popen_helper.py

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"""Helper file for running the async data generation process in OSS."""

import contextlib
import multiprocessing
import multiprocessing.pool


def get_forkpool(num_workers, init_worker=None, closing=True):
  pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes=num_workers, initializer=init_worker)
  return contextlib.closing(pool) if closing else pool


def get_threadpool(num_workers, init_worker=None, closing=True):
  pool = multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool(processes=num_workers,
                                         initializer=init_worker)
  return contextlib.closing(pool) if closing else pool