From 0dd171c1ba08b08bbdcf80992013d732fb007c89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Bolin <20331461+andrew-bolin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:22:58 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Release Python GIL during slow load I/O

---
 src/python/pybind11/src/pyxrt.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/python/pybind11/src/pyxrt.cpp b/src/python/pybind11/src/pyxrt.cpp
index 8f586f0cfbb..19e36e57759 100644
--- a/src/python/pybind11/src/pyxrt.cpp
+++ b/src/python/pybind11/src/pyxrt.cpp
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(pyxrt, m) {
                           return new xrt::device(bfd);
                       }))
         .def("load_xclbin", [](xrt::device& d, const std::string& xclbin) {
+                                py::gil_scoped_release release;
                                 return d.load_xclbin(xclbin);
                             }, "Load an xclbin given the path to the device")
         .def("load_xclbin", [](xrt::device& d, const xrt::xclbin& xclbin) {
+                                py::gil_scoped_release release;
                                 return d.load_xclbin(xclbin);
                             }, "Load the xclbin to the device")
         .def("register_xclbin", [](xrt::device& d, const xrt::xclbin& xclbin) {