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Diffstat (limited to 'Misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/valgrind-python.supp | 33 |
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 release candidate 1? Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Fix crashes on memory allocation failure found with failmalloc. + +- Fix memory leaks found with valgrind and update suppressions file. + +- Fix compiler warnings in opt mode which would lead to invalid memory reads. + +- Fix problem using wrong name in decimal module reported by pychecker. + - Issue #3642: Changed type of numarenas from uint to size_t in order to silence a compilier warning on 64bit OSes. diff --git a/Misc/valgrind-python.supp b/Misc/valgrind-python.supp index a08eaac..e50fc4b 100644 --- a/Misc/valgrind-python.supp +++ b/Misc/valgrind-python.supp @@ -47,6 +47,39 @@ # { + Suppress leaking the GIL. Happens once per process, see comment in ceval.c. + Memcheck:Leak + fun:malloc + fun:PyThread_allocate_lock + fun:PyEval_InitThreads +} + +{ + Suppress leaking the GIL after a fork. + Memcheck:Leak + fun:malloc + fun:PyThread_allocate_lock + fun:PyEval_ReInitThreads +} + +{ + Suppress leaking the autoTLSkey. This looks like it shouldn't leak though. + Memcheck:Leak + fun:malloc + fun:PyThread_create_key + fun:_PyGILState_Init + fun:Py_InitializeEx + fun:Py_Main +} + +{ + Hmmm, is this a real leak or like the GIL? + Memcheck:Leak + fun:malloc + fun:PyThread_ReInitTLS +} + +{ Handle PyMalloc confusing valgrind (possibly leaked) Memcheck:Leak fun:realloc |