[New-bugs-announce] [issue38692] add a pidfd child process watcher

[Benjamin Peterson]

New submission from Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>:

Recent versions of Linux has built out support for pidfd, a way to do process management with file descriptors. I wanted to try it out, so implemented a pidfd-based child watcher for asyncio.

My WIP progress patch is attached. It passes all asyncio tests.

----------
components: asyncio
files: 0001-asyncio-Add-a-pidfd-child-process-watcher.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 356001
nosy: asvetlov, benjamin.peterson, yselivanov
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: add a pidfd child process watcher
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.9
Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file48695/0001-asyncio-Add-a-pidfd-child-process-watcher.patch

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<https://bugs.python.org/issue38692>
_______________________________________