http://bugs.python.org/issue6382
close_request() (which can send a socket.shutdown()) must be called by the child process in a forking server. The parent must merely close the socket handle.
diff --git a/Lib/SocketServer.py b/Lib/SocketServer.py
index 08f005b..20b8203 100644
--- a/Lib/SocketServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SocketServer.py
@@ -532,17 +532,19 @@
if self.active_children is None:
self.active_children = []
self.active_children.append(pid)
- self.close_request(request)
+ request.close() #close socket handle in parent process
return
else:
# Child process.
# This must never return, hence os._exit()!
try:
self.finish_request(request, client_address)
+ self.close_request(request)
os._exit(0)
except:
try:
self.handle_error(request, client_address)
+ self.close_request(request)
finally:
os._exit(1)