python-2.6.6-fix-transient-multiprocessing-failures.patch

# HG changeset patch
# User Florent Xicluna <florent.xicluna@gmail.com>
# Date 1268005743 0
# Node ID 41aef062d52931f5c6e43389ad0be2c7335d2fec
# Parent  4660387b9b35233168b8f7dd08dee671190b032b
Backport the Popen.poll() protection from subprocess to multiprocessing. See #1731717.
It should fix transient failures on test_multiprocessing.

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@ if sys.platform != 'win32':
 
         def poll(self, flag=os.WNOHANG):
             if self.returncode is None:
-                pid, sts = os.waitpid(self.pid, flag)
+                try:
+                    pid, sts = os.waitpid(self.pid, flag)
+                except os.error:
+                    # Child process not yet created. See #1731717
+                    # e.errno == errno.ECHILD == 10
+                    return None
                 if pid == self.pid:
                     if os.WIFSIGNALED(sts):
                         self.returncode = -os.WTERMSIG(sts)