Fix test.support.bind_port() to not cause an error when Python was compiled

on a system with SO_REUSEPORT defined in the headers but run on a system
with an OS kernel that does not support that reasonably new socket option.

Lib/test/support/__init__.py

@@ -594,9 +594,15 @@ def bind_port(sock, host=HOST):
                 raise TestFailed("tests should never set the SO_REUSEADDR "   \
                                  "socket option on TCP/IP sockets!")
         if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEPORT'):
-            if sock.getsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT) == 1:
-                raise TestFailed("tests should never set the SO_REUSEPORT "   \
-                                 "socket option on TCP/IP sockets!")
+            try:
+                if sock.getsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT) == 1:
+                    raise TestFailed("tests should never set the SO_REUSEPORT "   \
+                                     "socket option on TCP/IP sockets!")
+            except OSError:
+                # Python's socket module was compiled using modern headers
+                # thus defining SO_REUSEPORT but this process is running
+                # under an older kernel that does not support SO_REUSEPORT.
+                pass
         if hasattr(socket, 'SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE'):
             sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE, 1)
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Fix test.support.bind_port() to not cause an error when Python was compiled
+  on a system with SO_REUSEPORT defined in the headers but run on a system
+  with an OS kernel that does not support that reasonably new socket option.
+
 - Fix compilation error under gcc of the ctypes module bundled libffi for arm.
 
 - Issue #19448: Add private API to SSL module to lookup ASN.1 objects by OID,