GNU bug report logs - #13086
24.2.50; Emacs seems to hang at w32proc.c:1126

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stephen Powell <stephen_powell <at> optusnet.com.au>

Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 07:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 13157

Found in versions 24.2.50, 24.3.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 13086 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13086: 24.2.50; Emacs seems to hang at w32proc.c:1126
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:22:31 +0200

> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:36:53 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: 13086 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 12/06/12 12:48, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > And that is exactly what we will do in an build
> > without assertions, if waitpid returns ECHILD.
> 
> One possibility is to replace
> "eassert (errno == EINTR);" with
> "if (errno != EINTR) emacs_abort ();";
> that would prevent the loop.
> 
> There are other possibilities,
> for example, Emacs could report an error and
> refuse to kill any processes thereafter;
> this would prevent it from killing innocent-victim
> processes.

Any of these is better than iflooping.
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