[Python-Dev] Release or not release the GIL

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

2013/2/1 Charles-François Natali <cf.natali at gmail.com>

> >> dup2(oldfd, newfd) closes oldfd.
> >
> > No, it doesn't close oldfd.
> >
> > It may close newfd if it was already open.
>
> (I guess that's what he meant).
>
> Anyway, only dup2() should probably release the GIL.
>
> One reasonable heuristic is to check the man page: if the syscall can
> return EINTR, then the GIL should be released.


Should the call be retried in the EINTR case?
(After a PyErr_CheckSignals)

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Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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