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authorNed Deily <nad@python.org>2016-02-15 05:51:24 (GMT)
committerNed Deily <nad@python.org>2016-02-15 05:51:24 (GMT)
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Issue #25924: Avoid unnecessary serialization of getaddrinfo(3) calls on OS X
versions 10.5 or higher. Original patch by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules')
-rw-r--r--Modules/socketmodule.c20
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index ced9343..c02c5d9 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ Local naming conventions:
*/
#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <AvailabilityMacros.h>
+/* for getaddrinfo thread safety test on old versions of OS X */
+#ifndef MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
+#define MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5 1050
+#endif
/*
* inet_aton is not available on OSX 10.3, yet we want to use a binary
* that was build on 10.4 or later to work on that release, weak linking
@@ -183,8 +188,19 @@ shutdown(how) -- shut down traffic in one or both directions\n\
#include <sys/param.h>
#endif
/* On systems on which getaddrinfo() is believed to not be thread-safe,
- (this includes the getaddrinfo emulation) protect access with a lock. */
-#if defined(WITH_THREAD) && (defined(__APPLE__) || \
+ (this includes the getaddrinfo emulation) protect access with a lock.
+
+ getaddrinfo is thread-safe on Mac OS X 10.5 and later. Originally it was
+ a mix of code including an unsafe implementation from an old BSD's
+ libresolv. In 10.5 Apple reimplemented it as a safe IPC call to the
+ mDNSResponder process. 10.5 is the first be UNIX '03 certified, which
+ includes the requirement that getaddrinfo be thread-safe.
+
+ See issue #25924 for details.
+ */
+#if defined(WITH_THREAD) && ( \
+ (defined(__APPLE__) && \
+ MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5) || \
(defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD_version+0 < 503000) || \
defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || \
defined(__VMS) || !defined(HAVE_GETADDRINFO))