Thanks Kristján you nailed it. Adding the GIL around it solved all the
crashes I had gotten with both calling schedule or my BeNice. It is working
slick now.

Is there a good resource for reading about when the GIL is held and when it
is not?


On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Kristján Valur Jónsson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> PyGILState_STATE PyGILState_Ensure() / PyGILState_Release()
> K
>
> On 10 September 2014 09:02, Kristján Valur Jónsson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I suspect that the raw input hook is called without the GIL held.
>> You need to add a call to
>> PyGIL_Ensure / PyGIL_Release
>>
>> On 10 September 2014 05:02, Richard Tew <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hard switching immediately switches by changing the stack contents.
>>> And soft switching has the function you call return an unwind token
>>> which should be propagated back through the call chain to the
>>> scheduler.  If you ignore this, and throw it away, it has caused crash
>>> problems in the past.  Of course, with the approach you've taken,
>>> there's no way it can be returned out of that event and back through
>>> the call chain.  You can try and call the versions of the api which do
>>> not soft switch, these might be documented in the documentation.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Richard.
>>>
>>> On 9/10/14, Robert Babiak <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > oh the actual break message
>>> >
>>> > Process 53817 stopped
>>> >
>>> > * thread #5: tid = 0x1c027f, 0x0000000100ea30a3
>>> Python`PyStackless_Schedule
>>> > + 51, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0xd8)
>>> >
>>> >     frame #0: 0x0000000100ea30a3 Python`PyStackless_Schedule + 51
>>> >
>>> > Python`PyStackless_Schedule + 51:
>>> >
>>> > -> 0x100ea30a3:  movq   0xd8(%r13), %rbx
>>> >
>>> >    0x100ea30aa:  movq   0x10(%rbx), %r12
>>> >
>>> >    0x100ea30ae:  movq   $0x0, -0x30(%rbp)
>>> >
>>> >    0x100ea30b6:  cmpq   $0x0, 0xd0(%r13)
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Robert Babiak <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I took the Receive out and replaced it with a simple call to
>>> >> PyStackless_Schedule.
>>> >>
>>> >> static int EventHook(void)
>>> >> {
>>> >>     PyStackless_Schedule(Py_None, 0);
>>> >>     return 0;
>>> >> }
>>> >> ...
>>> >>         Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
>>> >>         Py_InitializeEx(0);
>>> >>         if (!Py_IsInitialized())
>>> >>         {
>>> >>             std::cerr << "Python initialization failed" << std::endl;
>>> >>             return;
>>> >>         }
>>> >>         PySys_SetArgv(argc, argv);
>>> >>         PyOS_InputHook = EventHook;
>>> >> ...
>>> >>         // stacklessMain returns when program is shutdown.
>>> >>         PyStackless_CallMethod_Main(oMainModule.ptr(),
>>> "stacklessMain",
>>> >> 0);
>>> >> ...
>>> >>
>>> >> This is the lldb stacktrace
>>> >>
>>> >> frame #0: 0x0000000100ea30a3 Python`PyStackless_Schedule + 51
>>> >>
>>> >>  frame #1: 0x0000000100155fd9 main`EventHook() + 25 at
>>> >> pythonInterperter.cpp:472
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #2: 0x0000000103dd5e25 readline.so`call_readline + 293
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #3: 0x0000000100dfa3c3 Python`PyOS_Readline + 179
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #4: 0x0000000100e92882 Python`builtin_raw_input + 434
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #5: 0x0000000100e95d88 Python`PyEval_EvalFrame_value + 3832
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #6: 0x0000000100e94d38 Python`PyEval_EvalFrameEx_slp + 376
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #7: 0x0000000100e9744c Python`PyEval_EvalFrame_value + 9660
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #8: 0x0000000100e94d38 Python`PyEval_EvalFrameEx_slp + 376
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #9: 0x0000000100e9744c Python`PyEval_EvalFrame_value + 9660
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #10: 0x0000000100e94d38 Python`PyEval_EvalFrameEx_slp + 376
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #11: 0x0000000100e9e9e1 Python`slp_frame_dispatch_top + 49
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #12: 0x0000000100ea2772 Python`slp_run_tasklet + 226
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #13: 0x0000000100e9e0fc Python`slp_eval_frame + 348
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #14: 0x0000000100e9e083 Python`slp_eval_frame + 227
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #15: 0x0000000100e9e083 Python`slp_eval_frame + 227
>>> >>
>>> >> .....
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #719: 0x0000000100e9e083 Python`slp_eval_frame + 227
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #720: 0x0000000100e9e083 Python`slp_eval_frame + 227
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #721: 0x0000000100ea3801 Python`PyStackless_CallMethod_Main
>>> +
>>> >> 433
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #722: 0x00000001001588e3
>>> >> main`PythonThread::operator(this=0x0000000101506940)() + 1187 at
>>> >> pythonInterperter.cpp:555
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #723: 0x000000010015761c
>>> >>
>>> main`boost::detail::thread_data<PythonThread>::run(this=0x0000000101506740)
>>> >> + 28 at thread.hpp:117
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #724: 0x00000001010ff24a
>>> libboost_thread-mt.dylib`thread_proxy
>>> >> +
>>> >> 186
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #725: 0x00007fff863fb899
>>> libsystem_pthread.dylib`_pthread_body
>>> >> +
>>> >> 138
>>> >>
>>> >>     frame #726: 0x00007fff863fb72a
>>> libsystem_pthread.dylib`_pthread_start
>>> >> + 137
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Richard Tew <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> If you have a crash when you call receive, then you likely have
>>> larger
>>> >>> problems than when the right time to call schedule is.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I don't think it's possible to divine what is going wrong, and expect
>>> >>> you need to provide a reproduction case.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Cheers
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 9/10/14, Robert Babiak <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>> > Dear wise stackless list, I need some of your wisdom.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I am trying to make raw_input play nice with the stackless
>>> scheduler
>>> >>> > and
>>> >>> > not block with my embedded stackless.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I set the PyOS_InputHook to get what amounts to an idle event but
>>> when
>>> >>> > I
>>> >>> > call PyStackless_Schedule(PY_None, 0) it crashes (no stackless
>>> >>> symbols...)
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Is there something I need to check to know if it is safe to call
>>> the
>>> >>> > scheduler from C?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > In general when is it safe to call  PyStackless_Schedule?
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I tried to call my BeNice to block and get woken up later, but this
>>> >>> > also
>>> >>> > crashes when trying to receive on my BeNice channel.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > - Thanks Rob.
>>> >>> > --
>>> >>> > Life: Bah, I will worry about it when it is over.
>>> >>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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