[Python-checkins] cpython (3.5): Issue #25717: Add comment explaining why errors are ignored

Sun Dec 6 06:20:32 EST 2015

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e9bf5803b716
changeset: 99477:e9bf5803b716
branch: 3.5
parent: 99474:02d2127fda6c
user: Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com>
date: Sun Dec 06 11:12:15 2015 +0000
summary:
 Issue #25717: Add comment explaining why errors are ignored
files:
 Modules/_io/fileio.c | 3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@
 fstat_result = _Py_fstat_noraise(self->fd, &fdfstat);
 Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 if (fstat_result < 0) {
+ /* Tolerate fstat() errors other than EBADF. See Issue #25717, where
+ an anonymous file on a Virtual Box shared folder filesystem would
+ raise ENOENT. */
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE) {
 PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr(0);
-- 
Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
