[mypyc] Enable partial, unsafe support for free-threading#19167
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[mypyc] Enable partial, unsafe support for free-threading#19167
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Enable multi-phase init when using a free-threaded (no-GIL) CPython build so we can enable proper multihreading. Work on mypyc/mypyc#1104. Work on mypyc/mypyc#1038. The implementation is still quite incomplete. We are missing synchronization in various places, so race conditions can cause segfaults. Only single-module compilation units are supported for now. Here's a toy benchmark I used to check that free threading works and can improve performance: ``` import sys import threading import time def fib(n: int) -> int: if n <= 1: return n else: return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2) NTHREADS = 6 print(f"Using {NTHREADS} threads") print(f"{sys._is_gil_enabled()=}") t0 = time.time() threads = [] for i in range(NTHREADS): t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: fib(36)) t.start() threads.append(t) for t in threads: t.join() print() print('elapsed time:', time.time() - t0) ```
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Enable multi-phase init when using a free-threaded (no-GIL) CPython build so we can enable proper multihreading.
Work on mypyc/mypyc#1104. Work on mypyc/mypyc#1038.
The implementation is still quite incomplete. We are missing synchronization in various places, so race conditions can cause segfaults. Only single-module compilation units are supported for now.
Here's a toy benchmark I used to check that free threading works and can improve performance: