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Miss Islington (bot) d98d6b1776 [3.13] gh-118727: Don't drop the GIL in drop_gil() unless the current thread holds it (GH-118745) (#119474)
`drop_gil()` assumes that its caller is attached, which means that the current
thread holds the GIL if and only if the GIL is enabled, and the enabled-state
of the GIL won't change. This isn't true, though, because `detach_thread()`
calls `_PyEval_ReleaseLock()` after detaching and
`_PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent()` calls it after removing the current thread
from consideration for stop-the-world requests (effectively detaching it).

Fix this by remembering whether or not a thread acquired the GIL when it last
attached, in `PyThreadState._status.holds_gil`, and check this in `drop_gil()`
instead of `gil->enabled`.

This fixes a crash in `test_multiprocessing_pool_circular_import()`, so I've
reenabled it.
(cherry picked from commit be1dfccdf2)

Co-authored-by: Brett Simmers <swtaarrs@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-05-23 21:27:38 +00:00
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2024-05-08 16:53:50 +02:00

The Python C API
================

The C API is divided into these sections:

1. ``Include/``: Limited API
2. ``Include/cpython/``: CPython implementation details
3. ``Include/cpython/``, names with the ``PyUnstable_`` prefix: API that can
   change between minor releases
4. ``Include/internal/``, and any name with ``_`` prefix: The internal API

Information on changing the C API is available `in the developer guide`_

.. _in the developer guide: https://devguide.python.org/c-api/