This is strictly about moving the "obmalloc" runtime state from
`_PyRuntimeState` to `PyInterpreterState`. Doing so improves isolation
between interpreters, specifically most of the memory (incl. objects)
allocated for each interpreter's use. This is important for a
per-interpreter GIL, but such isolation is valuable even without it.
FWIW, a per-interpreter obmalloc is the proverbial
canary-in-the-coalmine when it comes to the isolation of objects between
interpreters. Any object that leaks (unintentionally) to another
interpreter is highly likely to cause a crash (on debug builds at
least). That's a useful thing to know, relative to interpreter
isolation.
* The majority of the monitoring code is in instrumentation.c
* The new instrumentation bytecodes are in bytecodes.c
* legacy_tracing.c adapts the new API to the old sys.setrace and sys.setprofile APIs
I've also added a small comment to `Tools/c-analyzer/cpython/_parser.py` to trigger the `patchcheck` CI. It must pass now.
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:ericsnowcurrently
The essentially eliminates the global variable, with the associated benefits. This is also a precursor to isolating this bit of state to PyInterpreterState.
Folks that currently read _Py_RefTotal directly would have to start using _Py_GetGlobalRefTotal() instead.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/102304
This will keep us from adding new unsupported (i.e. non-const) C global variables, which would break interpreter isolation.
FYI, historically it is very uncommon for new global variables to get added. Furthermore, it is rare for new code to break the c-analyzer. So the check should almost always pass unnoticed.
Note that I've removed test_check_c_globals. A test wasn't a great fit conceptually and was super slow on debug builds. A CI check is a better fit.
This also resolves gh-100237.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
Some incompatible changes had gone in, and the "ignore" lists weren't properly undated. This change fixes that. It's necessary prior to enabling test_check_c_globals, which I hope to do soon.
Note that this does include moving last_resort_memory_error to PyInterpreterState.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90110
We can't move it to _PyRuntimeState because the symbol is exposed in the stable ABI. We'll have to sort that out before a per-interpreter GIL, but it shouldn't be too hard.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
This is part of the effort to consolidate global variables, to make them easier to manage (and make it easier to later move some of them to PyInterpreterState).
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
We actually don't move PyImport_Inittab. Instead, we make a copy that we keep on _PyRuntimeState and use only that after Py_Initialize(). We also prevent folks from modifying PyImport_Inittab (the best we can) after that point.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
The global allocators were stored in 3 static global variables: _PyMem_Raw, _PyMem, and _PyObject. State for the "small block" allocator was stored in another 13. That makes a total of 16 global variables. We are moving all 16 to the _PyRuntimeState struct as part of the work for gh-81057. (If PEP 684 is accepted then we will follow up by moving them all to PyInterpreterState.)
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
Here we automatically ignore uses of _PyArg_Parser, "kwlist" arrays, and module/type defs. That way new uses don't trigger false positives in the c-analyzer check script.
We broke it with a recent `_PyArg_Parser` change.
Also:
* moved the `_PyArg_Parser` whitelist entries over to ignored.tsv now that they are thread-safe
* added some known globals from a currently-excluded file
* dropped some outdated globals from the whitelist
This change adds variables that had been added since the last time the whitelist was updated. It also cleans up the list a little.
https://bugs.python.org/issue36876
Like #28744 but for the Tools directory.
[skip issue] Opening a related issue is pending python/psf-infra-meta#130
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:pablogsal
The original tool wasn't working right and it was simpler to create a new one, partially re-using some of the old code. At this point the tool runs properly on the master. (Try: ./python Tools/c-analyzer/c-analyzer.py analyze.) It take ~40 seconds on my machine to analyze the full CPython code base.
Note that we'll need to iron out some OS-specific stuff (e.g. preprocessor). We're okay though since this tool isn't used yet in our workflow. We will also need to verify the analysis results in detail before activating the check in CI, though I'm pretty sure it's close.
https://bugs.python.org/issue36876
This is partly a cleanup of the code. It also is preparation for getting the variables from the source (cross-platform) rather than from the symbols.
The change only touches the tool (and its tests).
Erlend E. Aasland
Eric Snow
Nikita Sobolev
Mark Shannon
Brandt Bucher
Alex Waygood
Zachary Ware
Pablo Galindo Salgado
Dong-hee Na
Serhiy Storchaka
Victor Stinner
Christian Clauss
Erlend Egeberg Aasland
Lysandros Nikolaou