RustPython
diff --git a/‎crates/vm/src/stdlib/_io.rs‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion b/‎crates/vm/src/stdlib/_io.rs‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎crates/vm/src/stdlib/_winapi.rs‎
Lines changed: 15 additions & 6 deletions b/‎crates/vm/src/stdlib/_winapi.rs‎
Lines changed: 15 additions & 6 deletions
@@ -4078,7 +4078,10 @@ mod _io {
                     vm.new_runtime_error(format!("reentrant call inside {type_name}.__repr__"))
                 );
             };
-            let Some(data) = zelf.data.lock() else {
+            // Detach while blocked, like `lock_opt`: another thread can be
+            // stopped holding this mutex, and blocking on it while attached
+            // would leave no safepoint for that stop to complete at.
+            let Some(data) = zelf.data.lock_wrapped(|do_lock| vm.allow_threads(do_lock)) else {
                 // Reentrant call
                 return Ok(vm.ctx.new_str(Wtf8Buf::from(format!("<{type_name}>"))));
             };
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod _winapi {
     use crate::{
         Py, PyObjectRef, PyPayload, PyResult, TryFromObject, VirtualMachine,
         builtins::PyStrRef,
-        common::lock::PyMutex,
+        common::lock::{PyMutex, PyMutexGuard},
         convert::ToPyException,
         function::{ArgMapping, ArgSequence, OptionalArg},
         types::Constructor,
@@ -566,17 +566,26 @@ mod _winapi {
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_pyexception(vm))
         }
 
+        /// Take `inner`, detaching while blocked.
+        ///
+        /// `GetOverlappedResult` holds this mutex across its `allow_threads`
+        /// wait, so a stopped thread can still be holding it. Blocking on it
+        /// while attached would leave no safepoint for that stop to complete at.
+        fn lock_inner(&self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyMutexGuard<'_, host_overlapped::Operation> {
+            vm.allow_threads(|| self.inner.lock())
+        }
+
         #[pymethod]
         fn GetOverlappedResult(&self, wait: bool, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<(u32, u32)> {
-            let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
+            let mut inner = self.lock_inner(vm);
             vm.allow_threads(|| inner.get_result(wait))
                 .map(|result| (result.transferred, result.error))
                 .map_err(|e| e.to_pyexception(vm))
         }
 
         #[pymethod]
         fn getbuffer(&self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<Option<PyObjectRef>> {
-            let inner = self.inner.lock();
+            let inner = self.lock_inner(vm);
             if !inner.is_completed() {
                 return Err(vm.new_value_error(
                     "can't get read buffer before GetOverlappedResult() signals the operation completed",
@@ -589,13 +598,13 @@ mod _winapi {
 
         #[pymethod]
         fn cancel(&self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
-            let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
+            let mut inner = self.lock_inner(vm);
             inner.cancel().map_err(|e| e.to_pyexception(vm))
         }
 
         #[pygetset]
-        fn event(&self) -> isize {
-            let inner = self.inner.lock();
+        fn event(&self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> isize {
+            let inner = self.lock_inner(vm);
             inner.event() as isize
         }
     }