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authorEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2011-04-20 18:32:40 (GMT)
committerEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2011-04-20 18:32:40 (GMT)
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@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ the fork, and releasing them afterwards. In addition, it resets any
:ref:`lock-objects` in the child. When extending or embedding Python, there
is no way to inform Python of additional (non-Python) locks that need to be
acquired before or reset after a fork. OS facilities such as
-:c:func:`posix_atfork` would need to be used to accomplish the same thing.
+:c:func:`pthread_atfork` would need to be used to accomplish the same thing.
Additionally, when extending or embedding Python, calling :c:func:`fork`
directly rather than through :func:`os.fork` (and returning to or calling
into Python) may result in a deadlock by one of Python's internal locks