Race condition in use of _PyOS_SigintEvent on windows
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Description
| BPO | 30151 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @pfmoore, @tjguk, @njsmith, @zware, @zooba |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-04-24.06:55:43.223>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.7', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Race condition in use of _PyOS_SigintEvent on windows'
updated_at = <Date 2017-04-24.07:18:05.541>
user = 'https://github.com/njsmith'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2017-04-24.07:18:05.541>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2017-04-24.06:55:43.223>
creator = 'njs'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 30151
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['292196', '292197']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'njs', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30151'
versions = ['Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']
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Research direction
Search the CPython interpreter sources for _PyOS_SigintEvent and trace its Windows signal-handling accesses. Investigate the reported race condition and identify how it can be reproduced; done means the race is resolved and regression coverage demonstrates safe behavior on Windows.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100