[3.7] bpo-36389: _PyObject_IsFreed() now also detects uninitialized memory (GH-12770) by vstinner · Pull Request #12788 · python/cpython

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April 11, 2019 17:42
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Replace _PyMem_IsFreed() function with _PyMem_IsPtrFreed() inline
function. The function is now way more efficient, it became a simple
comparison on integers, rather than a short loop. It detects also
uninitialized bytes and "forbidden bytes" filled by debug hooks
on memory allocators.

Add unit tests on _PyObject_IsFreed().

(cherry picked from commit 2b00db6)
Modify CLEANBYTE, DEADDYTE and FORBIDDENBYTE constants: use 0xCD,
0xDD and 0xFD, rather than 0xCB, 0xBB and 0xFB, to use the same byte
patterns than Windows CRT debug malloc() and free().

(cherry picked from commit 4c409be)

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