Release the GIL while running a gdb command or expression
PR python/23615 points out that gdb.execute_gdb_command does not
release the Python GIL. This means that, while the gdb command is
running, other Python threads do not run.
This patch solves the problem by introducing a new RAII class that can
be used to temporarily release and then re-acquire the GIL, then puts
this into the appropriate places in execute_gdb_command and
gdbpy_parse_and_eval.
This does not include a test case, because after some research I could
not find a way to write one that was not racy.
gdb/ChangeLog
2019-01-30 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/23615:
* python/python.c (execute_gdb_command): Use gdbpy_allow_threads.
(gdbpy_parse_and_eval): Likewise.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_allow_threads): New class.