[2.7] bpo-29519: weakref spewing exceptions during interp finalization

Lib/weakref.py

@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ def __init__(*args, **kw):
         args = args[1:]
         if len(args) > 1:
             raise TypeError('expected at most 1 arguments, got %d' % len(args))
-        def remove(wr, selfref=ref(self)):
+        def remove(wr, selfref=ref(self), _atomic_removal=_remove_dead_weakref):
             self = selfref()
             if self is not None:
                 if self._iterating:
                     self._pending_removals.append(wr.key)
                 else:
                     # Atomic removal is necessary since this function
                     # can be called asynchronously by the GC
-                    _remove_dead_weakref(self.data, wr.key)
+                    _atomic_removal(self.data, wr.key)
         self._remove = remove
         # A list of keys to be removed
         self._pending_removals = []

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-07-31-19-32-57.bpo-29519._j1awg.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix weakref spewing exceptions during interpreter shutdown when used with a
+rare combination of multiprocessing and custom codecs.