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2 /* Thread and interpreter state structures and their interfaces */
5 #ifndef Py_PYSTATE_H
6 #define Py_PYSTATE_H
7 #ifdef __cplusplus
8 extern "C" {
9 #endif
11 /* State shared between threads */
13 struct _ts; /* Forward */
14 struct _is; /* Forward */
16 typedef struct _is {
18 struct _is *next;
19 struct _ts *tstate_head;
21 PyObject *modules;
22 PyObject *sysdict;
23 PyObject *builtins;
25 PyObject *codec_search_path;
26 PyObject *codec_search_cache;
27 PyObject *codec_error_registry;
29 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
30 int dlopenflags;
31 #endif
32 #ifdef WITH_TSC
33 int tscdump;
34 #endif
36 } PyInterpreterState;
39 /* State unique per thread */
41 struct _frame; /* Avoid including frameobject.h */
43 /* Py_tracefunc return -1 when raising an exception, or 0 for success. */
44 typedef int (*Py_tracefunc)(PyObject *, struct _frame *, int, PyObject *);
46 /* The following values are used for 'what' for tracefunc functions: */
47 #define PyTrace_CALL 0
48 #define PyTrace_EXCEPTION 1
49 #define PyTrace_LINE 2
50 #define PyTrace_RETURN 3
51 #define PyTrace_C_CALL 4
52 #define PyTrace_C_EXCEPTION 5
53 #define PyTrace_C_RETURN 6
55 typedef struct _ts {
56 /* See Python/ceval.c for comments explaining most fields */
58 struct _ts *next;
59 PyInterpreterState *interp;
61 struct _frame *frame;
62 int recursion_depth;
63 /* 'tracing' keeps track of the execution depth when tracing/profiling.
64 This is to prevent the actual trace/profile code from being recorded in
65 the trace/profile. */
66 int tracing;
67 int use_tracing;
69 Py_tracefunc c_profilefunc;
70 Py_tracefunc c_tracefunc;
71 PyObject *c_profileobj;
72 PyObject *c_traceobj;
74 PyObject *curexc_type;
75 PyObject *curexc_value;
76 PyObject *curexc_traceback;
78 PyObject *exc_type;
79 PyObject *exc_value;
80 PyObject *exc_traceback;
82 PyObject *dict; /* Stores per-thread state */
84 /* tick_counter is incremented whenever the check_interval ticker
85 * reaches zero. The purpose is to give a useful measure of the number
86 * of interpreted bytecode instructions in a given thread. This
87 * extremely lightweight statistic collector may be of interest to
88 * profilers (like psyco.jit()), although nothing in the core uses it.
90 int tick_counter;
92 int gilstate_counter;
94 PyObject *async_exc; /* Asynchronous exception to raise */
95 long thread_id; /* Thread id where this tstate was created */
97 /* XXX signal handlers should also be here */
99 } PyThreadState;
102 PyAPI_FUNC(PyInterpreterState *) PyInterpreterState_New(void);
103 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyInterpreterState_Clear(PyInterpreterState *);
104 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyInterpreterState_Delete(PyInterpreterState *);
106 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyThreadState_New(PyInterpreterState *);
107 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyThreadState_Clear(PyThreadState *);
108 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyThreadState_Delete(PyThreadState *);
109 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
110 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent(void);
111 #endif
113 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyThreadState_Get(void);
114 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyThreadState_Swap(PyThreadState *);
115 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyThreadState_GetDict(void);
116 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(long, PyObject *);
119 /* Variable and macro for in-line access to current thread state */
121 PyAPI_DATA(PyThreadState *) _PyThreadState_Current;
123 #ifdef Py_DEBUG
124 #define PyThreadState_GET() PyThreadState_Get()
125 #else
126 #define PyThreadState_GET() (_PyThreadState_Current)
127 #endif
129 typedef
130 enum {PyGILState_LOCKED, PyGILState_UNLOCKED}
131 PyGILState_STATE;
133 /* Ensure that the current thread is ready to call the Python
134 C API, regardless of the current state of Python, or of its
135 thread lock. This may be called as many times as desired
136 by a thread so long as each call is matched with a call to
137 PyGILState_Release(). In general, other thread-state APIs may
138 be used between _Ensure() and _Release() calls, so long as the
139 thread-state is restored to its previous state before the Release().
140 For example, normal use of the Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS/
141 Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS macros are acceptable.
143 The return value is an opaque "handle" to the thread state when
144 PyGILState_Ensure() was called, and must be passed to
145 PyGILState_Release() to ensure Python is left in the same state. Even
146 though recursive calls are allowed, these handles can *not* be shared -
147 each unique call to PyGILState_Ensure must save the handle for its
148 call to PyGILState_Release.
150 When the function returns, the current thread will hold the GIL.
152 Failure is a fatal error.
154 PyAPI_FUNC(PyGILState_STATE) PyGILState_Ensure(void);
156 /* Release any resources previously acquired. After this call, Python's
157 state will be the same as it was prior to the corresponding
158 PyGILState_Ensure() call (but generally this state will be unknown to
159 the caller, hence the use of the GILState API.)
161 Every call to PyGILState_Ensure must be matched by a call to
162 PyGILState_Release on the same thread.
164 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyGILState_Release(PyGILState_STATE);
166 /* Helper/diagnostic function - get the current thread state for
167 this thread. May return NULL if no GILState API has been used
168 on the current thread. Note the main thread always has such a
169 thread-state, even if no auto-thread-state call has been made
170 on the main thread.
172 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyGILState_GetThisThreadState(void);
174 /* Routines for advanced debuggers, requested by David Beazley.
175 Don't use unless you know what you are doing! */
176 PyAPI_FUNC(PyInterpreterState *) PyInterpreterState_Head(void);
177 PyAPI_FUNC(PyInterpreterState *) PyInterpreterState_Next(PyInterpreterState *);
178 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyInterpreterState_ThreadHead(PyInterpreterState *);
179 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyThreadState_Next(PyThreadState *);
181 typedef struct _frame *(*PyThreadFrameGetter)(PyThreadState *self_);
183 /* hook for PyEval_GetFrame(), requested for Psyco */
184 PyAPI_DATA(PyThreadFrameGetter) _PyThreadState_GetFrame;
186 #ifdef __cplusplus
188 #endif
189 #endif /* !Py_PYSTATE_H */