The slice accessors of PyBuffer return &core::cell::Cell (or &ReadOnlyCell) to guard memory which might be written by other threads, but Cell's guarantee is upheld by the fact that it's not Sync and no other threads can access that memory.
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/8ab9fdff5a91b9f2b5ed57fb0275452d9a0d0280/library/core/src/cell.rs#L322-L328
It looks like the slice accessors may have relied on the GIL for soundness.
The slice accessors of
PyBufferreturn&core::cell::Cell(or&ReadOnlyCell) to guard memory which might be written by other threads, butCell's guarantee is upheld by the fact that it's notSyncand no other threads can access that memory.https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/8ab9fdff5a91b9f2b5ed57fb0275452d9a0d0280/library/core/src/cell.rs#L322-L328
It looks like the slice accessors may have relied on the GIL for soundness.