[2.7] bpo-30057: Fix potential missed signal in signal.signal(). (GH-4258) (#4263)

Bug report and patch by Jeroen Demeyer..
(cherry picked from commit f6f90ff0)

Misc/ACKS

@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ Vincent Delft
 Arnaud Delobelle
 Konrad Delong
 Erik Demaine
+Jeroen Demeyer
 Martin Dengler
 John Dennis
 L. Peter Deutsch

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-11-03-19-11-43.bpo-30057.NCaijI.rst

+Fix potential missed signal in signal.signal().

Modules/signalmodule.c

@@ -317,12 +317,15 @@ signal_signal(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     }
     else
         func = signal_handler;
+    /* Check for pending signals before changing signal handler */
+    if (PyErr_CheckSignals()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     if (PyOS_setsig(sig_num, func) == SIG_ERR) {
         PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_RuntimeError);
         return NULL;
     }
     old_handler = Handlers[sig_num].func;
-    Handlers[sig_num].tripped = 0;
     Py_INCREF(obj);
     Handlers[sig_num].func = obj;
     if (old_handler != NULL)