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@@ -6020,3 +6020,14 @@ def tearDownModule():
 
     remote_globs['setUpModule'] = setUpModule
     remote_globs['tearDownModule'] = tearDownModule
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(not hasattr(_multiprocessing, 'SemLock'), 'SemLock not available')
+class SemLockTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_semlock_subclass(self):
+        class SemLock(_multiprocessing.SemLock):
+            pass
+        name = f'test_semlock_subclass-{os.getpid()}'
+        s = SemLock(1, 0, 10, name, 0)
+        _multiprocessing.sem_unlink(name)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix crash when deallocating an instance of a subclass of ``_multiprocessing.SemLock``. Patch by Kumar Aditya.
@@ -454,9 +454,7 @@ static PyObject *
 newsemlockobject(PyTypeObject *type, SEM_HANDLE handle, int kind, int maxvalue,
                  char *name)
 {
-    SemLockObject *self;
-
-    self = PyObject_New(SemLockObject, type);
+    SemLockObject *self = (SemLockObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
     if (!self)
         return NULL;
     self->handle = handle;
@@ -573,7 +571,7 @@ semlock_dealloc(SemLockObject* self)
     if (self->handle != SEM_FAILED)
         SEM_CLOSE(self->handle);
     PyMem_Free(self->name);
-    PyObject_Free(self);
+    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
 }
 
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	`1`	+Fix crash when deallocating an instance of a subclass of ``_multiprocessing.SemLock``. Patch by Kumar Aditya.