Release the GIL in two more methods:

  * sync(), because it waits for hardware buffers to flush, which
    can take several seconds depending on cirumstances (according
    to the OSS docs)
  * close(), because it does an implicit sync()

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/ossaudiodev.c b/Modules/ossaudiodev.c
index 6196d36739..139c4cfa82 100644
--- a/Modules/ossaudiodev.c
+++ b/Modules/ossaudiodev.c
@@ -353,7 +353,12 @@ oss_speed(oss_audio_t *self, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *
 oss_sync(oss_audio_t *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    return _do_ioctl_0(self->fd, args, "sync", SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC);
+    int rv;
+
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    rv = _do_ioctl_0(self->fd, args, "sync", SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    return rv;
 }
     
 static PyObject *
@@ -478,7 +483,9 @@ oss_close(oss_audio_t *self, PyObject *args)
         return NULL;
 
     if (self->fd >= 0) {
+        Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
         close(self->fd);
+        Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
         self->fd = -1;
     }
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);