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+5 −0 src/spawn_sync.cc

+4 −0 test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js
diff --git a/src/spawn_sync.cc b/src/spawn_sync.cc
@@ -511,6 +511,11 @@ void SyncProcessRunner::CloseHandlesAndDeleteLoop() {
   if (uv_loop_ != NULL) {
     CloseStdioPipes();
     CloseKillTimer();
+    // Close the process handle when ExitCallback was not called.
+    uv_handle_t* uv_process_handle =
+        reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t*>(&uv_process_);
+    if (!uv_is_closing(uv_process_handle))
+      uv_close(uv_process_handle, NULL);
 
     // Give closing watchers a chance to finish closing and get their close
     // callbacks called.

diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync.js
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ console.log('sleep started');
 var ret = spawnSync('sleep', ['1']);
 console.log('sleep exited');
 
+// Error test when command does not exist
+var ret_err = spawnSync('command_does_not_exist');
+assert.strictEqual(ret_err.error.code, 'ENOENT');
+
 process.on('exit', function() {
   assert.strictEqual(ret.status, 0);