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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 12:26:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3.14] bpo-41839: Fix error checking in sched_get_priority_ functions (GH-22374)... 
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[3.14] bpo-41839: Fix error checking in sched_get_priority_ functions (GH-22374) (GH-138201)

(cherry picked from commit bbcb75c986c47887e6c0757e63d59cd7af544f39)

Co-authored-by: Jakub Kulík <Kulikjak@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-23-11-54-17.bpo-41839.kU5Ywl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-23-11-54-17.bpo-41839.kU5Ywl.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..760660408100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-23-11-54-17.bpo-41839.kU5Ywl.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow negative priority values from :func:`os.sched_get_priority_min` and
+:func:`os.sched_get_priority_max` functions.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index c6bc9c9c5048..06a40db10780 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -8186,10 +8186,10 @@ static PyObject *
 os_sched_get_priority_max_impl(PyObject *module, int policy)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=9e465c6e43130521 input=2097b7998eca6874]*/
 {
-    int max;
-
-    max = sched_get_priority_max(policy);
-    if (max < 0)
+    /* make sure that errno is cleared before the call */
+    errno = 0;
+    int max = sched_get_priority_max(policy);
+    if (max == -1 && errno)
         return posix_error();
     return PyLong_FromLong(max);
 }
@@ -8207,8 +8207,10 @@ static PyObject *
 os_sched_get_priority_min_impl(PyObject *module, int policy)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=7595c1138cc47a6d input=21bc8fa0d70983bf]*/
 {
+    /* make sure that errno is cleared before the call */
+    errno = 0;
     int min = sched_get_priority_min(policy);
-    if (min < 0)
+    if (min == -1 && errno)
         return posix_error();
     return PyLong_FromLong(min);
 }