Merge branch 'disallow-thread-creation-and-fork-at-interp-exit' of github.com:chgnrdv/cpython into disallow-thread-creation-and-fork-at-interp-exit

chgnrdv · chgnrdv · commit 1c514711c551 · 2023-05-26T12:08:16.000+03:00
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-24-12-10-54.gh-issue-104690.HX3Jou.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-05-24-12-10-54.gh-issue-104690.HX3Jou.rst
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+Starting new threads and process creation through fork/vfork at interpreter exit is no longer supported, as it can lead to race condition between main Python thread freeing existing thread states and :func:`_thread.start_new_thread` trying to allocate and use state of just created thread or fork/vfork trying to use main thread state in child process.

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	`1`	+Starting new threads and process creation through fork/vfork at interpreter exit is no longer supported, as it can lead to race condition between main Python thread freeing existing thread states and :func:`_thread.start_new_thread` trying to allocate and use state of just created thread or fork/vfork trying to use main thread state in child process.