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) {