Update Python/tracemalloc.c

vstinner · kumaraditya303 · web-flow · commit 609f7fbc9b2b · 2026-02-18T15:23:28.000+01:00
Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya &lt;kumaraditya@python.org&gt;
diff --git a/Python/tracemalloc.c b/Python/tracemalloc.c
@@ -891,8 +891,8 @@ _PyTraceMalloc_Stop(void)
     TABLES_UNLOCK();
 
     // Call it after TABLES_UNLOCK() since it calls _PyEval_StopTheWorldAll()
-    // which would lead to a deadlock with TABLES_LOCK() which doesn't release
-    // the GIL.
+    // which would lead to a deadlock with TABLES_LOCK() which doesn't detaches 
+    // the thread state.
     (void)PyRefTracer_SetTracer(NULL, NULL);
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -891,8 +891,8 @@ _PyTraceMalloc_Stop(void)`
`891`	`891`	`TABLES_UNLOCK();`
`892`	`892`
`893`	`893`	`// Call it after TABLES_UNLOCK() since it calls _PyEval_StopTheWorldAll()`
`894`		`- // which would lead to a deadlock with TABLES_LOCK() which doesn't release`
`895`		`- // the GIL.`
	`894`	`+ // which would lead to a deadlock with TABLES_LOCK() which doesn't detaches`
	`895`	`+ // the thread state.`
`896`	`896`	`(void)PyRefTracer_SetTracer(NULL, NULL);`
`897`	`897`	`}`
`898`	`898`