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Method test_trash_weakref_clear

Lib/test/test_gc.py:1066–1121  ·  view source on GitHub ↗
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1064 @unittest.skipIf(ContainerNoGC is None,
1065 'requires ContainerNoGC extension type')
1066 def test_trash_weakref_clear(self):
1067 # Test that trash weakrefs are properly cleared (bpo-38006).
1068 #
1069 # Structure we are creating:
1070 #
1071 # Z <- Y <- A--+--> WZ -> C
1072 # ^ |
1073 # +--+
1074 # where:
1075 # WZ is a weakref to Z with callback C
1076 # Y doesn't implement tp_traverse
1077 # A contains a reference to itself, Y and WZ
1078 #
1079 # A, Y, Z, WZ are all trash. The GC doesn't know that Z is trash
1080 # because Y does not implement tp_traverse. To show the bug, WZ needs
1081 # to live long enough so that Z is deallocated before it. Then, if
1082 # gcmodule is buggy, when Z is being deallocated, C will run.
1083 #
1084 # To ensure WZ lives long enough, we put it in a second reference
1085 # cycle. That trick only works due to the ordering of the GC prev/next
1086 # linked lists. So, this test is a bit fragile.
1087 #
1088 # The bug reported in bpo-38006 is caused because the GC did not
1089 # clear WZ before starting the process of calling tp_clear on the
1090 # trash. Normally, handle_weakrefs() would find the weakref via Z and
1091 # clear it. However, since the GC cannot find Z, WR is not cleared and
1092 # it can execute during delete_garbage(). That can lead to disaster
1093 # since the callback might tinker with objects that have already had
1094 # tp_clear called on them (leaving them in possibly invalid states).
1095
1096 callback = unittest.mock.Mock()
1097
1098 class A:
1099 __slots__ = ['a', 'y', 'wz']
1100
1101 class Z:
1102 pass
1103
1104 # setup required object graph, as described above
1105 a = A()
1106 a.a = a
1107 a.y = ContainerNoGC(Z())
1108 a.wz = weakref.ref(a.y.value, callback)
1109 # create second cycle to keep WZ alive longer
1110 wr_cycle = [a.wz]
1111 wr_cycle.append(wr_cycle)
1112 # ensure trash unrelated to this test is gone
1113 gc.collect()
1114 gc.disable()
1115 # release references and create trash
1116 del a, wr_cycle
1117 gc.collect()
1118 # if called, it means there is a bug in the GC. The weakref should be
1119 # cleared before Z dies.
1120 callback.assert_not_called()
1121 gc.enable()
1122
1123 @cpython_only

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