[capi-sig] Python segfaulting on exit

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2009-02-06 12:18, Aaron Staley wrote:
> Recently (I suspect after I upgraded to Ubuntu Intrepid), python has
> been segfaulting whenever it exits AND my Cpp extension has been importing.
> 
> The exact error (from valgrind is):
> 
> ==11326== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
> ==11326==  Access not within mapped region at address 0x40
> ==11326==    at 0x5BAF974: (within /lib/libselinux.so.1)
> ==11326==    by 0x5BA8B8D: (within /lib/libselinux.so.1)
> ==11326==    by 0x5BA11D7: (within /lib/libselinux.so.1)
> ==11326==    by 0x5BB134F: (within /lib/libselinux.so.1)
> ==11326==    by 0x400E152: (within /lib/ld-2.8.90.so)
> ==11326==    by 0x40B6D68: exit (in /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.8.90.so)
> ==11326==    by 0x80ED204: handle_system_exit (pythonrun.c:1620)
> ==11326==    by 0x80ED3FC: PyErr_PrintEx (pythonrun.c:1064)
> ==11326==    by 0x80ED661: PyErr_Print (pythonrun.c:978)
> ==11326==    by 0x80EDC87: PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags (pythonrun.c:795)
> ==11326==    by 0x80EDDB7: PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags (pythonrun.c:723)
> ==11326==    by 0x80EE515: PyRun_AnyFileExFlags (pythonrun.c:692)
> 
> 
> Has anyone seen this before? This is not a showstopper for me, but it is
> a bit annoying.

This typically happens in case of a refcount bug in your extension.
Python finalizes all modules before exiting and during the course
of this, clears all module dictionaries.

It's also possible that the cleanup process triggers an exception
which cannot be handled properly anymore during exit due to a
half-gone Python interpreter system.

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