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-rw-r--r--Modules/_posixsubprocess.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
index 8f0fcf2..b7b120b 100644
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ child_exec(char *const exec_array[],
PyObject *preexec_fn,
PyObject *preexec_fn_args_tuple)
{
- int i, saved_errno, unused;
+ int i, saved_errno, unused, reached_preexec = 0;
PyObject *result;
const char* err_msg = "";
/* Buffer large enough to hold a hex integer. We can't malloc. */
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ child_exec(char *const exec_array[],
POSIX_CALL(setsid());
#endif
+ reached_preexec = 1;
if (preexec_fn != Py_None && preexec_fn_args_tuple) {
/* This is where the user has asked us to deadlock their program. */
result = PyObject_Call(preexec_fn, preexec_fn_args_tuple, NULL);
@@ -489,6 +490,10 @@ error:
}
unused = write(errpipe_write, cur, hex_errno + sizeof(hex_errno) - cur);
unused = write(errpipe_write, ":", 1);
+ if (!reached_preexec) {
+ /* Indicate to the parent that the error happened before exec(). */
+ unused = write(errpipe_write, "noexec", 6);
+ }
/* We can't call strerror(saved_errno). It is not async signal safe.
* The parent process will look the error message up. */
} else {