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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 535bf12..9a78834 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -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 |