Use PyWeakref_GetRef and critical section in BlockValuesRefs #60540
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- Related to ENH: Python 3.13 free-threading support #59057
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| @@ -927,8 +935,9 @@ cdef class BlockValuesRefs: | |||
| blk : Block | |||
| The block that the new references should point to. | |||
| """ | |||
| self._clear_dead_references() | |||
| self.referenced_blocks.append(PyWeakref_NewRef(blk, None)) | |||
| with cython.critical_section(self): | |||
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For the uninformed what does the critical section do? Grab hold of the GIL or some other global mutex?
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A critical section is a per-object lock (here we're locking self, so an instance of BlockValuesRefs) that has a deadlock avoidance mechanism on top of it. More info on the Python docs.
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