GNU bug report logs - #31092
25.2: apropos-value: memory leak

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 07:28:02 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 26952, 27498, 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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Message #14 received at 31092 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 31092 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31092: 25.2: apropos-value: memory leak
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2018 08:38:02 -0400

Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com> writes:

> In emacs version 25.2, in debian, I am reliably experiencing memory
> exhaustion condition within five repeats of calls to function
> `apropos-value'.

I think this another manifestation of Bug#26952 "repeated buffer
insertion (e.g. yank-rectangle) consumes excessive memory (4GB+ for 90MB
of text)".

You can configure with REL_ALLOC=yes, or try Emacs 26.
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