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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
index 18a81c6..b852ad7 100644
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -936,8 +936,31 @@ subprocess_fork_exec(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
#ifdef VFORK_USABLE
/* Use vfork() only if it's safe. See the comment above child_exec(). */
sigset_t old_sigs;
- if (preexec_fn == Py_None &&
- !call_setuid && !call_setgid && !call_setgroups) {
+ int allow_vfork;
+ if (preexec_fn == Py_None) {
+ allow_vfork = 1; /* 3.10.0 behavior */
+ PyObject *subprocess_module = PyImport_ImportModule("subprocess");
+ if (subprocess_module != NULL) {
+ PyObject *allow_vfork_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(
+ subprocess_module, "_USE_VFORK");
+ Py_DECREF(subprocess_module);
+ if (allow_vfork_obj != NULL) {
+ allow_vfork = PyObject_IsTrue(allow_vfork_obj);
+ Py_DECREF(allow_vfork_obj);
+ if (allow_vfork < 0) {
+ PyErr_Clear(); /* Bad _USE_VFORK attribute. */
+ allow_vfork = 1; /* 3.10.0 behavior */
+ }
+ } else {
+ PyErr_Clear(); /* No _USE_VFORK attribute. */
+ }
+ } else {
+ PyErr_Clear(); /* no subprocess module? suspicious; don't care. */
+ }
+ } else {
+ allow_vfork = 0;
+ }
+ if (allow_vfork && !call_setuid && !call_setgid && !call_setgroups) {
/* Block all signals to ensure that no signal handlers are run in the
* child process while it shares memory with us. Note that signals
* used internally by C libraries won't be blocked by