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-rw-r--r--Lib/multiprocessing/process.py10
-rw-r--r--Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
index c2fc581..cd52736 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -301,10 +301,16 @@ class _MainProcess(BaseProcess):
self._parent_pid = None
self._popen = None
self._config = {'authkey': AuthenticationString(os.urandom(32)),
- 'semprefix': 'mp'}
+ 'semprefix': '/mp'}
# Note that some versions of FreeBSD only allow named
- # semaphores to have names of up to 14 characters. Therfore
+ # semaphores to have names of up to 14 characters. Therefore
# we choose a short prefix.
+ #
+ # On MacOSX in a sandbox it may be necessary to use a
+ # different prefix -- see #19478.
+ #
+ # Everything in self._config will be inherited by descendant
+ # processes.
_current_process = _MainProcess()
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py
index 82c30a2..9d8e282 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class SemLock(object):
@staticmethod
def _make_name():
- return '/%s-%s' % (process.current_process()._config['semprefix'],
- next(SemLock._rand))
+ return '%s-%s' % (process.current_process()._config['semprefix'],
+ next(SemLock._rand))
#
# Semaphore