auto-t: hostapd.py: properly implement singleton (per-config)

This shouldn't change any functionality but it is much more convenient
in the cleanup path i.e. nothing special needs to be done.

autotests/util/hostapd.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import socket
 import select
 import time
 from gi.repository import GLib
+from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 from config import ctx
 
 chan_freq_map = [
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ ctrl_count = 0
 mainloop = GLib.MainLoop()
 
 class HostapdCLI(object):
-    _instances = {}
+    _instances = WeakValueDictionary()
 
     def __new__(cls, config=None, *args, **kwargs):
         hapd = ctx.hostapd[config]
@@ -38,8 +39,10 @@ class HostapdCLI(object):
             config = hapd.config
 
         if not config in cls._instances.keys():
-            cls._instances[config] = object.__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+            obj = object.__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
-            cls._instances[config]._initialized = False
+            obj._initialized = False
+
+            cls._instances[config] = obj
 
         return cls._instances[config]
 
@@ -123,13 +126,6 @@ class HostapdCLI(object):
         except:
             pass
 
-        HostapdCLI._instances[self.config] = None
-
-        # Check if this is the final instance
-        destroy = len([hapd for hapd in HostapdCLI._instances.values() if hapd is not None]) == 0
-        if destroy:
-            HostapdCLI._instances = {}
-
     def set_value(self, key, value):
         cmd = self.cmdline + ['set', key, value]
         ctx.start_process(cmd).wait()

tools/test-runner

@@ -541,13 +541,6 @@ class Hostapd:
 		except:
 			print("Failed to remove %s" % self.global_ctrl_iface)
 
-		for hapd in self.instances:
-			if not hapd.cli:
-				continue
-
-			hapd.cli._instances[hapd.config] = None
-			hapd.cli = None
-
 		self.instances = None
 
 		# Hostapd may have already been stopped