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-rw-r--r--Modules/posixmodule.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 202fae5..abe6189 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -3880,15 +3880,18 @@ To both, return fd of newly opened pseudo-terminal.\n");
static PyObject *
posix_forkpty(PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
{
- int master_fd = -1, result;
+ int master_fd = -1, result = 0;
pid_t pid;
_PyImport_AcquireLock();
pid = forkpty(&master_fd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
- if (pid == 0)
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ /* child: this clobbers and resets the import lock. */
PyOS_AfterFork();
-
- result = _PyImport_ReleaseLock();
+ } else {
+ /* parent: release the import lock. */
+ result = _PyImport_ReleaseLock();
+ }
if (pid == -1)
return posix_error();
if (result < 0) {