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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions Modules/_threadmodule.c
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Expand Up @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ thread_bootstate_free(struct bootstate *boot, int decref)
Py_DECREF(boot->args);
Py_XDECREF(boot->kwargs);
}
PyMem_Free(boot);
PyMem_RawFree(boot);
}


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return NULL;
}

struct bootstate *boot = PyMem_NEW(struct bootstate, 1);
// gh-109795: Use PyMem_RawMalloc() instead of PyMem_Malloc(),
// because it should be possible to call thread_bootstate_free()
// without holding the GIL.
struct bootstate *boot = PyMem_RawMalloc(sizeof(struct bootstate));
if (boot == NULL) {
return PyErr_NoMemory();
}
boot->tstate = _PyThreadState_New(interp);
if (boot->tstate == NULL) {
PyMem_Free(boot);
PyMem_RawFree(boot);
if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
return PyErr_NoMemory();
}
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