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From: =?UTF-8?q?Bartosz=20S=C5=82awecki?= <bartosz@ilikepython.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:02:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix os.posix_spawn() error handling (GH-142532)
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Consistently use `goto exit;` in `py_posix_spawn()`.
(cherry picked from commit 8cfa351560487d472df4c7d841814801fbf57397)

Co-authored-by: Bartosz Sławecki <bartosz@ilikepython.com>
---
 Modules/posixmodule.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 2370ac19c1dd42..e50a14dcb7b1f4 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -7352,7 +7352,7 @@ py_posix_spawn(int use_posix_spawnp, PyObject *module, path_t *path, PyObject *a
     if (argc < 1) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
                      "%s: argv must not be empty", func_name);
-        return NULL;
+        goto exit;
     }
 
     if (!PyMapping_Check(env) && env != Py_None) {