diff Python/ceval.c @ 21058:9df82c13c675 legacy-trunk

SF bug #483469: crash on unbounded recursion in __del__. PyEval_EvalCodeEx(): increment tstate->recursion_depth around the decref of the frame, because the C stack for this call is still in use and the decref can lead to __del__ methods getting called. While this gives tstate->recursion_depth a value proportional to the depth of the C stack (instead of a small constant no matter how deeply __del__s recurse), it's not enough to stop the reported crash when using the default recursion limit on Windows. Bugfix candidate.
author Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
date Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:29:29 +0000
parents dee0e866653e
children 2dfc600f99ce
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--- a/Python/ceval.c	Tue Nov 27 20:30:42 2001 +0000
+++ b/Python/ceval.c	Tue Nov 27 23:29:29 2001 +0000
@@ -2560,7 +2560,15 @@
 
   fail: /* Jump here from prelude on failure */
 
+	/* decref'ing the frame can cause __del__ methods to get invoked,
+	   which can call back into Python.  While we're done with the
+	   current Python frame (f), the associated C stack is still in use,
+	   so recursion_depth must be boosted for the duration.
+	*/
+	assert(tstate != NULL);
+	++tstate->recursion_depth;
         Py_DECREF(f);
+	--tstate->recursion_depth;
 	return retval;
 }