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

From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 46881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: bug#46881: 28.0.50; pdumper dumping causes way too many syscalls
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 09:41:47 +0000

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:35 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Mär 05 2021, Pip Cet wrote:
>
> > We're talking about a file which Emacs is going to have to keep in
> > memory anyway, when reading the dump.
>
> While reading the dump, you only have the data once, and you don't have
> to realloc the whole data.

Correct. I think a build memory usage of 28 MB for a 10 MB dump file
is something we can live with...

Pip
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