gh-127586: multiprocessing.Pool does not properly restore blocked signals (try 2...

Correct pthread_sigmask in resource_tracker to restore old signals

Using SIG_UNBLOCK to remove blocked "ignored signals" may accidentally
cause side effects if the calling parent already had said signals
blocked to begin with and did not intend to unblock them when
creating a pool. Use SIG_SETMASK instead with the previous mask of
blocked signals to restore the original blocked set.

Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma <zintensitydev@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py
index 20ddd9c50e3d8849b2b106ee6d5b01f81ffbc218..90e036ae905afa8c3fd008a5dd325fd79efacee7 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py
@@ -155,13 +155,14 @@ class ResourceTracker(object):
                 # that can make the child die before it registers signal handlers
                 # for SIGINT and SIGTERM. The mask is unregistered after spawning
                 # the child.
+                prev_sigmask = None
                 try:
                     if _HAVE_SIGMASK:
-                        signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, _IGNORED_SIGNALS)
+                        prev_sigmask = signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, _IGNORED_SIGNALS)
                     pid = util.spawnv_passfds(exe, args, fds_to_pass)
                 finally:
-                    if _HAVE_SIGMASK:
-                        signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_UNBLOCK, _IGNORED_SIGNALS)
+                    if prev_sigmask is not None:
+                        signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_SETMASK, prev_sigmask)
             except:
                 os.close(w)
                 raise

diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index 80b08b8ac66899fe37fb339267ca4927e2f49ac3..38a03f3391d31d95ecc33668b6d5b48175669ee3 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -6045,6 +6045,27 @@ class TestResourceTracker(unittest.TestCase):
                     cleanup=cleanup,
                 )
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(signal, "pthread_sigmask"), "pthread_sigmask is not available")
+    def test_resource_tracker_blocked_signals(self):
+        #
+        # gh-127586: Check that resource_tracker does not override blocked signals of caller.
+        #
+        from multiprocessing.resource_tracker import ResourceTracker
+        orig_sigmask = signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, set())
+        signals = {signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGUSR1}
+
+        try:
+            for sig in signals:
+                signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_SETMASK, {sig})
+                self.assertEqual(signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, set()), {sig})
+                tracker = ResourceTracker()
+                tracker.ensure_running()
+                self.assertEqual(signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, set()), {sig})
+                tracker._stop()
+        finally:
+            # restore sigmask to what it was before executing test
+            signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_SETMASK, orig_sigmask)
+
 class TestSimpleQueue(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @classmethod

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-03-20-28-08.gh-issue-127586.zgotYF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-03-20-28-08.gh-issue-127586.zgotYF.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..80217bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-03-20-28-08.gh-issue-127586.zgotYF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:class:`multiprocessing.pool.Pool` now properly restores blocked signal handlers
+of the parent thread when creating processes via either *spawn* or
+*forkserver*.