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bpo-42015: Reorder dereferencing calls in meth_dealloc, to make sure m_self is kept alive long enough #22670

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Add comment on derefering order, change order in meth_traverse as wel…
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Rephrase NEWS fragment to be more user-focussed
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-10-12-20-13-58.bpo-42015.X4H2_V.rst
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Order of dereferencing for `PyCFunction` deallocation changed to make sure
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the object passed as ``self`` argument is only dereferenced after the last
access to the function's associated `PyMethodDef`. The allows extension
modules to manage the lifetime of dynamically allocated `PyModuleDef`
instances through ``self``.
6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions Objects/methodobject.c
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Expand Up @@ -164,9 +164,11 @@ meth_dealloc(PyCFunctionObject *m)
if (m->m_weakreflist != NULL) {
PyObject_ClearWeakRefs((PyObject*) m);
}
// Dereference class before m_self: PyCFunction_GET_CLASS accesses
// PyMethodDef m_ml, which could be kept alive by m_self
Py_XDECREF(PyCFunction_GET_CLASS(m));
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Py_XDECREF(m->m_self);
Py_XDECREF(m->m_module);
Py_XDECREF(PyCFunction_GET_CLASS(m));
PyObject_GC_Del(m);
}

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static int
meth_traverse(PyCFunctionObject *m, visitproc visit, void *arg)
{
Py_VISIT(PyCFunction_GET_CLASS(m));
Py_VISIT(m->m_self);
Py_VISIT(m->m_module);
Py_VISIT(PyCFunction_GET_CLASS(m));
return 0;
}

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