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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>2021-09-27 12:20:31 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-09-27 12:20:31 (GMT)
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bpo-45274: Fix Thread._wait_for_tstate_lock() race condition (GH-28532)
Fix a race condition in the Thread.join() method of the threading module. If the function is interrupted by a signal and the signal handler raises an exception, make sure that the thread remains in a consistent state to prevent a deadlock.
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+Fix a race condition in the :meth:`Thread.join() <threading.Thread.join>`
+method of the :mod:`threading` module. If the function is interrupted by a
+signal and the signal handler raises an exception, make sure that the thread
+remains in a consistent state to prevent a deadlock. Patch by Victor
+Stinner.