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Proper free-threaded ABI support blockers #126

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nitzmahone opened this issue Sep 6, 2024 · 1 comment
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Proper free-threaded ABI support blockers #126

nitzmahone opened this issue Sep 6, 2024 · 1 comment

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@nitzmahone
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nitzmahone commented Sep 6, 2024

Tracking known blockers to actual support of Python's new t free-threaded ABI - add new ones as we discover them.

  • Extensions built with Py_LIMITED_API (default) under t ABI will always segfault. (fixed by Hard disable Py_LIMITED_API under free-threaded build #125)
  • Threaded embedding tests fail under free-threaded build. ([Python bug]
    (Crash in Py_Initialize in non-main thread in free-threading build python/cpython#123022), fixed in 3.13.0rc2)
  • Add non-artifact CI job for 3.13t.
  • Evaluate all type creation/caching code for obvious GIL-incidental locking or deadlock issues sans GIL.
  • Evaluate all manual refcounting, buffer manipulations, marshaling code, etc for obvious concurrency issues.
  • Build a lot more threaded stress tests for the above, measure coverage.
  • Update documentation to describe current state, concerns around GIL-free operation modes.
  • Once we have some confidence in true GIL-free operations, provide a high-level opt-in/out for CFFI-backed extensions to call PyUnstable_Module_SetGIL() during extension init to control the automatic legacy extension GIL re-enable.
  • Remove known dead code from active development branches (ala Remove pre-Python 3.8 C code #124).
  • Work with high-profile CFFI-consuming projects (e.g. cryptography, pynacl, pygame, ?) to ensure any future threaded stress tests are not broken by CFFI issues.
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Hi @nitzmahone - I'm happy to help out with this if you're okay with reviewing some PRs.

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