Issue #12791: Break reference cycles early when a generator exits with an exception.
diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index 3fa1b4e..01cd44a 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@
if (!result || f->f_stacktop == NULL) {
/* generator can't be rerun, so release the frame */
+ /* first clean reference cycle through stored exception traceback */
+ PyObject *t, *v, *tb;
+ t = f->f_exc_type;
+ v = f->f_exc_value;
+ tb = f->f_exc_traceback;
+ f->f_exc_type = NULL;
+ f->f_exc_value = NULL;
+ f->f_exc_traceback = NULL;
+ Py_XDECREF(t);
+ Py_XDECREF(v);
+ Py_XDECREF(tb);
Py_DECREF(f);
gen->gi_frame = NULL;
}