GNU bug report logs - #26952
25.2; repeated buffer insertion (e.g. yank-rectangle) consumes excessive memory (4GB+ for 90MB of text)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 14:55:01 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 27498, 31092, 38629

Found in versions 25.1, 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: pot <at> gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26952: 25.1; loops eating all memory while yanking big rectangle
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 12:00:00 -0400

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

> I cannot see why.  AFAIK, the only difference between using the hybrid
> allocation and not using it is before Emacs is dumped; after that both
> use the same system malloc.

I was under the impression that it's just the opposite: master is using
hybrid malloc which means to use system malloc *after* dumping, and
emacs-25 is using the custom non-system malloc *after* dumping.  Neither
use the system malloc *before* dumping.
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