Fix fallback to devnull when trying to preserve stdin in worker (#74192)

ci_complete

lib/ansible/executor/process/worker.py

@@ -72,25 +72,27 @@ class WorkerProcess(multiprocessing_context.Process):
         self._loader._tempfiles = set()
 
     def _save_stdin(self):
-        self._new_stdin = os.devnull
+        self._new_stdin = None
         try:
             if sys.stdin.isatty() and sys.stdin.fileno() is not None:
                 try:
                     self._new_stdin = os.fdopen(os.dup(sys.stdin.fileno()))
                 except OSError:
                     # couldn't dupe stdin, most likely because it's
-                    # not a valid file descriptor, so we just rely on
+                    # not a valid file descriptor
-                    # using the one that was passed in
                     pass
         except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-            # couldn't get stdin's fileno, so we just carry on
+            # couldn't get stdin's fileno
             pass
 
+        if self._new_stdin is None:
+            self._new_stdin = open(os.devnull)
+
     def start(self):
         '''
         multiprocessing.Process replaces the worker's stdin with a new file
-        opened on os.devnull, but we wish to preserve it if it is connected to
+        but we wish to preserve it if it is connected to a terminal.
-        a terminal. Therefore dup a copy prior to calling the real start(),
+        Therefore dup a copy prior to calling the real start(),
         ensuring the descriptor is preserved somewhere in the new child, and
         make sure it is closed in the parent when start() completes.
         '''
@@ -99,7 +101,6 @@ class WorkerProcess(multiprocessing_context.Process):
         try:
             return super(WorkerProcess, self).start()
         finally:
-            if self._new_stdin != os.devnull:
             self._new_stdin.close()
 
     def _hard_exit(self, e):