GNU bug report logs - #38035
27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 17:55:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 38035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 38035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can
 render Emacs unusable
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 20:40:00 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 38035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 19:38:22 +0100
> 
> > I'd suggest to count the number of times a process filter errors out,
> > and disable it after some configurable number.  Doing that on the
> > first error sounds too drastic: it could be a one-time spurious error.
> 
> Good idea.  Perhaps something time-based -- if it errors out at a rate
> that would make Emacs unusable (so more than, say, ten errors per
> minute (configurable), would disable the filter)?

Works for me, thanks.
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