[Stackless] Python, C, context-switching

[Joel Vennin]

       Hello Python community, 
i've got complex problem with python, c++
library and context-switching.

I introduce the problem:

  I've a C/C++ library which is an event driven simulator. My C/C++
  simulator use context-switching to simulate concurrency. It's using
  user-thread mechanism. My simulator use some object as Element that
  contains methods. This methods are called during the simulation.

  I've made wrapper of my simulator with swig. So now i've a PyElement
  class which is a wrapper of my Element C++ class.

  
  I'm now able to create a scenario using python script:

  example:

  class Car (PyElement):
        
        def __init__ (self):
            PyElement.__init__ (self)
            self.registerCallback (self.stop)

        def stop (self):
            while 1:
                 print "before stop"
                 self.nextEvent ()
                 print "after stop"            


This is a simple example: I create an PyElement that register a
Python callback inside my C++ simulator. So when i instanciate a
Python Car element, my C++ simulator are aware of the creation of an
object Element, which has a python callback method.

I've tested all basics(instanciate python class, callback mechanism
with C++/python, etc)  functionalities and all works fine.

The problem arrives when i'm using the context switching mechanism of
my simulator. How does it works ?
When the simulator starts, it create a context-switching for each
registered callback. And it switch the context to the first registered
callback to execute it. During the execution of the callback it can
have a nextEvent call. The nextEvent call function change the current
context to the next context and execute the callback associated to the
new context. You can see each callback function like a thread with a
wait method (here, it's called nextEvent).


 When all my system is design in C++, all work fine. But when i'm
 using python, the first switching context make a python segfault.
 
It's the trace when my python callback is called by my simulator just after a 
context switching.

#0  0x0810202c in PyFrame_New (tstate=0x0, code=0x402ea7a0, 
    globals=0x402aa41c, locals=0x0) at Objects/frameobject.c:569
#1  0x080aa708 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx (co=0x402ea7a0, globals=0x402aa41c, 
    locals=0x0, args=0x402f64f8, argcount=1, kws=0x0, kwcount=0, defs=0x0, 
    defcount=0, closure=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:2698
#2  0x081043a0 in function_call (func=0x402f0844, arg=0x402f64ec, kw=0x0)
    at Objects/funcobject.c:506
#3  0x0805cdd9 in PyObject_Call (func=0x402f0844, arg=0x402aa41c, 
    kw=0x402aa41c) at Objects/abstract.c:1757
#4  0x08063844 in instancemethod_call (func=0x402f0844, arg=0x402f64ec, 
    kw=0x402aa41c) at Objects/classobject.c:2454
#5  0x0805cdd9 in PyObject_Call (func=0x402f7bbc, arg=0x402aa41c, 
    kw=0x402aa41c) at Objects/abstract.c:1757
#6  0x080ab978 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (func=0x402aa41c, 
    arg=0x4029d02c, kw=0x402f7bbc) at Python/ceval.c:3619
#7  0x0805cd7e in PyObject_CallObject (o=0x402aa41c, a=0x402aa41c)
    at Objects/abstract.c:1747


I find no solution to solve this problem, can you help me and give me
some clues

Thanks you very much

Jol


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