Branch merge
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 935e224..c2a2f19 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
         p = self.Process(target=time.sleep, args=(DELTA,))
         self.assertNotIn(p, self.active_children())
 
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         self.assertIn(p, self.active_children())
 
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@
 
     def test_subclassing(self):
         uppercaser = _UpperCaser()
+        uppercaser.daemon = True
         uppercaser.start()
         self.assertEqual(uppercaser.submit('hello'), 'HELLO')
         self.assertEqual(uppercaser.submit('world'), 'WORLD')
@@ -512,6 +514,7 @@
 
         # fork process
         p = self.Process(target=self._test_fork, args=(queue,))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
 
         # check that all expected items are in the queue
@@ -552,6 +555,7 @@
                    for i in xrange(4)]
 
         for p in workers:
+            p.daemon = True
             p.start()
 
         for i in xrange(10):
@@ -816,7 +820,9 @@
 
         #self.assertEqual(event.is_set(), False)
 
-        self.Process(target=self._test_event, args=(event,)).start()
+        p = self.Process(target=self._test_event, args=(event,))
+        p.daemon = True
+        p.start()
         self.assertEqual(wait(), True)
 
 #
@@ -856,6 +862,7 @@
             self.assertEqual(sv.value, cv[1])
 
         proc = self.Process(target=self._test, args=(values,))
+        proc.daemon = True
         proc.start()
         proc.join()
 
@@ -919,6 +926,7 @@
         self.f(seq)
 
         p = self.Process(target=self.f, args=(arr,))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         p.join()
 
@@ -1285,6 +1293,7 @@
         manager.start()
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._putter, args=(manager.address, authkey))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
 
         manager2 = QueueManager2(
@@ -1326,6 +1335,7 @@
         manager.start()
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._putter, args=(manager.address, authkey))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         queue = manager.get_queue()
         self.assertEqual(queue.get(), 'hello world')
@@ -1449,6 +1459,7 @@
         conn, child_conn = self.Pipe()
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._echo, args=(child_conn,))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         child_conn.close()    # this might complete before child initializes
 
@@ -1521,6 +1532,7 @@
         conn, child_conn = self.Pipe(duplex=True)
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._writefd, args=(child_conn, b"foo"))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         with open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb") as f:
             fd = f.fileno()
@@ -1544,6 +1556,7 @@
         conn, child_conn = self.Pipe(duplex=True)
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._writefd, args=(child_conn, b"bar", True))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         with open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb") as f:
             fd = f.fileno()
@@ -1632,11 +1645,13 @@
 
         lconn, lconn0 = self.Pipe()
         lp = self.Process(target=self._listener, args=(lconn0, families))
+        lp.daemon = True
         lp.start()
         lconn0.close()
 
         rconn, rconn0 = self.Pipe()
         rp = self.Process(target=self._remote, args=(rconn0,))
+        rp.daemon = True
         rp.start()
         rconn0.close()
 
@@ -1774,6 +1789,7 @@
         string.value = latin('hello')
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._double, args=(x, y, foo, arr, string))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         p.join()
 
@@ -1846,6 +1862,7 @@
         conn, child_conn = self.Pipe()
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._test_finalize, args=(child_conn,))
+        p.daemon = True
         p.start()
         p.join()
 
@@ -1915,12 +1932,16 @@
         reader, writer = multiprocessing.Pipe(duplex=False)
 
         logger.setLevel(LEVEL1)
-        self.Process(target=self._test_level, args=(writer,)).start()
+        p = self.Process(target=self._test_level, args=(writer,))
+        p.daemon = True
+        p.start()
         self.assertEqual(LEVEL1, reader.recv())
 
         logger.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
         root_logger.setLevel(LEVEL2)
-        self.Process(target=self._test_level, args=(writer,)).start()
+        p = self.Process(target=self._test_level, args=(writer,))
+        p.daemon = True
+        p.start()
         self.assertEqual(LEVEL2, reader.recv())
 
         root_logger.setLevel(root_level)
@@ -2106,6 +2127,7 @@
 def _TestProcess(q):
     queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
     subProc = multiprocessing.Process(target=_ThisSubProcess, args=(queue,))
+    subProc.daemon = True
     subProc.start()
     subProc.join()
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9375d8f..41328fd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #12950: Fix passing file descriptors in multiprocessing, under
+  OpenIndiana/Illumos.
+
 - Issue #12764: Fix a crash in ctypes when the name of a Structure field is not
   a string.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c b/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c
index 5b23fc3..7582664 100644
--- a/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c
+++ b/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c
@@ -97,31 +97,37 @@
 /* Functions for transferring file descriptors between processes.
    Reimplements some of the functionality of the fdcred
    module at http://www.mca-ltd.com/resources/fdcred_1.tgz. */
+/* Based in http://resin.csoft.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=3&topic=CMSG_DATA */
 
 static PyObject *
 multiprocessing_sendfd(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     int conn, fd, res;
-    char dummy_char;
-    char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
-    struct msghdr msg = {0};
     struct iovec dummy_iov;
+    char dummy_char;
+    struct msghdr msg;
     struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+    union {
+        struct cmsghdr hdr;
+        unsigned char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+    } cmsgbuf;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ii", &conn, &fd))
         return NULL;
 
     dummy_iov.iov_base = &dummy_char;
     dummy_iov.iov_len = 1;
-    msg.msg_control = buf;
-    msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(buf);
+
+    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+    msg.msg_control = &cmsgbuf.buf;
+    msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(cmsgbuf.buf);
     msg.msg_iov = &dummy_iov;
     msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+
     cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
+    cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
     cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
     cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
-    cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
-    msg.msg_controllen = cmsg->cmsg_len;
     * (int *) CMSG_DATA(cmsg) = fd;
 
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
@@ -138,20 +144,26 @@
 {
     int conn, fd, res;
     char dummy_char;
-    char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
-    struct msghdr msg = {0};
     struct iovec dummy_iov;
+    struct msghdr msg = {0};
     struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+    union {
+        struct cmsghdr hdr;
+        unsigned char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];
+    } cmsgbuf;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &conn))
         return NULL;
 
     dummy_iov.iov_base = &dummy_char;
     dummy_iov.iov_len = 1;
-    msg.msg_control = buf;
-    msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(buf);
+
+    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+    msg.msg_control = &cmsgbuf.buf;
+    msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(cmsgbuf.buf);
     msg.msg_iov = &dummy_iov;
     msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+
     cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
     cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
     cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;