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gh-116510: Fix crash during sub-interpreter shutdown (gh-124645)
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Fix a bug that can cause a crash when sub-interpreters use "basic"
single-phase extension modules.  Shared objects could refer to PyGC_Head
nodes that had been freed as part of interpreter shutdown.
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nascheme authored Sep 27, 2024
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Fix a bug that can cause a crash when sub-interpreters use "basic"
single-phase extension modules. Shared objects could refer to PyGC_Head
nodes that had been freed as part of interpreter cleanup.
29 changes: 26 additions & 3 deletions Python/gc.c
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Expand Up @@ -1944,6 +1944,13 @@ _PyGC_DumpShutdownStats(PyInterpreterState *interp)
}
}

static void
finalize_unlink_gc_head(PyGC_Head *gc) {
PyGC_Head *prev = GC_PREV(gc);
PyGC_Head *next = GC_NEXT(gc);
_PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(prev, next);
_PyGCHead_SET_PREV(next, prev);
}

void
_PyGC_Fini(PyInterpreterState *interp)
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Py_CLEAR(gcstate->garbage);
Py_CLEAR(gcstate->callbacks);

/* We expect that none of this interpreters objects are shared
with other interpreters.
See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90228. */
/* Prevent a subtle bug that affects sub-interpreters that use basic
* single-phase init extensions (m_size == -1). Those extensions cause objects
* to be shared between interpreters, via the PyDict_Update(mdict, m_copy) call
* in import_find_extension().
*
* If they are GC objects, their GC head next or prev links could refer to
* the interpreter _gc_runtime_state PyGC_Head nodes. Those nodes go away
* when the interpreter structure is freed and so pointers to them become
* invalid. If those objects are still used by another interpreter and
* UNTRACK is called on them, a crash will happen. We untrack the nodes
* here to avoid that.
*
* This bug was originally fixed when reported as gh-90228. The bug was
* re-introduced in gh-94673.
*/
finalize_unlink_gc_head(&gcstate->young.head);
finalize_unlink_gc_head(&gcstate->old[0].head);
finalize_unlink_gc_head(&gcstate->old[1].head);
finalize_unlink_gc_head(&gcstate->permanent_generation.head);
}

/* for debugging */
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