https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f67cf83a4e3c6a28522b53d985928a46aae22b77
commit: f67cf83a4e3c6a28522b53d985928a46aae22b77
branch: 3.14
author: Victor Stinner <[email protected]>
committer: vstinner <[email protected]>
date: 2026-02-18T20:55:38+01:00
summary:

[3.14] gh-144763: Fix race conditions in tracemalloc (#144779) (#144965)

gh-144763: Fix race conditions in tracemalloc (#144779)

Avoid PyUnstable_InterpreterFrame_GetLine() since it uses a critical
section which can lead to a deadlock.

_PyTraceMalloc_Stop() now also calls PyRefTracer_SetTracer() without
holding TABLES_LOCK() to prevent another deadlock.

(cherry picked from commit 83f4fffe3d78ba368c0d4864c42c7c9c9223f7d1)

Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <[email protected]>

files:
M Python/tracemalloc.c

diff --git a/Python/tracemalloc.c b/Python/tracemalloc.c
index 8ae12e545761ef..4795068d0a0618 100644
--- a/Python/tracemalloc.c
+++ b/Python/tracemalloc.c
@@ -224,13 +224,20 @@ tracemalloc_get_frame(_PyInterpreterFrame *pyframe, 
frame_t *frame)
     assert(PyStackRef_CodeCheck(pyframe->f_executable));
     frame->filename = &_Py_STR(anon_unknown);
 
-    int lineno = PyUnstable_InterpreterFrame_GetLine(pyframe);
+    int lineno = -1;
+    PyCodeObject *code = _PyFrame_GetCode(pyframe);
+    // PyUnstable_InterpreterFrame_GetLine() cannot but used, since it uses
+    // a critical section which can trigger a deadlock.
+    int lasti = _PyFrame_SafeGetLasti(pyframe);
+    if (lasti >= 0) {
+        lineno = _PyCode_SafeAddr2Line(code, lasti);
+    }
     if (lineno < 0) {
         lineno = 0;
     }
     frame->lineno = (unsigned int)lineno;
 
-    PyObject *filename = filename = _PyFrame_GetCode(pyframe)->co_filename;
+    PyObject *filename = code->co_filename;
     if (filename == NULL) {
 #ifdef TRACE_DEBUG
         tracemalloc_error("failed to get the filename of the code object");
@@ -853,7 +860,8 @@ _PyTraceMalloc_Stop(void)
     TABLES_LOCK();
 
     if (!tracemalloc_config.tracing) {
-        goto done;
+        TABLES_UNLOCK();
+        return;
     }
 
     /* stop tracing Python memory allocations */
@@ -870,10 +878,12 @@ _PyTraceMalloc_Stop(void)
     raw_free(tracemalloc_traceback);
     tracemalloc_traceback = NULL;
 
-    (void)PyRefTracer_SetTracer(NULL, NULL);
-
-done:
     TABLES_UNLOCK();
+
+    // Call it after TABLES_UNLOCK() since it calls _PyEval_StopTheWorldAll()
+    // which would lead to a deadlock with TABLES_LOCK() which doesn't detach
+    // the thread state.
+    (void)PyRefTracer_SetTracer(NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 

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