GNU bug report logs - #45200
Wishlist: There should be a `malloc-trim' function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Konstantin Kharlamov <hi-angel <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Konstantin Kharlamov <hi-angel <at> yandex.ru>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: carlos <at> redhat.com, fweimer <at> redhat.com, dj <at> redhat.com, 45200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45200: [PATCH] Force Glibc to free the memory freed
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:00:42 +0300

On Wed, 2021-02-03 at 13:56 +0100, martin rudalics wrote:
>  > Yes. I think you misread this thread, the case where the problem first
>  > came up is exactly running GC on idle.
> 
> In your "Force Glibc to free the memory freed" patch I nowhere see that
> you do that only when running GC on idle.  What am I missing?

Haha, you seem to have jumped over explanations straight to discussing a discussion about an alternative implementation, even though the discussion has never happened :D

Now I see what you mean, your idea is to run `malloc_trim(0)` only on idle. That sounds okay with me.

Stefan, what do you think? Will it be okay if I implement a patch that runs `malloc_trim(0)` when Emacs is idle?
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