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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-02-02-12-58-21.gh-issue-129533.dFfqkT.rst
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Update :c:func:`PyGC_Enable()`, :c:func:`PyGC_Disable()`,
:c:func:`PyGC_IsEnabled()` to use atomic operation for thread-safety
at free-threading build. Patch by Donghee Na.
16 changes: 7 additions & 9 deletions Python/gc_free_threading.c
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Expand Up @@ -1476,7 +1476,8 @@ gc_should_collect(GCState *gcstate)
{
int count = _Py_atomic_load_int_relaxed(&gcstate->young.count);
int threshold = gcstate->young.threshold;
if (count <= threshold || threshold == 0 || !gcstate->enabled) {
int gc_enabled = _Py_atomic_load_int_relaxed(&gcstate->enabled);
if (count <= threshold || threshold == 0 || !gc_enabled) {
return false;
}
// Avoid quadratic behavior by scaling threshold to the number of live
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1952,25 +1953,23 @@ int
PyGC_Enable(void)
{
GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state();
int old_state = gcstate->enabled;
gcstate->enabled = 1;
int old_state = _Py_atomic_exchange_int(&gcstate->enabled, 1);
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You can remove the old_state variable. Same remark in PyGC_Disable() and PyGC_IsEnabled().

return old_state;
}

int
PyGC_Disable(void)
{
GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state();
int old_state = gcstate->enabled;
gcstate->enabled = 0;
int old_state = _Py_atomic_exchange_int(&gcstate->enabled, 0);
return old_state;
}

int
PyGC_IsEnabled(void)
{
GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state();
return gcstate->enabled;
return _Py_atomic_load_int_relaxed(&gcstate->enabled);
}

/* Public API to invoke gc.collect() from C */
Expand All @@ -1980,7 +1979,7 @@ PyGC_Collect(void)
PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc;

if (!gcstate->enabled) {
if (!_Py_atomic_load_int_relaxed(&gcstate->enabled)) {
return 0;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2139,8 +2138,7 @@ _PyObject_GC_Link(PyObject *op)
void
_Py_RunGC(PyThreadState *tstate)
{
GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state();
if (!gcstate->enabled) {
if (!PyGC_IsEnabled()) {
return;
}
gc_collect_main(tstate, 0, _Py_GC_REASON_HEAP);
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