GNU bug report logs - #39075
28.0.50; Emacs hangs on 100% CPU and grows beyond bounds in shell-mode

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Pieter van Oostrum <pieter-l <at> vanoostrum.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 39075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39075: 28.0.50; Emacs hangs on 100% CPU and grows beyond
 bounds in shell-mode
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:33:35 +0100

Pieter van Oostrum <pieter-l <at> vanoostrum.org> writes:

>>> That is true, but the test is there to test the fix, which makes it no
>>> longer hang. And as these are in the same commit, the test should
>>> never hang, unless somebody breaks the fix later. But then hanging
>>> could occur with any bug.
>>
>> I haven't checked your test case, but in Tramp I try to avoid hanging by
>> wrapping process related tests with a timer.
>>
>> Experience has taught me, that I'm able to break the tests all the time
>> by new code :-(
>>
> If you know a better test to check for this particular fix, I would be
> happy if you could let me know. I don't know if some timer code would
> help.

Which test do you mean? There is shell-tests-completion-before-semi, but
this doesn't use a process.

Best regards, Michael.

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