bpo-41713: Remove PyOS_InitInterrupts() function (GH-23342)

Remove the undocumented PyOS_InitInterrupts() C function.

* Rename PyOS_InitInterrupts() to _PySignal_Init(). It now installs
  other signal handlers, not only SIGINT.
* Rename PyOS_FiniInterrupts() to _PySignal_Fini()

Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst

@@ -583,3 +583,8 @@ Removed
   ``Py_END_ALLOW_RECURSION`` and the ``recursion_critical`` field of the
   :c:type:`PyInterpreterState` structure.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`41936`.)
+
+* Removed the undocumented ``PyOS_InitInterrupts()`` function. Initializing
+  Python already implicitly installs signal handlers: see
+  :c:member:`PyConfig.install_signal_handlers`.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`41713`.)

Include/internal/pycore_pylifecycle.h

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ extern void _PyFloat_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate);
 extern void _PySlice_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate);
 extern void _PyAsyncGen_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate);
 
-extern void PyOS_FiniInterrupts(void);
+extern int _PySignal_Init(int install_signal_handlers);
+extern void _PySignal_Fini(void);
 
 extern void _PyExc_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate);
 extern void _PyImport_Fini(void);

Include/intrcheck.h

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyOS_InterruptOccurred(void);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyOS_InitInterrupts(void);
 #ifdef HAVE_FORK
 #if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03070000
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyOS_BeforeFork(void);

Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-11-17-15-39-10.bpo-41713.Rq99Vc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Removed the undocumented ``PyOS_InitInterrupts()`` function. Initializing
+Python already implicitly installs signal handlers: see
+:c:member:`PyConfig.install_signal_handlers`. Patch by Victor Stinner.

Modules/signalmodule.c

@@ -1674,8 +1674,8 @@ PyInit__signal(void)
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
-finisignal(void)
+_PySignal_Fini(void)
 {
     int i;
     PyObject *func;
@@ -1792,19 +1792,32 @@ PyErr_SetInterrupt(void)
     }
 }
 
-void
+int
-PyOS_InitInterrupts(void)
+_PySignal_Init(int install_signal_handlers)
 {
-    PyObject *m = PyImport_ImportModule("_signal");
+    if (!install_signal_handlers) {
-    if (m) {
+        // Nothing to do
-        Py_DECREF(m);
+        return 0;
     }
-}
 
-void
+#ifdef SIGPIPE
-PyOS_FiniInterrupts(void)
+    PyOS_setsig(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-{
+#endif
-    finisignal();
+#ifdef SIGXFZ
+    PyOS_setsig(SIGXFZ, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
+#ifdef SIGXFSZ
+    PyOS_setsig(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
+
+    // Import _signal to install the Python SIGINT handler
+    PyObject *module = PyImport_ImportModule("_signal");
+    if (!module) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(module);
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 

Python/pylifecycle.c

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static PyStatus add_main_module(PyInterpreterState *interp);
 static PyStatus init_import_site(void);
 static PyStatus init_set_builtins_open(void);
 static PyStatus init_sys_streams(PyThreadState *tstate);
-static PyStatus init_signals(PyThreadState *tstate);
 static void call_py_exitfuncs(PyThreadState *tstate);
 static void wait_for_thread_shutdown(PyThreadState *tstate);
 static void call_ll_exitfuncs(_PyRuntimeState *runtime);
@@ -1047,11 +1046,8 @@ init_interp_main(PyThreadState *tstate)
     }
 
     if (is_main_interp) {
-        if (config->install_signal_handlers) {
+        if (_PySignal_Init(config->install_signal_handlers) < 0) {
-            status = init_signals(tstate);
+            return _PyStatus_ERR("can't initialize signals");
-            if (_PyStatus_EXCEPTION(status)) {
-                return status;
-            }
         }
 
         if (_PyTraceMalloc_Init(config->tracemalloc) < 0) {
@@ -1702,7 +1698,7 @@ Py_FinalizeEx(void)
     }
 
     /* Disable signal handling */
-    PyOS_FiniInterrupts();
+    _PySignal_Fini();
 
     /* Collect garbage.  This may call finalizers; it's nice to call these
      * before all modules are destroyed.
@@ -2730,25 +2726,6 @@ Py_Exit(int sts)
     exit(sts);
 }
 
-static PyStatus
-init_signals(PyThreadState *tstate)
-{
-#ifdef SIGPIPE
-    PyOS_setsig(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-#endif
-#ifdef SIGXFZ
-    PyOS_setsig(SIGXFZ, SIG_IGN);
-#endif
-#ifdef SIGXFSZ
-    PyOS_setsig(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN);
-#endif
-    PyOS_InitInterrupts(); /* May imply init_signals() */
-    if (_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)) {
-        return _PyStatus_ERR("can't import signal");
-    }
-    return _PyStatus_OK();
-}
-
 
 /* Restore signals that the interpreter has called SIG_IGN on to SIG_DFL.
  *