import time from multiprocessing import Process, Value, Lock class Counter(object): def __init__(self, initval=0): self.val = Value('i', initval) self.lock = Lock() def increment(self): with self.lock: self.val.value += 1 def value(self): with self.lock: return self.val.value def func(counter): for i in range(50): time.sleep(0.01) counter.increment() if __name__ == '__main__': counter = Counter(0) procs = [Process(target=func, args=(counter,)) for i in range(10)] for p in procs: p.start() for p in procs: p.join() print (counter.value())