GNU bug report logs - #2790
emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux box

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mike Coleman <tutufan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #185 received at 2790 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 2790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
        tutufan <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit	GNU/Linux box
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:22:17 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> We could prevent optimization by going through a volatile var,
> of course.

That would mean it would still depend on an undefined operation.  The
right way to check for overflow is to check against the limit
beforehand.

Andreas.

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