`Py_DECREF` and `PyStackRef_CLOSE` are now implemented as macros in the
free-threaded build in ceval.c. There are two motivations;
* MSVC has problems inlining functions in ceval.c in the PGO build.
* We will want to mark escaping calls in order to spill the stack
pointer in ceval.c and we will want to do this around `_Py_Dealloc`
(or `_Py_MergeZeroLocalRefcount` or `_Py_DecRefShared`), not around
the entire `Py_DECREF` or `PyStackRef_CLOSE` call.
The free-threaded GC now visits interpreter stacks to keep objects
that use deferred reference counting alive.
Interpreter frames are zero initialized in the free-threaded GC so
that the GC doesn't see garbage data. This is a temporary measure
until stack spilling around escaping calls is implemented.
Co-authored-by: Ken Jin <kenjin@python.org>
This PR sets up tagged pointers for CPython.
The general idea is to create a separate struct _PyStackRef for everything on the evaluation stack to store the bits. This forces the C compiler to warn us if we try to cast things or pull things out of the struct directly.
Only for free threading: We tag the low bit if something is deferred - that means we skip incref and decref operations on it. This behavior may change in the future if Mark's plans to defer all objects in the interpreter loop pans out.
This implies a strict stack reference discipline is required. ALL incref and decref operations on stackrefs must use the stackref variants. It is unsafe to untag something then do normal incref/decref ops on it.
The new incref and decref variants are called dup and close. They mimic a "handle" API operating on these stackrefs.
Please read Include/internal/pycore_stackref.h for more information!
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Co-authored-by: Mark Shannon <9448417+markshannon@users.noreply.github.com>
Sam Gross
Mark Shannon
Ken Jin