Python multiprocessing : Killing a process gracefully

Question

Does

import multiprocessing
import schedule


def worker():
     #do some stuff


def sched(argv):
    schedule.every(0.01).minutes.do(worker)          
    while True:
        schedule.run_pending()


processs = []
..
..
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=sched,args)
..
..
processs.append(p)

for p in processs:
    p.terminate()

kills gracefully a list of processes ?

If not what is the simplest way to do it ?

The goal is to reload the configuration file into memory, so I would like to kill all children processes and create others instead, those latter will read the new config file.

Edit : Added more code to explain that I am running a while True loop

Edit : This is the new code after @dano suggestion

def get_config(self):
        from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
..
        return argv

def sched(self, args, event):
#schedule instruction:
        schedule.every(0.01).minutes.do(self.worker,args)
        while not  event.is_set():
                schedule.run_pending()                                                                    

def dispatch_processs(self, conf):
        processs = []
        event = multiprocessing.Event()

        for conf in self.get_config():
                process = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.sched,args=( i for i in conf), kwargs={'event' : event})
                processs.append((process, event)
return processs

def start_process(self, process):
        process.start()

def gracefull_process(self, process):
        process.join()

def main(self):
        while True:
                processs = self.dispatch_processs(self.get_config())
                print ("%s processes running " % len(processs) )

                for process, event in processs:                                                               

                        self.start_process(process)
                        time.sleep(1)
                        event.set()
                        self.gracefull_process(process)

The good thing about the code, is that I can edit config file and the process will reload its config also.

The problem is that only the first process runs and the others are ignored.

Edit : This saved my life , working with while True in schedule() is not a good idea, so I set up refresh_time instead

def sched(self, args, event):

    schedule.every(0.01).minutes.do(self.worker,args)
    for i in range(refresh_time):
            schedule.run_pending() 
            time.sleep(1)

def start_processs(self, processs):
        for p,event in processs:
                if not p.is_alive():
                        p.start()
                time.sleep(1)
                event.set()

        self.gracefull_processs(processs)

def gracefull_processs(self, processs):
        for p,event in processs:
                p.join()
        processs = self.dispatch_processs(self.get_config())
        self.start_processs(processs)

def main(self):

        while True:
                processs = self.dispatch_processs(self.get_config())

                self.start_processs(processs)
                break
        print ("Reloading function main")
        self.main()

Answer 1

If you don't mind only aborting after worker has completed all of its work, its very simple to add a multiprocessing.Event to handle exiting gracefully:

import multiprocessing
import schedule


def worker():
     #do some stuff

def sched(argv, event=None):
    schedule.every(0.01).minutes.do(worker)          
    while not event.is_set():  # Run until we're told to shut down.
        schedule.run_pending()

processes = []
..
..
event = multiprocessing.Event()
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=sched,args, kwargs={'event' : event})
..
..
processes.append((p, event))

# Tell all processes to shut down
for _, event in processes:
    event.set()

# Now actually wait for them to shut down
for p, _ in processes:
    p.join()