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27.0.50; Recursive password prompt takes over

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 33252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33252: 27.0.50; Recursive password prompt takes over
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:24:26 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> A reproducible short test case:
>
> 0. emacs -Q
>
> 1. M-&
>    while true; do echo -n "Password: "; sleep 1; done
>    RET
>
> After 42 seconds Emacs session becomes completely unusable, and control
> can be regained only after killing the shell script from outside Emacs.

I've now added a recursion check to the comint prompting, and it'll stop
adding new prompts when it's ten layers deep, which will allow the user
to kill the shell script.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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