youknowone · Oct 26, 2026 · Oct 25, 2026 · Oct 25, 2026 · Oct 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026
diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/interpreters/_queues.py b/Lib/concurrent/interpreters/_queues.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Cross-interpreter Queues High Level Module."""
 
-import pickle
 import queue
 import time
 import weakref
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ def put(self, obj, block=True, timeout=None, *,
         while True:
             try:
                 _queues.put(self._id, obj, unboundop)
-            except QueueFull as exc:
+            except QueueFull:
                 if timeout is not None and time.time() >= end:
                     raise  # re-raise
                 time.sleep(_delay)
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ def get(self, block=True, timeout=None, *,
         while True:
             try:
                 obj, unboundop = _queues.get(self._id)
-            except QueueEmpty as exc:
+            except QueueEmpty:
                 if timeout is not None and time.time() >= end:
                     raise  # re-raise
                 time.sleep(_delay)
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ def get_nowait(self):
         """
         try:
             obj, unboundop = _queues.get(self._id)
-        except QueueEmpty as exc:
+        except QueueEmpty:
             raise  # re-raise
         if unboundop is not None:
             assert obj is None, repr(obj)

diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/syslog.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/syslog.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ mod syslog {
 
     #[pyfunction]
     fn openlog(args: OpenLogArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
+        if !vm.state.is_main_interpreter() {
+            return Err(vm.new_runtime_error("subinterpreter can't use syslog.openlog()"));
+        }
         let logoption = args.logoption;
         let facility = args.facility;
         let ident = match args.ident.clone() {
@@ -116,6 +119,11 @@ mod syslog {
         vm.audit("syslog.syslog", || (priority, msg.clone()))?;
 
         if !host_syslog::is_open() {
+            if !vm.state.is_main_interpreter() {
+                return Err(vm.new_runtime_error(
+                    "subinterpreter can't use syslog.syslog() until the syslog is opened by the main interpreter",
+                ));
+            }
             openlog(
                 OpenLogArgs {
                     facility: LOG_USER,
@@ -132,6 +140,9 @@ mod syslog {
 
     #[pyfunction]
     fn closelog(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
+        if !vm.state.is_main_interpreter() {
+            return Err(vm.new_runtime_error("subinterpreter can't use syslog.closelog()"));
+        }
         vm.audit("syslog.closelog", || ())?;
 
         host_syslog::closelog();

diff --git a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/_thread.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/_thread.rs
@@ -805,12 +805,12 @@ pub(crate) mod _thread {
         func: &ArgCallable,
         vm: &VirtualMachine,
     ) {
-        let msg = func
-            .as_ref()
-            .repr(vm)
-            .ok()
-            .map(|repr| format!("Exception ignored in thread started by {}", repr.as_wtf8()));
-        vm.run_unraisable(exc, msg, vm.ctx.none());
+        let msg = func.as_ref().repr(vm).ok().map(|repr| {
+            let mut message = Wtf8Buf::from("Exception ignored in thread started by ");
+            message.push_wtf8(repr.as_wtf8());
+            vm.ctx.new_str(message)
+        });
+        vm.run_unraisable_with_message(exc, msg, vm.ctx.none());
     }
 
     fn run_thread(func: ArgCallable, args: FuncArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) {

diff --git a/crates/vm/src/vm/crossinterp.rs b/crates/vm/src/vm/crossinterp.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! Interpreters do not share `PyObject` graphs. Shareable values are converted
 //! to an interpreter-neutral payload and rebuilt in the destination.
-// cspell:ignore unpickler
+// cspell:ignore unpickler unmarshalled
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "threading"))]
 use crate::protocol::BufferDescriptor;
@@ -351,17 +351,23 @@ impl SharedValue {
 }
 
 fn marshal_dumps(obj: &PyObject, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<Vec<u8>> {
-    let dumps = vm.import("marshal", 0)?.get_attr("dumps", vm)?;
-    let bytes = dumps.call((obj.to_owned(),), vm)?;
-    let bytes = bytes
-        .downcast::<PyBytes>()
-        .map_err(|_| vm.new_type_error("marshal.dumps() did not return bytes"))?;
-    Ok(bytes.as_bytes().to_vec())
+    let dump = || -> PyResult<Vec<u8>> {
+        let dumps = vm.import("marshal", 0)?.get_attr("dumps", vm)?;
+        let bytes = dumps.call((obj.to_owned(),), vm)?;
+        let bytes = bytes
+            .downcast::<PyBytes>()
+            .map_err(|_| vm.new_type_error("marshal.dumps() did not return bytes"))?;
+        Ok(bytes.as_bytes().to_vec())
+    };
+    dump().map_err(|cause| not_shareable_error_from(vm, "object could not be marshalled", cause))
 }
 
 fn marshal_loads(data: &[u8], vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
-    let loads = vm.import("marshal", 0)?.get_attr("loads", vm)?;
-    loads.call((vm.ctx.new_bytes(data.to_vec()),), vm)
+    let load = || -> PyResult {
+        let loads = vm.import("marshal", 0)?.get_attr("loads", vm)?;
+        loads.call((vm.ctx.new_bytes(data.to_vec()),), vm)
+    };
+    load().map_err(|cause| not_shareable_error_from(vm, "object could not be unmarshalled", cause))
 }
 
 /// `_memoryview_from_xid`.

diff --git a/crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs b/crates/vm/src/vm/mod.rs
@@ -1816,7 +1816,16 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
 
     #[cold]
     pub fn run_unraisable(&self, e: PyBaseExceptionRef, msg: Option<String>, object: PyObjectRef) {
-        let msg = msg.map(|msg| self.ctx.new_str(msg));
+        self.run_unraisable_with_message(e, msg.map(|msg| self.ctx.new_str(msg)), object);
+    }
+
+    #[cold]
+    pub(crate) fn run_unraisable_with_message(
+        &self,
+        e: PyBaseExceptionRef,
+        msg: Option<PyStrRef>,
+        object: PyObjectRef,
+    ) {
         let write_original = || {
             let msg = msg.as_ref().map(|msg| msg.to_string_lossy());
             self.write_unraisable_to_stderr(&e, msg.as_deref(), &object);