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authorVincent Michel <vxgmichel@gmail.com>2021-09-09 13:12:03 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-09-09 13:12:03 (GMT)
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bpo-44219: Release the GIL during isatty syscalls (GH-28250)
Release the GIL while performing isatty() system calls on arbitrary file descriptors. In particular, this affects os.isatty(), os.device_encoding() and io.TextIOWrapper. By extension, io.open() in text mode is also affected.
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-09-10-32-33.bpo-44219.WiYyjz.rst4
-rw-r--r--Modules/posixmodule.c2
-rw-r--r--Python/fileutils.c16
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-09-10-32-33.bpo-44219.WiYyjz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-09-10-32-33.bpo-44219.WiYyjz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12915ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-09-10-32-33.bpo-44219.WiYyjz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Release the GIL while performing ``isatty`` system calls on arbitrary file
+descriptors. In particular, this affects :func:`os.isatty`,
+:func:`os.device_encoding` and :class:`io.TextIOWrapper`. By extension,
+:func:`io.open` in text mode is also affected.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 89659ae..609f10b 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -10066,9 +10066,11 @@ os_isatty_impl(PyObject *module, int fd)
/*[clinic end generated code: output=6a48c8b4e644ca00 input=08ce94aa1eaf7b5e]*/
{
int return_value;
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
_Py_BEGIN_SUPPRESS_IPH
return_value = isatty(fd);
_Py_END_SUPPRESS_IPH
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
return return_value;
}
diff --git a/Python/fileutils.c b/Python/fileutils.c
index e8a7eda..9e732dd 100644
--- a/Python/fileutils.c
+++ b/Python/fileutils.c
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ PyObject *
_Py_device_encoding(int fd)
{
int valid;
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
_Py_BEGIN_SUPPRESS_IPH
valid = isatty(fd);
_Py_END_SUPPRESS_IPH
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
if (!valid)
Py_RETURN_NONE;
@@ -1776,12 +1778,22 @@ _Py_write_impl(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, int gil_held)
_Py_BEGIN_SUPPRESS_IPH
#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
- if (count > 32767 && isatty(fd)) {
+ if (count > 32767) {
/* Issue #11395: the Windows console returns an error (12: not
enough space error) on writing into stdout if stdout mode is
binary and the length is greater than 66,000 bytes (or less,
depending on heap usage). */
- count = 32767;
+ if (gil_held) {
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+ if (isatty(fd)) {
+ count = 32767;
+ }
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+ } else {
+ if (isatty(fd)) {
+ count = 32767;
+ }
+ }
}
#endif
if (count > _PY_WRITE_MAX) {