passing a socket file descriptor between processes

worker.py

# worker.py
import socket
import struct

def recv_fd(sock):
    '''
    Receive a single file descriptor
    '''
    msg, ancdata, flags, addr = sock.recvmsg(1,
                                             socket.CMSG_LEN(struct.calcsize('i')))

    cmsg_level, cmsg_type, cmsg_data = ancdata[0]
    assert cmsg_level == socket.SOL_SOCKET and cmsg_type == socket.SCM_RIGHTS
    sock.sendall(b'OK')
    return struct.unpack('i', cmsg_data)[0]

def worker(server_address):
    serv = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    serv.connect(server_address)
    while True:
        fd = recv_fd(serv)
        print('WORKER: GOT FD', fd)
        with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, fileno=fd) as client:
            while True:
                msg = client.recv(1024)
                if not msg:
                    break
                print('WORKER: RECV {!r}'.format(msg))
                client.send(msg)
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print('Usage: worker.py server_address', file=sys.stderr)
        raise SystemExit(1)

    worker(sys.argv[1])