GNU bug report logs - #22790
24.5; Infinite loop involving malloc called from signal handler

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Gustafsson <gson <at> gson.org>

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:09:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Found in version 24.5

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 22790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Gustafsson <gson <at> gson.org>
Cc: 22790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gson <at> gson.org
Subject: Re: bug#22790: 24.5;
 Infinite loop involving malloc called from signal handler
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:53:10 +0300

> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 19:24:09 +0300
> Cc: Andreas Gustafsson <gson <at> gson.org>,
>     22790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Andreas Gustafsson <gson <at> gson.org>
> 
> Calling free() from a signal handler is of course incorrect for the
> same reasons calling printf() is.
> 
> I have not yet checked if emacs 25 has the same bug.

Please do.  Emacs 24 is no longer maintained.

Thanks.
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