_recv, coerce_to_address, ConnectionPool)
 from distributed.utils_test import slow, loop, gen_test
 
+
 def test_server(loop):
     @gen.coroutine
     def f():