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gh-127582: Make object resurrection thread-safe for free threading.
Objects may be temporarily "resurrected" in destructors when calling finalizers or watcher callbacks. We previously undid the resurrection by decrementing the reference count using `Py_SET_REFCNT`. This was not thread-safe because other threads might be accessing the object (modifying its reference count) if it was exposed by the finalizer, watcher callback, or temporarily accessed by a racy dictionary or list access. This adds internal-only thread-safe functions for temporary object resurrection during destructors.
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Include/internal/pycore_object.h

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@@ -697,8 +697,52 @@ _PyObject_SetMaybeWeakref(PyObject *op)
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}
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}
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extern int _PyObject_ResurrectEndSlow(PyObject *op);
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#endif
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// Temporarily resurrects an object during deallocation. The refcount is set
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// to one.
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static inline void
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_PyObject_Resurrect(PyObject *op)
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{
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assert(Py_REFCNT(op) == 0);
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#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
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_Py_IncRefTotal(_PyThreadState_GET());
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#endif
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#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
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_Py_atomic_store_uintptr_relaxed(&op->ob_tid, _Py_ThreadId());
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_Py_atomic_store_uint32_relaxed(&op->ob_ref_local, 1);
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_Py_atomic_store_ssize_relaxed(&op->ob_ref_shared, 0);
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#else
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Py_SET_REFCNT(op, 1);
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#endif
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}
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// Undoes an object resurrection by decrementing the refcount without calling
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// _Py_Dealloc(). Returns 1 if the object is dead, and deallocation
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// should continue. Returns 0 if the object is still alive.
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static inline int
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_PyObject_ResurrectEnd(PyObject *op)
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{
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#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
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_Py_DecRefTotal(_PyThreadState_GET());
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#endif
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#ifndef Py_GIL_DISABLED
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Py_SET_REFCNT(op, Py_REFCNT(op) - 1);
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return Py_REFCNT(op) == 0;
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#else
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uint32_t local = _Py_atomic_load_uint32_relaxed(&op->ob_ref_local);
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Py_ssize_t shared = _Py_atomic_load_ssize_acquire(&op->ob_ref_shared);
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if (_Py_IsOwnedByCurrentThread(op) && local == 1 && shared == 0) {
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// Fast-path: object has a single refcount and is owned by this thread
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_Py_atomic_store_uint32_relaxed(&op->ob_ref_local, 0);
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return 1;
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}
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// Slow-path: object has a shared refcount or is not owned by this thread
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return _PyObject_ResurrectEndSlow(op);
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#endif
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}
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/* Tries to incref op and returns 1 if successful or 0 otherwise. */
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static inline int
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_Py_TryIncref(PyObject *op)

Objects/codeobject.c

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@@ -1867,14 +1867,11 @@ free_monitoring_data(_PyCoMonitoringData *data)
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static void
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code_dealloc(PyCodeObject *co)
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{
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assert(Py_REFCNT(co) == 0);
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Py_SET_REFCNT(co, 1);
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_PyObject_Resurrect((PyObject *)co);
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notify_code_watchers(PY_CODE_EVENT_DESTROY, co);
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if (Py_REFCNT(co) > 1) {
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Py_SET_REFCNT(co, Py_REFCNT(co) - 1);
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if (!_PyObject_ResurrectEnd((PyObject *)co)) {
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return;
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}
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Py_SET_REFCNT(co, 0);
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#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
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PyObject_GC_UnTrack(co);

Objects/dictobject.c

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{
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PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)self;
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PyInterpreterState *interp = _PyInterpreterState_GET();
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assert(Py_REFCNT(mp) == 0);
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Py_SET_REFCNT(mp, 1);
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_PyObject_Resurrect(self);
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_PyDict_NotifyEvent(interp, PyDict_EVENT_DEALLOCATED, mp, NULL, NULL);
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if (Py_REFCNT(mp) > 1) {
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Py_SET_REFCNT(mp, Py_REFCNT(mp) - 1);
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if (!_PyObject_ResurrectEnd(self)) {
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return;
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}
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Py_SET_REFCNT(mp, 0);
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PyDictValues *values = mp->ma_values;
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PyDictKeysObject *keys = mp->ma_keys;
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Py_ssize_t i, n;

Objects/funcobject.c

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func_dealloc(PyObject *self)
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{
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PyFunctionObject *op = _PyFunction_CAST(self);
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assert(Py_REFCNT(op) == 0);
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Py_SET_REFCNT(op, 1);
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_PyObject_Resurrect(self);
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handle_func_event(PyFunction_EVENT_DESTROY, op, NULL);
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if (Py_REFCNT(op) > 1) {
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Py_SET_REFCNT(op, Py_REFCNT(op) - 1);
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if (!_PyObject_ResurrectEnd(self)) {
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return;
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}
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Py_SET_REFCNT(op, 0);
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_PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(op);
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if (op->func_weakreflist != NULL) {
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PyObject_ClearWeakRefs((PyObject *) op);

Objects/object.c

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}
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# endif
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void
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_Py_DecRefSharedDebug(PyObject *o, const char *filename, int lineno)
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// Decrement the shared reference count of an object. Return 1 if the object
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// is dead and should be deallocated, 0 otherwise.
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static int
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_Py_DecRefSharedIsDead(PyObject *o, const char *filename, int lineno)
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{
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// Should we queue the object for the owning thread to merge?
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int should_queue;
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}
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else if (new_shared == _Py_REF_MERGED) {
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// refcount is zero AND merged
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return 1;
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}
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return 0;
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}
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void
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_Py_DecRefSharedDebug(PyObject *o, const char *filename, int lineno)
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{
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if (_Py_DecRefSharedIsDead(o, filename, lineno)) {
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_Py_Dealloc(o);
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}
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}
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&shared, new_shared));
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return refcnt;
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}
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// The more complicated "slow" path for undoing the resurrection of an object.
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int
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_PyObject_ResurrectEndSlow(PyObject *op)
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{
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if (_Py_IsImmortal(op)) {
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return 0;
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}
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if (_Py_IsOwnedByCurrentThread(op)) {
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// If the object is owned by the current thread, give up ownership and
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// merge the refcount. This isn't necessary in all cases, but it
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// simplifies the implementation.
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return _Py_ExplicitMergeRefcount(op, -1) == 0;
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}
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return _Py_DecRefSharedIsDead(op, NULL, 0);
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}
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#endif /* Py_GIL_DISABLED */
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}
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/* Temporarily resurrect the object. */
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Py_SET_REFCNT(self, 1);
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_PyObject_Resurrect(self);
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PyObject_CallFinalizer(self);
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/* Undo the temporary resurrection; can't use DECREF here, it would
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* cause a recursive call. */
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Py_SET_REFCNT(self, Py_REFCNT(self) - 1);
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if (Py_REFCNT(self) == 0) {
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if (_PyObject_ResurrectEnd(self)) {
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return 0; /* this is the normal path out */
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}
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