Ok, I found a way to reproduce the error InvalidStateError in asyncio. I'm not sure that it's the same the error in bpo-21447.

Output of attached bug.py in debug mode:
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Exception in callback Future.set_result(None)
handle: <TimerHandle when=79580.878306285 Future.set_result(None)>
source_traceback: Object created at (most recent call last):
  File "/home/haypo/bug.py", line 11, in <module>
    loop.run_until_complete(task2)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 239, in run_until_complete
    self.run_forever()
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 212, in run_forever
    self._run_once()
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 912, in _run_once
    handle._run()
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/events.py", line 96, in _run
    self._callback(*self._args)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py", line 241, in _step
    result = next(coro)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/coroutines.py", line 72, in __next__
    return next(self.gen)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py", line 487, in sleep
    h = future._loop.call_later(delay, future.set_result, result)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/events.py", line 96, in _run
    self._callback(*self._args)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/futures.py", line 326, in set_result
    raise InvalidStateError('{}: {!r}'.format(self._state, self))
asyncio.futures.InvalidStateError: CANCELLED: <Future cancelled>

The fix is to replace the following line of sleep():
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    h = future._loop.call_later(delay, future.set_result, result)

with:
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    def maybe_set_result(future, result):
        if not future.cancelled():
            future.set_result(result)
    h = future._loop.call_later(delay, maybe_set_result, future, result)

This generic issue was already discussed there:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/python-tulip/set_result$20InvalidStateError/python-tulip/T1sxLqjuoVY/YghF-YsgosgJ

A patch was also proposed:
https://codereview.appspot.com/69870048/

I see two options to fix this issue:

• add an optional parameter to set_result() to do nothing if the future is cancelled
• add a method (public or private) to set a result or do nothing if the future is cancelled

Patch "Add ignore_cancelled and ignore_done to Future.set_result()" (for Tulip):
http://codereview.appspot.com/109340043

Patch "Add Future._maybe_set_result()":
http://codereview.appspot.com/108300043

I prefer the second patch because it doesn't touch the public API and it is shorter.

Note: the first patch contains unrelated changes, like checking fut.cancelled() instead of fut.done().

"_maybe_set_result()" is not a good name. Other suggestions: "_set_result_except_cancelled", ""_set_result_ignore_cancelled".

In https://codereview.appspot.com/69870048/ Guido proposed to test to replace:
self._loop.call_soon(waiter.set_result, None)
with:
if not waiter.cancelled():
waiter.set_result(None)

"_maybe_set_result()" is not a good name. Other suggestions: "_set_result_except_cancelled", ""_set_result_ignore_cancelled".

I read again the mail thread and Guido proposed the nice name _set_result_unless_cancelled() which is very explicit. I updated my patch:
http://codereview.appspot.com/108300043

New changeset d7e4efd5e279 by Victor Stinner in branch '3.4':
Closes bpo-21886, bpo-21447: Fix a race condition in asyncio when setting the result
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d7e4efd5e279

New changeset 50c995bdc00a by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
(Merge 3.4) Closes bpo-21886, bpo-21447: Fix a race condition in asyncio when setting
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/50c995bdc00a

Fix commited to Tulip (4655ef2d9f43), Python 3.4 and 3.5.