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-rw-r--r--Include/cpython/object.h44
-rw-r--r--Include/object.h19
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2022-11-04-16-13-35.gh-issue-98724.p0urWO.rst3
-rw-r--r--Modules/_testcapimodule.c87
4 files changed, 126 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Include/cpython/object.h b/Include/cpython/object.h
index b018dab..0d0f1e2 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/object.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/object.h
@@ -309,37 +309,41 @@ _PyObject_GenericSetAttrWithDict(PyObject *, PyObject *,
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_FunctionStr(PyObject *);
-/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to `op2`.
+/* Safely decref `dst` and set `dst` to `src`.
*
* As in case of Py_CLEAR "the obvious" code can be deadly:
*
- * Py_DECREF(op);
- * op = op2;
+ * Py_DECREF(dst);
+ * dst = src;
*
* The safe way is:
*
- * Py_SETREF(op, op2);
+ * Py_SETREF(dst, src);
*
- * That arranges to set `op` to `op2` _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
- * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
- * `op` points to a valid object.
+ * That arranges to set `dst` to `src` _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
+ * triggered as a side-effect of `dst` getting torn down no longer believes
+ * `dst` points to a valid object.
*
- * Py_XSETREF is a variant of Py_SETREF that uses Py_XDECREF instead of
- * Py_DECREF.
+ * gh-98724: Use the _tmp_dst_ptr variable to evaluate the 'dst' macro argument
+ * exactly once, to prevent the duplication of side effects in this macro.
*/
-
-#define Py_SETREF(op, op2) \
- do { \
- PyObject *_py_tmp = _PyObject_CAST(op); \
- (op) = (op2); \
- Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
+#define Py_SETREF(dst, src) \
+ do { \
+ PyObject **_tmp_dst_ptr = _Py_CAST(PyObject**, &(dst)); \
+ PyObject *_tmp_dst = (*_tmp_dst_ptr); \
+ *_tmp_dst_ptr = _PyObject_CAST(src); \
+ Py_DECREF(_tmp_dst); \
} while (0)
-#define Py_XSETREF(op, op2) \
- do { \
- PyObject *_py_tmp = _PyObject_CAST(op); \
- (op) = (op2); \
- Py_XDECREF(_py_tmp); \
+/* Py_XSETREF() is a variant of Py_SETREF() that uses Py_XDECREF() instead of
+ * Py_DECREF().
+ */
+#define Py_XSETREF(dst, src) \
+ do { \
+ PyObject **_tmp_dst_ptr = _Py_CAST(PyObject**, &(dst)); \
+ PyObject *_tmp_dst = (*_tmp_dst_ptr); \
+ *_tmp_dst_ptr = _PyObject_CAST(src); \
+ Py_XDECREF(_tmp_dst); \
} while (0)
diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index f2af428..73bebcd 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -575,16 +575,21 @@ static inline void Py_DECREF(PyObject *op)
* one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
* Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
* to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
+ *
+ * gh-98724: Use the _py_tmp_ptr variable to evaluate the macro argument
+ * exactly once, to prevent the duplication of side effects in this macro.
*/
-#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
- do { \
- PyObject *_py_tmp = _PyObject_CAST(op); \
- if (_py_tmp != NULL) { \
- (op) = NULL; \
- Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
- } \
+#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
+ do { \
+ PyObject **_py_tmp_ptr = _Py_CAST(PyObject**, &(op)); \
+ if (*_py_tmp_ptr != NULL) { \
+ PyObject* _py_tmp = (*_py_tmp_ptr); \
+ *_py_tmp_ptr = NULL; \
+ Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
+ } \
} while (0)
+
/* Function to use in case the object pointer can be NULL: */
static inline void Py_XINCREF(PyObject *op)
{
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2022-11-04-16-13-35.gh-issue-98724.p0urWO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2022-11-04-16-13-35.gh-issue-98724.p0urWO.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2613b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2022-11-04-16-13-35.gh-issue-98724.p0urWO.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The :c:macro:`Py_CLEAR`, :c:macro:`Py_SETREF` and :c:macro:`Py_XSETREF` macros
+now only evaluate their argument once. If the argument has side effects, these
+side effects are no longer duplicated. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 1291eff..92a2a07 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -5684,6 +5684,91 @@ test_set_type_size(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
}
+// Test Py_CLEAR() macro
+static PyObject*
+test_py_clear(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
+{
+ // simple case with a variable
+ PyObject *obj = PyList_New(0);
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ Py_CLEAR(obj);
+ assert(obj == NULL);
+
+ // gh-98724: complex case, Py_CLEAR() argument has a side effect
+ PyObject* array[1];
+ array[0] = PyList_New(0);
+ if (array[0] == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ PyObject **p = array;
+ Py_CLEAR(*p++);
+ assert(array[0] == NULL);
+ assert(p == array + 1);
+
+ Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
+// Test Py_SETREF() and Py_XSETREF() macros, similar to test_py_clear()
+static PyObject*
+test_py_setref(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
+{
+ // Py_SETREF() simple case with a variable
+ PyObject *obj = PyList_New(0);
+ if (obj == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ Py_SETREF(obj, NULL);
+ assert(obj == NULL);
+
+ // Py_XSETREF() simple case with a variable
+ PyObject *obj2 = PyList_New(0);
+ if (obj2 == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ Py_XSETREF(obj2, NULL);
+ assert(obj2 == NULL);
+ // test Py_XSETREF() when the argument is NULL
+ Py_XSETREF(obj2, NULL);
+ assert(obj2 == NULL);
+
+ // gh-98724: complex case, Py_SETREF() argument has a side effect
+ PyObject* array[1];
+ array[0] = PyList_New(0);
+ if (array[0] == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ PyObject **p = array;
+ Py_SETREF(*p++, NULL);
+ assert(array[0] == NULL);
+ assert(p == array + 1);
+
+ // gh-98724: complex case, Py_XSETREF() argument has a side effect
+ PyObject* array2[1];
+ array2[0] = PyList_New(0);
+ if (array2[0] == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ PyObject **p2 = array2;
+ Py_XSETREF(*p2++, NULL);
+ assert(array2[0] == NULL);
+ assert(p2 == array2 + 1);
+
+ // test Py_XSETREF() when the argument is NULL
+ p2 = array2;
+ Py_XSETREF(*p2++, NULL);
+ assert(array2[0] == NULL);
+ assert(p2 == array2 + 1);
+
+ Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
#define TEST_REFCOUNT() \
do { \
PyObject *obj = PyList_New(0); \
@@ -6475,6 +6560,8 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
{"pynumber_tobase", pynumber_tobase, METH_VARARGS},
{"without_gc", without_gc, METH_O},
{"test_set_type_size", test_set_type_size, METH_NOARGS},
+ {"test_py_clear", test_py_clear, METH_NOARGS},
+ {"test_py_setref", test_py_setref, METH_NOARGS},
{"test_refcount_macros", test_refcount_macros, METH_NOARGS},
{"test_refcount_funcs", test_refcount_funcs, METH_NOARGS},
{"test_py_is_macros", test_py_is_macros, METH_NOARGS},