GNU bug report logs - #17168
24.3.50; Segfault at mark_object

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:45:05 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 15583, 15688, 15719, 15972, 16278, 16521, 17167, 17184

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov <at> yandex.ru>, 17168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17168: 24.3.50; Segfault at mark_object
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 08:36:02 -0400

> This scheme works and passes Dmitry's test, but the resulting
> Vpure_reachable vector has over 8,000 items. Most of these items are
> ordinary interned symbols.

What objects are there besides symbols in Vpure_reachable?
If we can reduce Vpure_reachable to only contain symbols, then we can
replace it with a `pinned' bit in the Lisp_Symbol struct and then walk
the list of symbols during mark, marking all those symbols with the
`pinned' bit.


        Stefan
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