bpo-38070: Enhance visit_decref() debug trace (GH-16631)

vstinner · web-flow · commit 4d5f94b8cd20 · 2019-10-08T02:37:38.000+02:00
subtract_refs() now pass the parent object to visit_decref() which
pass it to _PyObject_ASSERT(). So if the "is freed" assertion fails,
the parent is used in debug trace, rather than the freed object. The
parent object is more likely to contain useful information. Freed
objects cannot be inspected are are displayed as "&lt;object at xxx is
freed&gt;" with no other detail.
diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ update_refs(PyGC_Head *containers)
 
 /* A traversal callback for subtract_refs. */
 static int
-visit_decref(PyObject *op, void *data)
+visit_decref(PyObject *op, void *parent)
 {
-    _PyObject_ASSERT(op, !_PyObject_IsFreed(op));
+    _PyObject_ASSERT(_PyObject_CAST(parent), !_PyObject_IsFreed(op));
 
     if (PyObject_IS_GC(op)) {
         PyGC_Head *gc = AS_GC(op);
@@ -401,10 +401,11 @@ subtract_refs(PyGC_Head *containers)
     traverseproc traverse;
     PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(containers);
     for (; gc != containers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) {
-        traverse = Py_TYPE(FROM_GC(gc))->tp_traverse;
+        PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
+        traverse = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_traverse;
         (void) traverse(FROM_GC(gc),
                        (visitproc)visit_decref,
-                       NULL);
+                       op);
     }
 }
 
