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

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: fweimer <at> redhat.com, 43389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dj <at> redhat.com, carlos <at> redhat.com,
 Trevor Bentley <trevor <at> trevorbentley.com>, michael_heerdegen <at> web.de,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:49:56 +0100

On Dez 12 2020, Jean Louis wrote:

> My observation over time is that that running M-x garbage-collect
> created the same effect just as when I observed that Emacs starts
> doing something with hard disk and continues so for unpredicted number
> of minutes.

This is totally expected.  When you are tight on memory, rummaging
through all of it can only make things worse.

Andreas.

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