GNU bug report logs - #15794
Core dump after SIGTERM during GC marking

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 04:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#15794: Core dump after SIGTERM during GC marking
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:56:44 +0100

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

>> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
>> Cc: 15794 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  gundaetiapo <at> gmail.com
>> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 23:22:31 +0100
>> 
>> >> Even auto-save is a no-no in a signal handler.
>> >
>> > I don't see why.  Auto-save takes care to do only predictable things.
>> 
>> A lot of things that are a no-no in a signal handler, like calling
>> auto-save-hook.
>
> We could disable that (and the other things) as well.

You would have to disable opening files, too.

Andreas.

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