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Author Zach Riggle
Recipients Zach Riggle
Date 2017-01-20.20:48:07
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The attached script hits some "This should never happen" code in the subprocess module.

These lines here:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Lib/subprocess.py#L1036-L1038

The root cause is a lack of checking WIFSTOPPED and WSTOPSIG in the handler.

When a process elects into being ptraced via PTRACE_TRACEME, it is stopped on the SIGSEGV instead of terminating, allowing the user to attach a debugger before the kernel destroys the process.

This bug makes it impossible to wait on any process which crashes, which is set up to wait for a debugger.
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2017-01-20 20:48:08Zach Rigglesetrecipients: + Zach Riggle
2017-01-20 20:48:08Zach Rigglesetmessageid: <1484945288.47.0.935636853008.issue29335@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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