changeset:   94783:cdac249808a8
parent:      94781:de6d278c432a
parent:      94782:b5e9ddbdd4a7
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Sat Feb 28 12:45:00 2015 +0200
files:       Lib/subprocess.py Lib/test/test_subprocess.py Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #21619: Popen objects no longer leave a zombie after exit in the with
statement if the pipe was broken.  Patch by Martin Panter.


diff -r de6d278c432a -r cdac249808a8 Lib/subprocess.py
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py	Fri Feb 27 16:59:29 2015 -0800
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py	Sat Feb 28 12:45:00 2015 +0200
@@ -892,10 +892,12 @@
             self.stdout.close()
         if self.stderr:
             self.stderr.close()
-        if self.stdin:
-            self.stdin.close()
-        # Wait for the process to terminate, to avoid zombies.
-        self.wait()
+        try:  # Flushing a BufferedWriter may raise an error
+            if self.stdin:
+                self.stdin.close()
+        finally:
+            # Wait for the process to terminate, to avoid zombies.
+            self.wait()
 
     def __del__(self, _maxsize=sys.maxsize):
         if not self._child_created:
diff -r de6d278c432a -r cdac249808a8 Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Fri Feb 27 16:59:29 2015 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Sat Feb 28 12:45:00 2015 +0200
@@ -2502,6 +2502,21 @@
                                   stderr=subprocess.PIPE) as proc:
                 pass
 
+    def test_broken_pipe_cleanup(self):
+        """Broken pipe error should not prevent wait() (Issue 21619)"""
+        proc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
+                "import sys;"
+                "sys.stdin.close();"
+                "sys.stdout.close();"  # Signals that input pipe is closed
+        ], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        proc.stdout.read()  # Make sure subprocess has closed its input
+        proc.stdin.write(b"buffered data")
+        self.assertIsNone(proc.returncode)
+        self.assertRaises(BrokenPipeError, proc.__exit__, None, None, None)
+        self.assertEqual(0, proc.returncode)
+        self.assertTrue(proc.stdin.closed)
+        self.assertTrue(proc.stdout.closed)
+
 
 def test_main():
     unit_tests = (ProcessTestCase,
diff -r de6d278c432a -r cdac249808a8 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Fri Feb 27 16:59:29 2015 -0800
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Sat Feb 28 12:45:00 2015 +0200
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #21619: Popen objects no longer leave a zombie after exit in the with
+  statement if the pipe was broken.  Patch by Martin Panter.
+
 - Issue #15955: Add an option to limit the output size in bz2.decompress().
   Patch by Nikolaus Rath.