[ python-Bugs-1751245 ] Popen pipe file descriptor leak on OSError in init

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Bugs item #1751245, was opened at 2007-07-10 11:04
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Justin Francis (justinfrancis)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Popen pipe file descriptor leak on OSError in init

Initial Comment:
OS: Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r6
Python: 2.5 r25:51908

When creating a Popen object that refers to a file that does not exist, the pipes that are created are not closed, and remain in the system. In long-running processes, this will eventually use up all the file descriptors available.

>> import os, subprocess
>> os.system('/usr/sbin/lsof | grep python | grep -i pipe')
...
python    18822 jfrancis    6r     FIFO        0,5               56188 pipe
python    18822 jfrancis    7r     FIFO        0,5               56190 pipe
>> p = subprocess.Popen('doesnotexist', stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>> os.system('/usr/sbin/lsof | grep python | grep -i pipe')
...
python    18822 jfrancis    6r     FIFO        0,5               56188 pipe
python    18822 jfrancis    7r     FIFO        0,5               56190 pipe
python    18822 jfrancis    8r     FIFO        0,5               56713 pipe


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