On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <[email protected]> wrote:
> consider this code:
>
> cdef void foo() except * with gil:
>    raise ValueError
>
> cdef int bar() except ? -1 with gil:
>    raise ValueError
>
> with nogil:
>    foo()
>
> with nogil:
>    bar()
>
>
> Currently, Cython generates segfaulting code because in both cases it
> is using PyErr_Occurred() without re-acquiring the GIL. I think the
> easiest solution would be to use a utility code wrapping around
> PyErr_Occurred() and implemented with the PyGILState_XXX API's, more
> or less like below:
>
> int __Pyx_PyErr_Occurred_WithGIL()
> {
> int err;
> _save = PyGILState_Ensure();
> err = !!PyErr_Occurred(); /* note: PyErr_Occurred() returns PyObject*  */
> PyGILState_Release(_save);
> return err;
> }
>
> Of course, this function is going to be used ONLY when calling C
> functions within nogil blocks.
>
> Would such fix be fine? I would prefer to use the Py_[UN]BLOCK_THREAD
> macros, but in such case the fix is not trivial for me and I do not
> want to make a mess...
>

Yes, I would be fine with that for a fix.

- Robert
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