2 /* Thread and interpreter state structures and their interfaces */
6 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 Always use malloc() and free() directly in this file. A number of these
10 functions are advertised as safe to call when the GIL isn't held, and in
11 a debug build Python redirects (e.g.) PyMem_NEW (etc) to Python's debugging
12 obmalloc functions. Those aren't thread-safe (they rely on the GIL to avoid
13 the expense of doing their own locking).
14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
31 static PyThread_type_lock head_mutex
= NULL
; /* Protects interp->tstate_head */
32 #define HEAD_INIT() (void)(head_mutex || (head_mutex = PyThread_allocate_lock()))
33 #define HEAD_LOCK() PyThread_acquire_lock(head_mutex, WAIT_LOCK)
34 #define HEAD_UNLOCK() PyThread_release_lock(head_mutex)
36 /* The single PyInterpreterState used by this process'
37 GILState implementation
39 static PyInterpreterState
*autoInterpreterState
= NULL
;
40 static int autoTLSkey
= 0;
42 #define HEAD_INIT() /* Nothing */
43 #define HEAD_LOCK() /* Nothing */
44 #define HEAD_UNLOCK() /* Nothing */
47 static PyInterpreterState
*interp_head
= NULL
;
49 PyThreadState
*_PyThreadState_Current
= NULL
;
50 PyThreadFrameGetter _PyThreadState_GetFrame
= NULL
;
53 static void _PyGILState_NoteThreadState(PyThreadState
* tstate
);
58 PyInterpreterState_New(void)
60 PyInterpreterState
*interp
= (PyInterpreterState
*)
61 malloc(sizeof(PyInterpreterState
));
66 if (head_mutex
== NULL
)
67 Py_FatalError("Can't initialize threads for interpreter");
69 interp
->modules
= NULL
;
70 interp
->modules_reloading
= NULL
;
71 interp
->sysdict
= NULL
;
72 interp
->builtins
= NULL
;
73 interp
->tstate_head
= NULL
;
74 interp
->codec_search_path
= NULL
;
75 interp
->codec_search_cache
= NULL
;
76 interp
->codec_error_registry
= NULL
;
79 interp
->dlopenflags
= RTLD_NOW
;
81 interp
->dlopenflags
= RTLD_LAZY
;
89 interp
->next
= interp_head
;
99 PyInterpreterState_Clear(PyInterpreterState
*interp
)
103 for (p
= interp
->tstate_head
; p
!= NULL
; p
= p
->next
)
104 PyThreadState_Clear(p
);
106 Py_CLEAR(interp
->codec_search_path
);
107 Py_CLEAR(interp
->codec_search_cache
);
108 Py_CLEAR(interp
->codec_error_registry
);
109 Py_CLEAR(interp
->modules
);
110 Py_CLEAR(interp
->modules_reloading
);
111 Py_CLEAR(interp
->sysdict
);
112 Py_CLEAR(interp
->builtins
);
117 zapthreads(PyInterpreterState
*interp
)
120 /* No need to lock the mutex here because this should only happen
121 when the threads are all really dead (XXX famous last words). */
122 while ((p
= interp
->tstate_head
) != NULL
) {
123 PyThreadState_Delete(p
);
129 PyInterpreterState_Delete(PyInterpreterState
*interp
)
131 PyInterpreterState
**p
;
134 for (p
= &interp_head
; ; p
= &(*p
)->next
) {
137 "PyInterpreterState_Delete: invalid interp");
141 if (interp
->tstate_head
!= NULL
)
142 Py_FatalError("PyInterpreterState_Delete: remaining threads");
149 /* Default implementation for _PyThreadState_GetFrame */
150 static struct _frame
*
151 threadstate_getframe(PyThreadState
*self
)
156 static PyThreadState
*
157 new_threadstate(PyInterpreterState
*interp
, int init
)
159 PyThreadState
*tstate
= (PyThreadState
*)malloc(sizeof(PyThreadState
));
161 if (_PyThreadState_GetFrame
== NULL
)
162 _PyThreadState_GetFrame
= threadstate_getframe
;
164 if (tstate
!= NULL
) {
165 tstate
->interp
= interp
;
167 tstate
->frame
= NULL
;
168 tstate
->recursion_depth
= 0;
170 tstate
->use_tracing
= 0;
171 tstate
->tick_counter
= 0;
172 tstate
->gilstate_counter
= 0;
173 tstate
->async_exc
= NULL
;
175 tstate
->thread_id
= PyThread_get_thread_ident();
177 tstate
->thread_id
= 0;
182 tstate
->curexc_type
= NULL
;
183 tstate
->curexc_value
= NULL
;
184 tstate
->curexc_traceback
= NULL
;
186 tstate
->exc_type
= NULL
;
187 tstate
->exc_value
= NULL
;
188 tstate
->exc_traceback
= NULL
;
190 tstate
->c_profilefunc
= NULL
;
191 tstate
->c_tracefunc
= NULL
;
192 tstate
->c_profileobj
= NULL
;
193 tstate
->c_traceobj
= NULL
;
195 tstate
->trash_delete_nesting
= 0;
196 tstate
->trash_delete_later
= NULL
;
199 _PyThreadState_Init(tstate
);
202 tstate
->next
= interp
->tstate_head
;
203 interp
->tstate_head
= tstate
;
211 PyThreadState_New(PyInterpreterState
*interp
)
213 return new_threadstate(interp
, 1);
217 _PyThreadState_Prealloc(PyInterpreterState
*interp
)
219 return new_threadstate(interp
, 0);
223 _PyThreadState_Init(PyThreadState
*tstate
)
226 _PyGILState_NoteThreadState(tstate
);
231 PyThreadState_Clear(PyThreadState
*tstate
)
233 if (Py_VerboseFlag
&& tstate
->frame
!= NULL
)
235 "PyThreadState_Clear: warning: thread still has a frame\n");
237 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->frame
);
239 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->dict
);
240 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->async_exc
);
242 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->curexc_type
);
243 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->curexc_value
);
244 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->curexc_traceback
);
246 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->exc_type
);
247 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->exc_value
);
248 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->exc_traceback
);
250 tstate
->c_profilefunc
= NULL
;
251 tstate
->c_tracefunc
= NULL
;
252 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->c_profileobj
);
253 Py_CLEAR(tstate
->c_traceobj
);
257 /* Common code for PyThreadState_Delete() and PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent() */
259 tstate_delete_common(PyThreadState
*tstate
)
261 PyInterpreterState
*interp
;
263 PyThreadState
*prev_p
= NULL
;
265 Py_FatalError("PyThreadState_Delete: NULL tstate");
266 interp
= tstate
->interp
;
268 Py_FatalError("PyThreadState_Delete: NULL interp");
270 for (p
= &interp
->tstate_head
; ; p
= &(*p
)->next
) {
273 "PyThreadState_Delete: invalid tstate");
276 /* Sanity check. These states should never happen but if
277 * they do we must abort. Otherwise we'll end up spinning in
278 * in a tight loop with the lock held. A similar check is done
279 * in thread.c find_key(). */
282 "PyThreadState_Delete: small circular list(!)"
283 " and tstate not found.");
285 if ((*p
)->next
== interp
->tstate_head
)
287 "PyThreadState_Delete: circular list(!) and"
288 " tstate not found.");
297 PyThreadState_Delete(PyThreadState
*tstate
)
299 if (tstate
== _PyThreadState_Current
)
300 Py_FatalError("PyThreadState_Delete: tstate is still current");
301 tstate_delete_common(tstate
);
303 if (autoInterpreterState
&& PyThread_get_key_value(autoTLSkey
) == tstate
)
304 PyThread_delete_key_value(autoTLSkey
);
305 #endif /* WITH_THREAD */
311 PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent()
313 PyThreadState
*tstate
= _PyThreadState_Current
;
316 "PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent: no current tstate");
317 _PyThreadState_Current
= NULL
;
318 if (autoInterpreterState
&& PyThread_get_key_value(autoTLSkey
) == tstate
)
319 PyThread_delete_key_value(autoTLSkey
);
320 tstate_delete_common(tstate
);
321 PyEval_ReleaseLock();
323 #endif /* WITH_THREAD */
327 PyThreadState_Get(void)
329 if (_PyThreadState_Current
== NULL
)
330 Py_FatalError("PyThreadState_Get: no current thread");
332 return _PyThreadState_Current
;
337 PyThreadState_Swap(PyThreadState
*newts
)
339 PyThreadState
*oldts
= _PyThreadState_Current
;
341 _PyThreadState_Current
= newts
;
342 /* It should not be possible for more than one thread state
343 to be used for a thread. Check this the best we can in debug
346 #if defined(Py_DEBUG) && defined(WITH_THREAD)
348 /* This can be called from PyEval_RestoreThread(). Similar
349 to it, we need to ensure errno doesn't change.
352 PyThreadState
*check
= PyGILState_GetThisThreadState();
353 if (check
&& check
->interp
== newts
->interp
&& check
!= newts
)
354 Py_FatalError("Invalid thread state for this thread");
361 /* An extension mechanism to store arbitrary additional per-thread state.
362 PyThreadState_GetDict() returns a dictionary that can be used to hold such
363 state; the caller should pick a unique key and store its state there. If
364 PyThreadState_GetDict() returns NULL, an exception has *not* been raised
365 and the caller should assume no per-thread state is available. */
368 PyThreadState_GetDict(void)
370 if (_PyThreadState_Current
== NULL
)
373 if (_PyThreadState_Current
->dict
== NULL
) {
375 _PyThreadState_Current
->dict
= d
= PyDict_New();
379 return _PyThreadState_Current
->dict
;
383 /* Asynchronously raise an exception in a thread.
384 Requested by Just van Rossum and Alex Martelli.
385 To prevent naive misuse, you must write your own extension
386 to call this, or use ctypes. Must be called with the GIL held.
387 Returns the number of tstates modified (normally 1, but 0 if `id` didn't
388 match any known thread id). Can be called with exc=NULL to clear an
389 existing async exception. This raises no exceptions. */
392 PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(long id
, PyObject
*exc
) {
393 PyThreadState
*tstate
= PyThreadState_GET();
394 PyInterpreterState
*interp
= tstate
->interp
;
397 /* Although the GIL is held, a few C API functions can be called
398 * without the GIL held, and in particular some that create and
399 * destroy thread and interpreter states. Those can mutate the
400 * list of thread states we're traversing, so to prevent that we lock
401 * head_mutex for the duration.
404 for (p
= interp
->tstate_head
; p
!= NULL
; p
= p
->next
) {
405 if (p
->thread_id
== id
) {
406 /* Tricky: we need to decref the current value
407 * (if any) in p->async_exc, but that can in turn
408 * allow arbitrary Python code to run, including
409 * perhaps calls to this function. To prevent
410 * deadlock, we need to release head_mutex before
413 PyObject
*old_exc
= p
->async_exc
;
426 /* Routines for advanced debuggers, requested by David Beazley.
427 Don't use unless you know what you are doing! */
430 PyInterpreterState_Head(void)
436 PyInterpreterState_Next(PyInterpreterState
*interp
) {
441 PyInterpreterState_ThreadHead(PyInterpreterState
*interp
) {
442 return interp
->tstate_head
;
446 PyThreadState_Next(PyThreadState
*tstate
) {
450 /* The implementation of sys._current_frames(). This is intended to be
451 called with the GIL held, as it will be when called via
452 sys._current_frames(). It's possible it would work fine even without
453 the GIL held, but haven't thought enough about that.
456 _PyThread_CurrentFrames(void)
459 PyInterpreterState
*i
;
461 result
= PyDict_New();
465 /* for i in all interpreters:
466 * for t in all of i's thread states:
467 * if t's frame isn't NULL, map t's id to its frame
468 * Because these lists can mutate even when the GIL is held, we
469 * need to grab head_mutex for the duration.
472 for (i
= interp_head
; i
!= NULL
; i
= i
->next
) {
474 for (t
= i
->tstate_head
; t
!= NULL
; t
= t
->next
) {
477 struct _frame
*frame
= t
->frame
;
480 id
= PyInt_FromLong(t
->thread_id
);
483 stat
= PyDict_SetItem(result
, id
, (PyObject
*)frame
);
498 /* Python "auto thread state" API. */
501 /* Keep this as a static, as it is not reliable! It can only
502 ever be compared to the state for the *current* thread.
503 * If not equal, then it doesn't matter that the actual
504 value may change immediately after comparison, as it can't
505 possibly change to the current thread's state.
506 * If equal, then the current thread holds the lock, so the value can't
507 change until we yield the lock.
510 PyThreadState_IsCurrent(PyThreadState
*tstate
)
512 /* Must be the tstate for this thread */
513 assert(PyGILState_GetThisThreadState()==tstate
);
514 /* On Windows at least, simple reads and writes to 32 bit values
517 return tstate
== _PyThreadState_Current
;
520 /* Internal initialization/finalization functions called by
521 Py_Initialize/Py_Finalize
524 _PyGILState_Init(PyInterpreterState
*i
, PyThreadState
*t
)
526 assert(i
&& t
); /* must init with valid states */
527 autoTLSkey
= PyThread_create_key();
528 autoInterpreterState
= i
;
529 assert(PyThread_get_key_value(autoTLSkey
) == NULL
);
530 assert(t
->gilstate_counter
== 0);
532 _PyGILState_NoteThreadState(t
);
536 _PyGILState_Fini(void)
538 PyThread_delete_key(autoTLSkey
);
539 autoInterpreterState
= NULL
;
542 /* When a thread state is created for a thread by some mechanism other than
543 PyGILState_Ensure, it's important that the GILState machinery knows about
544 it so it doesn't try to create another thread state for the thread (this is
545 a better fix for SF bug #1010677 than the first one attempted).
548 _PyGILState_NoteThreadState(PyThreadState
* tstate
)
550 /* If autoTLSkey isn't initialized, this must be the very first
551 threadstate created in Py_Initialize(). Don't do anything for now
552 (we'll be back here when _PyGILState_Init is called). */
553 if (!autoInterpreterState
)
556 /* Stick the thread state for this thread in thread local storage.
558 The only situation where you can legitimately have more than one
559 thread state for an OS level thread is when there are multiple
562 a) You shouldn't really be using the PyGILState_ APIs anyway,
565 b) The slightly odd way PyThread_set_key_value works (see
566 comments by its implementation) means that the first thread
567 state created for that given OS level thread will "win",
568 which seems reasonable behaviour.
570 if (PyThread_set_key_value(autoTLSkey
, (void *)tstate
) < 0)
571 Py_FatalError("Couldn't create autoTLSkey mapping");
573 /* PyGILState_Release must not try to delete this thread state. */
574 tstate
->gilstate_counter
= 1;
577 /* The public functions */
579 PyGILState_GetThisThreadState(void)
581 if (autoInterpreterState
== NULL
)
583 return (PyThreadState
*)PyThread_get_key_value(autoTLSkey
);
587 PyGILState_Ensure(void)
591 /* Note that we do not auto-init Python here - apart from
592 potential races with 2 threads auto-initializing, pep-311
593 spells out other issues. Embedders are expected to have
594 called Py_Initialize() and usually PyEval_InitThreads().
596 assert(autoInterpreterState
); /* Py_Initialize() hasn't been called! */
597 tcur
= (PyThreadState
*)PyThread_get_key_value(autoTLSkey
);
599 /* Create a new thread state for this thread */
600 tcur
= PyThreadState_New(autoInterpreterState
);
602 Py_FatalError("Couldn't create thread-state for new thread");
603 /* This is our thread state! We'll need to delete it in the
604 matching call to PyGILState_Release(). */
605 tcur
->gilstate_counter
= 0;
606 current
= 0; /* new thread state is never current */
609 current
= PyThreadState_IsCurrent(tcur
);
611 PyEval_RestoreThread(tcur
);
612 /* Update our counter in the thread-state - no need for locks:
613 - tcur will remain valid as we hold the GIL.
614 - the counter is safe as we are the only thread "allowed"
617 ++tcur
->gilstate_counter
;
618 return current
? PyGILState_LOCKED
: PyGILState_UNLOCKED
;
622 PyGILState_Release(PyGILState_STATE oldstate
)
624 PyThreadState
*tcur
= (PyThreadState
*)PyThread_get_key_value(
627 Py_FatalError("auto-releasing thread-state, "
628 "but no thread-state for this thread");
629 /* We must hold the GIL and have our thread state current */
630 /* XXX - remove the check - the assert should be fine,
631 but while this is very new (April 2003), the extra check
632 by release-only users can't hurt.
634 if (! PyThreadState_IsCurrent(tcur
))
635 Py_FatalError("This thread state must be current when releasing");
636 assert(PyThreadState_IsCurrent(tcur
));
637 --tcur
->gilstate_counter
;
638 assert(tcur
->gilstate_counter
>= 0); /* illegal counter value */
640 /* If we're going to destroy this thread-state, we must
641 * clear it while the GIL is held, as destructors may run.
643 if (tcur
->gilstate_counter
== 0) {
644 /* can't have been locked when we created it */
645 assert(oldstate
== PyGILState_UNLOCKED
);
646 PyThreadState_Clear(tcur
);
647 /* Delete the thread-state. Note this releases the GIL too!
648 * It's vital that the GIL be held here, to avoid shutdown
649 * races; see bugs 225673 and 1061968 (that nasty bug has a
650 * habit of coming back).
652 PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent();
654 /* Release the lock if necessary */
655 else if (oldstate
== PyGILState_UNLOCKED
)
659 #endif /* WITH_THREAD */