[docs/advanced] Refer to deadlock.md from misc.rst

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@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ will acquire the GIL before calling the Python callback. Similarly, the
back into Python.
When writing C++ code that is called from other C++ code, if that code accesses
Python state, it must explicitly acquire and release the GIL.
Python state, it must explicitly acquire and release the GIL. A separate
document on deadlocks [#f8]_ elaborates on a particularly subtle interaction
with C++'s block-scope static variable initializer guard mutexes.
.. [#f8] deadlock.md
The classes :class:`gil_scoped_release` and :class:`gil_scoped_acquire` can be
used to acquire and release the global interpreter lock in the body of a C++
@ -142,6 +146,9 @@ following checklist.
destructors can sometimes get invoked in weird and unexpected circumstances as a result
of exceptions.
- C++ static block-scope variable initialization that calls back into Python can
cause deadlocks; see [#f8]_ for a detailed discussion.
- You should try running your code in a debug build. That will enable additional assertions
within pybind11 that will throw exceptions on certain GIL handling errors
(reference counting operations).