GNU bug report logs - #1053
23.0.60; 600 MB memory not freed after keyboard-quit

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Peter Tury" <tury.peter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 1053-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 1053-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1053: 23.0.60; 600 MB memory not freed after keyboard-quit
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:56:26 -0400

I don't see a need to keep open this particular report, which was marked
"wontfix" some time ago.

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Releasing such memory is surprisingly difficult, so you may indeed end
> up with a large Emacs process with a large heap that takes a long time
> to GC, so every time Emacs calls the GC your Emacs appears frozen.
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