gh-99741: Clean Up the _xxsubinterpreters Module (gh-99940)

This cleanup up resolves a few subtle bugs and makes the implementation for multi-phase init much cleaner.

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/99741

Include/cpython/pystate.h

@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ struct _xid {
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyObject_GetCrossInterpreterData(PyObject *, _PyCrossInterpreterData *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyCrossInterpreterData_NewObject(_PyCrossInterpreterData *);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyCrossInterpreterData_Release(_PyCrossInterpreterData *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyCrossInterpreterData_Release(_PyCrossInterpreterData *);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyObject_CheckCrossInterpreterData(PyObject *);
 

Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py

@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ class ShareableTypeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self._assert_values([
             b'spam',
             9999,
-            self.cid,
             ])
 
     def test_bytes(self):
@@ -1213,6 +1212,18 @@ class ChannelIDTests(TestBase):
         self.assertFalse(cid1 != cid2)
         self.assertTrue(cid1 != cid3)
 
+    def test_shareable(self):
+        chan = interpreters.channel_create()
+
+        obj = interpreters.channel_create()
+        interpreters.channel_send(chan, obj)
+        got = interpreters.channel_recv(chan)
+
+        self.assertEqual(got, obj)
+        self.assertIs(type(got), type(obj))
+        # XXX Check the following in the channel tests?
+        #self.assertIsNot(got, obj)
+
 
 class ChannelTests(TestBase):
 
@@ -1545,6 +1556,19 @@ class ChannelTests(TestBase):
         self.assertEqual(obj5, b'eggs')
         self.assertIs(obj6, default)
 
+    def test_recv_sending_interp_destroyed(self):
+        cid = interpreters.channel_create()
+        interp = interpreters.create()
+        interpreters.run_string(interp, dedent(f"""
+            import _xxsubinterpreters as _interpreters
+            _interpreters.channel_send({cid}, b'spam')
+            """))
+        interpreters.destroy(interp)
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError,
+                                    'unrecognized interpreter ID'):
+            interpreters.channel_recv(cid)
+
     def test_run_string_arg_unresolved(self):
         cid = interpreters.channel_create()
         interp = interpreters.create()

Python/pystate.c

@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ _PyObject_GetCrossInterpreterData(PyObject *obj, _PyCrossInterpreterData *data)
     // Fill in the blanks and validate the result.
     data->interp = interp->id;
     if (_check_xidata(tstate, data) != 0) {
-        _PyCrossInterpreterData_Release(data);
+        (void)_PyCrossInterpreterData_Release(data);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1878,8 +1878,8 @@ _release_xidata(void *arg)
     _PyCrossInterpreterData *data = (_PyCrossInterpreterData *)arg;
     if (data->free != NULL) {
         data->free(data->data);
-        data->data = NULL;
     }
+    data->data = NULL;
     Py_CLEAR(data->obj);
 }
 
@@ -1910,27 +1910,29 @@ _call_in_interpreter(struct _gilstate_runtime_state *gilstate,
     }
 }
 
-void
+int
 _PyCrossInterpreterData_Release(_PyCrossInterpreterData *data)
 {
-    if (data->data == NULL && data->obj == NULL) {
+    if (data->free == NULL && data->obj == NULL) {
         // Nothing to release!
-        return;
+        data->data = NULL;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     // Switch to the original interpreter.
     PyInterpreterState *interp = _PyInterpreterState_LookUpID(data->interp);
     if (interp == NULL) {
         // The interpreter was already destroyed.
-        if (data->free != NULL) {
+        // This function shouldn't have been called.
-            // XXX Someone leaked some memory...
+        // XXX Someone leaked some memory...
-        }
+        assert(PyErr_Occurred());
-        return;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     // "Release" the data and/or the object.
     struct _gilstate_runtime_state *gilstate = &_PyRuntime.gilstate;
     _call_in_interpreter(gilstate, interp, _release_xidata, data);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 PyObject *