Issue #25583: Merge makedirs fix from 3.4 into 3.5

Lib/os.py

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
         try:
             makedirs(head, mode, exist_ok)
         except FileExistsError:
-            # be happy if someone already created the path
+            # Defeats race condition when another thread created the path
             pass
         cdir = curdir
         if isinstance(tail, bytes):
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
             return
     try:
         mkdir(name, mode)
-    except OSError as e:
+    except OSError:
-        if not exist_ok or e.errno != errno.EEXIST or not path.isdir(name):
+        # Cannot rely on checking for EEXIST, since the operating system
+        # could give priority to other errors like EACCES or EROFS
+        if not exist_ok or not path.isdir(name):
             raise
 
 def removedirs(name):

Lib/test/test_os.py

@@ -1040,6 +1040,9 @@ def test_exist_ok_existing_directory(self):
         os.makedirs(path, mode=mode, exist_ok=True)
         os.umask(old_mask)
 
+        # Issue #25583: A drive root could raise PermissionError on Windows
+        os.makedirs(os.path.abspath('/'), exist_ok=True)
+
     def test_exist_ok_s_isgid_directory(self):
         path = os.path.join(support.TESTFN, 'dir1')
         S_ISGID = stat.S_ISGID

Misc/NEWS

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #25583: Avoid incorrect errors raised by os.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
+  when the OS gives priority to errors such as EACCES over EEXIST.
+
 - Issue #25593: Change semantics of EventLoop.stop() in asyncio.
 
 - Issue #6973: When we know a subprocess.Popen process has died, do