cpython/Misc
Sam Gross 052cb717f5
gh-124878: Fix race conditions during interpreter finalization (#130649)
The PyThreadState field gains a reference count field to avoid
issues with PyThreadState being a dangling pointer to freed memory.
The refcount starts with a value of two: one reference is owned by the
interpreter's linked list of thread states and one reference is owned by
the OS thread. The reference count is decremented when the thread state
is removed from the interpreter's linked list and before the OS thread
calls `PyThread_hang_thread()`. The thread that decrements it to zero
frees the `PyThreadState` memory.

The `holds_gil` field is moved out of the `_status` bit field, to avoid
a data race where on thread calls `PyThreadState_Clear()`, modifying the
`_status` bit field while the OS thread reads `holds_gil` when
attempting to acquire the GIL.

The `PyThreadState.state` field now has `_Py_THREAD_SHUTTING_DOWN` as a
possible value. This corresponds to the `_PyThreadState_MustExit()`
check. This avoids race conditions in the free threading build when
checking `_PyThreadState_MustExit()`.
2025-03-06 10:38:34 -05:00
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NEWS.d gh-124878: Fix race conditions during interpreter finalization (#130649) 2025-03-06 10:38:34 -05:00
rhel7
ACKS GH-130415: Narrow str to "" based on boolean tests (GH-130476) 2025-03-04 13:20:17 -08:00
externals.spdx.json gh-124448: Update Windows builds to use Tcl/Tk 8.6.15 (GH-124449) 2024-09-25 21:00:25 +00:00
HISTORY gh-123492: Remove unnecessary :func: parentheses (#123493) 2024-08-30 14:34:09 +03:00
indent.pro
platform_triplet.c gh-114099: Modify preprocessor symbol usage to support older macOS SDKs (GH-118073) 2024-04-19 14:56:33 -04:00
Porting
python-config.in bpo-45101: Add consistency in usage message IO between 2 versions of python-config (GH-28162) 2024-02-26 22:04:44 +02:00
python-config.sh.in gh-116622: Rename build variable MODULE_LDFLAGS back to LIBPYTHON (#122764) 2024-08-09 00:00:55 +02:00
python-embed.pc.in
python.man Correct typo in GH-129623 (#130079) 2025-02-14 16:27:17 +00:00
python.pc.in gh-116622: Rename build variable MODULE_LDFLAGS back to LIBPYTHON (#122764) 2024-08-09 00:00:55 +02:00
README gh-124457: Remove coverity from CPython repo (GH-124460) 2024-09-27 13:42:32 -07:00
README.AIX
README.valgrind
sbom.spdx.json gh-129467: Fix compiler warning in mpdecimal word_to_string() (#116346) 2025-01-30 11:57:55 +01:00
SpecialBuilds.txt GH-129763: Remove the LLTRACE macro (GH-129764) 2025-02-07 08:49:51 -08:00
stable_abi.toml gh-91417: Remove PySequence_Fast() from the limited C API (#129398) 2025-02-02 23:17:30 +01:00
svnmap.txt
valgrind-python.supp gh-121096: Ignore dlopen() leaks in Valgrind suppression file (#121097) 2024-06-28 13:10:11 +02:00
vgrindefs

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS                    Acknowledgements
HISTORY                 News from previous releases -- oldest last
indent.pro              GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS                    News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting                 Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
python-config.in        Python script template for python-config
python.man              UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python.pc.in            Package configuration info template for pkg-config
README                  The file you're reading now
README.AIX              Information about using Python on AIX
README.valgrind         Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
SpecialBuilds.txt       Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
svnmap.txt              Map of old SVN revs and branches to hg changeset ids,
                        help history-digging
valgrind-python.supp    Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind
vgrindefs               Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)