Fixes issue #14396: Handle the odd rare case of waitpid returning 0

when not expected in subprocess.Popen.wait().

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 57cc1a4..296613a 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1509,9 +1509,13 @@ class Popen(object):
                         raise TimeoutExpired(self.args, timeout)
                     delay = min(delay * 2, remaining, .05)
                     time.sleep(delay)
-            elif self.returncode is None:
-                (pid, sts) = self._try_wait(0)
-                self._handle_exitstatus(sts)
+            else:
+                while self.returncode is None:
+                    (pid, sts) = self._try_wait(0)
+                    # Check the pid and loop as waitpid has been known to return
+                    # 0 even without WNOHANG in odd situations.  issue14396.
+                    if pid == self.pid:
+                        self._handle_exitstatus(sts)
             return self.returncode
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 44e0da2..dea9c8a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #14396: Handle the odd rare case of waitpid returning 0 when not
+  expected in subprocess.Popen.wait().
+
 - Issue #16411: Fix a bug where zlib.decompressobj().flush() might try to access
   previously-freed memory. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.