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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Message #268 received at 45200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: fweimer <at> redhat.com, dj <at> redhat.com, carlos <at> redhat.com,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru, 45200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45200: Memory leaks: (garbage-collect) fails to reclaim memory
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 09:07:29 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>,  carlos <at> redhat.com,
>   fweimer <at> redhat.com,  dj <at> redhat.com,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
>   45200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:20:11 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Thanks, but is it really a good idea to call malloc_trim each time we
> > free some chunk of memory?
> 
> Skimming this very long thread, I think the conclusion was that we
> shouldn't do anything in Emacs on this point.  Does that sound correct?

I don't really know whether there were any conclusions, and what they
were.
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