gh-157649: Check for reference leak in test_cext

test_cext now discovers and calls all "test" functions. On a debug
build, it also checks for reference leaks.

Fix a reference leak in test_virtual_object(): use a dealloc function
which calls Py_DECREF() on the type, and trigger an explicit garbage
collection.

Author: vstinner

Lib/test/test_cext/__init__.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, 'extension.cpp'),
     os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, 'setup.py'),
 ]
+RUNTESTS_PY = os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, 'runtests.py')
 MSVC = support.MS_WINDOWS
 
 
@@ -99,21 +100,10 @@ def run_cmd(operation, cmd):
             cmd.append('-v')
         run_cmd('Install', cmd)
 
-        # Do a reference run. Until we test that running python
-        # doesn't leak references (gh-94755), run it so one can manually check
-        # -X showrefcount results against this baseline.
-        cmd = [python_exe,
-               '-X', 'dev',
-               '-X', 'showrefcount',
-               '-c', 'pass']
-        run_cmd('Reference run', cmd)
-
-        # Import the C/C++ extension
-        cmd = [python_exe,
-               '-X', 'dev',
-               '-X', 'showrefcount',
-               '-c', f"import {extension_name}"]
-        run_cmd('Import', cmd)
+        # Import the extension module and run tests.
+        # On a debug build, check also for reference leaks.
+        cmd = [python_exe, '-X', 'dev', RUNTESTS_PY, extension_name]
+        run_cmd('Tests', cmd)
 
 
 class TestPublicC(BaseTests, unittest.TestCase):

Lib/test/test_cext/extension.c

@@ -264,8 +264,11 @@ class VirtualPyObject : public PyObject {
 public:
     VirtualPyObject();
     virtual ~VirtualPyObject() {
+        PyTypeObject *type = Py_TYPE(this);
         delete [] internal_data;
         --instance_count;
+        // Do not call type->tp_free(this), C++ manages the memory
+        Py_DECREF(type);
     }
     virtual void set_internal_data() {
         internal_data[0] = 1;
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ _Py_COMP_DIAG_PUSH
 #endif
 
 PyType_Slot VirtualPyObject_Slots[] = {
-    {Py_tp_free, (void*)VirtualPyObject::dealloc},
+    {Py_tp_dealloc, (void*)VirtualPyObject::dealloc},
     {0, _Py_NULL},
 };
 
@@ -333,6 +336,10 @@ test_virtual_object(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *Py_UNUSED(args))
             "instance_count should be 0, got %d",
             VirtualPyObject::instance_count);
     }
+
+    // Force a garbage collection to delete the temporary heap type
+    // used by this test
+    PyGC_Collect();
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 #endif  // __cplusplus && !Py_TARGET_ABI3T
@@ -356,8 +363,6 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
 static int
 module_exec(PyObject *module)
 {
-    PyObject *result;
-
 #ifdef __STDC_VERSION__
     if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(module, __STDC_VERSION__) < 0) {
         return -1;
@@ -368,31 +373,6 @@ module_exec(PyObject *module)
         return -1;
     }
 #endif
-
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "test_macros", "");
-    if (!result) return -1;
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "test_datetime", "");
-    if (!result) return -1;
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "test_unicode", "");
-    if (!result) return -1;
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "test_api_casts", "");
-    if (!result) return -1;
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__cplusplus) && !defined(Py_TARGET_ABI3T)
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "test_virtual_object", "");
-    if (!result) return -1;
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-#endif
-
     return 0;
 }
 

Lib/test/test_cext/runtests.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import array
+import gc
+import importlib
+import sys
+
+
+def run_tests(testmod, verbose=True):
+    for name in dir(testmod):
+        if not name.startswith('test'):
+            continue
+        func = getattr(testmod, name)
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"{name}()")
+        func()
+
+    print("add()")
+    if testmod.add(11, 23) != 34:
+        raise AssertionError("add() failed badly")
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(flush=True)
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("usage: python runtests.py TEST_MODULE_NAME")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    module_name = sys.argv[1]
+
+    testmod = importlib.import_module(module_name)
+
+    if hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'):
+        # First run to warm up Python. For example, test_datetime() imports
+        # the datetime module.
+        run_tests(testmod, verbose=False)
+
+        refcount = array.array('q', [0, 0])
+        gc.collect()
+
+        # Check for reference leak
+        refcount[0] = sys.gettotalrefcount()
+        run_tests(testmod)
+        refcount[1] = sys.gettotalrefcount()
+
+        diff = refcount[1] - refcount[0]
+        if diff >= 1:
+            raise AssertionError(f'Tests leaked {diff} references')
+    else:
+        run_tests(testmod)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()