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authorJesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com>2009-01-19 15:12:22 (GMT)
committerJesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com>2009-01-19 15:12:22 (GMT)
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Resolve issue 3321: (segfault) _multiprocessing.Connection() doesn't check handle
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@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
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+- Issue #3321: _multiprocessing.Connection() doesn't check handle; added checks
+ for *nix machines for negative handles and large int handles. Without this check
+ it is possible to segfault the interpreter.
+
- Issue #4449: AssertionError in mp_benchmarks.py, caused by an underlying issue
in sharedctypes.py.