From d8a228cd85a696650af4401703019290c0053b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Goldbaum <nathan.goldbaum@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 14:05:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] disable list.get_item_unchecked() on the free-threaded
 build

---
 src/types/list.rs | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/types/list.rs b/src/types/list.rs
index 0fa33d41a44..8e2c50ea397 100644
--- a/src/types/list.rs
+++ b/src/types/list.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ pub trait PyListMethods<'py>: crate::sealed::Sealed {
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// Caller must verify that the index is within the bounds of the list.
-    #[cfg(not(Py_LIMITED_API))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, Py_GIL_DISABLED)))]
     unsafe fn get_item_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> Bound<'py, PyAny>;
 
     /// Takes the slice `self[low:high]` and returns it as a new list.
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl<'py> PyListMethods<'py> for Bound<'py, PyList> {
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// Caller must verify that the index is within the bounds of the list.
-    #[cfg(not(Py_LIMITED_API))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, Py_GIL_DISABLED)))]
     unsafe fn get_item_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> Bound<'py, PyAny> {
         // PyList_GET_ITEM return borrowed ptr; must make owned for safety (see #890).
         ffi::PyList_GET_ITEM(self.as_ptr(), index as Py_ssize_t)
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ impl<'py> BoundListIterator<'py> {
     }
 
     unsafe fn get_item(&self, index: usize) -> Bound<'py, PyAny> {
-        #[cfg(any(Py_LIMITED_API, PyPy))]
+        #[cfg(any(Py_LIMITED_API, PyPy, Py_GIL_DISABLED))]
         let item = self.list.get_item(index).expect("list.get failed");
-        #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, PyPy)))]
+        #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, PyPy, Py_GIL_DISABLED)))]
         let item = self.list.get_item_unchecked(index);
         item
     }
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ mod tests {
         });
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, PyPy)))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(Py_LIMITED_API, PyPy, Py_GIL_DISABLED)))]
     #[test]
     fn test_list_get_item_unchecked_sanity() {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {

From 763a2417e522fd80781e982be7352b7c241ca1e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Goldbaum <nathan.goldbaum@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:46:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add changelog entry

---
 newsfragments/4539.removed.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/4539.removed.md

diff --git a/newsfragments/4539.removed.md b/newsfragments/4539.removed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd1da0169b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/4539.removed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+* `PyListMethods::get_item_unchecked` is disabled on the free-threaded build.
+  It relies on accessing list internals without any locking and is not
+  thread-safe without the GIL to synchronize access.