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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Message #377 received at 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:55:10 +0300

* Carlos O'Donell <carlos <at> redhat.com> [2020-11-23 22:37]:
> > 
> > # MTRACE_CTL_VERBOSE=1
> > MTRACE_CTL_FILE=/home/data1/protected/tmp/mtraceEMACS.mtr LD_PRELOAD=/home/data1/protected/Programming/git/glibc-malloc-trace-utils/libmtrace.so emacs >> $DEBUG 2>&1
> > 
> > I have tried like above and it will block as soon as eww is loads some
> > page with the same error as previously.
> 
> That's interesting. Are you able to attach gdb and get a backtrace to see
> what the process is blocked on?

I can do C-g one time to interrupt something going on, then I get error

(gdb) continue
Continuing.
[New Thread 0x7f10ed01fc00 (LWP 25293)]
[New Thread 0x7f10ed007c00 (LWP 25294)]
[New Thread 0x7f10ecfefc00 (LWP 25295)]
[New Thread 0x7f10ecfd7c00 (LWP 25296)]
[Thread 0x7f10ed01fc00 (LWP 25293) exited]
[Thread 0x7f10ed007c00 (LWP 25294) exited]
[Thread 0x7f10ecfd7c00 (LWP 25296) exited]
[Thread 0x7f10ecfefc00 (LWP 25295) exited]
HERE I cannot do anything with GDB prompt, there is no prompt, I can
C-c and I get:

gdb) continue
Continuing.
[New Thread 0x7f10ed01fc00 (LWP 25293)]
[New Thread 0x7f10ed007c00 (LWP 25294)]
[New Thread 0x7f10ecfefc00 (LWP 25295)]
[New Thread 0x7f10ecfd7c00 (LWP 25296)]
[Thread 0x7f10ed01fc00 (LWP 25293) exited]
[Thread 0x7f10ed007c00 (LWP 25294) exited]
[Thread 0x7f10ecfd7c00 (LWP 25296) exited]
[Thread 0x7f10ecfefc00 (LWP 25295) exited]

continue
^C
Thread 1 "emacs" received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
0x00007f10fe08fe7d in read () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
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