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Fix python-interactive with Python 3.6
New in v2: - Define PyMem_RawMalloc as PyMem_Malloc for Python < 3.4 and use PyMem_RawMalloc in the code. Since Python 3.4, the callback installed in PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer should return a value allocated with PyMem_RawMalloc instead of PyMem_Malloc. The reason is that PyMem_Malloc must be called with the Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) held, which is not the case in the context where this function is called. PyMem_RawMalloc was introduced for cases like this. In Python 3.6, it looks like they added an assert to verify that PyMem_Malloc was not called without the GIL. The consequence is that typing anything in the python-interactive mode of gdb crashes the process. The same behavior was observed with the official package on Arch Linux as well as with a manual Python build on Ubuntu 14.04. This is what is shown with a debug build of Python 3.6 (the error with a non-debug build is far less clear): (gdb) pi >>> print(1) Fatal Python error: Python memory allocator called without holding the GIL Current thread 0x00007f1459af8780 (most recent call first): [1] 21326 abort ./gdb and the backtrace: #0 0x00007ffff618bc37 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff618f028 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007ffff6b104d6 in Py_FatalError (msg=msg@entry=0x7ffff6ba15b8 "Python memory allocator called without holding the GIL") at Python/pylifecycle.c:1457 #3 0x00007ffff6a37a68 in _PyMem_DebugCheckGIL () at Objects/obmalloc.c:1972 #4 0x00007ffff6a3804e in _PyMem_DebugFree (ctx=0x7ffff6e65290 <_PyMem_Debug+48>, ptr=0x24f8830) at Objects/obmalloc.c:1994 #5 0x00007ffff6a38e1d in PyMem_Free (ptr=<optimized out>) at Objects/obmalloc.c:442 #6 0x00007ffff6b866c6 in _PyFaulthandler_Fini () at ./Modules/faulthandler.c:1369 #7 0x00007ffff6b104bd in Py_FatalError (msg=msg@entry=0x7ffff6ba15b8 "Python memory allocator called without holding the GIL") at Python/pylifecycle.c:1431 #8 0x00007ffff6a37a68 in _PyMem_DebugCheckGIL () at Objects/obmalloc.c:1972 #9 0x00007ffff6a37aa3 in _PyMem_DebugMalloc (ctx=0x7ffff6e65290 <_PyMem_Debug+48>, nbytes=5) at Objects/obmalloc.c:1980 #10 0x00007ffff6a38d91 in PyMem_Malloc (size=<optimized out>) at Objects/obmalloc.c:418 #11 0x000000000064dbe2 in gdbpy_readline_wrapper (sys_stdin=0x7ffff6514640 <_IO_2_1_stdin_>, sys_stdout=0x7ffff6514400 <_IO_2_1_stdout_>, prompt=0x7ffff4d4f7d0 ">>> ") at /home/emaisin/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/python/py-gdb-readline.c:75 The documentation is very clear about it [1] and it was also mentioned in the "What's New In Python 3.4" page [2]. [1] https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/veryhigh.html#c.PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer [2] https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.4.html#changes-in-the-c-api gdb/ChangeLog: * python/python-internal.h (PyMem_RawMalloc): Define for Python < 3.4. * python/py-gdb-readline.c (gdbpy_readline_wrapper): Use PyMem_RawMalloc instead of PyMem_Malloc.
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