GNU bug report logs - #18501
24.3.93; OS X; crash in free() when calling macfont_close()

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jim Radford <radford <at> blackbean.org>

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.93

Done: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 18501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov <at> yandex.ru>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Jim Radford <radford <at> blackbean.org>, 18501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18501: Acknowledgement (24.3.93; OS X;	crash in free() when
 calling macfont_close())
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:01:02 +0400

On 09/22/2014 01:52 PM, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu wrote:

> Does this mean each font backend driver should prepare for multiple
> "close" calls for a single font object?

Yes.  I don't like this too much, but I don't see how to avoid an issue from
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-10/msg00740.html without
an attempt to finalize font object when it's collected.

Dmitry
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