bpo-31258: test_signal: call waitpid() to prevent zombie process (#3183)

1460ce5a · Victor Stinner · GitHub · cce1cb91 · 1460ce5a
Commit 1460ce5a authored Aug 22, 2017 by Victor Stinner Committed by GitHub Aug 22, 2017
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--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ class InterProcessSignalTests(unittest.TestCase):
                self.fail('Test deadlocked after %d seconds.' %
                          self.MAX_DURATION)

+            # read the exit status to not leak a zombie process
+            os.waitpid(child, 0)
+

 @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32", "Not valid on Windows")
 class BasicSignalTests(unittest.TestCase):