From c9557af441a2030767cb19bbaba06f57905f41fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 22:18:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] merge - 7a3f3ad83676 Fixes Issue #12044. --- Doc/library/subprocess.rst | 4 ++-- Lib/subprocess.py | 2 ++ Lib/test/test_subprocess.py | 3 ++- Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index e09994ce7d5..4c0edb3ebb4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: *creationflags*, if given, can be :data:`CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE` or :data:`CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP`. (Windows only) - Popen objects are supported as context managers via the :keyword:`with` statement, - closing any open file descriptors on exit. + Popen objects are supported as context managers via the :keyword:`with` statement: + on exit, standard file descriptors are closed, and the process is waited for. :: with Popen(["ifconfig"], stdout=PIPE) as proc: diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py index 9856e6a3330..a5381da4407 100644 --- a/Lib/subprocess.py +++ b/Lib/subprocess.py @@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ class Popen(object): self.stderr.close() if self.stdin: self.stdin.close() + # Wait for the process to terminate, to avoid zombies. + self.wait() def __del__(self, _maxsize=sys.maxsize, _active=_active): if not self._child_created: diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py index 4ec754c8aae..176ff108e6f 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py @@ -1491,7 +1491,8 @@ class ContextManagerTests(ProcessTestCase): def test_returncode(self): with subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", "import sys; sys.exit(100)"]) as proc: - proc.wait() + pass + # __exit__ calls wait(), so the returncode should be set self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, 100) def test_communicate_stdin(self): diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index b8b65d249db..de0ce38511e 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.2.1? Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #12044: Fixed subprocess.Popen when used as a context manager to + wait for the process to end when exiting the context to avoid unintentionally + leaving zombie processes around. + - Issue #1195: Fix input() if it is interrupted by CTRL+d and then CTRL+c, clear the end-of-file indicator after CTRL+d. From 0ef3e399b8a314bab40aebfe59c999f1c31079e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 22:20:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] normalize whitespace. --- Lib/subprocess.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py index a5381da4407..28dd691090d 100644 --- a/Lib/subprocess.py +++ b/Lib/subprocess.py @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ if mswindows: STD_INPUT_HANDLE, STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, STD_ERROR_HANDLE, SW_HIDE, STARTF_USESTDHANDLES, STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW) - + __all__.extend(["CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE", "CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP", "STD_INPUT_HANDLE", "STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE", "STD_ERROR_HANDLE", "SW_HIDE",