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-rw-r--r--Doc/extending/newtypes.rst3
-rw-r--r--Lib/logging/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/subprocess.py7
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_subprocess.py50
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS5
-rw-r--r--Objects/unicodeobject.c2
6 files changed, 63 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst b/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst
index 75836c7..2ba01bc 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/newtypes.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ The Python runtime sees all Python objects as variables of type
just contains the refcount and a pointer to the object's "type object". This is
where the action is; the type object determines which (C) functions get called
when, for instance, an attribute gets looked up on an object or it is multiplied
-by another object. These C functions are called "type methods" to distinguish
-them from things like ``[].append`` (which we call "object methods").
+by another object. These C functions are called "type methods".
So, if you want to define a new object type, you need to create a new type
object.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 0af8bb7..de5392b 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ __date__ = "07 February 2010"
#
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'): #support for py2exe
_srcfile = "logging%s__init__%s" % (os.sep, __file__[-4:])
-elif __file__[-4:].lower() in ['.pyc', '.pyo']:
- _srcfile = __file__[:-4] + '.py'
else:
_srcfile = __file__
_srcfile = os.path.normcase(_srcfile)
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 2d85b50..017f58d 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -429,12 +429,16 @@ try:
except:
MAXFD = 256
+# This lists holds Popen instances for which the underlying process had not
+# exited at the time its __del__ method got called: those processes are wait()ed
+# for synchronously from _cleanup() when a new Popen object is created, to avoid
+# zombie processes.
_active = []
def _cleanup():
for inst in _active[:]:
res = inst._internal_poll(_deadstate=sys.maxsize)
- if res is not None and res >= 0:
+ if res is not None:
try:
_active.remove(inst)
except ValueError:
@@ -1191,6 +1195,7 @@ class Popen(object):
errread, errwrite,
errpipe_read, errpipe_write,
restore_signals, start_new_session, preexec_fn)
+ self._child_created = True
else:
# Pure Python implementation: It is not thread safe.
# This implementation may deadlock in the child if your
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 8382c72..ff76ec4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1394,6 +1394,56 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
finally:
p.wait()
+ def test_zombie_fast_process_del(self):
+ # Issue #12650: on Unix, if Popen.__del__() was called before the
+ # process exited, it wouldn't be added to subprocess._active, and would
+ # remain a zombie.
+ # spawn a Popen, and delete its reference before it exits
+ p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
+ 'import sys, time;'
+ 'time.sleep(0.2)'],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+ self.addCleanup(p.stdout.close)
+ self.addCleanup(p.stderr.close)
+ ident = id(p)
+ pid = p.pid
+ del p
+ # check that p is in the active processes list
+ self.assertIn(ident, [id(o) for o in subprocess._active])
+
+ def test_leak_fast_process_del_killed(self):
+ # Issue #12650: on Unix, if Popen.__del__() was called before the
+ # process exited, and the process got killed by a signal, it would never
+ # be removed from subprocess._active, which triggered a FD and memory
+ # leak.
+ # spawn a Popen, delete its reference and kill it
+ p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
+ 'import time;'
+ 'time.sleep(3)'],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+ self.addCleanup(p.stdout.close)
+ self.addCleanup(p.stderr.close)
+ ident = id(p)
+ pid = p.pid
+ del p
+ os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+ # check that p is in the active processes list
+ self.assertIn(ident, [id(o) for o in subprocess._active])
+
+ # let some time for the process to exit, and create a new Popen: this
+ # should trigger the wait() of p
+ time.sleep(0.2)
+ with self.assertRaises(EnvironmentError) as c:
+ with subprocess.Popen(['nonexisting_i_hope'],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stderr=subprocess.PIPE) as proc:
+ pass
+ # p should have been wait()ed on, and removed from the _active list
+ self.assertRaises(OSError, os.waitpid, pid, 0)
+ self.assertNotIn(ident, [id(o) for o in subprocess._active])
+
@unittest.skipUnless(mswindows, "Windows specific tests")
class Win32ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cbede91..a62b485 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #12266: Fix str.capitalize() to correctly uppercase/lowercase
titlecased and cased non-letter characters.
+Library
+-------
+
+- Issue #12650: Fix a race condition where a subprocess.Popen could leak
+ resources (FD/zombie) when killed at the wrong time.
What's New in Python 3.2.2?
===========================
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 1f2d919..77f8dd5 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ PyUnicode_FSConverter(PyObject* arg, void* addr)
size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(output);
data = PyBytes_AS_STRING(output);
if (size != strlen(data)) {
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "embedded NULL character");
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "embedded NUL character");
Py_DECREF(output);
return 0;
}