weakrefobject.c: binary, ternary, or comparison operations ref leak with dead proxy
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
Original gist: https://gist.github.com/devdanzin/f7d0c7694b2be2345f4cf85f4eedc3ee
Summary
When first
UNWRAP(x)succeeds but secondUNWRAP(y)fails (dead proxy),x's new reference is leaked. Affects ~20 binary operators (+, -, *, /, |, &, ^, etc.).Reproducer
import weakref, sys, gc class C: def __add__(self, other): return NotImplemented def __radd__(self, other): return NotImplemented obj = type('D', (), {})() dead = weakref.proxy(obj) del obj; gc.collect() live_obj = C() live = weakref.proxy(live_obj) before = sys.gettotalrefcount() for i in range(10000): try: live + dead except ReferenceError: pass after = sys.gettotalrefcount() print(f"Leaked {after - before} refs (~{(after-before)//10000}/call)")
Actually, ternary, or comparison operations have the same problem.
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
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Linked PRs
- gh-153059
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Research direction
Start in weakrefobject.c and run the provided refcount reproducer on a CPython main build. Check the binary, ternary, and comparison operation paths described in the report; done means the dead-proxy cases no longer leak references, including the repeated reproducer loop.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100