This is the implementation of PEP683
Motivation:
The PR introduces the ability to immortalize instances in CPython which bypasses reference counting. Tagging objects as immortal allows up to skip certain operations when we know that the object will be around for the entire execution of the runtime.
Note that this by itself will bring a performance regression to the runtime due to the extra reference count checks. However, this brings the ability of having truly immutable objects that are useful in other contexts such as immutable data sharing between sub-interpreters.
* Eliminate all remaining uses of Py_SIZE and Py_SET_SIZE on PyLongObject, adding asserts.
* Change layout of size/sign bits in longobject to support future addition of immortal ints and tagged medium ints.
* Add functions to hide some internals of long object, and for setting sign and digit count.
* Replace uses of IS_MEDIUM_VALUE macro with _PyLong_IsCompact().
Moving it valuable with a per-interpreter GIL. However, it is also useful without one, since it allows us to identify refleaks within a single interpreter or where references are escaping an interpreter. This becomes more important as we move the obmalloc state to PyInterpreterState.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/102304
The essentially eliminates the global variable, with the associated benefits. This is also a precursor to isolating this bit of state to PyInterpreterState.
Folks that currently read _Py_RefTotal directly would have to start using _Py_GetGlobalRefTotal() instead.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/102304
When __getattr__ is defined, python with try to find an attribute using _PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict
find nothing is reasonable so we don't need an exception, it will hurt performance.
Convert macros to static inline functions to avoid macro pitfalls,
like duplication of side effects:
* DK_ENTRIES()
* DK_UNICODE_ENTRIES()
* PyCode_GetNumFree()
* PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE()
* PyInstanceMethod_GET_FUNCTION()
* PyMemoryView_GET_BASE()
* PyMemoryView_GET_BUFFER()
* PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION()
* PyMethod_GET_SELF()
* PySet_GET_SIZE()
* _PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS()
Changes:
* PyCode_GetNumFree() casts PyCode_GetNumFree.co_nfreevars from int
to Py_ssize_t to be future proof, and because Py_ssize_t is
commonly used in the C API.
* PyCode_GetNumFree() doesn't cast its argument: the replaced macro
already required the exact type PyCodeObject*.
* Add assertions in some functions using "CAST" macros to check
the arguments type when Python is built with assertions
(debug build).
* Remove an outdated comment in unicodeobject.h.
* Store tp_weaklist on the interpreter state for static builtin types.
* Factor out _PyStaticType_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR().
* Add _PyStaticType_ClearWeakRefs().
* Add a comment about how _PyStaticType_ClearWeakRefs() loops.
* Document the change.
* Update Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
* Fix a typo.
* Add _Py_memory_repeat function to pycore_list
* Add _Py_RefcntAdd function to pycore_object
* Use the new functions in tuplerepeat, list_repeat, and list_inplace_repeat
We're no longer using _Py_IDENTIFIER() (or _Py_static_string()) in any core CPython code. It is still used in a number of non-builtin stdlib modules.
The replacement is: PyUnicodeObject (not pointer) fields under _PyRuntimeState, statically initialized as part of _PyRuntime. A new _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() macro facilitates lookup of the fields (along with _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() for non-identifier strings).
https://bugs.python.org/issue46541#msg411799 explains the rationale for this change.
The core of the change is in:
* (new) Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h - the declarations for the global strings, along with the macros
* Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init.h - added the static initializers for the global strings
* Include/internal/pycore_global_objects.h - where the struct in pycore_global_strings.h is hooked into _PyRuntimeState
* Tools/scripts/generate_global_objects.py - added generation of the global string declarations and static initializers
I've also added a --check flag to generate_global_objects.py (along with make check-global-objects) to check for unused global strings. That check is added to the PR CI config.
The remainder of this change updates the core code to use _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() instead of _Py_IDENTIFIER() and the related _Py*Id functions (likewise for _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() instead of _Py_static_string()). This includes adding a few functions where there wasn't already an alternative to _Py*Id(), replacing the _Py_Identifier * parameter with PyObject *.
The following are not changed (yet):
* stop using _Py_IDENTIFIER() in the stdlib modules
* (maybe) get rid of _Py_IDENTIFIER(), etc. entirely -- this may not be doable as at least one package on PyPI using this (private) API
* (maybe) intern the strings during runtime init
https://bugs.python.org/issue46541
Remove the PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS() macro. It was exposed in the
public C API by mistake, it must only be used by Python internally.
Use the PyTypeObject.tp_members member instead.
Rename PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS() to _PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS() and move
it to the internal C API.
Move _Py_GetAllocatedBlocks() and _PyObject_DebugMallocStats()
declarations to pycore_pymem.h. These functions are related to memory
allocators, not to the PyObject structure.
Convert the PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS() macro to a regular function.
It no longer access the PyTypeObject.tp_weaklistoffset member
directly.
Add _PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS() static inline functions, used
internally by Python for best performance.
Add a new _PyType_GetSubclasses() function to get type's subclasses.
_PyType_GetSubclasses(type) returns a list which holds strong
refererences to subclasses. It is safer than iterating on
type->tp_subclasses which yields weak references and can be modified
in the loop.
_PyType_GetSubclasses(type) now holds a reference to the tp_subclasses
dict while creating the list of subclasses.
set_collection_flag_recursive() of _abc.c now uses
_PyType_GetSubclasses().
* Never change types' cached keys. It could invalidate inline attribute objects.
* Lazily create object dictionaries.
* Update specialization of LOAD/STORE_ATTR.
* Don't update shared keys version for deletion of value.
* Update gdb support to handle instance values.
* Rename SPLIT_KEYS opcodes to INSTANCE_VALUE.
Add an internal _PyType_AllocNoTrack() function to allocate an object
without tracking it in the GC.
Modify dict_new() to use _PyType_AllocNoTrack(): dict subclasses are
now only tracked once all PyDictObject members are initialized.
Calling _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK() is no longer needed for the dict type.
Similar change in tuple_subtype_new() for tuple subclasses.
Replace tuple_gc_track() with _PyObject_GC_TRACK().
* Split PyType_Ready() into sub-functions.
* type_ready_mro() now checks if bases are static types earlier.
* Check tp_name earlier, in type_ready_checks().
* Add _PyType_IsReady() macro to check if a type is ready.
Replace _PyThreadState_GET() with _PyInterpreterState_GET() in
functions which only need the current interpreter, but don't need the
current Python thread state.
Replace also _PyThreadState_UncheckedGet() with _PyThreadState_GET()
in faulthandler.c, since _PyThreadState_UncheckedGet() is just an
alias to _PyThreadState_GET() in practice.
* bpo-42979: Enhance abstract.c assertions checking slot result
Add _Py_CheckSlotResult() function which fails with a fatal error if
a slot function succeeded with an exception set or failed with no
exception set: write the slot name, the type name and the current
exception (if an exception is set).
Make the type attribute lookup cache per-interpreter.
Add private _PyType_InitCache() function, called by PyInterpreterState_New().
Continue to share next_version_tag between interpreters, since static
types are still shared by interpreters.
Remove MCACHE macro: the cache is no longer disabled if the
EXPERIMENTAL_ISOLATED_SUBINTERPRETERS macro is defined.
* Rename _PyObject_GC_TRACK_impl() to _PyObject_GC_TRACK()
* Rename _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK_impl() to _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK()
* Omit filename and lineno parameters if NDEBUG is defined.
The PyObject_INIT() and PyObject_INIT_VAR() macros become aliases to,
respectively, PyObject_Init() and PyObject_InitVar() functions.
Rename _PyObject_INIT() and _PyObject_INIT_VAR() static inline
functions to, respectively, _PyObject_Init() and _PyObject_InitVar(),
and move them to pycore_object.h. Remove their return value:
their return type becomes void.
The _datetime module is now built with the Py_BUILD_CORE_MODULE macro
defined.
Remove an outdated comment on _Py_tracemalloc_config.
PyType_HasFeature() now always calls PyType_GetFlags() to hide
implementation details. Previously, it accessed directly the
PyTypeObject.tp_flags member when the limited C API was not used.
Add fast inlined version _PyType_HasFeature() and _PyType_IS_GC()
for object.c and typeobject.c.
Convert the PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR() macro to a function to
hide implementation details: the macro accessed directly to the
PyTypeObject.tp_weaklistoffset member.
Add _PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR() static inline function to the
internal C API.
Move the following functions from the public C API to the internal C
API:
* _PyDebug_PrintTotalRefs(),
* _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses()
* _Py_PrintReferences()
* Add GCState type for readability
* gcmodule.c now gets its gcstate from tstate
* _PyGC_DumpShutdownStats() now expects tstate rather than runtime
* Rename "state" to "gcstate" for readability: to avoid confusion
between "state" and "tstate" for example.
* collect() now only expects tstate: it gets gcstate from tstate.
* Pass tstate to _PyErr_xxx() functions
bpo-36389, bpo-38376: The _PyObject_CheckConsistency() function is
now also available in release mode. For example, it can be used to
debug a crash in the visit_decref() function of the GC.
Modify the following functions to also work in release mode:
* _PyDict_CheckConsistency()
* _PyObject_CheckConsistency()
* _PyType_CheckConsistency()
* _PyUnicode_CheckConsistency()
Other changes:
* _PyMem_IsPtrFreed(ptr) now also returns 1 if ptr is NULL
(equals to 0).
* _PyBytesWriter_CheckConsistency() now returns 1 and is only used
with assert().
* Reorder _PyObject_Dump() to write safe fields first, and only
attempt to render repr() at the end.
Eddie Elizondo