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authorNir Soffer <nirsof@gmail.com>2017-12-01 01:18:58 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2017-12-01 01:18:58 (GMT)
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bpo-32186: Release the GIL during lseek and fstat (#4652)
In _io_FileIO_readall_impl(), lseek() and _Py_fstat_noraise() were called without releasing the GIL. This can cause all threads to hang for unlimited time when calling FileIO.read() and the NFS server is not accessible.
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+io.FileIO.readall() and io.FileIO.read() now release the GIL when
+getting the file size. Fixed hang of all threads with inaccessible NFS
+server. Patch by Nir Soffer.