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diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index bf56cd4..464786b 100644
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -359,19 +359,17 @@ move_unreachable(PyGC_Head *young, PyGC_Head *unreachable)
/* Return true if object has a finalization method.
* CAUTION: An instance of an old-style class has to be checked for a
- *__del__ method, and that can cause arbitrary Python code to get executed
- * via the class's __getattr__ hook (if any). This function can therefore
- * mutate the object graph, and that's been the source of subtle bugs.
+ *__del__ method, and earlier versions of this used to call PyObject_HasAttr,
+ * which in turn could call the class's __getattr__ hook (if any). That
+ * could invoke arbitrary Python code, mutating the object graph in arbitrary
+ * ways, and that was the source of some excruciatingly subtle bugs.
*/
static int
has_finalizer(PyObject *op)
{
if (PyInstance_Check(op)) {
- /* This is the dangerous path: hasattr can invoke
- * the class __getattr__(), and that can do anything.
- */
assert(delstr != NULL);
- return PyObject_HasAttr(op, delstr);
+ return _PyInstance_Lookup(op, delstr) != NULL;
}
else if (PyType_HasFeature(op->ob_type, Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE))
return op->ob_type->tp_del != NULL;
@@ -379,38 +377,28 @@ has_finalizer(PyObject *op)
return 0;
}
-/* Move all objects out of unreachable, into collectable or finalizers.
- * It's possible that some objects will get collected (via refcount falling
- * to 0), or resurrected, as a side effect of checking for __del__ methods.
- * After, finalizers contains all the objects from unreachable that haven't
- * been collected by magic, and that have a finalizer. gc_refs is
- * GC_REACHABLE for all of those. collectable contains all the remaining
- * objects from unreachable, and gc_refs remains GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE
- * for those (we're still not sure they're reclaimable after this! Some
- * may yet by reachable *from* the objects in finalizers).
+/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers.
+ * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and
+ * gc_refs remains GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE for them. The objects
+ * moved into finalizers have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE.
*/
static void
-move_finalizers(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *collectable,
- PyGC_Head *finalizers)
+move_finalizers(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *finalizers)
{
- while (!gc_list_is_empty(unreachable)) {
- PyGC_Head *gc = unreachable->gc.gc_next;
+ PyGC_Head *gc = unreachable->gc.gc_next;
+
+ while (gc != unreachable) {
PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
- int finalizer;
+ PyGC_Head *next = gc->gc.gc_next;
assert(IS_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE(op));
- finalizer = has_finalizer(op);
- if (unreachable->gc.gc_next == gc) {
+ if (has_finalizer(op)) {
gc_list_remove(gc);
- if (finalizer) {
- gc_list_append(gc, finalizers);
- gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
- }
- else
- gc_list_append(gc, collectable);
+ gc_list_append(gc, finalizers);
+ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
}
- /* else has_finalizer() deleted op via side effect */
+ gc = next;
}
}
@@ -430,11 +418,10 @@ visit_move(PyObject *op, PyGC_Head *tolist)
}
/* Move objects that are reachable from finalizers, from the unreachable set
- * into the reachable_from_finalizers set.
+ * into finalizers set.
*/
static void
-move_finalizer_reachable(PyGC_Head *finalizers,
- PyGC_Head *reachable_from_finalizers)
+move_finalizer_reachable(PyGC_Head *finalizers)
{
traverseproc traverse;
PyGC_Head *gc = finalizers->gc.gc_next;
@@ -443,7 +430,7 @@ move_finalizer_reachable(PyGC_Head *finalizers,
traverse = FROM_GC(gc)->ob_type->tp_traverse;
(void) traverse(FROM_GC(gc),
(visitproc)visit_move,
- (void *)reachable_from_finalizers);
+ (void *)finalizers);
}
}
@@ -475,24 +462,32 @@ debug_cycle(char *msg, PyObject *op)
/* Handle uncollectable garbage (cycles with finalizers, and stuff reachable
* only from such cycles).
- * If DEBUG_SAVEALL or hasfinalizer, the objects in finalizers are appended
- * to the module garbage list (a Python list). The objects in finalizers
- * are merged into the old list regardless.
+ * If DEBUG_SAVEALL, all objects in finalizers are appended to the module
+ * garbage list (a Python list), else only the objects in finalizers with
+ * __del__ methods are appended to garbage. All objects in finalizers are
+ * merged into the old list regardless.
* Returns 0 if all OK, <0 on error (out of memory to grow the garbage list).
* The finalizers list is made empty on a successful return.
*/
static int
-handle_finalizers(PyGC_Head *finalizers, PyGC_Head *old, int hasfinalizer)
+handle_finalizers(PyGC_Head *finalizers, PyGC_Head *old)
{
+ PyGC_Head *gc = finalizers->gc.gc_next;
+
if (garbage == NULL) {
garbage = PyList_New(0);
if (garbage == NULL)
Py_FatalError("gc couldn't create gc.garbage list");
}
- if ((debug & DEBUG_SAVEALL) || hasfinalizer) {
- if (append_objects(garbage, finalizers) < 0)
- return -1;
+ for (; gc != finalizers; gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
+ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
+
+ if ((debug & DEBUG_SAVEALL) || has_finalizer(op)) {
+ if (PyList_Append(garbage, op) < 0)
+ return -1;
+ }
}
+
gc_list_merge(finalizers, old);
return 0;
}
@@ -541,9 +536,7 @@ collect(int generation)
PyGC_Head *young; /* the generation we are examining */
PyGC_Head *old; /* next older generation */
PyGC_Head unreachable;
- PyGC_Head collectable;
PyGC_Head finalizers;
- PyGC_Head reachable_from_finalizers;
PyGC_Head *gc;
if (delstr == NULL) {
@@ -606,31 +599,19 @@ collect(int generation)
* care not to create such things. For Python, finalizers means
* instance objects with __del__ methods.
*
- * Move each unreachable object into the collectable set or the
- * finalizers set. Because we need to check for __del__ methods on
- * instances of classic classes, arbitrary Python code may get
- * executed by getattr hooks: that may resurrect or deallocate (via
- * refcount falling to 0) unreachable objects, so this is very
- * delicate.
- */
- gc_list_init(&collectable);
+ * Move unreachable objects with finalizers into a different list.
+ */
gc_list_init(&finalizers);
- move_finalizers(&unreachable, &collectable, &finalizers);
+ move_finalizers(&unreachable, &finalizers);
/* finalizers contains the unreachable objects with a finalizer;
* unreachable objects reachable only *from* those are also
- * uncollectable; we move those into a separate list
- * (reachable_from_finalizers) so we don't have to do the dangerous
- * has_finalizer() test again later.
+ * uncollectable, and we move those into the finalizers list too.
*/
- gc_list_init(&reachable_from_finalizers);
- move_finalizer_reachable(&finalizers, &reachable_from_finalizers);
- /* And move everything only reachable from the reachable stuff. */
- move_finalizer_reachable(&reachable_from_finalizers,
- &reachable_from_finalizers);
+ move_finalizer_reachable(&finalizers);
/* Collect statistics on collectable objects found and print
* debugging information. */
- for (gc = collectable.gc.gc_next; gc != &collectable;
+ for (gc = unreachable.gc.gc_next; gc != &unreachable;
gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
m++;
if (debug & DEBUG_COLLECTABLE) {
@@ -640,7 +621,7 @@ collect(int generation)
/* Call tp_clear on objects in the collectable set. This will cause
* the reference cycles to be broken. It may also cause some objects
* in finalizers and/or reachable_from_finalizers to be freed */
- delete_garbage(&collectable, old);
+ delete_garbage(&unreachable, old);
/* Collect statistics on uncollectable objects found and print
* debugging information. */
@@ -651,13 +632,6 @@ collect(int generation)
if (debug & DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE)
debug_cycle("uncollectable", FROM_GC(gc));
}
- for (gc = reachable_from_finalizers.gc.gc_next;
- gc != &reachable_from_finalizers;
- gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
- n++;
- if (debug & DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE)
- debug_cycle("uncollectable", FROM_GC(gc));
- }
if (debug & DEBUG_STATS) {
if (m == 0 && n == 0) {
PySys_WriteStderr("gc: done.\n");
@@ -673,13 +647,11 @@ collect(int generation)
* reachable list of garbage. The programmer has to deal with
* this if they insist on creating this type of structure.
*/
- if (handle_finalizers(&finalizers, old, 1) == 0)
- (void)handle_finalizers(&reachable_from_finalizers, old, 0);
+ (void)handle_finalizers(&finalizers, old);
if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
- if (gc_str == NULL) {
+ if (gc_str == NULL)
gc_str = PyString_FromString("garbage collection");
- }
PyErr_WriteUnraisable(gc_str);
Py_FatalError("unexpected exception during garbage collection");
}