bpo-35332: Handle os.close() errors in shutil.rmtree() (GH-23766)

* Ignore os.close() errors when ignore_errors is True.
* Pass os.close() errors to the error handler if specified.
* os.close no longer retried after error.

(cherry picked from commit 11d88a1)

Co-authored-by: Zackery Spytz <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>

Author: 2 people

Lib/shutil.py

@@ -660,7 +660,12 @@ def _rmtree_safe_fd(topfd, path, onerror):
                         _rmtree_safe_fd(dirfd, fullname, onerror)
                         try:
                             os.close(dirfd)
+                        except OSError as err:
+                            # close() should not be retried after an error.
                             dirfd_closed = True
+                            onexc(os.close, fullname, err)
+                        dirfd_closed = True
+                        try:
                             os.rmdir(entry.name, dir_fd=topfd)
                         except OSError:
                             onerror(os.rmdir, fullname, sys.exc_info())
@@ -675,7 +680,10 @@ def _rmtree_safe_fd(topfd, path, onerror):
                             onerror(os.path.islink, fullname, sys.exc_info())
                 finally:
                     if not dirfd_closed:
-                        os.close(dirfd)
+                        try:
+                            os.close(dirfd)
+                        except OSError as err:
+                            onexc(os.close, fullname, err)
         else:
             try:
                 os.unlink(entry.name, dir_fd=topfd)
@@ -732,7 +740,12 @@ def onerror(*args):
                 _rmtree_safe_fd(fd, path, onerror)
                 try:
                     os.close(fd)
+                except OSError as err:
+                    # close() should not be retried after an error.
                     fd_closed = True
+                    onexc(os.close, path, err)
+                fd_closed = True
+                try:
                     os.rmdir(path, dir_fd=dir_fd)
                 except OSError:
                     onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
@@ -744,7 +757,10 @@ def onerror(*args):
                     onerror(os.path.islink, path, sys.exc_info())
         finally:
             if not fd_closed:
-                os.close(fd)
+                try:
+                    os.close(fd)
+                except OSError as err:
+                    onexc(os.close, path, err)
     else:
         if dir_fd is not None:
             raise NotImplementedError("dir_fd unavailable on this platform")

Lib/test/test_shutil.py

@@ -409,6 +409,41 @@ def _raiser(*args, **kwargs):
             self.assertFalse(shutil._use_fd_functions)
             self.assertFalse(shutil.rmtree.avoids_symlink_attacks)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(shutil._use_fd_functions, "requires safe rmtree")
+    def test_rmtree_fails_on_close(self):
+        # Test that the error handler is called for failed os.close() and that
+        # os.close() is only called once for a file descriptor.
+        tmp = self.mkdtemp()
+        dir1 = os.path.join(tmp, 'dir1')
+        os.mkdir(dir1)
+        dir2 = os.path.join(dir1, 'dir2')
+        os.mkdir(dir2)
+        def close(fd):
+            orig_close(fd)
+            nonlocal close_count
+            close_count += 1
+            raise OSError
+
+        close_count = 0
+        with support.swap_attr(os, 'close', close) as orig_close:
+            with self.assertRaises(OSError):
+                shutil.rmtree(dir1)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dir2))
+        self.assertEqual(close_count, 2)
+
+        close_count = 0
+        errors = []
+        def onexc(*args):
+            errors.append(args)
+        with support.swap_attr(os, 'close', close) as orig_close:
+            shutil.rmtree(dir1, onexc=onexc)
+        self.assertEqual(len(errors), 2)
+        self.assertIs(errors[0][0], close)
+        self.assertEqual(errors[0][1], dir2)
+        self.assertIs(errors[1][0], close)
+        self.assertEqual(errors[1][1], dir1)
+        self.assertEqual(close_count, 2)
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(shutil._use_fd_functions, "dir_fd is not supported")
     def test_rmtree_with_dir_fd(self):
         tmp_dir = self.mkdtemp()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-14-09-31-13.bpo-35332.s22wAx.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The :func:`shutil.rmtree` function now ignores errors when calling
+:func:`os.close` when *ignore_errors* is ``True``, and
+:func:`os.close` no longer retried after error.