uuid creation is now threadsafe, backport from py3k rev. 57375.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index e21b070..e1b2f4b 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ def _netbios_getnode():
 _uuid_generate_random = _uuid_generate_time = _UuidCreate = None
 try:
     import ctypes, ctypes.util
-    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
 
     # The uuid_generate_* routines are provided by libuuid on at least
     # Linux and FreeBSD, and provided by libc on Mac OS X.
@@ -426,11 +425,13 @@ except:
 
 def _unixdll_getnode():
     """Get the hardware address on Unix using ctypes."""
+    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
     _uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
     return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw).node
 
 def _windll_getnode():
     """Get the hardware address on Windows using ctypes."""
+    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
     if _UuidCreate(_buffer) == 0:
         return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw).node
 
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ def uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None):
 
     # When the system provides a version-1 UUID generator, use it (but don't
     # use UuidCreate here because its UUIDs don't conform to RFC 4122).
+    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
     if _uuid_generate_time and node is clock_seq is None:
         _uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
         return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw)
@@ -514,6 +516,7 @@ def uuid4():
     """Generate a random UUID."""
 
     # When the system provides a version-4 UUID generator, use it.
+    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
     if _uuid_generate_random:
         _uuid_generate_random(_buffer)
         return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw)