New submission from STINNER Victor:
According to the PEP 475, the close() function must *not* be retried if it
fails with EINTR:
- http://alobbs.com/post/54503240599/close-and-eintr
- http://lwn.net/Articles/576478/
- http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-09/3000.html
- http://alobbs.com/post/54503240599/close-and-eintr
The _posixsubprocess retries close() when it fails with EINTR. Example:
while (close(fd_num) < 0 && errno == EINTR);
It should be fixed.
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messages: 239907
nosy: haypo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: PEP 475: _posixsubprocess retries close() on EINTR
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5
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