From faee75c33af1e8ccbf0d4349efe62dc9637779c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Oudkerk <shibturn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:41:19 +0100
Subject: Issue #15646: Prevent equivalent of a fork bomb when using
 multiprocessing on Windows without the "if __name__ == '__main__'" idiom.

---
 Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py   |  2 +-
 Lib/test/mp_fork_bomb.py         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 Misc/NEWS                        |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Lib/test/mp_fork_bomb.py

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
index 3fca8b1..55980ff 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ else:
         '''
         Returns prefix of command line used for spawning a child process
         '''
-        if process.current_process()._identity==() and is_forking(sys.argv):
+        if getattr(process.current_process(), '_inheriting', False):
             raise RuntimeError('''
             Attempt to start a new process before the current process
             has finished its bootstrapping phase.
diff --git a/Lib/test/mp_fork_bomb.py b/Lib/test/mp_fork_bomb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72cea25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/mp_fork_bomb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import multiprocessing
+
+def foo(conn):
+    conn.send("123")
+
+# Because "if __name__ == '__main__'" is missing this will not work
+# correctly on Windows.  However, we should get a RuntimeError rather
+# than the Windows equivalent of a fork bomb.
+
+r, w = multiprocessing.Pipe(False)
+p = multiprocessing.Process(target=foo, args=(w,))
+p.start()
+w.close()
+print(r.recv())
+r.close()
+p.join()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index bc2c048..1587057 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import socket
 import random
 import logging
 import errno
+import test.script_helper
 from test import test_support
 from StringIO import StringIO
 _multiprocessing = test_support.import_module('_multiprocessing')
@@ -2349,8 +2350,28 @@ class TestTimeouts(unittest.TestCase):
         finally:
             socket.setdefaulttimeout(old_timeout)
 
+#
+# Test what happens with no "if __name__ == '__main__'"
+#
+
+class TestNoForkBomb(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_noforkbomb(self):
+        name = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'mp_fork_bomb.py')
+        if WIN32:
+            rc, out, err = test.script_helper.assert_python_failure(name)
+            self.assertEqual('', out.decode('ascii'))
+            self.assertIn('RuntimeError', err.decode('ascii'))
+        else:
+            rc, out, err = test.script_helper.assert_python_ok(name)
+            self.assertEqual('123', out.decode('ascii').rstrip())
+            self.assertEqual('', err.decode('ascii'))
+
+#
+#
+#
+
 testcases_other = [OtherTest, TestInvalidHandle, TestInitializers,
-                   TestStdinBadfiledescriptor, TestTimeouts]
+                   TestStdinBadfiledescriptor, TestTimeouts, TestNoForkBomb]
 
 #
 #
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9d902e3..ef7ecb8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15646: Prevent equivalent of a fork bomb when using
+  multiprocessing on Windows without the "if __name__ == '__main__'"
+  idiom.
+
 - Issue #15567: Fix NameError when running threading._test
 
 - Issue #15424: Add a __sizeof__ implementation for array objects.
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