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-rw-r--r--lang/python/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/python/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h11
-rw-r--r--lang/python/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py214
-rw-r--r--lang/python/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c196
-rw-r--r--lang/python/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c66
-rw-r--r--lang/python23/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/python23/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h11
-rw-r--r--lang/python23/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py214
-rw-r--r--lang/python23/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c196
-rw-r--r--lang/python23/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c66
-rw-r--r--lang/python24/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lang/python24/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h11
-rw-r--r--lang/python24/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py214
-rw-r--r--lang/python24/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c196
-rw-r--r--lang/python24/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c66
15 files changed, 1464 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile b/lang/python/Makefile
index e612224ec57e..f8ce42abe749 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
PORTNAME= python
PORTVERSION= 2.3.2
-PORTREVISION= 2
+PORTREVISION= 3
CATEGORIES= lang python ipv6
MASTER_SITES= ${PYTHON_MASTER_SITES}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PYTHON_MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR}
diff --git a/lang/python/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h b/lang/python/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3d47e307279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Include/weakrefobject.h.orig Mon Aug 12 16:21:58 2002
++++ Include/weakrefobject.h Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
+
+ PyAPI_FUNC(long) _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(PyWeakReference *head);
+
++PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self);
++
+ #define PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(ref) (((PyWeakReference *)(ref))->wr_object)
+
+
diff --git a/lang/python/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py b/lang/python/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abf0e8ec84ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+--- Lib/test/test_weakref.py.orig Tue Jul 15 06:37:17 2003
++++ Lib/test/test_weakref.py Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -299,6 +299,211 @@
+ self.fail("exception not properly restored")
+
+
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_1(self):
++ import gc
++
++ class J(object):
++ pass
++
++ class II(object):
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ self.J
++
++ I = II()
++ I.J = J
++ I.wr = weakref.ref(J, I.acallback)
++
++ # Now J and II are each in a self-cycle (as all new-style class
++ # objects are, since their __mro__ points back to them). I holds
++ # both a weak reference (I.wr) and a strong reference (I.J) to class
++ # J. I is also in a cycle (I.wr points to a weakref that references
++ # I.acallback). When we del these three, they all become trash, but
++ # the cycles prevent any of them from getting cleaned up immediately.
++ # Instead they have to wait for cyclic gc to deduce that they're
++ # trash.
++ #
++ # gc used to call tp_clear on all of them, and the order in which
++ # it does that is pretty accidental. The exact order in which we
++ # built up these things manages to provoke gc into running tp_clear
++ # in just the right order (I last). Calling tp_clear on II leaves
++ # behind an insane class object (its __mro__ becomes NULL). Calling
++ # tp_clear on J breaks its self-cycle, but J doesn't get deleted
++ # just then because of the strong reference from I.J. Calling
++ # tp_clear on I starts to clear I's __dict__, and just happens to
++ # clear I.J first -- I.wr is still intact. That removes the last
++ # reference to J, which triggers the weakref callback. The callback
++ # tries to do "self.J", and instances of new-style classes look up
++ # attributes ("J") in the class dict first. The class (II) wants to
++ # search II.__mro__, but that's NULL. The result was a segfault in
++ # a release build, and an assert failure in a debug build.
++ del I, J, II
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_2(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # This is just like test_callback_in_cycle_1, except that II is an
++ # old-style class. The symptom is different then: an instance of an
++ # old-style class looks in its own __dict__ first. 'J' happens to
++ # get cleared from I.__dict__ before 'wr', and 'J' was never in II's
++ # __dict__, so the attribute isn't found. The difference is that
++ # the old-style II doesn't have a NULL __mro__ (it doesn't have any
++ # __mro__), so no segfault occurs. Instead it got:
++ # test_callback_in_cycle_2 (__main__.ReferencesTestCase) ...
++ # Exception exceptions.AttributeError:
++ # "II instance has no attribute 'J'" in <bound method II.acallback
++ # of <?.II instance at 0x00B9B4B8>> ignored
++
++ class J(object):
++ pass
++
++ class II:
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ self.J
++
++ I = II()
++ I.J = J
++ I.wr = weakref.ref(J, I.acallback)
++
++ del I, J, II
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_3(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # This one broke the first patch that fixed the last two. In this
++ # case, the objects reachable from the callback aren't also reachable
++ # from the object (c1) *triggering* the callback: you can get to
++ # c1 from c2, but not vice-versa. The result was that c2's __dict__
++ # got tp_clear'ed by the time the c2.cb callback got invoked.
++
++ class C:
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ self.me
++ self.c1
++ self.wr
++
++ c1, c2 = C(), C()
++
++ c2.me = c2
++ c2.c1 = c1
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.cb)
++
++ del c1, c2
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_4(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Like test_callback_in_cycle_3, except c2 and c1 have different
++ # classes. c2's class (C) isn't reachable from c1 then, so protecting
++ # objects reachable from the dying object (c1) isn't enough to stop
++ # c2's class (C) from getting tp_clear'ed before c2.cb is invoked.
++ # The result was a segfault (C.__mro__ was NULL when the callback
++ # tried to look up self.me).
++
++ class C(object):
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ self.me
++ self.c1
++ self.wr
++
++ class D:
++ pass
++
++ c1, c2 = D(), C()
++
++ c2.me = c2
++ c2.c1 = c1
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.cb)
++
++ del c1, c2, C, D
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_resurrection(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Do something nasty in a weakref callback: resurrect objects
++ # from dead cycles. For this to be attempted, the weakref and
++ # its callback must also be part of the cyclic trash (else the
++ # objects reachable via the callback couldn't be in cyclic trash
++ # to begin with -- the callback would act like an external root).
++ # But gc clears trash weakrefs with callbacks early now, which
++ # disables the callbacks, so the callbacks shouldn't get called
++ # at all (and so nothing actually gets resurrected).
++
++ alist = []
++ class C(object):
++ def __init__(self, value):
++ self.attribute = value
++
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ alist.append(self.c)
++
++ c1, c2 = C(1), C(2)
++ c1.c = c2
++ c2.c = c1
++ c1.wr = weakref.ref(c2, c1.acallback)
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.acallback)
++
++ def C_went_away(ignore):
++ alist.append("C went away")
++ wr = weakref.ref(C, C_went_away)
++
++ del c1, c2, C # make them all trash
++ self.assertEqual(alist, []) # del isn't enough to reclaim anything
++
++ gc.collect()
++ # c1.wr and c2.wr were part of the cyclic trash, so should have
++ # been cleared without their callbacks executing. OTOH, the weakref
++ # to C is bound to a function local (wr), and wasn't trash, so that
++ # callback should have been invoked when C went away.
++ self.assertEqual(alist, ["C went away"])
++ # The remaining weakref should be dead now (its callback ran).
++ self.assertEqual(wr(), None)
++
++ del alist[:]
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, [])
++
++ def test_callbacks_on_callback(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Set up weakref callbacks *on* weakref callbacks.
++ alist = []
++ def safe_callback(ignore):
++ alist.append("safe_callback called")
++
++ class C(object):
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ alist.append("cb called")
++
++ c, d = C(), C()
++ c.other = d
++ d.other = c
++ callback = c.cb
++ c.wr = weakref.ref(d, callback) # this won't trigger
++ d.wr = weakref.ref(callback, d.cb) # ditto
++ external_wr = weakref.ref(callback, safe_callback) # but this will
++ self.assert_(external_wr() is callback)
++
++ # The weakrefs attached to c and d should get cleared, so that
++ # C.cb is never called. But external_wr isn't part of the cyclic
++ # trash, and no cyclic trash is reachable from it, so safe_callback
++ # should get invoked when the bound method object callback (c.cb)
++ # -- which is itself a callback, and also part of the cyclic trash --
++ # gets reclaimed at the end of gc.
++
++ del callback, c, d, C
++ self.assertEqual(alist, []) # del isn't enough to clean up cycles
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, ["safe_callback called"])
++ self.assertEqual(external_wr(), None)
++
++ del alist[:]
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, [])
++
+ class Object:
+ def __init__(self, arg):
+ self.arg = arg
diff --git a/lang/python/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c b/lang/python/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef557f981eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+--- Modules/gcmodule.c.orig Fri Apr 18 02:29:21 2003
++++ Modules/gcmodule.c Fri Nov 21 11:39:52 2003
+@@ -377,13 +377,17 @@
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+-/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers.
+- * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and
+- * gc_refs remains GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE for them. The objects
+- * moved into finalizers have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE.
++/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers,
++ * and weakrefs with callbacks into wr_callbacks.
++ * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and are
++ * not weakrefs with callbacks.
++ * The objects moved have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE; the objects
++ * remaining in unreachable are left at GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE.
+ */
+ static void
+-move_finalizers(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *finalizers)
++move_troublemakers(PyGC_Head *unreachable,
++ PyGC_Head *finalizers,
++ PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks)
+ {
+ PyGC_Head *gc = unreachable->gc.gc_next;
+
+@@ -398,6 +402,12 @@
+ gc_list_append(gc, finalizers);
+ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
+ }
++ else if (PyWeakref_Check(op) &&
++ ((PyWeakReference *)op)->wr_callback) {
++ gc_list_remove(gc);
++ gc_list_append(gc, wr_callbacks);
++ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
++ }
+ gc = next;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -434,6 +444,93 @@
+ }
+ }
+
++/* Clear all trash weakrefs with callbacks. This clears weakrefs first,
++ * which has the happy result of disabling the callbacks without executing
++ * them. A nasty technical complication: a weakref callback can itself be
++ * the target of a weakref, in which case decrefing the callback can cause
++ * another callback to trigger. But we can't allow arbitrary Python code to
++ * get executed at this point (the callback on the callback may try to muck
++ * with other cyclic trash we're trying to collect, even resurrecting it
++ * while we're in the middle of doing tp_clear() on the trash).
++ *
++ * The private _PyWeakref_ClearRef() function exists so that we can clear
++ * the reference in a weakref without triggering a callback on the callback.
++ *
++ * We have to save the callback objects and decref them later. But we can't
++ * allocate new memory to save them (if we can't get new memory, we're dead).
++ * So we grab a new reference on the clear'ed weakref, which prevents the
++ * rest of gc from reclaiming it. _PyWeakref_ClearRef() leaves the
++ * weakref's wr_callback member intact.
++ *
++ * In the end, then, wr_callbacks consists of cleared weakrefs that are
++ * immune from collection. Near the end of gc, after collecting all the
++ * cyclic trash, we call release_weakrefs(). That releases our references
++ * to the cleared weakrefs, which in turn may trigger callbacks on their
++ * callbacks.
++ */
++static void
++clear_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks)
++{
++ PyGC_Head *gc = wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next;
++
++ for (; gc != wr_callbacks; gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
++ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
++ PyWeakReference *wr;
++
++ assert(IS_REACHABLE(op));
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(op));
++ wr = (PyWeakReference *)op;
++ assert(wr->wr_callback != NULL);
++ Py_INCREF(op);
++ _PyWeakref_ClearRef(wr);
++ }
++}
++
++/* Called near the end of gc. This gives up the references we own to
++ * cleared weakrefs, allowing them to get collected, and in turn decref'ing
++ * their callbacks.
++ *
++ * If a callback object is itself the target of a weakref callback,
++ * decref'ing the callback object may trigger that other callback. If
++ * that other callback was part of the cyclic trash in this generation,
++ * that won't happen, since we cleared *all* trash-weakref callbacks near
++ * the start of gc. If that other callback was not part of the cyclic trash
++ * in this generation, then it acted like an external root to this round
++ * of gc, so all the objects reachable from that callback are still alive.
++ *
++ * Giving up the references to the weakref objects will probably make
++ * them go away too. However, if a weakref is reachable from finalizers,
++ * it won't go away. We move it to the old generation then. Since a
++ * weakref object doesn't have a finalizer, that's the right thing to do (it
++ * doesn't belong in gc.garbage).
++ *
++ * We return the number of weakref objects freed (those not appended to old).
++ */
++static int
++release_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks, PyGC_Head *old)
++{
++ int num_freed = 0;
++
++ while (! gc_list_is_empty(wr_callbacks)) {
++ PyGC_Head *gc = wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next;
++ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
++ PyWeakReference *wr = (PyWeakReference *)op;
++
++ assert(IS_REACHABLE(op));
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(op));
++ assert(wr->wr_callback != NULL);
++ Py_DECREF(op);
++ if (wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next == gc) {
++ /* object is still alive -- move it */
++ gc_list_remove(gc);
++ gc_list_append(gc, old);
++ }
++ else
++ ++num_freed;
++ }
++ return num_freed;
++}
++
+ static void
+ debug_instance(char *msg, PyInstanceObject *inst)
+ {
+@@ -535,8 +632,9 @@
+ long n = 0; /* # unreachable objects that couldn't be collected */
+ PyGC_Head *young; /* the generation we are examining */
+ PyGC_Head *old; /* next older generation */
+- PyGC_Head unreachable;
+- PyGC_Head finalizers;
++ PyGC_Head unreachable; /* non-problematic unreachable trash */
++ PyGC_Head finalizers; /* objects with, & reachable from, __del__ */
++ PyGC_Head wr_callbacks; /* weakrefs with callbacks */
+ PyGC_Head *gc;
+
+ if (delstr == NULL) {
+@@ -597,20 +695,33 @@
+ /* All objects in unreachable are trash, but objects reachable from
+ * finalizers can't safely be deleted. Python programmers should take
+ * care not to create such things. For Python, finalizers means
+- * instance objects with __del__ methods.
++ * instance objects with __del__ methods. Weakrefs with callbacks
++ * can call arbitrary Python code, so those are special-cased too.
+ *
+- * Move unreachable objects with finalizers into a different list.
++ * Move unreachable objects with finalizers, and weakrefs with
++ * callbacks, into different lists.
+ */
+ gc_list_init(&finalizers);
+- move_finalizers(&unreachable, &finalizers);
++ gc_list_init(&wr_callbacks);
++ move_troublemakers(&unreachable, &finalizers, &wr_callbacks);
++ /* Clear the trash weakrefs with callbacks. This prevents their
++ * callbacks from getting invoked (when a weakref goes away, so does
++ * its callback).
++ * We do this even if the weakrefs are reachable from finalizers.
++ * If we didn't, breaking cycles in unreachable later could trigger
++ * deallocation of objects in finalizers, which could in turn
++ * cause callbacks to trigger. This may not be ideal behavior.
++ */
++ clear_weakrefs(&wr_callbacks);
+ /* finalizers contains the unreachable objects with a finalizer;
+- * unreachable objects reachable only *from* those are also
+- * uncollectable, and we move those into the finalizers list too.
++ * unreachable objects reachable *from* those are also uncollectable,
++ * and we move those into the finalizers list too.
+ */
+ move_finalizer_reachable(&finalizers);
+
+ /* Collect statistics on collectable objects found and print
+- * debugging information. */
++ * debugging information.
++ */
+ for (gc = unreachable.gc.gc_next; gc != &unreachable;
+ gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
+ m++;
+@@ -623,6 +734,11 @@
+ * in finalizers to be freed.
+ */
+ delete_garbage(&unreachable, old);
++
++ /* Now that we're done analyzing stuff and breaking cycles, let
++ * delayed weakref callbacks run.
++ */
++ m += release_weakrefs(&wr_callbacks, old);
+
+ /* Collect statistics on uncollectable objects found and print
+ * debugging information. */
diff --git a/lang/python/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c b/lang/python/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d20300d78e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+--- Objects/weakrefobject.c.orig Tue Jul 15 06:46:23 2003
++++ Objects/weakrefobject.c Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -53,17 +53,43 @@
+ if (*list == self)
+ *list = self->wr_next;
+ self->wr_object = Py_None;
+- self->wr_callback = NULL;
+ if (self->wr_prev != NULL)
+ self->wr_prev->wr_next = self->wr_next;
+ if (self->wr_next != NULL)
+ self->wr_next->wr_prev = self->wr_prev;
+ self->wr_prev = NULL;
+ self->wr_next = NULL;
+- Py_XDECREF(callback);
++ }
++ if (callback != NULL) {
++ Py_DECREF(callback);
++ self->wr_callback = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
++/* Cyclic gc uses this to *just* clear the passed-in reference, leaving
++ * the callback intact and uncalled. It must be possible to call self's
++ * tp_dealloc() after calling this, so self has to be left in a sane enough
++ * state for that to work. We expect tp_dealloc to decref the callback
++ * then. The reason for not letting clear_weakref() decref the callback
++ * right now is that if the callback goes away, that may in turn trigger
++ * another callback (if a weak reference to the callback exists) -- running
++ * arbitrary Python code in the middle of gc is a disaster. The convolution
++ * here allows gc to delay triggering such callbacks until the world is in
++ * a sane state again.
++ */
++void
++_PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self)
++{
++ PyObject *callback;
++
++ assert(self != NULL);
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(self));
++ /* Preserve and restore the callback around clear_weakref. */
++ callback = self->wr_callback;
++ self->wr_callback = NULL;
++ clear_weakref(self);
++ self->wr_callback = callback;
++}
+
+ static void
+ weakref_dealloc(PyWeakReference *self)
+@@ -117,7 +143,7 @@
+ self->hash = PyObject_Hash(PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self));
+ return self->hash;
+ }
+-
++
+
+ static PyObject *
+ weakref_repr(PyWeakReference *self)
+@@ -324,7 +350,7 @@
+ WRAP_BINARY(proxy_ixor, PyNumber_InPlaceXor)
+ WRAP_BINARY(proxy_ior, PyNumber_InPlaceOr)
+
+-static int
++static int
+ proxy_nonzero(PyWeakReference *proxy)
+ {
+ PyObject *o = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(proxy);
diff --git a/lang/python23/Makefile b/lang/python23/Makefile
index e612224ec57e..f8ce42abe749 100644
--- a/lang/python23/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python23/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
PORTNAME= python
PORTVERSION= 2.3.2
-PORTREVISION= 2
+PORTREVISION= 3
CATEGORIES= lang python ipv6
MASTER_SITES= ${PYTHON_MASTER_SITES}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PYTHON_MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR}
diff --git a/lang/python23/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h b/lang/python23/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3d47e307279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python23/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Include/weakrefobject.h.orig Mon Aug 12 16:21:58 2002
++++ Include/weakrefobject.h Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
+
+ PyAPI_FUNC(long) _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(PyWeakReference *head);
+
++PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self);
++
+ #define PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(ref) (((PyWeakReference *)(ref))->wr_object)
+
+
diff --git a/lang/python23/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py b/lang/python23/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abf0e8ec84ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python23/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+--- Lib/test/test_weakref.py.orig Tue Jul 15 06:37:17 2003
++++ Lib/test/test_weakref.py Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -299,6 +299,211 @@
+ self.fail("exception not properly restored")
+
+
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_1(self):
++ import gc
++
++ class J(object):
++ pass
++
++ class II(object):
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ self.J
++
++ I = II()
++ I.J = J
++ I.wr = weakref.ref(J, I.acallback)
++
++ # Now J and II are each in a self-cycle (as all new-style class
++ # objects are, since their __mro__ points back to them). I holds
++ # both a weak reference (I.wr) and a strong reference (I.J) to class
++ # J. I is also in a cycle (I.wr points to a weakref that references
++ # I.acallback). When we del these three, they all become trash, but
++ # the cycles prevent any of them from getting cleaned up immediately.
++ # Instead they have to wait for cyclic gc to deduce that they're
++ # trash.
++ #
++ # gc used to call tp_clear on all of them, and the order in which
++ # it does that is pretty accidental. The exact order in which we
++ # built up these things manages to provoke gc into running tp_clear
++ # in just the right order (I last). Calling tp_clear on II leaves
++ # behind an insane class object (its __mro__ becomes NULL). Calling
++ # tp_clear on J breaks its self-cycle, but J doesn't get deleted
++ # just then because of the strong reference from I.J. Calling
++ # tp_clear on I starts to clear I's __dict__, and just happens to
++ # clear I.J first -- I.wr is still intact. That removes the last
++ # reference to J, which triggers the weakref callback. The callback
++ # tries to do "self.J", and instances of new-style classes look up
++ # attributes ("J") in the class dict first. The class (II) wants to
++ # search II.__mro__, but that's NULL. The result was a segfault in
++ # a release build, and an assert failure in a debug build.
++ del I, J, II
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_2(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # This is just like test_callback_in_cycle_1, except that II is an
++ # old-style class. The symptom is different then: an instance of an
++ # old-style class looks in its own __dict__ first. 'J' happens to
++ # get cleared from I.__dict__ before 'wr', and 'J' was never in II's
++ # __dict__, so the attribute isn't found. The difference is that
++ # the old-style II doesn't have a NULL __mro__ (it doesn't have any
++ # __mro__), so no segfault occurs. Instead it got:
++ # test_callback_in_cycle_2 (__main__.ReferencesTestCase) ...
++ # Exception exceptions.AttributeError:
++ # "II instance has no attribute 'J'" in <bound method II.acallback
++ # of <?.II instance at 0x00B9B4B8>> ignored
++
++ class J(object):
++ pass
++
++ class II:
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ self.J
++
++ I = II()
++ I.J = J
++ I.wr = weakref.ref(J, I.acallback)
++
++ del I, J, II
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_3(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # This one broke the first patch that fixed the last two. In this
++ # case, the objects reachable from the callback aren't also reachable
++ # from the object (c1) *triggering* the callback: you can get to
++ # c1 from c2, but not vice-versa. The result was that c2's __dict__
++ # got tp_clear'ed by the time the c2.cb callback got invoked.
++
++ class C:
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ self.me
++ self.c1
++ self.wr
++
++ c1, c2 = C(), C()
++
++ c2.me = c2
++ c2.c1 = c1
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.cb)
++
++ del c1, c2
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_4(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Like test_callback_in_cycle_3, except c2 and c1 have different
++ # classes. c2's class (C) isn't reachable from c1 then, so protecting
++ # objects reachable from the dying object (c1) isn't enough to stop
++ # c2's class (C) from getting tp_clear'ed before c2.cb is invoked.
++ # The result was a segfault (C.__mro__ was NULL when the callback
++ # tried to look up self.me).
++
++ class C(object):
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ self.me
++ self.c1
++ self.wr
++
++ class D:
++ pass
++
++ c1, c2 = D(), C()
++
++ c2.me = c2
++ c2.c1 = c1
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.cb)
++
++ del c1, c2, C, D
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_resurrection(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Do something nasty in a weakref callback: resurrect objects
++ # from dead cycles. For this to be attempted, the weakref and
++ # its callback must also be part of the cyclic trash (else the
++ # objects reachable via the callback couldn't be in cyclic trash
++ # to begin with -- the callback would act like an external root).
++ # But gc clears trash weakrefs with callbacks early now, which
++ # disables the callbacks, so the callbacks shouldn't get called
++ # at all (and so nothing actually gets resurrected).
++
++ alist = []
++ class C(object):
++ def __init__(self, value):
++ self.attribute = value
++
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ alist.append(self.c)
++
++ c1, c2 = C(1), C(2)
++ c1.c = c2
++ c2.c = c1
++ c1.wr = weakref.ref(c2, c1.acallback)
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.acallback)
++
++ def C_went_away(ignore):
++ alist.append("C went away")
++ wr = weakref.ref(C, C_went_away)
++
++ del c1, c2, C # make them all trash
++ self.assertEqual(alist, []) # del isn't enough to reclaim anything
++
++ gc.collect()
++ # c1.wr and c2.wr were part of the cyclic trash, so should have
++ # been cleared without their callbacks executing. OTOH, the weakref
++ # to C is bound to a function local (wr), and wasn't trash, so that
++ # callback should have been invoked when C went away.
++ self.assertEqual(alist, ["C went away"])
++ # The remaining weakref should be dead now (its callback ran).
++ self.assertEqual(wr(), None)
++
++ del alist[:]
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, [])
++
++ def test_callbacks_on_callback(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Set up weakref callbacks *on* weakref callbacks.
++ alist = []
++ def safe_callback(ignore):
++ alist.append("safe_callback called")
++
++ class C(object):
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ alist.append("cb called")
++
++ c, d = C(), C()
++ c.other = d
++ d.other = c
++ callback = c.cb
++ c.wr = weakref.ref(d, callback) # this won't trigger
++ d.wr = weakref.ref(callback, d.cb) # ditto
++ external_wr = weakref.ref(callback, safe_callback) # but this will
++ self.assert_(external_wr() is callback)
++
++ # The weakrefs attached to c and d should get cleared, so that
++ # C.cb is never called. But external_wr isn't part of the cyclic
++ # trash, and no cyclic trash is reachable from it, so safe_callback
++ # should get invoked when the bound method object callback (c.cb)
++ # -- which is itself a callback, and also part of the cyclic trash --
++ # gets reclaimed at the end of gc.
++
++ del callback, c, d, C
++ self.assertEqual(alist, []) # del isn't enough to clean up cycles
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, ["safe_callback called"])
++ self.assertEqual(external_wr(), None)
++
++ del alist[:]
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, [])
++
+ class Object:
+ def __init__(self, arg):
+ self.arg = arg
diff --git a/lang/python23/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c b/lang/python23/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef557f981eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python23/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+--- Modules/gcmodule.c.orig Fri Apr 18 02:29:21 2003
++++ Modules/gcmodule.c Fri Nov 21 11:39:52 2003
+@@ -377,13 +377,17 @@
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+-/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers.
+- * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and
+- * gc_refs remains GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE for them. The objects
+- * moved into finalizers have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE.
++/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers,
++ * and weakrefs with callbacks into wr_callbacks.
++ * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and are
++ * not weakrefs with callbacks.
++ * The objects moved have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE; the objects
++ * remaining in unreachable are left at GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE.
+ */
+ static void
+-move_finalizers(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *finalizers)
++move_troublemakers(PyGC_Head *unreachable,
++ PyGC_Head *finalizers,
++ PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks)
+ {
+ PyGC_Head *gc = unreachable->gc.gc_next;
+
+@@ -398,6 +402,12 @@
+ gc_list_append(gc, finalizers);
+ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
+ }
++ else if (PyWeakref_Check(op) &&
++ ((PyWeakReference *)op)->wr_callback) {
++ gc_list_remove(gc);
++ gc_list_append(gc, wr_callbacks);
++ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
++ }
+ gc = next;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -434,6 +444,93 @@
+ }
+ }
+
++/* Clear all trash weakrefs with callbacks. This clears weakrefs first,
++ * which has the happy result of disabling the callbacks without executing
++ * them. A nasty technical complication: a weakref callback can itself be
++ * the target of a weakref, in which case decrefing the callback can cause
++ * another callback to trigger. But we can't allow arbitrary Python code to
++ * get executed at this point (the callback on the callback may try to muck
++ * with other cyclic trash we're trying to collect, even resurrecting it
++ * while we're in the middle of doing tp_clear() on the trash).
++ *
++ * The private _PyWeakref_ClearRef() function exists so that we can clear
++ * the reference in a weakref without triggering a callback on the callback.
++ *
++ * We have to save the callback objects and decref them later. But we can't
++ * allocate new memory to save them (if we can't get new memory, we're dead).
++ * So we grab a new reference on the clear'ed weakref, which prevents the
++ * rest of gc from reclaiming it. _PyWeakref_ClearRef() leaves the
++ * weakref's wr_callback member intact.
++ *
++ * In the end, then, wr_callbacks consists of cleared weakrefs that are
++ * immune from collection. Near the end of gc, after collecting all the
++ * cyclic trash, we call release_weakrefs(). That releases our references
++ * to the cleared weakrefs, which in turn may trigger callbacks on their
++ * callbacks.
++ */
++static void
++clear_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks)
++{
++ PyGC_Head *gc = wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next;
++
++ for (; gc != wr_callbacks; gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
++ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
++ PyWeakReference *wr;
++
++ assert(IS_REACHABLE(op));
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(op));
++ wr = (PyWeakReference *)op;
++ assert(wr->wr_callback != NULL);
++ Py_INCREF(op);
++ _PyWeakref_ClearRef(wr);
++ }
++}
++
++/* Called near the end of gc. This gives up the references we own to
++ * cleared weakrefs, allowing them to get collected, and in turn decref'ing
++ * their callbacks.
++ *
++ * If a callback object is itself the target of a weakref callback,
++ * decref'ing the callback object may trigger that other callback. If
++ * that other callback was part of the cyclic trash in this generation,
++ * that won't happen, since we cleared *all* trash-weakref callbacks near
++ * the start of gc. If that other callback was not part of the cyclic trash
++ * in this generation, then it acted like an external root to this round
++ * of gc, so all the objects reachable from that callback are still alive.
++ *
++ * Giving up the references to the weakref objects will probably make
++ * them go away too. However, if a weakref is reachable from finalizers,
++ * it won't go away. We move it to the old generation then. Since a
++ * weakref object doesn't have a finalizer, that's the right thing to do (it
++ * doesn't belong in gc.garbage).
++ *
++ * We return the number of weakref objects freed (those not appended to old).
++ */
++static int
++release_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks, PyGC_Head *old)
++{
++ int num_freed = 0;
++
++ while (! gc_list_is_empty(wr_callbacks)) {
++ PyGC_Head *gc = wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next;
++ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
++ PyWeakReference *wr = (PyWeakReference *)op;
++
++ assert(IS_REACHABLE(op));
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(op));
++ assert(wr->wr_callback != NULL);
++ Py_DECREF(op);
++ if (wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next == gc) {
++ /* object is still alive -- move it */
++ gc_list_remove(gc);
++ gc_list_append(gc, old);
++ }
++ else
++ ++num_freed;
++ }
++ return num_freed;
++}
++
+ static void
+ debug_instance(char *msg, PyInstanceObject *inst)
+ {
+@@ -535,8 +632,9 @@
+ long n = 0; /* # unreachable objects that couldn't be collected */
+ PyGC_Head *young; /* the generation we are examining */
+ PyGC_Head *old; /* next older generation */
+- PyGC_Head unreachable;
+- PyGC_Head finalizers;
++ PyGC_Head unreachable; /* non-problematic unreachable trash */
++ PyGC_Head finalizers; /* objects with, & reachable from, __del__ */
++ PyGC_Head wr_callbacks; /* weakrefs with callbacks */
+ PyGC_Head *gc;
+
+ if (delstr == NULL) {
+@@ -597,20 +695,33 @@
+ /* All objects in unreachable are trash, but objects reachable from
+ * finalizers can't safely be deleted. Python programmers should take
+ * care not to create such things. For Python, finalizers means
+- * instance objects with __del__ methods.
++ * instance objects with __del__ methods. Weakrefs with callbacks
++ * can call arbitrary Python code, so those are special-cased too.
+ *
+- * Move unreachable objects with finalizers into a different list.
++ * Move unreachable objects with finalizers, and weakrefs with
++ * callbacks, into different lists.
+ */
+ gc_list_init(&finalizers);
+- move_finalizers(&unreachable, &finalizers);
++ gc_list_init(&wr_callbacks);
++ move_troublemakers(&unreachable, &finalizers, &wr_callbacks);
++ /* Clear the trash weakrefs with callbacks. This prevents their
++ * callbacks from getting invoked (when a weakref goes away, so does
++ * its callback).
++ * We do this even if the weakrefs are reachable from finalizers.
++ * If we didn't, breaking cycles in unreachable later could trigger
++ * deallocation of objects in finalizers, which could in turn
++ * cause callbacks to trigger. This may not be ideal behavior.
++ */
++ clear_weakrefs(&wr_callbacks);
+ /* finalizers contains the unreachable objects with a finalizer;
+- * unreachable objects reachable only *from* those are also
+- * uncollectable, and we move those into the finalizers list too.
++ * unreachable objects reachable *from* those are also uncollectable,
++ * and we move those into the finalizers list too.
+ */
+ move_finalizer_reachable(&finalizers);
+
+ /* Collect statistics on collectable objects found and print
+- * debugging information. */
++ * debugging information.
++ */
+ for (gc = unreachable.gc.gc_next; gc != &unreachable;
+ gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
+ m++;
+@@ -623,6 +734,11 @@
+ * in finalizers to be freed.
+ */
+ delete_garbage(&unreachable, old);
++
++ /* Now that we're done analyzing stuff and breaking cycles, let
++ * delayed weakref callbacks run.
++ */
++ m += release_weakrefs(&wr_callbacks, old);
+
+ /* Collect statistics on uncollectable objects found and print
+ * debugging information. */
diff --git a/lang/python23/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c b/lang/python23/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d20300d78e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python23/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+--- Objects/weakrefobject.c.orig Tue Jul 15 06:46:23 2003
++++ Objects/weakrefobject.c Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -53,17 +53,43 @@
+ if (*list == self)
+ *list = self->wr_next;
+ self->wr_object = Py_None;
+- self->wr_callback = NULL;
+ if (self->wr_prev != NULL)
+ self->wr_prev->wr_next = self->wr_next;
+ if (self->wr_next != NULL)
+ self->wr_next->wr_prev = self->wr_prev;
+ self->wr_prev = NULL;
+ self->wr_next = NULL;
+- Py_XDECREF(callback);
++ }
++ if (callback != NULL) {
++ Py_DECREF(callback);
++ self->wr_callback = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
++/* Cyclic gc uses this to *just* clear the passed-in reference, leaving
++ * the callback intact and uncalled. It must be possible to call self's
++ * tp_dealloc() after calling this, so self has to be left in a sane enough
++ * state for that to work. We expect tp_dealloc to decref the callback
++ * then. The reason for not letting clear_weakref() decref the callback
++ * right now is that if the callback goes away, that may in turn trigger
++ * another callback (if a weak reference to the callback exists) -- running
++ * arbitrary Python code in the middle of gc is a disaster. The convolution
++ * here allows gc to delay triggering such callbacks until the world is in
++ * a sane state again.
++ */
++void
++_PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self)
++{
++ PyObject *callback;
++
++ assert(self != NULL);
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(self));
++ /* Preserve and restore the callback around clear_weakref. */
++ callback = self->wr_callback;
++ self->wr_callback = NULL;
++ clear_weakref(self);
++ self->wr_callback = callback;
++}
+
+ static void
+ weakref_dealloc(PyWeakReference *self)
+@@ -117,7 +143,7 @@
+ self->hash = PyObject_Hash(PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self));
+ return self->hash;
+ }
+-
++
+
+ static PyObject *
+ weakref_repr(PyWeakReference *self)
+@@ -324,7 +350,7 @@
+ WRAP_BINARY(proxy_ixor, PyNumber_InPlaceXor)
+ WRAP_BINARY(proxy_ior, PyNumber_InPlaceOr)
+
+-static int
++static int
+ proxy_nonzero(PyWeakReference *proxy)
+ {
+ PyObject *o = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(proxy);
diff --git a/lang/python24/Makefile b/lang/python24/Makefile
index e612224ec57e..f8ce42abe749 100644
--- a/lang/python24/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python24/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
PORTNAME= python
PORTVERSION= 2.3.2
-PORTREVISION= 2
+PORTREVISION= 3
CATEGORIES= lang python ipv6
MASTER_SITES= ${PYTHON_MASTER_SITES}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PYTHON_MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR}
diff --git a/lang/python24/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h b/lang/python24/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3d47e307279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python24/files/patch-Include::weakrefobject.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Include/weakrefobject.h.orig Mon Aug 12 16:21:58 2002
++++ Include/weakrefobject.h Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
+
+ PyAPI_FUNC(long) _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(PyWeakReference *head);
+
++PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self);
++
+ #define PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(ref) (((PyWeakReference *)(ref))->wr_object)
+
+
diff --git a/lang/python24/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py b/lang/python24/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abf0e8ec84ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python24/files/patch-Lib::test_weakref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+--- Lib/test/test_weakref.py.orig Tue Jul 15 06:37:17 2003
++++ Lib/test/test_weakref.py Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -299,6 +299,211 @@
+ self.fail("exception not properly restored")
+
+
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_1(self):
++ import gc
++
++ class J(object):
++ pass
++
++ class II(object):
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ self.J
++
++ I = II()
++ I.J = J
++ I.wr = weakref.ref(J, I.acallback)
++
++ # Now J and II are each in a self-cycle (as all new-style class
++ # objects are, since their __mro__ points back to them). I holds
++ # both a weak reference (I.wr) and a strong reference (I.J) to class
++ # J. I is also in a cycle (I.wr points to a weakref that references
++ # I.acallback). When we del these three, they all become trash, but
++ # the cycles prevent any of them from getting cleaned up immediately.
++ # Instead they have to wait for cyclic gc to deduce that they're
++ # trash.
++ #
++ # gc used to call tp_clear on all of them, and the order in which
++ # it does that is pretty accidental. The exact order in which we
++ # built up these things manages to provoke gc into running tp_clear
++ # in just the right order (I last). Calling tp_clear on II leaves
++ # behind an insane class object (its __mro__ becomes NULL). Calling
++ # tp_clear on J breaks its self-cycle, but J doesn't get deleted
++ # just then because of the strong reference from I.J. Calling
++ # tp_clear on I starts to clear I's __dict__, and just happens to
++ # clear I.J first -- I.wr is still intact. That removes the last
++ # reference to J, which triggers the weakref callback. The callback
++ # tries to do "self.J", and instances of new-style classes look up
++ # attributes ("J") in the class dict first. The class (II) wants to
++ # search II.__mro__, but that's NULL. The result was a segfault in
++ # a release build, and an assert failure in a debug build.
++ del I, J, II
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_2(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # This is just like test_callback_in_cycle_1, except that II is an
++ # old-style class. The symptom is different then: an instance of an
++ # old-style class looks in its own __dict__ first. 'J' happens to
++ # get cleared from I.__dict__ before 'wr', and 'J' was never in II's
++ # __dict__, so the attribute isn't found. The difference is that
++ # the old-style II doesn't have a NULL __mro__ (it doesn't have any
++ # __mro__), so no segfault occurs. Instead it got:
++ # test_callback_in_cycle_2 (__main__.ReferencesTestCase) ...
++ # Exception exceptions.AttributeError:
++ # "II instance has no attribute 'J'" in <bound method II.acallback
++ # of <?.II instance at 0x00B9B4B8>> ignored
++
++ class J(object):
++ pass
++
++ class II:
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ self.J
++
++ I = II()
++ I.J = J
++ I.wr = weakref.ref(J, I.acallback)
++
++ del I, J, II
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_3(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # This one broke the first patch that fixed the last two. In this
++ # case, the objects reachable from the callback aren't also reachable
++ # from the object (c1) *triggering* the callback: you can get to
++ # c1 from c2, but not vice-versa. The result was that c2's __dict__
++ # got tp_clear'ed by the time the c2.cb callback got invoked.
++
++ class C:
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ self.me
++ self.c1
++ self.wr
++
++ c1, c2 = C(), C()
++
++ c2.me = c2
++ c2.c1 = c1
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.cb)
++
++ del c1, c2
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_4(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Like test_callback_in_cycle_3, except c2 and c1 have different
++ # classes. c2's class (C) isn't reachable from c1 then, so protecting
++ # objects reachable from the dying object (c1) isn't enough to stop
++ # c2's class (C) from getting tp_clear'ed before c2.cb is invoked.
++ # The result was a segfault (C.__mro__ was NULL when the callback
++ # tried to look up self.me).
++
++ class C(object):
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ self.me
++ self.c1
++ self.wr
++
++ class D:
++ pass
++
++ c1, c2 = D(), C()
++
++ c2.me = c2
++ c2.c1 = c1
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.cb)
++
++ del c1, c2, C, D
++ gc.collect()
++
++ def test_callback_in_cycle_resurrection(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Do something nasty in a weakref callback: resurrect objects
++ # from dead cycles. For this to be attempted, the weakref and
++ # its callback must also be part of the cyclic trash (else the
++ # objects reachable via the callback couldn't be in cyclic trash
++ # to begin with -- the callback would act like an external root).
++ # But gc clears trash weakrefs with callbacks early now, which
++ # disables the callbacks, so the callbacks shouldn't get called
++ # at all (and so nothing actually gets resurrected).
++
++ alist = []
++ class C(object):
++ def __init__(self, value):
++ self.attribute = value
++
++ def acallback(self, ignore):
++ alist.append(self.c)
++
++ c1, c2 = C(1), C(2)
++ c1.c = c2
++ c2.c = c1
++ c1.wr = weakref.ref(c2, c1.acallback)
++ c2.wr = weakref.ref(c1, c2.acallback)
++
++ def C_went_away(ignore):
++ alist.append("C went away")
++ wr = weakref.ref(C, C_went_away)
++
++ del c1, c2, C # make them all trash
++ self.assertEqual(alist, []) # del isn't enough to reclaim anything
++
++ gc.collect()
++ # c1.wr and c2.wr were part of the cyclic trash, so should have
++ # been cleared without their callbacks executing. OTOH, the weakref
++ # to C is bound to a function local (wr), and wasn't trash, so that
++ # callback should have been invoked when C went away.
++ self.assertEqual(alist, ["C went away"])
++ # The remaining weakref should be dead now (its callback ran).
++ self.assertEqual(wr(), None)
++
++ del alist[:]
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, [])
++
++ def test_callbacks_on_callback(self):
++ import gc
++
++ # Set up weakref callbacks *on* weakref callbacks.
++ alist = []
++ def safe_callback(ignore):
++ alist.append("safe_callback called")
++
++ class C(object):
++ def cb(self, ignore):
++ alist.append("cb called")
++
++ c, d = C(), C()
++ c.other = d
++ d.other = c
++ callback = c.cb
++ c.wr = weakref.ref(d, callback) # this won't trigger
++ d.wr = weakref.ref(callback, d.cb) # ditto
++ external_wr = weakref.ref(callback, safe_callback) # but this will
++ self.assert_(external_wr() is callback)
++
++ # The weakrefs attached to c and d should get cleared, so that
++ # C.cb is never called. But external_wr isn't part of the cyclic
++ # trash, and no cyclic trash is reachable from it, so safe_callback
++ # should get invoked when the bound method object callback (c.cb)
++ # -- which is itself a callback, and also part of the cyclic trash --
++ # gets reclaimed at the end of gc.
++
++ del callback, c, d, C
++ self.assertEqual(alist, []) # del isn't enough to clean up cycles
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, ["safe_callback called"])
++ self.assertEqual(external_wr(), None)
++
++ del alist[:]
++ gc.collect()
++ self.assertEqual(alist, [])
++
+ class Object:
+ def __init__(self, arg):
+ self.arg = arg
diff --git a/lang/python24/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c b/lang/python24/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef557f981eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python24/files/patch-Modules::gcmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+--- Modules/gcmodule.c.orig Fri Apr 18 02:29:21 2003
++++ Modules/gcmodule.c Fri Nov 21 11:39:52 2003
+@@ -377,13 +377,17 @@
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+-/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers.
+- * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and
+- * gc_refs remains GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE for them. The objects
+- * moved into finalizers have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE.
++/* Move the objects in unreachable with __del__ methods into finalizers,
++ * and weakrefs with callbacks into wr_callbacks.
++ * The objects remaining in unreachable do not have __del__ methods, and are
++ * not weakrefs with callbacks.
++ * The objects moved have gc_refs changed to GC_REACHABLE; the objects
++ * remaining in unreachable are left at GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE.
+ */
+ static void
+-move_finalizers(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *finalizers)
++move_troublemakers(PyGC_Head *unreachable,
++ PyGC_Head *finalizers,
++ PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks)
+ {
+ PyGC_Head *gc = unreachable->gc.gc_next;
+
+@@ -398,6 +402,12 @@
+ gc_list_append(gc, finalizers);
+ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
+ }
++ else if (PyWeakref_Check(op) &&
++ ((PyWeakReference *)op)->wr_callback) {
++ gc_list_remove(gc);
++ gc_list_append(gc, wr_callbacks);
++ gc->gc.gc_refs = GC_REACHABLE;
++ }
+ gc = next;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -434,6 +444,93 @@
+ }
+ }
+
++/* Clear all trash weakrefs with callbacks. This clears weakrefs first,
++ * which has the happy result of disabling the callbacks without executing
++ * them. A nasty technical complication: a weakref callback can itself be
++ * the target of a weakref, in which case decrefing the callback can cause
++ * another callback to trigger. But we can't allow arbitrary Python code to
++ * get executed at this point (the callback on the callback may try to muck
++ * with other cyclic trash we're trying to collect, even resurrecting it
++ * while we're in the middle of doing tp_clear() on the trash).
++ *
++ * The private _PyWeakref_ClearRef() function exists so that we can clear
++ * the reference in a weakref without triggering a callback on the callback.
++ *
++ * We have to save the callback objects and decref them later. But we can't
++ * allocate new memory to save them (if we can't get new memory, we're dead).
++ * So we grab a new reference on the clear'ed weakref, which prevents the
++ * rest of gc from reclaiming it. _PyWeakref_ClearRef() leaves the
++ * weakref's wr_callback member intact.
++ *
++ * In the end, then, wr_callbacks consists of cleared weakrefs that are
++ * immune from collection. Near the end of gc, after collecting all the
++ * cyclic trash, we call release_weakrefs(). That releases our references
++ * to the cleared weakrefs, which in turn may trigger callbacks on their
++ * callbacks.
++ */
++static void
++clear_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks)
++{
++ PyGC_Head *gc = wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next;
++
++ for (; gc != wr_callbacks; gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
++ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
++ PyWeakReference *wr;
++
++ assert(IS_REACHABLE(op));
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(op));
++ wr = (PyWeakReference *)op;
++ assert(wr->wr_callback != NULL);
++ Py_INCREF(op);
++ _PyWeakref_ClearRef(wr);
++ }
++}
++
++/* Called near the end of gc. This gives up the references we own to
++ * cleared weakrefs, allowing them to get collected, and in turn decref'ing
++ * their callbacks.
++ *
++ * If a callback object is itself the target of a weakref callback,
++ * decref'ing the callback object may trigger that other callback. If
++ * that other callback was part of the cyclic trash in this generation,
++ * that won't happen, since we cleared *all* trash-weakref callbacks near
++ * the start of gc. If that other callback was not part of the cyclic trash
++ * in this generation, then it acted like an external root to this round
++ * of gc, so all the objects reachable from that callback are still alive.
++ *
++ * Giving up the references to the weakref objects will probably make
++ * them go away too. However, if a weakref is reachable from finalizers,
++ * it won't go away. We move it to the old generation then. Since a
++ * weakref object doesn't have a finalizer, that's the right thing to do (it
++ * doesn't belong in gc.garbage).
++ *
++ * We return the number of weakref objects freed (those not appended to old).
++ */
++static int
++release_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *wr_callbacks, PyGC_Head *old)
++{
++ int num_freed = 0;
++
++ while (! gc_list_is_empty(wr_callbacks)) {
++ PyGC_Head *gc = wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next;
++ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
++ PyWeakReference *wr = (PyWeakReference *)op;
++
++ assert(IS_REACHABLE(op));
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(op));
++ assert(wr->wr_callback != NULL);
++ Py_DECREF(op);
++ if (wr_callbacks->gc.gc_next == gc) {
++ /* object is still alive -- move it */
++ gc_list_remove(gc);
++ gc_list_append(gc, old);
++ }
++ else
++ ++num_freed;
++ }
++ return num_freed;
++}
++
+ static void
+ debug_instance(char *msg, PyInstanceObject *inst)
+ {
+@@ -535,8 +632,9 @@
+ long n = 0; /* # unreachable objects that couldn't be collected */
+ PyGC_Head *young; /* the generation we are examining */
+ PyGC_Head *old; /* next older generation */
+- PyGC_Head unreachable;
+- PyGC_Head finalizers;
++ PyGC_Head unreachable; /* non-problematic unreachable trash */
++ PyGC_Head finalizers; /* objects with, & reachable from, __del__ */
++ PyGC_Head wr_callbacks; /* weakrefs with callbacks */
+ PyGC_Head *gc;
+
+ if (delstr == NULL) {
+@@ -597,20 +695,33 @@
+ /* All objects in unreachable are trash, but objects reachable from
+ * finalizers can't safely be deleted. Python programmers should take
+ * care not to create such things. For Python, finalizers means
+- * instance objects with __del__ methods.
++ * instance objects with __del__ methods. Weakrefs with callbacks
++ * can call arbitrary Python code, so those are special-cased too.
+ *
+- * Move unreachable objects with finalizers into a different list.
++ * Move unreachable objects with finalizers, and weakrefs with
++ * callbacks, into different lists.
+ */
+ gc_list_init(&finalizers);
+- move_finalizers(&unreachable, &finalizers);
++ gc_list_init(&wr_callbacks);
++ move_troublemakers(&unreachable, &finalizers, &wr_callbacks);
++ /* Clear the trash weakrefs with callbacks. This prevents their
++ * callbacks from getting invoked (when a weakref goes away, so does
++ * its callback).
++ * We do this even if the weakrefs are reachable from finalizers.
++ * If we didn't, breaking cycles in unreachable later could trigger
++ * deallocation of objects in finalizers, which could in turn
++ * cause callbacks to trigger. This may not be ideal behavior.
++ */
++ clear_weakrefs(&wr_callbacks);
+ /* finalizers contains the unreachable objects with a finalizer;
+- * unreachable objects reachable only *from* those are also
+- * uncollectable, and we move those into the finalizers list too.
++ * unreachable objects reachable *from* those are also uncollectable,
++ * and we move those into the finalizers list too.
+ */
+ move_finalizer_reachable(&finalizers);
+
+ /* Collect statistics on collectable objects found and print
+- * debugging information. */
++ * debugging information.
++ */
+ for (gc = unreachable.gc.gc_next; gc != &unreachable;
+ gc = gc->gc.gc_next) {
+ m++;
+@@ -623,6 +734,11 @@
+ * in finalizers to be freed.
+ */
+ delete_garbage(&unreachable, old);
++
++ /* Now that we're done analyzing stuff and breaking cycles, let
++ * delayed weakref callbacks run.
++ */
++ m += release_weakrefs(&wr_callbacks, old);
+
+ /* Collect statistics on uncollectable objects found and print
+ * debugging information. */
diff --git a/lang/python24/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c b/lang/python24/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d20300d78e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python24/files/patch-Objects::weakrefobject.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+--- Objects/weakrefobject.c.orig Tue Jul 15 06:46:23 2003
++++ Objects/weakrefobject.c Fri Nov 21 11:39:53 2003
+@@ -53,17 +53,43 @@
+ if (*list == self)
+ *list = self->wr_next;
+ self->wr_object = Py_None;
+- self->wr_callback = NULL;
+ if (self->wr_prev != NULL)
+ self->wr_prev->wr_next = self->wr_next;
+ if (self->wr_next != NULL)
+ self->wr_next->wr_prev = self->wr_prev;
+ self->wr_prev = NULL;
+ self->wr_next = NULL;
+- Py_XDECREF(callback);
++ }
++ if (callback != NULL) {
++ Py_DECREF(callback);
++ self->wr_callback = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
++/* Cyclic gc uses this to *just* clear the passed-in reference, leaving
++ * the callback intact and uncalled. It must be possible to call self's
++ * tp_dealloc() after calling this, so self has to be left in a sane enough
++ * state for that to work. We expect tp_dealloc to decref the callback
++ * then. The reason for not letting clear_weakref() decref the callback
++ * right now is that if the callback goes away, that may in turn trigger
++ * another callback (if a weak reference to the callback exists) -- running
++ * arbitrary Python code in the middle of gc is a disaster. The convolution
++ * here allows gc to delay triggering such callbacks until the world is in
++ * a sane state again.
++ */
++void
++_PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self)
++{
++ PyObject *callback;
++
++ assert(self != NULL);
++ assert(PyWeakref_Check(self));
++ /* Preserve and restore the callback around clear_weakref. */
++ callback = self->wr_callback;
++ self->wr_callback = NULL;
++ clear_weakref(self);
++ self->wr_callback = callback;
++}
+
+ static void
+ weakref_dealloc(PyWeakReference *self)
+@@ -117,7 +143,7 @@
+ self->hash = PyObject_Hash(PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self));
+ return self->hash;
+ }
+-
++
+
+ static PyObject *
+ weakref_repr(PyWeakReference *self)
+@@ -324,7 +350,7 @@
+ WRAP_BINARY(proxy_ixor, PyNumber_InPlaceXor)
+ WRAP_BINARY(proxy_ior, PyNumber_InPlaceOr)
+
+-static int
++static int
+ proxy_nonzero(PyWeakReference *proxy)
+ {
+ PyObject *o = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(proxy);