On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 12:04 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 7:06 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:30:06AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > def main(): > > > try: > > > # simulate large output (your code replaces this loop) > > > for x in range(10000): > > > print("y") > > > # flush output here to force SIGPIPE to be triggered > > > # while inside this try block. > > > sys.stdout.flush() > > > except BrokenPipeError: > > > # Python flushes standard streams on exit; redirect remaining output > > > # to devnull to avoid another BrokenPipeError at shutdown > > > devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_WRONLY) > > > os.dup2(devnull, sys.stdout.fileno()) > > > sys.exit(1) # Python exits with error code 1 on EPIPE > > > > I still think this is wrong -- they should not continue piping, and > > should just die with SIGPIPE. It should simply be: > > > > signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL); > > > > Nothing else needed. No wasted CPU cycles, shell handling continues as > > per normal. > > > I prefer try-and-except because it is Python's coding style, > and we can do something before the exit. > (for example, clean up temporary files) > > > > > > > if __name__ == '__main__': > > > main() > > > > > > Do not set SIGPIPE’s disposition to SIG_DFL in order to avoid > > > BrokenPipeError. Doing that would cause your program to exit > > > unexpectedly whenever any socket connection is interrupted while > > > your program is still writing to it. > > > > This advise is for socket programs, not command-line tools. > > > I still do not understand what is bad > about using this for command-line tools. > > > > > > -Kees > > > > -- > > Kees Cook > > > > -- > Best Regards > Masahiro Yamada Applied with the typos fixes. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada