% ./python -m test.regrtest test_asyncore
test_asyncore
Exception in thread Thread-3:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/threading.py", line 552, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/threading.py", line 505, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py", line 712, in <lambda>
    t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: asyncore.loop(timeout=0.1, count=500))
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 220, in loop
    poll_fun(timeout, map)
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 156, in poll
    read(obj)
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 87, in read
    obj.handle_error()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 83, in read
    obj.handle_read_event()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 443, in handle_read_event
    self.handle_accept()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py", line 487, in handle_accept
    sock, addr = self.accept()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

Exception in thread Thread-4:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/threading.py", line 552, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/threading.py", line 505, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py", line 712, in <lambda>
    t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: asyncore.loop(timeout=0.1, count=500))
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 220, in loop
    poll_fun(timeout, map)
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 156, in poll
    read(obj)
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 87, in read
    obj.handle_error()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 83, in read
    obj.handle_read_event()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/asyncore.py", line 443, in handle_read_event
    self.handle_accept()
  File "/home/cpython/hg/2.7/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py", line 487, in handle_accept
    sock, addr = self.accept()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

1 test OK.
[43391 refs]

Sample buildbot run that failed: http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/SPARC64%20Solaris%2010%20%5BSB%5D%202.7/builds/69/steps/test/logs/stdio

Haven't investigated yet.

That is weird. accept() should never return None.
What about python 3.x?

3.2 appears fine.  This behavior only seems to happen on 2.7.

The affected tests are:

test_quick_connect (test.test_asyncore.TestAPI_UseSelect) 
test_quick_connect (test.test_asyncore.TestAPI_UsePoll) 

Doing some more digging.

I notice there are some differences in sock_accept() (Modules/socketmodule.c) between 2.7 and 3.2.
Maybe a bugfix which wasn't backported to 2.7.

Yeah I've just backported the semantic changes between asyncore and test_asyncore from 3.2 -> 2.7.

I'll report back shortly with results.

Ok, attached patch is a semantic backport matching 2.7 to 3.2.  All tests pass with this patch.

(I can't comment on whether or not the changes in 3.2 actually fix an underlying issue, or just hide it better.)

New changeset 90a46f8943d0 by Trent Nelson in branch '2.7':
Issue #16274: backport of 3.2's asyncore/test_asyncore to 2.7.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/90a46f8943d0

Patch applied and everything passes, so closing for now.

New changeset 2f0770cc6d3f by Trent Nelson in branch '2.7':
Issue #16274: revert r79813:90a46f8943d0 changes to asyncore/test_asyncore.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2f0770cc6d3f

That backport wasn't appropriate -- it included new public members to asyncore that were introduced in 3.2.

I'll work on a less intrusive patch.

"hg annotate" is useful :-)

Changes in 3.2 look like coming from here:

"""
jcea@ubuntu:~/hg/python/cpython$ hg log -r 64988
changeset:   64988:0f8c2eb89f46
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
date:        Tue Sep 28 21:23:11 2010 +0000
summary:     Issue #9090: When a socket with a timeout fails with EWOULDBLOCK or EAGAIN,

jcea@ubuntu:~/hg/python/cpython$ hg log -r 65314
changeset:   65314:12442ac3f7dd
parent:      65312:a27fc0ff3678
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
date:        Thu Oct 14 15:05:38 2010 +0000
summary:     Issue #7523: Add SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK to the socket module,
"""

Keeping the issue open until Trent can commit a new patch, according to msg173256.

This should do it:

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
@@ -484,8 +484,9 @@
         return self.socket.getsockname()[:2]
 
     def handle_accept(self):
-        sock, addr = self.accept()
-        self.handler(sock)
+        pair = self.accept()
+        if pair is not None:
+            self.handler(pair[0])
 
     def handle_error(self):
         raise

Yes, now that I think of it that is how accept() is supposed to be used in 2.7 (back then I did also update doc examples in order to enforce this use case) so this is a test suite issue.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 05:51:23AM -0700, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
> 
> Giampaolo Rodola' added the comment:
> 
> This should do it:
> 
> diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
> --- a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
> +++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
> @@ -484,8 +484,9 @@
>          return self.socket.getsockname()[:2]
>  
>      def handle_accept(self):
> -        sock, addr = self.accept()
> -        self.handler(sock)
> +        pair = self.accept()
> +        if pair is not None:
> +            self.handler(pair[0])
>  
>      def handle_error(self):
>          raise

    Yeah this looks a lot more appropriate than the two changes
    Jesús posted.  I'll test against my Solaris boxes and report
    back.

New changeset 937fa81500e2 by Trent Nelson in branch '2.7':
Issue #16274: Fix test_asyncore on Solaris.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/937fa81500e2