Fixes issue #14396: Handle the odd rare case of waitpid returning 0
when not expected in subprocess.Popen.wait().
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 0f284d1..8356782 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@
def wait(self):
"""Wait for child process to terminate. Returns returncode
attribute."""
- if self.returncode is None:
+ while self.returncode is None:
try:
pid, sts = _eintr_retry_call(os.waitpid, self.pid, 0)
except OSError as e:
@@ -1312,8 +1312,12 @@
# This happens if SIGCLD is set to be ignored or waiting
# for child processes has otherwise been disabled for our
# process. This child is dead, we can't get the status.
+ pid = self.pid
sts = 0
- self._handle_exitstatus(sts)
+ # Check the pid and loop as waitpid has been known to return
+ # 0 even without WNOHANG in odd situations. issue14396.
+ if pid == self.pid:
+ self._handle_exitstatus(sts)
return self.returncode