Python/C API bug (multithreading )

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Hi,

I think I've found a bug in Python/C API and multithreading.

I'm currently creating an intrusion detection system based on mobile agents.

I have an AgentPlatform (C/C++) and 2 agents on it (2 Python scripts:
Snort and Anomaly)

These 2 agents are each running its own Python interpreter (both by
Py_Run*** stuff). Of course I do have Threading on (I mean there is:
PyGILStateEnsur e stuff as well).

I also have an interface that is used by both agents (Python scripts) to
access my Agent Platform (C/C++ program). That interface have one
method: AgentPlatform.g etPacket() - when I call it in Python -
appropriate method AgentPlatform.g etPacket() is called in C/C++
AgentPlatform. Between these two moments somthing bad happens.
This happens when Snort calls Python's AgentPlatform.g etPacket() and
just before C/C++'s AgentPlatform.g etPacket() is called - another agent
- Anomaly Agent calls its Python's AgentPlatform.g etPacket().

In this particular moment everything hangs:((((((((( ((((
Let me show it on an image:

http://www.mobiltek.pl/~mrbpl/tmp/PythonBug.JPG

Is there any simple way to fix this damned bug??

best regards
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Krzysztof W³odarczyk
Centrum Technologii Mobilnych Mobiltek S.A.
e-mail: kr************* *****@mobiltek. pl
mobile: 502-525-035
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Thank you.

Jun 19 '07 #1

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Is there any simple way to fix this damned bug??

Sure: just fixed your damned code!!

Regards,
Marttin

Jun 19 '07 #2

Nick Craig-Wood

Krzysztof W³odarczyk <kr************ ******@mobiltek .plwrote:

I think I've found a bug in Python/C API and multithreading.

You don't state your python version.

There is an old bug about a similar issue :-

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/053840.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...70&atid=105470

Is there any simple way to fix this damned bug??

Locking, locking and more locking ;-)

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Nick Craig-Wood <ni**@craig-wood.com-- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick

Jun 20 '07 #3

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Nick Craig-Wood pisze:

Krzysztof WÂ³odarczyk <kr************ ******@mobiltek .plwrote:

> I think I've found a bug in Python/C API and multithreading.

You don't state your python version.

There is an old bug about a similar issue :-

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/053840.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...70&atid=105470

>>
This is apparantly fixed in 2.4.2 despite the absence of anentry in

the NEWS for that release.

>>

Python 2.4.1 and 2.4.4 - the same problem exists :(

> Is there any simple way to fix this damned bug??

Locking, locking and more locking ;-)

damn true brother, thx

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Krzysztof WÅ‚odarczyk
Centrum Technologii Mobilnych Mobiltek S.A.
e-mail: kr************* *****@mobiltek. pl
mobile: 502-525-035
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Thank you.

Jun 20 '07 #4

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