`tracemalloc` aborts when run from threads in no-gil
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Description
Crash report
What happened?
It's possible to get two different aborts from failed assertions, only with PYTHON_GIL=0, using the code below:
from threading import Thread
import _tracemalloc
alive = [
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.start, args=(
(memoryview(bytearray(b"abc\xe9\xff")),))),
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.start, args=()),
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.get_traceback_limit, args=()),
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.start, args=()),
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.stop, args=()),
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.reset_peak, args=()),
Thread(target=_tracemalloc.get_tracemalloc_memory, args=())
]
for obj in alive:
print('START', obj)
try:
obj.start()
except Exception:
pass
The errors are:
python: Python/tracemalloc.c:445: tracemalloc_remove_trace: Assertion `tracemalloc_config.tracing' failed.
Aborted
And:
python: Python/tracemalloc.c:469: tracemalloc_add_trace: Assertion `tracemalloc_config.tracing' failed.
Aborted
Found with fusil by @vstinner.
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Output from running 'python -VV' on the command line:
Python 3.14.0a1+ experimental free-threading build (heads/main:d467d9246c, Nov 1 2024, 09:05:56) [GCC 11.4.0]
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the supplied threaded example with an experimental free-threading build and PYTHON_GIL=0. Inspect Python/tracemalloc.c around tracemalloc_remove_trace and tracemalloc_add_trace, then verify that the example no longer aborts when concurrent tracemalloc operations are used.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100