[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #10517: After fork(), reinitialize the TLS used by the PyGILState_*
antoine.pitrou
python-checkins at python.org
Wed Apr 27 19:22:15 CEST 2011
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f6feed6ec3f9
changeset: 69635:f6feed6ec3f9
branch: 2.7
parent: 69588:8dbf661c0a63
user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date: Wed Apr 27 19:20:48 2011 +0200
summary:
Issue #10517: After fork(), reinitialize the TLS used by the PyGILState_*
APIs, to avoid a crash with the pthread implementation in RHEL 5. Patch
by Charles-François Natali.
files:
Include/pystate.h | 1 +
Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++
Modules/signalmodule.c | 1 +
Python/pystate.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Include/pystate.h b/Include/pystate.h
--- a/Include/pystate.h
+++ b/Include/pystate.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyThreadState_Delete(PyThreadState *);
#ifdef WITH_THREAD
PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyGILState_Reinit(void);
#endif
PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyThreadState_Get(void);
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #10517: After fork(), reinitialize the TLS used by the PyGILState_*
+ APIs, to avoid a crash with the pthread implementation in RHEL 5. Patch
+ by Charles-François Natali.
+
- Issue #11763: don't use difflib in TestCase.assertMultiLineEqual if the
strings are too long.
diff --git a/Modules/signalmodule.c b/Modules/signalmodule.c
--- a/Modules/signalmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/signalmodule.c
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@
PyOS_AfterFork(void)
{
#ifdef WITH_THREAD
+ _PyGILState_Reinit();
PyEval_ReInitThreads();
main_thread = PyThread_get_thread_ident();
main_pid = getpid();
diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -537,6 +537,23 @@
autoInterpreterState = NULL;
}
+/* Reset the TLS key - called by PyOS_AfterFork.
+ * This should not be necessary, but some - buggy - pthread implementations
+ * don't flush TLS on fork, see issue #10517.
+ */
+void
+_PyGILState_Reinit(void)
+{
+ PyThreadState *tstate = PyGILState_GetThisThreadState();
+ PyThread_delete_key(autoTLSkey);
+ if ((autoTLSkey = PyThread_create_key()) == -1)
+ Py_FatalError("Could not allocate TLS entry");
+
+ /* re-associate the current thread state with the new key */
+ if (PyThread_set_key_value(autoTLSkey, (void *)tstate) < 0)
+ Py_FatalError("Couldn't create autoTLSkey mapping");
+}
+
/* When a thread state is created for a thread by some mechanism other than
PyGILState_Ensure, it's important that the GILState machinery knows about
it so it doesn't try to create another thread state for the thread (this is
--
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