**tl;dr**
1. Use `uwsgi>=2.0.30` which has
unbit/uwsgi#2726
2. When using `uwsgi<2.0.30` with `--lazy-apps`, also set
`--skip-atexit`, if you see crashes when workers exit.

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The following explanation happens on `uwsgi<2.0.30`

When `uwsgi` is configured with `--lazy-apps`, master doesn't load the
application, and simply `fork()` to create workers. Then, the workers
load the application. This is different from when it's not set. Without
`--lazy-apps`, master process first load the application then `fork()`.

dd-trace-py profiler uses Python stdlib `atexit` module to export the
profile when the process exits. The code run to export references global
static `std::string` variables. However, when `--lazy-apps` option is
set, they are destructed before when the profiler needs them to export
the profile, and this leads to an undefined behavior.

When `--lazy-apps` is not set the following sequence of events happens
1. uwsgi master process, initialize Python plugin, loads the
application.
3. The application calls `import ddtrace.profiling.auto` and this leads
all native extensions imported to the Python app. During the process,
the constructors for global static variables are called and their
destructors would be registered to be called by `atexit()` when the
program exits.
4. The application also registers `Profiler.stop()` function to `uwsgi`
python module's `atexit` attribute.
5. Then `uwsgi` calls `atexit(uwsgi_plugins_atexit)` to register each
plugins atexit callbacks, for Python `uwsgi_python_atexit()` function.
And the function will call `Py_Finalize()`
6. Master `fork()`s workers
7. When SIGTERM is received at the master, it sends SIGINT to its
workers
8. In each worker, `uwsgi_python_atexit()` is called, invoking
`Profiler.stop()` and `Py_Finalize()` is called, then destructors for
global static variables are called.

When `--lazy-apps` is set
1. uwsgi matser process still intializes Python interpreter, but skips
loading the application
3. Then `uwsgi` calls `atexit(uwsgi_plugins_atexit)` to register each
plugins atexit callbacks, for Python `uwsgi_python_atexit()` function.
And the function will call `Py_Finalize()`
4. Master `fork()`s workers
5. Workers load the application. The application calls `import
ddtrace.profiling.auto` and this leads all native extensions imported to
the Python app. During the process, the constructors for global static
variables are called and their destructors would be registered to be
called by C `atexit()` when the program exits.
6. When `--lazy-apps` is set, ddtrace simply uses Python's `atexit`
module to call `Profiler.stop()` when the program exits.
7. When SIGTERM is received at the master, it sends SIGINT to its
workers
8. In each worker, since global destructors are registered later than
`uwsgi_python_atexit()` , they're called first.
9. Then `Py_Finalize()` is called in part of `uwsgi_python_atexit()`
calling `Profiler.stop()`. Then it will access those destructed global
static strings leading to undefined behavior.

To workaround this I have tried three different approaches. 

1. #11125: Simply pass the needed `std::string` from Python side to
native when exporting pprof file for test
2. #13520: Leak the strings needed for exporting profile to prevent them
from destructed
3. #13535: Bundle all needed strings needed for exporting profile, and
create them whenever we try to upload.

The first approach only addresses issues from tests.

The second approach mimics what's suggested in
pytorch/pytorch#42125, but since there are a
few other global static variables we have throughout the profiler, this
still showed crashes from test.

And we got similar results from the third approach, as we did from the
second.


Another way to completely work around this problem is setting
`--skip-atexit` as suggested in
ansible/ansible-ai-connect-service#248.

When `--skip-atexit` is set, `uwsgi` uses `_exit()` instead of `exit()`,
and the former doesn't call any functions registered with `atexit()` or
`on_exit()`. So, the static variable destructors are never called, and
the app no longer crashes.

The profiler also doesn't flush the profile via `atexit()` when
`--skip-atexit` is set, but I'd argue losing a single profile at the end
is better than crashing the application even if the application is
exiting. So we'd need to require our customers to set `--skip-atexit`
when `--lazy-apps` is set.

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… `--lazy-apps` (#14526)

With this change, profiling won't start if they don't have
`--skip-atexit` when either `--lazy` or `--lazy-apps` is set on
`uWSGI<2.0.30`.

This is a follow up to #13550
See details unbit/uwsgi#2726

We plan to change this behavior to throw `uWSGIConfigError` from 4.x
releases.


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