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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
Cc: fweimer <at> redhat.com, 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnu.support, dj <at> redhat.com,
 michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, trevor <at> trevorbentley.com, carlos <at> redhat.com
Subject: Re: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:04:35 +0200
> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
> Cc: bugs <at> gnu.support,  fweimer <at> redhat.com,  43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   dj <at> redhat.com,  michael_heerdegen <at> web.de,  trevor <at> trevorbentley.com,
>   carlos <at> redhat.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:49:48 +0100
> 
> Isn't Valgrind good for this kind of problems? Can I run emacs as a
> systemd service in Valgrind?

You can run Emacs under Valgrind, see etc/DEBUG for the details.  But
I'm not sure it will work as systemd service.

Valgrind is only the right tool if we think there's a memory leak in
Emacs itself.




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