Stabilize subprocess pipe descriptor fixtures by youknowdot · Pull Request #9735 · RustPython/RustPython

youknowdot · 2026-11-06T23:09:21Z

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Fix the pipe fixture introduced in #9677 and exposed by this macOS test failure on #9563. The same fixture is present on main.

pipe() returns read/write endpoints, not a numerically sorted descriptor pair. Darwin allocates them separately, so concurrent descriptor reuse can put the writer below the reader. Closed standard streams can also let a pipe acquire descriptor 0–2. The CI assertion combined both assumptions and did not record which one failed.

Use a test-only helper to duplicate the reader at FD >= 3 and the writer above the reader. All existing assertions, candidate descriptors, flag transitions, and I/O checks remain unchanged. Production code is unchanged.

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All 102 rustpython-host_env unit tests passed with all features enabled.
All four subprocess raw-FD tests passed in 100 repeated parallel runs.
The same tests passed with a process-local Linux harness forcing descending pipe descriptor numbers, including reader=65 and writer=64.
Strict all-target, all-feature rustpython-host_env Clippy and commit hooks passed.

No local macOS run or full workspace/C-API rerun for this test-fixture-only change. Platform validation remains with CI.

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- Improved subprocess test setup to ensure pipe descriptors are allocated above standard error, reducing reliance on platform-specific descriptor ordering.

Allocate test pipe endpoints explicitly above stderr and in ascending descriptor order instead of relying on pipe allocation order. Keep all existing raw/borrowed descriptor, ownership, flag, and I/O assertions unchanged. Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex:model version not exposed

coderabbitai · 2026-11-06T23:09:58Z

Walkthrough

The POSIX subprocess tests now use pipe endpoints duplicated above descriptor 2. The updated tests cover keep-list equivalence and raw-helper ownership and flags.

Changes: POSIX descriptor test setup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prepare pipe endpoints for tests `crates/host_env/src/posix.rs`	A new helper duplicates pipe endpoints above descriptor 2 in ascending order. The keep-list equivalence and raw-helper ownership and flags tests use this helper.

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Production behavior is unchanged. The tests can fail under tight descriptor limits; reusing suitable endpoints would avoid this bounded fixture regression.

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2343-2347: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Test normalization with reversed pipe descriptors.

When pipe() returns ascending descriptors above 2, both tests pass even if pipe_above_stdio returns them unchanged. Extract the endpoint normalization so a test can supply a reader with a higher descriptor than the writer. Check the output order and pipe I/O.
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Review comment at @crates/host_env/src/posix.rs around lines 2343 - 2347:
Extract the endpoint normalization used by pipe_above_stdio into a testable
helper, then add a test that supplies a reader with a higher descriptor than the
writer and verifies the normalized output order and pipe I/O. Keep
pipe_above_stdio using the same normalization path.

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Review comments at @crates/host_env/src/posix.rs:
- Around line 2346-2347: Update the reader and writer descriptor setup around
the duplicate calls to reuse the original endpoints when both are above stderr
and the reader is ordered before the writer. Duplicate only when needed,
preserving the required ordering and avoiding failures when descriptors 3 and 4
are already suitable.

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Review comments at @crates/host_env/src/posix.rs:
- Around line 2343-2347: Extract the endpoint normalization used by
pipe_above_stdio into a testable helper, then add a test that supplies a reader
with a higher descriptor than the writer and verifies the normalized output
order and pipe I/O. Keep pipe_above_stdio using the same normalization path.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-06T23:33:13Z

+        let reader = duplicate(reader, 3);
+        let writer = duplicate(writer, reader.as_raw_fd() + 1);


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Script executed:

rg -n 'pipe_above_stdio|raw_and_borrowed_keep_lists|RLIMIT_NOFILE|setrlimit' crates/host_env .github 2>/dev/null | head -100

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

Length of output: 962

Script executed:

git diff f1f38c1594af492dac1cc934aa9431a51a0f9a83 a1aae8f26ea20dea56f9cdcd62aa0c97e2b92316 -- crates/host_env/src/posix.rs nl -ba crates/host_env/src/posix.rs | sed -n '2260,2445p' rg -n -F -e 'nix =' -e 'name = "nix"' -e 'rustpython-host_env' -- Cargo.toml Cargo.lock crates/host_env/Cargo.toml

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

Length of output: 8826

Web query:

POSIX fcntl F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC lowest available descriptor greater than or equal argument EMFILE open file descriptor limit official specification

Result:

Sources consulted: - fcntl(3p) - Linux manual page — https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/fcntl.3p.html - fcntl(3p) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/fcntl.3p.html - GNU/Linux Programmer's Manual — https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/man-pages-6.17.pdf - F_DUPFD(2const) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/F_DUPFD.2const.html - …and 21 more

Script executed:

rg -n -F -e 'fn should_keep' -e 'subprocess_raw_fd_tests' -- crates/host_env/src/posix.rs nl -ba crates/host_env/src/posix.rs | sed -n '2180,2255p' git show f1f38c1594af492dac1cc934aa9431a51a0f9a83:crates/host_env/src/posix.rs | nl -ba | sed -n '2330,2390p' sed -n '2527,2540p' Cargo.lock

Repository: RustPython/RustPython

Length of output: 6218

Web query:

site:pubs.opengroup.org fcntl F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC lowest available descriptor EMFILE no file descriptors greater than or equal to arg

Result:

Sources consulted: - fcntl(3p) — Arch manual pages — https://man.archlinux.org/man/fcntl.3p.en - GNU/Linux Programmer's Manual — https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/man-pages-6.17.pdf - F_DUPFD(2const) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/F_DUPFD.2const.html - F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC(2const) — Arch manual pages — https://man.archlinux.org/man/core/man-pages/F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC.2const.en - fcntl(3p) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/fcntl.3p.html - …and 21 more

Web query:

docs.rs nix 0.31 fcntl fn fcntl returns Result errno F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC

Result:

Sources consulted: - nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/latest/source/src/fcntl.rs - nix/CHANGELOG.md at master · nix-rust/nix · GitHub — https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md - FdFlag in nix::fcntl - Rust — https://docs.rs/nix/latest/x86_64-unknown-redox/nix/fcntl/struct.FdFlag.html - dup in nix::unistd - Rust — https://docs.rs/nix/latest/nix/unistd/fn.dup.html - …and 19 more

Web query:

site:docs.rs/crate/nix/0.31.3/source/src/fcntl.rs "pub fn fcntl" "Errno::result(res)" F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC

Result:

Sources consulted: - nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/0.31.3/source/src/fcntl.rs - nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/latest/source/src/fcntl.rs - nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/0.31.3/source/src/unistd.rs - nix 0.31.3 - Docs.rs — https://docs.rs/crate/nix/latest/source/src/sys/stat.rs - …and 9 more

Reuse pipe descriptors that already meet the ordering requirement.

If only descriptors 3, 4, and 5 are free, the reader becomes 5 and writer duplication fails. The keep-list test then panics even though the original descriptors 3 and 4 were suitable. Reuse the original endpoints when they are already above stderr and ordered.

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		let writer = duplicate(writer, reader.as_raw_fd() + 1);

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