Issue #18851: Avoid a double close of subprocess pipes when the child process fails starting.

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index f43b51c..0efcdbf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ try:
     import resource
 except ImportError:
     resource = None
+try:
+    import threading
+except ImportError:
+    threading = None
 
 mswindows = (sys.platform == "win32")
 
@@ -629,6 +633,36 @@ class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
             if c.exception.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.EACCES):
                 raise c.exception
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(threading is None, "threading required")
+    def test_double_close_on_error(self):
+        # Issue #18851
+        fds = []
+        def open_fds():
+            for i in range(20):
+                fds.extend(os.pipe())
+                time.sleep(0.001)
+        t = threading.Thread(target=open_fds)
+        t.start()
+        try:
+            with self.assertRaises(EnvironmentError):
+                subprocess.Popen(['nonexisting_i_hope'],
+                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        finally:
+            t.join()
+            exc = None
+            for fd in fds:
+                # If a double close occurred, some of those fds will
+                # already have been closed by mistake, and os.close()
+                # here will raise.
+                try:
+                    os.close(fd)
+                except OSError as e:
+                    exc = e
+            if exc is not None:
+                raise exc
+
     def test_handles_closed_on_exception(self):
         # If CreateProcess exits with an error, ensure the
         # duplicate output handles are released
@@ -783,7 +817,7 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         def _execute_child(
                 self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, cwd, env,
-                universal_newlines, startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
+                universal_newlines, startupinfo, creationflags, shell, to_close,
                 p2cread, p2cwrite,
                 c2pread, c2pwrite,
                 errread, errwrite):
@@ -791,7 +825,7 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
                 subprocess.Popen._execute_child(
                         self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
                         cwd, env, universal_newlines,
-                        startupinfo, creationflags, shell,
+                        startupinfo, creationflags, shell, to_close,
                         p2cread, p2cwrite,
                         c2pread, c2pwrite,
                         errread, errwrite)