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-rw-r--r--Lib/multiprocessing/shared_memory.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py12
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-20-13-27-48.bpo-41344.iKipNd.rst1
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/shared_memory.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/shared_memory.py
index a3a5fcf..122b3fc 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/shared_memory.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/shared_memory.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class SharedMemory:
raise ValueError("'size' must be a positive integer")
if create:
self._flags = _O_CREX | os.O_RDWR
+ if size == 0:
+ raise ValueError("'size' must be a positive number different from zero")
if name is None and not self._flags & os.O_EXCL:
raise ValueError("'name' can only be None if create=True")
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index c783fc2..e47905c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -3864,6 +3864,18 @@ class _TestSharedMemory(BaseTestCase):
sms.close()
+ # Test creating a shared memory segment with negative size
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ sms_invalid = shared_memory.SharedMemory(create=True, size=-1)
+
+ # Test creating a shared memory segment with size 0
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ sms_invalid = shared_memory.SharedMemory(create=True, size=0)
+
+ # Test creating a shared memory segment without size argument
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ sms_invalid = shared_memory.SharedMemory(create=True)
+
def test_shared_memory_across_processes(self):
# bpo-40135: don't define shared memory block's name in case of
# the failure when we run multiprocessing tests in parallel.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-20-13-27-48.bpo-41344.iKipNd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-20-13-27-48.bpo-41344.iKipNd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..475bc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-20-13-27-48.bpo-41344.iKipNd.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prevent creating :class:`shared_memory.SharedMemory` objects with :code:`size=0`.