From 84ad264ce602fb263a46a4536377bdc830eea81e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bierma <zintensitydev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 19:53:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] gh-123275: Support `-Xgil=1` and `PYTHON_GIL=1` on
 non-free-threaded builds (gh-123276)

---
 Doc/using/cmdline.rst                                |  7 +++----
 .../2024-08-23-18-31-10.gh-issue-123275.DprIrj.rst   |  1 +
 Python/initconfig.c                                  | 12 ++++++++----
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-23-18-31-10.gh-issue-123275.DprIrj.rst

diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index 66f7d5fa38d..6cf42b27718 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ Miscellaneous options
      .. versionadded:: 3.13
 
    * :samp:`-X gil={0,1}` forces the GIL to be disabled or enabled,
-     respectively. Only available in builds configured with
+     respectively. Setting to ``0`` is only available in builds configured with
      :option:`--disable-gil`. See also :envvar:`PYTHON_GIL` and
      :ref:`whatsnew313-free-threaded-cpython`.
 
@@ -1221,13 +1221,12 @@ conflict.
 .. envvar:: PYTHON_GIL
 
    If this variable is set to ``1``, the global interpreter lock (GIL) will be
-   forced on. Setting it to ``0`` forces the GIL off.
+   forced on. Setting it to ``0`` forces the GIL off (needs Python configured with
+   the :option:`--disable-gil` build option).
 
    See also the :option:`-X gil <-X>` command-line option, which takes
    precedence over this variable, and :ref:`whatsnew313-free-threaded-cpython`.
 
-   Needs Python configured with the :option:`--disable-gil` build option.
-
    .. versionadded:: 3.13
 
 Debug-mode variables
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-23-18-31-10.gh-issue-123275.DprIrj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-23-18-31-10.gh-issue-123275.DprIrj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab344a8ca40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-08-23-18-31-10.gh-issue-123275.DprIrj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support :option:`-X gil=1 <-X>` and :envvar:`PYTHON_GIL=1 <PYTHON_GIL>` on non-free-threaded builds.
diff --git a/Python/initconfig.c b/Python/initconfig.c
index 2e7623f0a54..d93244f7f41 100644
--- a/Python/initconfig.c
+++ b/Python/initconfig.c
@@ -1714,20 +1714,24 @@ config_wstr_to_int(const wchar_t *wstr, int *result)
 static PyStatus
 config_read_gil(PyConfig *config, size_t len, wchar_t first_char)
 {
-#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
     if (len == 1 && first_char == L'0') {
+#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
         config->enable_gil = _PyConfig_GIL_DISABLE;
+#else
+        return _PyStatus_ERR("Disabling the GIL is not supported by this build");
+#endif
     }
     else if (len == 1 && first_char == L'1') {
+#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
         config->enable_gil = _PyConfig_GIL_ENABLE;
+#else
+        return _PyStatus_OK();
+#endif
     }
     else {
         return _PyStatus_ERR("PYTHON_GIL / -X gil must be \"0\" or \"1\"");
     }
     return _PyStatus_OK();
-#else
-    return _PyStatus_ERR("PYTHON_GIL / -X gil are not supported by this build");
-#endif
 }
 
 static PyStatus