Merge.

Lib/test/test_threading.py

@@ -666,6 +666,29 @@ class ThreadJoinOnShutdown(BaseTestCase):
         rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-c', script)
         self.assertFalse(err)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'fork'), "needs os.fork()")
+    def test_reinit_tls_after_fork(self):
+        # Issue #13817: fork() would deadlock in a multithreaded program with
+        # the ad-hoc TLS implementation.
+
+        def do_fork_and_wait():
+            # just fork a child process and wait it
+            pid = os.fork()
+            if pid > 0:
+                os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+            else:
+                os._exit(0)
+
+        # start a bunch of threads that will fork() child processes
+        threads = []
+        for i in range(16):
+            t = threading.Thread(target=do_fork_and_wait)
+            threads.append(t)
+            t.start()
+
+        for t in threads:
+            t.join()
+
 
 class ThreadingExceptionTests(BaseTestCase):
     # A RuntimeError should be raised if Thread.start() is called

Modules/signalmodule.c

@@ -991,11 +991,13 @@ void
 PyOS_AfterFork(void)
 {
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
+    /* PyThread_ReInitTLS() must be called early, to make sure that the TLS API
+     * can be called safely. */
+    PyThread_ReInitTLS();
     _PyGILState_Reinit();
     PyEval_ReInitThreads();
     main_thread = PyThread_get_thread_ident();
     main_pid = getpid();
     _PyImport_ReInitLock();
-    PyThread_ReInitTLS();
 #endif
 }