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Problem
Sometimes
gprofilter
hangsCauses
sometimes
start_process (Popen)
hangs because ofpreexec_fn
Caution
The preexec_fn parameter is NOT SAFE to use in the presence of threads in your application. The child process could deadlock before exec is called. https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#popen-constructor
Solution
replace
preexec_fn
withstart_new_session
flag and introducepdeathsigger