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winsound.rs kept three imports it stopped using in #8245:
WideCString::from_vec rejects interior NULs itself, so the explicit
exceptions::nul_char_error check and the to_wide_with_nul call feeding it
both went away, and TryFromBorrowedObject arrived unused.

Windows clippy rejects all three under -D warnings, which fails every Windows
clippy run since — main's own included, and with it every open pull request.

error: unused import: `TryFromBorrowedObject`
  --> crates\vm\src\stdlib\winsound.rs:9:58
error: unused import: `crate::exceptions`
  --> crates\vm\src\stdlib\winsound.rs:10:9
error: unused import: `crate::host_env::windows::ToWideString`
  --> crates\vm\src\stdlib\winsound.rs:11:9

IntoPyException and ToPyException stay: MessageBeep and the
WideCString::from_vec error path still use them.

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The common lock layer adds detaching raw mutex and reader-writer lock wrappers. The VM installs their blocking-wait hook, tracks stopped-world ownership, updates lifecycle handling, and adds a threading test for blocked lock waits.

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Detaching lock threading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detaching lock primitives and fork APIs
crates/common/src/lock.rs, crates/common/src/lock/detaching.rs
The common lock module exports detaching raw locks and hook APIs. Contended mutex and reader-writer lock waits use the hook. Fork reinitialization accepts generic lock_api raw locks.
VM blocking-wait hook integration
crates/vm/src/vm/thread.rs, crates/vm/src/vm/interpreter.rs
The VM tracks stopped-world depth and detaches active interpreters around blocking waits. Threaded initialization installs the hook.
Stopped-world lifecycle and threading validation
crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs, crates/vm/src/vm/interpreter.rs, crates/vm/src/stdlib/winsound.rs
Stop-the-world entry and exit update thread-local state. Fork reset clears inherited state. A test covers a worker blocked on a reader lock. Unused winsound imports are removed.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c31a1

The PR changes contended lock acquisition so an interpreter can detach before waiting, but stop/restart ownership is still not enforced consistently. A different thread could perform the matching restart operation, leaving world-stop coordination incorrect; merge should wait for this correctness risk to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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  participant WorkerThread
  participant RawRwLock
  participant BlockingWaitHook
  participant Interpreter
  WorkerThread->>RawRwLock: Wait for read lock
  RawRwLock->>BlockingWaitHook: Invoke blocking-wait hook
  BlockingWaitHook->>Interpreter: Detach with allow_threads
  Interpreter-->>BlockingWaitHook: Reattach after lock wait
  BlockingWaitHook-->>RawRwLock: Complete wait
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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs`:
- Line 430: Update the stop-the-world API around thread::enter_stopped_world and
start_the_world to require that restart occurs on the same thread that requested
the stop, validating ownership before changing stop state. Prefer returning a
non-Send guard that records the requester thread and performs the matching
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Comment thread crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs Outdated
/// `start_the_world`/`reset_after_fork`.
pub fn stop_the_world(&self, state: &PyGlobalState) {
self.acquire_exclusion(state);
thread::enter_stopped_world();

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Enforce requester-thread ownership for start_the_world.

STOPPED_WORLDS is thread-local. Line 430 increments it on the stop requester. Line 540 decrements it on whichever thread calls start_the_world.

start_the_world does not require the requester thread. If another thread restarts the world, the requester retains a nonzero depth. Later contended raw-lock waits on that interpreter thread bypass allow_threads. This can restore the stop-the-world deadlock that this change prevents.

Require stop and start on the same thread. Enforce this before changing stop state. Prefer a non-Send stop guard that owns the matching restart operation.

Suggested immediate guard
 pub fn start_the_world(&self, state: &PyGlobalState) {
     use thread::{THREAD_DETACHED, THREAD_SUSPENDED};
     let requester = self.requester.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+    assert_eq!(
+        crate::stdlib::_thread::get_ident(),
+        requester,
+        "start_the_world must run on the stop requester thread"
+    );
     stw_trace(format_args!("start begin requester={requester}"));

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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs` at line 430, Update the stop-the-world API around
thread::enter_stopped_world and start_the_world to require that restart occurs
on the same thread that requested the stop, validating ownership before changing
stop state. Prefer returning a non-Send guard that records the requester thread
and performs the matching restart operation, preventing the STOPPED_WORLDS depth
from being decremented by another thread.

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crates/vm/src/stdlib/winsound.rs (1)

106-112: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the shared UTF-16 conversion.

Both branches perform the same as_wtf8() and encode_wide() conversion. Extract this logic into one helper, then keep the match focused on obtaining the PyStr.

As per coding guidelines, when branches differ only in a value but share common logic, extract the differing value and call the common logic once.

Proposed refactor
+fn encode_wide(s: &PyStr) -> Vec<u16> {
+    let s = s.as_wtf8();
+    let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(s.len() + 1);
+    buf.extend(s.encode_wide());
+    buf
+}
+
 let path = match sound.downcast_ref::<PyStr>() {
-    Some(s) => {
-        let s = s.as_wtf8();
-        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(s.len() + 1);
-        buf.extend(s.encode_wide());
-        buf
-    }
+    Some(s) => encode_wide(s),
     None => {
         // existing __fspath__ handling
-        let s = result.downcast_ref::<PyStr>()?;
-        let s = s.as_wtf8();
-        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(s.len() + 1);
-        buf.extend(s.encode_wide());
-        buf
+        encode_wide(result.downcast_ref::<PyStr>()?)
     }
 };

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In `@crates/vm/src/stdlib/winsound.rs` around lines 106 - 112, Extract the
repeated WTF-8-to-UTF-16 conversion into a shared helper near the affected
winsound logic, and have both branches provide only their obtained PyStr value
to that helper. Update the match around the sound argument and the corresponding
logic at the second affected location so as_wtf8 and encode_wide are performed
once in the common path, preserving the existing buffer behavior.

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- Around line 106-112: Extract the repeated WTF-8-to-UTF-16 conversion into a
shared helper near the affected winsound logic, and have both branches provide
only their obtained PyStr value to that helper. Update the match around the
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WideCString::from_vec rejects interior NULs itself, so the explicit check
through exceptions::nul_char_error and the to_wide_with_nul call it fed
both went away; TryFromBorrowedObject arrived unused. Windows clippy
rejects all three, which is every Windows clippy run since.

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youknowone force-pushed the lock-detach-on-contention branch from c31a19e to 3368d3a Compare August 19, 2026 00:49
@youknowone youknowone changed the title Leave the interpreter before blocking on a lock winsound: drop the imports the NUL-safe PlaySound left behind Aug 19, 2026
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