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  r78523 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 16:05:08 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 3 lines

  Issue #1068268: The subprocess module now handles EINTR in internal
  os.waitpid and os.read system calls where appropriate.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 99f31b9..a9723b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 import signal
 import os
+import errno
 import tempfile
 import time
 import re
@@ -732,8 +733,27 @@
             p.terminate()
             self.assertNotEqual(p.wait(), 0)
 
+class HelperFunctionTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_eintr_retry_call(self):
+        record_calls = []
+        def fake_os_func(*args):
+            record_calls.append(args)
+            if len(record_calls) == 2:
+                raise OSError(errno.EINTR, "fake interrupted system call")
+            return tuple(reversed(args))
+
+        self.assertEqual((999, 256),
+                         subprocess._eintr_retry_call(fake_os_func, 256, 999))
+        self.assertEqual([(256, 999)], record_calls)
+        # This time there will be an EINTR so it will loop once.
+        self.assertEqual((666,),
+                         subprocess._eintr_retry_call(fake_os_func, 666))
+        self.assertEqual([(256, 999), (666,), (666,)], record_calls)
+
+
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(ProcessTestCase)
+    test_support.run_unittest(ProcessTestCase,
+                              HelperFunctionTests)
     if hasattr(test_support, "reap_children"):
         test_support.reap_children()