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+// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
+
+#include "gilstate.h"
+
+namespace Shiboken
+{
+
+GilState::GilState()
+{
+    if (Py_IsInitialized()) {
+        m_gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
+        m_locked = true;
+    }
+}
+
+GilState::~GilState()
+{
+    release();
+}
+
+void GilState::release()
+{
+    if (m_locked && Py_IsInitialized()) {
+        PyGILState_Release(m_gstate);
+        m_locked = false;
+    }
+}
+
+// Abandon the lock: Only for special situations, like termination of a
+// POSIX thread (PYSIDE 1282).
+void GilState::abandon()
+{
+    m_locked = false;
+}
+
+} // namespace Shiboken
+