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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_threading_local.py39
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Modules/_threadmodule.c2
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading_local.py b/Lib/test/test_threading_local.py
index 7f58e04..726117f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading_local.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading_local.py
@@ -67,6 +67,45 @@ class ThreadingLocalTest(unittest.TestCase):
for t in threads:
t.join()
+ def test_derived_cycle_dealloc(self):
+ # http://bugs.python.org/issue6990
+ class Local(threading.local):
+ pass
+ locals = None
+ passed = False
+ e1 = threading.Event()
+ e2 = threading.Event()
+
+ def f():
+ nonlocal passed
+ # 1) Involve Local in a cycle
+ cycle = [Local()]
+ cycle.append(cycle)
+ cycle[0].foo = 'bar'
+
+ # 2) GC the cycle (triggers threadmodule.c::local_clear
+ # before local_dealloc)
+ del cycle
+ gc.collect()
+ e1.set()
+ e2.wait()
+
+ # 4) New Locals should be empty
+ passed = all(not hasattr(local, 'foo') for local in locals)
+
+ t = threading.Thread(target=f)
+ t.start()
+ e1.wait()
+
+ # 3) New Locals should recycle the original's address. Creating
+ # them in the thread overwrites the thread state and avoids the
+ # bug
+ locals = [Local() for i in range(10)]
+ e2.set()
+ t.join()
+
+ self.assertTrue(passed)
+
def test_main():
suite = unittest.TestSuite()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 93b8b6e..75f6947 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 1?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #6990: Fix threading.local subclasses leaving old state around
+ after a reference cycle GC which could be recycled by new locals.
+
- Issue #5460: Fix an ambiguity in the grammar.
- Issue #1766304: Improve performance of membership tests on range objects.
diff --git a/Modules/_threadmodule.c b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
index a031998..744e94d 100644
--- a/Modules/_threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ local_traverse(localobject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
static int
local_clear(localobject *self)
{
- Py_CLEAR(self->key);
Py_CLEAR(self->args);
Py_CLEAR(self->kw);
Py_CLEAR(self->dict);
@@ -261,6 +260,7 @@ local_dealloc(localobject *self)
PyDict_DelItem(tstate->dict, self->key);
}
+ Py_XDECREF(self->key);
local_clear(self);
Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
}