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-rw-r--r--Python/import.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 2640cdb..4785bca 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -295,14 +295,18 @@ _PyImport_ReleaseLock(void)
return 1;
}
-/* This function used to be called from PyOS_AfterFork to ensure that newly
- created child processes do not share locks with the parent, but for some
- reason only on AIX systems. Instead of re-initializing the lock, we now
- acquire the import lock around fork() calls. */
+/* This function is called from PyOS_AfterFork to ensure that newly
+ created child processes do not share locks with the parent.
+ We now acquire the import lock around fork() calls but on some platforms
+ (Solaris 9 and earlier? see isue7242) that still left us with problems. */
void
_PyImport_ReInitLock(void)
{
+ if (import_lock != NULL)
+ import_lock = PyThread_allocate_lock();
+ import_lock_thread = -1;
+ import_lock_level = 0;
}
#endif