[NOGIL] Fix Producer.close() races with concurrent calls and with itself#2313
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Producer.close() previously raced with concurrent produce()/poll()/ flush()/produce_batch()/transaction calls and with itself when called from multiple threads, both leading to use-after-free/double-free on the underlying rd_kafka_t handle. Adds an active_calls/closing guard (Handle_enter_rk_use/Handle_exit_rk_use) so every method that touches self->rk registers itself before use, and close() drains in-flight calls before tearing down; a CAS on `closing` ensures only one concurrent close() call performs the actual teardown, with losing callers waiting for it to finish rather than racing it. Adds tests/parallel/test_producer_close_race.py covering each affected method racing close(), close() racing itself, and close()'s blocking behavior. Uses pytest-forked (POSIX only) so a regression segfault fails only that test. Integration tests against a real broker are still pending.
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Producer.close() previously raced with concurrent produce()/poll()/ flush()/produce_batch()/transaction calls and with itself when called from multiple threads, both leading to use-after-free/double-free on the underlying rd_kafka_t handle. Adds an active_calls/closing guard (Handle_enter_rk_use/Handle_exit_rk_use) so every method that touches self->rk registers itself before use, and close() drains in-flight calls before tearing down; a CAS on
closingensures only one concurrent close() call performs the actual teardown, with losing callers waiting for it to finish rather than racing it.Adds tests/parallel/test_producer_close_race.py covering each affected method racing close(), close() racing itself, and close()'s blocking behavior. Uses pytest-forked (POSIX only) so a regression segfault fails only that test.
Integration tests against a real broker are still pending.
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