Issue32374 added a new subtest (test_bad_traverse) in test_importlib. The test succeeds when a script calling a bad_traverse exits with a non-zero status (e.g., crashes because of segmentation violation)

This patch "fixes" Modules/_testmultiphase.c so that it exits with a non-zero status when a NULL pointer is accessed. This is what was causing other systems to 'crash' expectedly - while AIX was not.

A simple demo program to demonstrate the difference behavior of AIX:

/*
 * Program to show whether an executable crashes, or not
 * when a NULL pointer is accessed
 * Author: AIXTOOLS
 */

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
        long *vpt = NULL;

        fprintf(stdout, "vpt = %08lx\n", (long) vpt);
        if (*vpt)
                fprintf(stdout,"True\n");
        else
                fprintf(stdout,"False\n");

}

On AIX:
root@x066:[/data/prj/python/git]make nullpr; ./nullpr
cc     nullpr.c   -o nullpr
vpt = 00000000
False

On a Linux server:
root@x074:/data/prj/python/git# rm nullpr; make nullpr; ./nullpr
make: Warning: File 'nullpr.c' has modification time 352 s in the future
cc     nullpr.c   -o nullpr
nullpr.c:8:1: warning: return type defaults to 'int' [-Wimplicit-int]
 main()
 ^
make: warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.
vpt = 00000000
Segmentation fault

New changeset 1bf8845f74013c5f1cc5f49a11e52c652a1fb9dd by Miss Islington (bot) (Michael Felt) in branch 'master':
bpo-34720: Fix test_importlib.test_bad_traverse for AIX (GH-9391)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1bf8845f74013c5f1cc5f49a11e52c652a1fb9dd

Could this also be backported to 3.6 and 3.7 please?

could this be backported to versions 3.7, and if applicable, to version 3.6

On 10/03/2019 19:31, Michael Felt wrote:
> Michael Felt <aixtools@felt.demon.nl> added the comment:
>
> could this be backported to versions 3.7, and if applicable, to version 3.6
Only 3.7 - As 3.6 is in security mode.
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New changeset 61f34f9f63aab7503420603627ad5bd8902d904b by Ned Deily (Michael Felt) in branch '3.7':
bpo-34720: Fix test_importlib.test_bad_traverse for AIX  (GH-14238)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/61f34f9f63aab7503420603627ad5bd8902d904b