Benjamin Peterson added the comment:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014, at 10:46, Dima Tisnek wrote:
>
> Dima Tisnek added the comment:
>
> I'm not sure if you are referring to Python's C-level fdopen or GNU libc
> fdopen.
>
> GNU libc fdopen does not consume file descriptor on error:
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/stat.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <errno.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
>
> int main(int argc, char** argv)
> {
> int fd = -1;
> int rv = 0;
> FILE* fh = NULL;
> if (argc<3) return 1;
>
> errno = 0;
> fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
> printf("got fd %d errno %d text %s\n", fd, errno, strerror(errno));
>
> errno = 0;
> fh = fdopen(fd, argv[2]);
> printf("got fh %x errno %d text %s\n", fh, errno, strerror(errno));
>
> errno = 0;
> rv = close(fd);
> printf("got rv %d errno %d text %s\n", rv, errno, strerror(errno));
> }
>
> [dima@bmg ~]$ ./a.out /etc/passwd w
> got fd 4 errno 0 text Success
> got fh 0 errno 22 text Invalid argument
> got rv 0 errno 0 text Success
>
> To be fair, GNU libc fdopen doesn't consider it an error to use a file
> descriptor that refers to a directory, which is the crux of this bug.
I meant once you manage to get fdopen to succeed, the fd has basically
been consumed.
>
> Anyhow, point is the semantics change your patch brings in sets Python
> 2.7+ in contrast with both Python 3.x and GNU libc.
I realize.
>
> Perhaps if it's too hard to implement properly, it's better to leave this
> issue as won't fix / technical limitation?
I mean if you'd prefer for it to just be inconsistent in 2.x...
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