GNU bug report logs - #43389
28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 43395, 43876, 44666

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: DJ Delorie <dj <at> redhat.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: carlos <at> redhat.com, fweimer <at> redhat.com, 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:20:21 -0500

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> You mean, trace all the memory allocations in Emacs with the tracer?
> That would produce huge amounts of data, as Emacs calls malloc at an
> insane frequency.  Or maybe I don't understand what kind of tracing
> procedure you had in mind

That's exactly what it does, and yes, it easily generates gigabytes
(sometimes terabytes) of trace information.  But it also captures the
most accurate view of what's going on, and lets us replay (via
simulation) all the malloc API calls, so we can reproduce most
malloc-related problems on a whim.
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