[Numpy-discussion] "Reference count error detected" bug appears with multithreading (OpenMP & TBB)

[Malcolm Reynolds]

>
> I suspect that you are obtaining the numpy object (1 Py_INCREF) before
> you split into multiple threads but releasing them in each thread
> (multiple Py_DECREFs). This is probably being hidden from you by the
> boost.python interface and/or the boost::detail::sp_counted_impl_p<>
> smart(ish) pointer. Check the backtrace where your code starts to
> verify if this looks to be the case.

Thankyou for your quick reply. This makes a lot of sense, I'm just
having trouble seeing where this could be happening as everything I
pass into each parallel computation strand is pass down as either
pointer-to-consts or reference-to-const - the only things that need to
be modified (for example random number generator objects) are created
uniquely inside each iteration of the for loop so it can't be that.

This information about which object has the reference count problem
helps though, I will keep digging. I'm vaguely planning on trying to
track every incref and decref so I can pin down which object has an
unbalanced amount - to do this I want to know the address of the
array, rather than the associated datatype descriptor - I assume I
want to pay attention to the (self=0x117e0e850) in this line, and that
is the address of the array I am mishandling?

#1  0x0000000102897fc4 in array_dealloc (self=0x117e0e850) at arrayobject.c:271

Malcolm

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