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Checkpoint the tracing collector, nursery and allocator reclamation work, numeric NaN-boxing, separate free-threaded and GIL-enabled JIT modes, regression tests, documentation and benchmark tooling. Track abandoned frozenset constructions so tracing GC can reclaim their storage and preserve heap-type lifetime. The latest out-of-line tracking variant builds successfully and passes the focused regression in native FT, native JIT and Debug configurations. Experimental work in progress: known broader test failures and performance gaps remain. Full runtime validation and performance comparison of the latest tracking variant are pending.
Save heap-pressure gating, fused buffer preparation, compact mark maps, set cleanup, tests, and experimental findings. Record the failing dictionary watcher resurrection regression and pending pyperformance comparisons in current_status.md.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds experimental tracing garbage collection and NaN-boxed immediate integers and floats. The change spans configuration, object and reference handling, allocation, interpreter and JIT execution, nursery collection, tests, benchmarks, build dependencies, and documentation. ChangesExperimental runtime and collector
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The experimental runtime can corrupt object lifetimes, crash, leak objects, or return inconsistent immutable-container behavior on reachable initialization, threading, tuple, and NaN-boxing paths. These issues should be fixed before merge. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Interpreter
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Interpreter->>GC: Account allocated bytes
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LONG_DIGITS()for borrowed input digits in_PyLong_GCD.
_PyLong_DigitCount()reads the tag, so a NaN-boxed one-digitbhassize_b == 1. For a nonnegative exact value,long_abs()callslong_long(), which preserves the immediate. The reduction loop requires onlysize_a > 2; it does not require allocated storage forb. When a Lehmer step reaches the update loop,b->long_value.ob_digitcan dereference the tagged value and crash.🐛 Proposed fix
- digit *a_digit, *b_digit, *c_digit, *d_digit, *a_end, *b_end; + const digit *a_digit, *b_digit, *a_end, *b_end; + digit *c_digit, *d_digit; ... - a_end = a->long_value.ob_digit + size_a; - b_end = b->long_value.ob_digit + size_b; - - /* compute new a and new b in parallel */ - a_digit = a->long_value.ob_digit; - b_digit = b->long_value.ob_digit; + const digit *a_digit = LONG_DIGITS(a); + const digit *b_digit = LONG_DIGITS(b); + const digit *a_end = a_digit + size_a; + const digit *b_end = b_digit + size_b;🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@current_status.md`:
- Line 3: Update the branch name in the current status metadata from
experimental-tracing-gc to experimental/tracing-gc, preserving the update date
and surrounding formatting.
In `@Lib/test/test_experimental_nanboxing.py`:
- Around line 184-185: Guard test_integer_free_threaded_roots and
test_free_threaded_roots before invoking run_python so they do not pass -X gil=0
on builds where sysconfig.get_config_var("Py_GIL_DISABLED") is false. Skip those
tests for unsupported configurations, or configure run_python with the
appropriate unsupported-configuration skip exit code while preserving the
existing free-threaded test behavior.
In `@Modules/_testcapi/gc.c`:
- Around line 393-394: Move the PyType_Modified(&GCStaticType) call in the
payload update path to after a successful PyDict_SetItemString call, ensuring
the dictionary write occurs before invalidating the type cache; preserve the
existing error handling for failed updates.
In `@Modules/_threadmodule.c`:
- Around line 402-405: Update the thread-start cleanup around thread_start_roots
to clear each bootstrap root immediately before its matching Py_DECREF rather
than memset-clearing the entire array first. Preserve uncleared roots while
decref operations may re-enter collection, and apply the same ordering in the
failure path before deleting the published thread state.
In `@Objects/object.c`:
- Around line 722-724: Update the pointer-validation logic around
_PyObject_IsImmediate to check all debug allocator freed-pointer patterns before
performing the immediate-object check. Preserve the existing freed-object result
and ensure matching patterns cannot be classified as immediate and subsequently
dereferenced by PyObject_Dump or _PyObject_AssertFailed.
In `@Objects/tupleobject.c`:
- Around line 1068-1089: Update _PyTuple_Resize to select the tracing-GC path
using the runtime _Py_tracing_gc_enabled flag rather than the compile-time
Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC condition. Add Py_DECREF(v) before replacing *pv on
success and before setting *pv to NULL when replacement allocation fails,
preserving ownership semantics in both runtime modes.
- Around line 121-127: Update both mutation sites, PyTuple_SetItem and the
frozenset branch of PySet_Add, to require _PyObject_IsUniquelyReferenced(...)
and an uncached hash value of -1; remove the tracing-mode alternative that
bypasses unique-ownership validation. Ensure mutations proceed only when the
tuple or frozenset cache remains unset, preserving critical-section protection
for published objects.
In `@Python/ceval.h`:
- Around line 119-121: Update the tracing-GC Py_DECREF override around
_Py_tracing_gc_enabled to check for NaN-boxed immediate values before
dereferencing op->ob_ref_local, matching the immediate-value handling contract
in Include/refcount.h. Ensure immediates bypass object dereference and retain
the existing tracing and non-tracing behavior for regular PyObject references.
In `@Python/pylifecycle.c`:
- Line 1642: Update the initialization logic around _Py_tracing_gc_enabled so
reconfiguration of an already initialized runtime preserves its current
tracing-GC mode; only reset the flag during a genuinely new initialization after
finalization. Ensure the pyinit_main() and pyinit_main_reconfigure() paths do
not overwrite the preserved value.
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In `@Objects/longobject.c`:
- Around line 5906-5913: Update _PyLong_GCD to access borrowed input digits
through LONG_DIGITS() instead of directly dereferencing long_value.ob_digit when
initializing a_digit, b_digit, c_digit, and d_digit. Preserve the existing
reduction and Lehmer update logic while ensuring immediate one-digit values,
especially b, are handled without tagged-pointer dereferences.
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Correct the branch name.
Line 3 names experimental-tracing-gc, but this PR uses source branch experimental/tracing-gc. A reader can check out the wrong branch when following this handoff document. Use the actual source branch name.
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In `@current_status.md` at line 3, Update the branch name in the current status
metadata from experimental-tracing-gc to experimental/tracing-gc, preserving the
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Guard the free-threaded subprocess arguments.
test_integer_free_threaded_roots and test_free_threaded_roots pass -X gil=0 unconditionally. A build without Py_GIL_DISABLED rejects this option, so the inherited run_python helper fails instead of skipping the test. Skip these tests when sysconfig.get_config_var("Py_GIL_DISABLED") is false, or pass the unsupported-configuration exit code through skip_exit_code.
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Call PyType_Modified after the dictionary update.
PyType_Modified clears GCStaticType.tp_version_tag before payload is written. In a free-threaded build, another thread can then assign a new version tag and cache the old payload value. The later dictionary write does not invalidate that cache.
Move the call after the successful PyDict_SetItemString call.
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PyType_Modified(&GCStaticType) call in the payload update path to after a
successful PyDict_SetItemString call, ensuring the dictionary write occurs
before invalidating the type cache; preserve the existing error handling for
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| #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC | ||
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| sizeof(((_PyThreadStateImpl *)tstate)->gc.thread_start_roots)); | ||
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Do not clear all bootstrap roots before their decrefs.
The collector waits for defined safepoints and does not interrupt arbitrary C statements. However, if Py_DECREF(boot->func) reaches zero, its deallocator or tp_finalize can re-enter gc.collect(). The collector scans the entire _PyThreadStateImpl, but not the raw boot allocation. It can therefore miss boot->args and boot->kwargs after thread_start_roots is cleared, reclaim them, and cause use-after-free during the later decrefs.
Clear each root immediately before its matching decref. Preserve the remaining roots during cleanup. Apply the same ordering before deleting the published thread state on the thread-start failure path.
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cleanup around thread_start_roots to clear each bootstrap root immediately
before its matching Py_DECREF rather than memset-clearing the entire array
first. Preserve uncleared roots while decref operations may re-enter collection,
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Check the freed-pointer patterns before the immediate check.
_PyObject_IsImmediate classifies a pointer by its top 16 bits: tag >= 2 && tag <= 0xfff3. The debug allocator free patterns fall inside that range. On 64-bit, 0xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD >> 48 is 0xDDDD, 0xCDCDCDCDCDCDCDCD >> 48 is 0xCDCD, and 0xFDFDFDFDFDFDFDFD >> 48 is 0xFDFD. All satisfy the predicate.
A dangling op that holds one of these patterns is now reported as not freed. PyObject_Dump (Line 736) and _PyObject_AssertFailed (Line 3276) then dereference it instead of printing <object at %p is freed>. The guard exists to avoid exactly that crash.
Test the free patterns first, then the immediate tag.
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- return 0;
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- if (_PyMem_IsPtrFreed(op) || _PyMem_IsPtrFreed(Py_TYPE(op))) {
+ if (_PyMem_IsPtrFreed(op)) {
+ return 1;
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+ }
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Require both unique ownership and an uncached hash at both mutation sites. In tracing mode, _PyObject_IsUniquelyReferenced still rejects objects with another reference because Py_INCREF sets the sticky shared bit. The _Py_tracing_gc_enabled alternatives bypass that check, so PyTuple_SetItem and the frozenset branch of PySet_Add can mutate published objects without a critical section. They can also mutate an object after tuple_hash() or frozenset_hash() cached ob_hash or so->hash; neither insertion path invalidates that cache. Require _PyObject_IsUniquelyReferenced(...) and the corresponding cached hash to equal -1 at both sites.
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In `@Objects/tupleobject.c` around lines 121 - 127, Update both mutation sites,
PyTuple_SetItem and the frozenset branch of PySet_Add, to require
_PyObject_IsUniquelyReferenced(...) and an uncached hash value of -1; remove the
tracing-mode alternative that bypasses unique-ownership validation. Ensure
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| #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC | ||
| if (v == NULL || !Py_IS_TYPE(v, &PyTuple_Type)) { | ||
| *pv = NULL; | ||
| PyErr_BadInternalCall(); | ||
| return -1; | ||
| } | ||
| oldsize = Py_SIZE(v); | ||
| if (oldsize == newsize) { | ||
| return 0; | ||
| } | ||
| PyObject *replacement = PyTuple_New(newsize); | ||
| if (replacement == NULL) { | ||
| *pv = NULL; | ||
| return -1; | ||
| } | ||
| Py_ssize_t copy = Py_MIN(oldsize, newsize); | ||
| for (i = 0; i < copy; i++) { | ||
| PyTuple_SET_ITEM(replacement, i, Py_XNewRef(v->ob_item[i])); | ||
| } | ||
| *pv = replacement; | ||
| return 0; | ||
| #else |
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_PyTuple_Resize leaks the old tuple, and the branch is selected at compile time.
Two problems exist in this path.
First, the new implementation never releases v. _PyTuple_Resize steals the reference in *pv, so the caller does not release the old tuple. The success path overwrites *pv with replacement, and the allocation-failure path sets *pv = NULL. In both cases the old tuple is dropped without a Py_DECREF.
Second, the branch is selected with #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC, not with the runtime flag _Py_tracing_gc_enabled. Every other change in this file gates on the runtime flag. A build that enables the flag but runs with tracing GC disabled still uses reference counting, so each _PyTuple_Resize call leaks a tuple and its items.
Add the Py_DECREF(v) calls. A decref is inert while tracing GC is active, so the same code is correct in both modes.
🐛 Proposed fix to release the old tuple
Py_ssize_t copy = Py_MIN(oldsize, newsize);
for (i = 0; i < copy; i++) {
PyTuple_SET_ITEM(replacement, i, Py_XNewRef(v->ob_item[i]));
}
+ Py_DECREF(v);
*pv = replacement;
return 0;and on the allocation-failure path:
PyObject *replacement = PyTuple_New(newsize);
if (replacement == NULL) {
*pv = NULL;
+ Py_DECREF(v);
return -1;
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| #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC | |
| if (v == NULL || !Py_IS_TYPE(v, &PyTuple_Type)) { | |
| *pv = NULL; | |
| PyErr_BadInternalCall(); | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| oldsize = Py_SIZE(v); | |
| if (oldsize == newsize) { | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| PyObject *replacement = PyTuple_New(newsize); | |
| if (replacement == NULL) { | |
| *pv = NULL; | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| Py_ssize_t copy = Py_MIN(oldsize, newsize); | |
| for (i = 0; i < copy; i++) { | |
| PyTuple_SET_ITEM(replacement, i, Py_XNewRef(v->ob_item[i])); | |
| } | |
| *pv = replacement; | |
| return 0; | |
| #else | |
| #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC | |
| if (v == NULL || !Py_IS_TYPE(v, &PyTuple_Type)) { | |
| *pv = NULL; | |
| PyErr_BadInternalCall(); | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| oldsize = Py_SIZE(v); | |
| if (oldsize == newsize) { | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| PyObject *replacement = PyTuple_New(newsize); | |
| if (replacement == NULL) { | |
| *pv = NULL; | |
| Py_DECREF(v); | |
| return -1; | |
| } | |
| Py_ssize_t copy = Py_MIN(oldsize, newsize); | |
| for (i = 0; i < copy; i++) { | |
| PyTuple_SET_ITEM(replacement, i, Py_XNewRef(v->ob_item[i])); | |
| } | |
| Py_DECREF(v); | |
| *pv = replacement; | |
| return 0; | |
| #else |
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In `@Objects/tupleobject.c` around lines 1068 - 1089, Update _PyTuple_Resize to
select the tracing-GC path using the runtime _Py_tracing_gc_enabled flag rather
than the compile-time Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC condition. Add Py_DECREF(v)
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| if (_Py_tracing_gc_enabled) { \ | ||
| break; \ | ||
| } \ |
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Add the immediate-value check to the tracing-GC Py_DECREF override.
Py_EXPERIMENTAL_NANBOX requires tracing GC, but _Py_tracing_gc_enabled is 0 during bootstrap. A NaN-boxed immediate can therefore reach the non-tracing path and be dereferenced as a PyObject through op->ob_ref_local. Match the contract in Include/refcount.h:
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- if (_Py_tracing_gc_enabled) { \
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| if (_Py_tracing_gc_enabled) { \ | |
| break; \ | |
| } \ | |
| if (_Py_tracing_gc_enabled || _PyObject_IsImmediate(op)) { \ | |
| break; \ | |
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In `@Python/ceval.h` around lines 119 - 121, Update the tracing-GC Py_DECREF
override around _Py_tracing_gc_enabled to check for NaN-boxed immediate values
before dereferencing op->ob_ref_local, matching the immediate-value handling
contract in Include/refcount.h. Ensure immediates bypass object dereference and
retain the existing tracing and non-tracing behavior for regular PyObject
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| #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC | ||
| // A process may finalize and initialize Python again. Bootstrap always | ||
| // uses ordinary reference counting until pyinit_main() completes. | ||
| _Py_tracing_gc_enabled = 0; |
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Preserve tracing-GC mode during reconfiguration.
When Py_InitializeFromConfig() runs on an initialized runtime, the unconditional reset sets _Py_tracing_gc_enabled to 0. pyinit_main() then returns through pyinit_main_reconfigure() before restoring the flag. Subsequent Py_INCREF and Py_DECREF calls use ordinary reference counting on tracing-GC objects, which may corrupt object lifetime state or crash the process.
Reset the flag only for a new initialization after finalization.
Proposed fix
`#ifdef` Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC
- _Py_tracing_gc_enabled = 0;
+ if (!Py_IsInitialized()) {
+ _Py_tracing_gc_enabled = 0;
+ }
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| _Py_tracing_gc_enabled = 0; | |
| #ifdef Py_EXPERIMENTAL_TRACING_GC | |
| if (!Py_IsInitialized()) { | |
| _Py_tracing_gc_enabled = 0; | |
| } | |
| #endif |
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In `@Python/pylifecycle.c` at line 1642, Update the initialization logic around
_Py_tracing_gc_enabled so reconfiguration of an already initialized runtime
preserves its current tracing-GC mode; only reset the flag during a genuinely
new initialization after finalization. Ensure the pyinit_main() and
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| assert(tracing_nursery_container(op, false) && gc_is_unreachable(op)); | ||
| // No mutator or callback can touch this dead header. Untrack it here | ||
| // too, so its ordinary deallocator needs no atomic bit update. | ||
| gc_clear_bit(op, _PyGC_BITS_UNREACHABLE | _PyGC_BITS_TRACKED); |
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In a --with-pydebug --disable-gil --with-experimental-gc=tracing build, this clears TRACKED before invoking ordinary deallocators, even though deallocators such as method_dealloc() and tupleiter_dealloc() unconditionally call _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK() themselves. Consequently, collecting these common objects aborts on the double-untrack assertion; for example, ExperimentalTracingGCTests.test_automatic_collection_with_threads reliably terminates with an assertion in method_dealloc(). The analogous pre-clear in the nursery sweep at line 2066 has the same problem, so these objects should remain tracked until their deallocator handles the transition.
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| for (i = 0; i < copy; i++) { | ||
| PyTuple_SET_ITEM(replacement, i, Py_XNewRef(v->ob_item[i])); | ||
| } | ||
| *pv = replacement; |
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This replacement path is selected at compile time, but tracing is deliberately not enabled until pyinit_main() finishes and is disabled again at the start of reinitialization. During either reference-counted window, assigning replacement without decrementing v leaks the old tuple and all references it contains; the allocation-failure path has the same omission. Any _PyTuple_Resize() performed during bootstrap can therefore leave tracked tuples that are subsequently pinned by _PyGC_InitializeTracing(), so this copy-based path needs to preserve the ordinary release behavior whenever _Py_tracing_gc_enabled is false.
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| if (_Py_tracing_gc_enabled) { | ||
| return _PyLong_EncodeImmediate(x); |
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When NaN-boxing is enabled and the asyncio task counter exceeds the boxed small-int cache, this returns an immediate integer for an unnamed task's deferred numeric name. Modules/_remote_debugging/asyncio.c:parse_task_name() still treats task_name as an address and attempts to read a PyObject header from it, so RemoteUnwinder.get_async_stack_trace() and the sampling profiler fail with an invalid remote-memory read (for example at 0xfff300000000044c for Task-1100-range names). The remote reader must recognize and decode this tagged integer before dereferencing it.
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| else | ||
| op = (PyBytesObject *)PyObject_Malloc(PyBytesObject_SIZE + size); | ||
| op = (PyBytesObject *)_PyObject_MallocLeaf(&PyBytes_Type, PyBytesObject_SIZE + size); |
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Only the non-calloc branch is moved to the leaf heap, while _PyBytes_FromSize(size, 1)—the path used by bytes(size)—still allocates the object through PyObject_Calloc on the ordinary untyped OBJECT heap. The tracing collector does not classify or sweep scalar objects in that heap, so these bytes objects are never reclaimed; creating 20,000 instances of bytes(4097) leaves about 100 MB allocated after repeated full collections. The zero-filled path also needs a type-aware leaf allocation, followed by explicit zeroing if necessary.
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