gh-140634: Fix a reference counting bug in os.sched_param.__reduce__() (GH-140667)

Author: serhiy-storchaka

Lib/test/test_os/test_posix.py

@@ -1427,6 +1427,14 @@ def test_sched_param(self):
         self.assertNotEqual(newparam, param)
         self.assertEqual(newparam.sched_priority, 0)
 
+    @requires_sched
+    def test_bug_140634(self):
+        sched_priority = float('inf')  # any new reference
+        param = posix.sched_param(sched_priority)
+        param.__reduce__()
+        del sched_priority, param  # should not crash
+        support.gc_collect()  # just to be sure
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(posix, "sched_rr_get_interval"), "no function")
     def test_sched_rr_get_interval(self):
         try:

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-27-13-49-31.gh-issue-140634.ULng9G.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a reference counting bug in :meth:`!os.sched_param.__reduce__`.

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -8724,7 +8724,7 @@ os_sched_param_impl(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *sched_priority)
 static PyObject *
 os_sched_param_reduce(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(dummy))
 {
-    return Py_BuildValue("(O(N))", Py_TYPE(self), PyStructSequence_GetItem(self, 0));
+    return Py_BuildValue("(O(O))", Py_TYPE(self), PyStructSequence_GetItem(self, 0));
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef os_sched_param_reduce_method = {