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: Joshua Branson <jbranso <at> dismail.de>
To: 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:58:51 -0400

Over in #guix irc, the guix people seemed to think it was a memory leak with helm.

I was watching my emacs consume about 0.1% more system memory every 2 or 3 seconds. Setting

(setq helm-ff-keep-cached-candidates nil)

Seemed to make the problem go away.

I also made a video, where I watched this memory usage continually go up
and then stay steady after I turned off helm-ff-keep-cached-candidates.
This happens at about the 35 minute mark.

https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/3069e16a-d75c-4e40-8686-9102e40e333f

And here's the bug report on guix system:

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43406#10


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Joshua Branson
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