bpo-34410: Fix a crash in the tee iterator when re-enter it. (GH-15625)

RuntimeError is now raised in this case.

4 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index a3f403a..8d134d4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -645,6 +645,10 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
    used anywhere else; otherwise, the *iterable* could get advanced without
    the tee objects being informed.
 
+   ``tee`` iterators are not threadsafe. A :exc:`RuntimeError` may be
+   raised when using simultaneously iterators returned by the same :func:`tee`
+   call, even if the original *iterable* is threadsafe.
+
    This itertool may require significant auxiliary storage (depending on how
    much temporary data needs to be stored). In general, if one iterator uses
    most or all of the data before another iterator starts, it is faster to use
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
index 98b8c83..eaa6197 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pickle
 from functools import reduce
 import sys
 import struct
+import threading
 maxsize = support.MAX_Py_ssize_t
 minsize = -maxsize-1
 
@@ -1494,6 +1495,42 @@ class TestBasicOps(unittest.TestCase):
             del forward, backward
             raise
 
+    def test_tee_reenter(self):
+        class I:
+            first = True
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+            def __next__(self):
+                first = self.first
+                self.first = False
+                if first:
+                    return next(b)
+
+        a, b = tee(I())
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "tee"):
+            next(a)
+
+    def test_tee_concurrent(self):
+        start = threading.Event()
+        finish = threading.Event()
+        class I:
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+            def __next__(self):
+                start.set()
+                finish.wait()
+
+        a, b = tee(I())
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=next, args=[a])
+        thread.start()
+        try:
+            start.wait()
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "tee"):
+                next(b)
+        finally:
+            finish.set()
+            thread.join()
+
     def test_StopIteration(self):
         self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, zip())
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-31-01-52-59.bpo-34410.7KbWZQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-31-01-52-59.bpo-34410.7KbWZQ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64e778e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-31-01-52-59.bpo-34410.7KbWZQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed a crash in the :func:`tee` iterator when re-enter it. RuntimeError is
+now raised in this case.
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index cf419ad..e60ad5b 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ typedef struct {
     PyObject_HEAD
     PyObject *it;
     int numread;                /* 0 <= numread <= LINKCELLS */
+    int running;
     PyObject *nextlink;
     PyObject *(values[LINKCELLS]);
 } teedataobject;
@@ -465,6 +466,7 @@ teedataobject_newinternal(PyObject *it)
     if (tdo == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
+    tdo->running = 0;
     tdo->numread = 0;
     tdo->nextlink = NULL;
     Py_INCREF(it);
@@ -493,7 +495,14 @@ teedataobject_getitem(teedataobject *tdo, int i)
     else {
         /* this is the lead iterator, so fetch more data */
         assert(i == tdo->numread);
+        if (tdo->running) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                            "cannot re-enter the tee iterator");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        tdo->running = 1;
         value = PyIter_Next(tdo->it);
+        tdo->running = 0;
         if (value == NULL)
             return NULL;
         tdo->numread++;