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Drop replaced frame traces outside locks - #9596

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Summary

Keep the old f_trace references alive until the materialized frame and any live source iframe have both been updated, line state has been synchronized, and both trace locks are released. A replaced trace object's finalizer can access frame.f_trace; dropping it while holding that mutex can otherwise deadlock.

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  • Independently source-reviewed for aliased versus separate frame storage, the live iframe pointer lifetime, reentrant finalizer mutations, and CPython 3.15's publish-before-decref behavior.
  • prek run --files crates/vm/src/builtins/frame.rs, normal commit hooks, and git diff --check passed.
  • Native RustPython compilation and execution were not run locally; hosted CI is needed. Existing frame and tracing suites cover normal f_trace use, but no existing test identified directly exercises a replaced trace finalizer reentering the setter/getter.

Scope

This is a narrow lifetime and deadlock fix. It does not claim general cross-thread frame synchronization or atomicity across the two trace-storage updates. No Lib or test files were modified.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved trace updates when replacing frame trace objects, helping keep materialized and live frames consistent.

Keep old trace references alive until both frame copies are updated and the trace locks are released, so a finalizer can safely access the frame again.

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set_f_trace now retains previous trace objects while updating the materialized frame and, when available, the live source frame. It drops those objects after both updates and after releasing the trace locks. The prev_line synchronization condition is unchanged.

Changes: Trace replacement lifetime

Layer / File(s) Summary
Replace traces and release previous values
crates/vm/src/builtins/frame.rs
set_f_trace retains replaced trace objects until both updates are complete and the trace locks are released. The prev_line synchronization condition remains unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: youknowone

Merge Risk: Low · up to 5fdcb

The change releases replaced traces outside their locks as intended. It is mergeable with a bounded regression test recommended to protect against reintroducing the deadlock.

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Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: releasing replaced frame traces outside the relevant locks to avoid finalizer-related deadlocks.
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Comment on lines +969 to +970
// Keep replaced traces alive until both copies are updated and no
// trace lock is held: their finalizers can access this frame again.

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P1 Badge Preserve the existing materialized-frame comment

The deleted // Set on the materialized FrameObject. comment remains accurate because the new mem::replace still updates that frame’s trace storage. AGENTS.md explicitly says, “Do not delete or rewrite existing comments unless they are factually wrong or directly contradict the new code.” Neither exception applies here; retain the original comment alongside the new finalizer-lifetime explanation.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L165-L165

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Nitpick Add a bounded regression test for a trace finalizer that reads ftrace.

972-972: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Add a bounded regression test for a trace finalizer that reads f_trace.

set_f_trace now drops replaced traces after both trace locks are released (crates/vm/src/builtins/frame.rs:972-985). No test in extra_tests replaces a trace whose finalizer reads f_trace. If the drop moved back under the trace lock, a finalizer that reads f_trace on that frame can block on the same non-reentrant PyMutex. The regression would then hang rather than fail.

Add a snippet that performs the replacement in a child process started with subprocess.run(..., timeout=...), as extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_subinterpreters.py already does. A timeout then fails the test and stops the child. The snippet runner calls subprocess.check_call without a timeout (extra_tests/test_snippets.py), so an unbounded in-process replacement can stall the whole suite.

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Review comment at @crates/vm/src/builtins/frame.rs at line 972:
Add a bounded regression test for set_f_trace that replaces a trace whose
finalizer reads f_trace on the same frame. Run the replacement in a child
process via subprocess.run with a timeout, following the existing bounded
subprocess pattern, so a lock regression fails by timing out instead of hanging
the snippet suite.
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