pythongh-99242 Ignore error when running regression tests under certain conditions. (pythonGH-121663)

basbloemsaat · kgdiem · miss-islington · commit ebfe066ac4cc · 2024-07-13T09:53:50.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 0759cec) Co-authored-by: Bas Bloemsaat <bas@bloemsaat.com> Co-Authored-By: Kevin Diem <kg.diem@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/logger.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/logger.py
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ def log(self, line: str = '') -> None:
 
     def get_load_avg(self) -> float | None:
         if hasattr(os, 'getloadavg'):
-            return os.getloadavg()[0]
+            try:
+                return os.getloadavg()[0]
+            except OSError:
+                pass
         if self.win_load_tracker is not None:
             return self.win_load_tracker.getloadavg()
         return None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-07-13-11-04-44.gh-issue-99242.aGxnwz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-07-13-11-04-44.gh-issue-99242.aGxnwz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:func:`os.getloadavg` may throw :exc:`OSError` when running regression tests
+under certain conditions (e.g. chroot). This error is now caught and
+ignored, since reporting load average is optional.

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	+:func:`os.getloadavg` may throw :exc:`OSError` when running regression tests
	`2`	`+under certain conditions (e.g. chroot). This error is now caught and`
	`3`	`+ignored, since reporting load average is optional.`