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

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos <at> redhat.com>
Cc: fweimer <at> redhat.com, 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dj <at> redhat.com, michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, trevor <at> trevorbentley.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:07:47 +0300

* Carlos O'Donell <carlos <at> redhat.com> [2020-11-23 06:35]:
> On 11/19/20 10:16 PM, Jean Louis wrote:
> > * Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> [2020-11-19 17:38]:
> >> I think you should try using the malloc tracing tools pointed to here:
> >>
> >>   https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=43389#158
> > 
> > When running for long time Emacs will crush at certain point of time
> > as my hard disk get full as /tmp is just about 2 gigabytes. I did not
> > understand Carlos how to change the location for files.
>  
> The glibc malloc tracer functionality can be adjusted with environment
> variables.
> 
> Example:
> 
> MTRACE_CTL_VERBOSE=1 MTRACE_CTL_FILE=./ls.mtr LD_PRELOAD=./libmtrace.so ls
> mtrace: writing to ./ls.mtr.350802
> 
> The appended PID helps keep the files distinct (and includes a sequence
> number in the event of conflict).

Alright, thank you.

My session started with it.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.