[7.4.x] fix for ValueError raised in faulthandler teardown code (#11455)

Co-authored-by: Simon Blanchard <bnomis@gmail.com>

AUTHORS

@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ Serhii Mozghovyi
 Seth Junot
 Shantanu Jain
 Shubham Adep
+Simon Blanchard
 Simon Gomizelj
 Simon Holesch
 Simon Kerr

changelog/11439.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handle an edge case where :data:`sys.stderr` might already be closed when :ref:`faulthandler` is tearing down.

src/_pytest/faulthandler.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import io
 import os
 import sys
 from typing import Generator
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ def get_stderr_fileno() -> int:
         if fileno == -1:
             raise AttributeError()
         return fileno
-    except (AttributeError, io.UnsupportedOperation):
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
         # pytest-xdist monkeypatches sys.stderr with an object that is not an actual file.
         # https://docs.python.org/3/library/faulthandler.html#issue-with-file-descriptors
         # This is potentially dangerous, but the best we can do.