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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Russell Adams <RLAdams <at> AdamsInfoServ.Com>
Cc: 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 18:34:31 +0200

> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:42:19 +0100
> From: Russell Adams <RLAdams <at> AdamsInfoServ.Com>
> 
> So my emacs grew to 8GB in RAM, and what was curious is if it was a
> background task (not window focused on an emacsclient), then the
> memory stayed the same. When I had the window focused, I could watch
> the memory constantly increasing in htop a few megs at a time.

Was the memory increasing even when you did nothing in the session?
If so, do you have some background functions running, e.g. timers?  If
Emacs was not idle, can you describe what you were doing at that time?

Thanks.
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