Issue #3846: Release GIL during calls to sqlite3_prepare. This improves concurrent access to the same database file from multiple threads/processes.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
index dae83d4..f200c56 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@
sql_cstr = PyString_AsString(sql_str);
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
rc = sqlite3_prepare(connection->db,
sql_cstr,
-1,
&self->st,
&tail);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
self->db = connection->db;
@@ -328,11 +330,13 @@
sql_cstr = PyString_AsString(self->sql);
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
rc = sqlite3_prepare(self->db,
sql_cstr,
-1,
&new_st,
&tail);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
if (rc == SQLITE_OK) {
/* The efficient sqlite3_transfer_bindings is only available in SQLite