import logging
import os
import sys
import threading

def lockie():
    while True:
        # this adds handle to _at_fork_acquire_release_weakset
        #sys.stdout.write(".")
        #sys.stdout.flush()
        h = logging.Handler()

threading.Thread(target=lockie).start()

for n in range(0,100000):
    if n % 100 == 0:
        sys.stdout.write("%d" % n)
        sys.stdout.flush()
    pid = os.fork()
    if pid != 0:
        os.wait()
    else:
        os._exit(0)