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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos <at> redhat.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
Subject: Re: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:33:11 +0200
> Cc: trevor <at> trevorbentley.com, bugs <at> gnu.support, fweimer <at> redhat.com,
>  43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dj <at> redhat.com, michael_heerdegen <at> web.de
> From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos <at> redhat.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:04:56 -0500
> 
> lisp_align_malloc (alloc.c:1195)
>  Fcons (alloc.c:2694)
>   concat (fns.c:730)
>    Fcopy_sequence (fns.c:598)
>     timer_check (keyboard.c:4395)
>      wait_reading_process_output (process.c:5334)
>       sit_for (dispnew.c:6056)
>        read_char (keyboard.c:2742)
>         read_key_sequence (keyboard.c:9551)
>          command_loop_1 (keyboard.c:1354)
>           internal_condition_case (eval.c:1365)
>            command_loop_2 (keyboard.c:1095)
>             internal_catch (eval.c:1126)
>              command_loop (keyboard.c:1074)
>               recursive_edit_1 (keyboard.c:718)
>                Frecursive_edit (keyboard.c:790)
>                 main (emacs.c:2080)
>  
> There is a 171MiB's worth of allocations in that path.

Are there chains of calls that are responsible for more memory
allocated than 171MB?




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