GNU bug report logs - #46881
28.0.50; pdumper dumping causes way too many syscalls

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 20:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 46881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Subject: Re: bug#46881: 28.0.50; pdumper dumping causes way too many syscalls
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 11:35:31 -0800

On 3/2/21 11:35 PM, Pip Cet wrote:
> IIUC, the prohibition on calling malloc, if it is still a concern,
> applies only when loading the dump, not while writing it.

That's my understanding as well.

> My main concern is the possibility of a partly-written dump file,
> since we no longer turn "!UMPEDGNUEMACS" into "DUMPEDGNUEMACS" after
> the dump. Maybe it would make sense to restore that feature?

Wouldn't hurt, though I'd make it low priority.
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