Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> RES=3.4g VIRT=11.2g
>> It does not really change when I run project-compile.
>> It is also fairly normal for my Emacs sessions.
>
> You mean, Emacs has this approximate memory footprint as soon as you
> start a fresh session?

As soon as I open my Org files, the footprint is roughly half of that.
Over time, it tends to increase to the above levels and stay there.

> Can you start the cpu profiler just before you run project-compile,
> and then show the profile (assuming the profiler doesn't cause crashes
> on the branch in your build)?

See the attached.