Bug 1180864

Summary:	multiprocessing BaseManager serve_client() does not check EINTR on recv
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Dima Kuznetsov <dkuznets>
Component:	python	Assignee:	Robert Kuska <rkuska>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Branislav Náter <bnater>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.5	CC:	bkabrda, bnater, danken, dkutalek, jberan, oourfali, rkuska
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	6.7
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	python-2.6.6-56.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: multiprocessing doesn't ignore EINTR Consequence: BaseManager class terminated unexpectedly when multiple signals were received on a same process Fix: multiprocessing module has been modified so that its methods ignore the "interrupted function" (EINTR) Result: BaseManager class doesn't terminate unexpectedly when multiple signals were received on a same process	Story Points:	---
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Clones:	1181624 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2015-07-22 06:39:59 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	1181624
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Description Dima Kuznetsov 2015-01-11 10:32:56 UTC

Description of problem:
There is a problem with using BaseManager and receiving signals on the same process, there was a bug opened on python [1] and it was fixed for 2.7 and 3.x.
We're using BaseManager and rely on signals on el6, can this be backported to python2.6?

[1] - http://bugs.python.org/issue17097

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python2.6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Included in the python bug [1]

Comment 2 Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda 2015-01-12 10:13:12 UTC

Yes, we can fix this for 6.7, using the patch provided in the linked upstream issue [1] is the way to go.

[1] https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bc34fe4a0d58

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 06:39:59 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html