Patch #474169: Move fdopen calls out of critical section.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 65e09c0..20765e1 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -2274,13 +2274,15 @@
         if (dup2(whan, 1) == 0) {      /* Connect STDOUT to Pipe Write Side */
             DosClose(whan);            /* Close Now-Unused Pipe Write Handle */
 
-            if (async_system(command) == NO_ERROR)
-                retfd = fdopen(rhan, mode); /* And Return Pipe Read Handle */
+            rc = async_system(command);
         }
 
         dup2(oldfd, 1);          /* Reconnect STDOUT to Original Handle */
         DosExitCritSec();        /* Now Allow Other Threads to Run */
 
+        if (rc == NO_ERROR)
+            retfd = fdopen(rhan, mode); /* And Return Pipe Read Handle */
+
         close(oldfd);            /* And Close Saved STDOUT Handle */
         return retfd;            /* Return fd of Pipe or NULL if Error */
 
@@ -2293,13 +2295,15 @@
         if (dup2(rhan, 0) == 0)     { /* Connect STDIN to Pipe Read Side */
             DosClose(rhan);           /* Close Now-Unused Pipe Read Handle */
 
-            if (async_system(command) == NO_ERROR)
-                retfd = fdopen(whan, mode); /* And Return Pipe Write Handle */
+            rc = async_system(command);
         }
 
         dup2(oldfd, 0);          /* Reconnect STDIN to Original Handle */
         DosExitCritSec();        /* Now Allow Other Threads to Run */
 
+        if (rc == NO_ERROR)
+            retfd = fdopen(whan, mode); /* And Return Pipe Write Handle */
+
         close(oldfd);            /* And Close Saved STDIN Handle */
         return retfd;            /* Return fd of Pipe or NULL if Error */