asyncio.Runner+PidfdChildWatcher leaves zombie processes

[kumaraditya303]

import asyncio
import sys
import unittest

import asyncio

asyncio.set_child_watcher(asyncio.PidfdChildWatcher())


def create_free_port():
 return 4 # chosen by a fair dice roll


class TestProc(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 async def asyncSetUp(self):
 self.port = create_free_port()
 self.proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
 sys.executable,
 "-c", # more realistically this might be an http server or database
 f"import time; print('listening on {self.port}'); import time; time.sleep(2); print('goodbye')",
 )

 async def testProc(self):
 print(f"connecting to {self.port}")

 async def asyncTearDown(self):
 await self.proc.communicate() # hangs forever on 3.11


if __name__ == "__main__":
 unittest.main()

on python3.10 this produces:

connecting to 4
listening on 4
goodbye
.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 2.022s

OK

on python3.11 it hangs forever in await self.proc.communicate()

Originally posted by @graingert in #95736 (comment)

[graingert]

#94184 would fix this specific combination. I suspect any ChildWatcher that implements attach_loop would be broken

[gvanrossum]

Why the nonsense with self.port? It does not contribute to understanding the repro but adds useless detail that the reader has to understand before being able to ignore.