[issue38070] visit_decref(): add an assertion to check that the object is not freed
STINNER Victor
report at bugs.python.org
Mon Sep 9 10:12:09 EDT 2019
STINNER Victor <vstinner at python.org> added the comment:
> visit_decref() is commonly found in C traceback (ex: gdb backtrace) of bugs related to the garbage collector.
Example with attached bpo-38037-bug.patch: you can apply this patch on the master branch to reintroduce bpo-38037 bug.
vstinner at apu$ git apply bpo-38037-bug.patch
vstinner at apu$ make
Without PR 15782:
vstinner at apu$ ./python -c pass
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
With PR 15782:
vstinner at apu$ ./python -c pass
Modules/gcmodule.c:379: visit_decref: Assertion "!_PyObject_IsFreed(op)" failed
<object: freed>
Fatal Python error: _PyObject_AssertFailed
Current thread 0x00007f171a280740 (most recent call first):
Aborted (core dumped)
The bug is catched earlier. And Python provides more information.
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Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file48602/bpo-38037-bug.patch
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