From unknown Tue Jun 17 01:36:19 2025 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: bug#5356: 23.1; Emacs 23 garbage collection bug (stack trace over 10,000 lines) - filebin.ca/ytkeqq Reply-To: yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com, 5356@debbugs.gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com, 5356@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 5356 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.12632316327871 (code B ref -1); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:41:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2010 17:40:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUOFj-00022u-QV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:40:32 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO63-0001u9-PL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:34 -0500 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:36136) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5z-0006sw-AJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5y-0002ZL-5k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:26 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on monty-python X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no version=3.1.0 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:53711) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5x-0002ZC-Ut for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:26 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NUO5x-0007uH-DC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NUO5s-0007oA-1j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52952 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NUO5r-0007nv-Qv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:19 -0500 Received: from sneak2.sneakemail.com ([38.113.6.65]:51824) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5r-0002WV-3S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:19 -0500 Received: (qmail 14699 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) (192.168.0.1) by sneak2.sneakemail.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: from 166.84.1.72 by mail.sneakemail.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 8817-1263231012-316769 #2); 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 8817-1263231012-316769 #1); 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 From: yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org References: Confirm-Reading-To: **censored** Read-Receipt-To: **censored** Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:30:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: (**censored**'s message of "Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:58:47 +0000") Message-ID: <8817-1263231012-316769@sneakemail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:40:30 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) --=-=-= > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the > precise symptoms of the bug: After about a month of uptime, I encountered a bug in garbage collection, triggered around the time of an auto-save. I was told that emacs was out of memory, even though I still have over 1.5 gigabytes of RAM available. Emacs began consuming 100% CPU while at the same time was not doing any I/O (such as writing a corefile). Further investigation yields that there was some kind of bug or loop in the garbage collection process. What follows are my efforts to track down information on the bug. I've since learned further details about debugging as suggested by M-x report-bug. Next time this occurs I will be able to provide more information. The version of emacs used is emacs23_23.1+1-4~bpo50+1 within Debian lenny-backports: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/emacs23 Please reference http://filebin.ca/ytkeqq/Emacs-23-GarbageCollectionBug.txt for the debugging information, including the very long stack trace. This should help with the line numbers provided in the backtrace. I hope this report will be helpful. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) of 2009-12-28 on > localhost, modified by Debian configured using `configure > '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--host=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' > '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' > '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' > '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=no' '--without-gpm' > '--without-dbus' > '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/leim' > '--with-x=no' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' > 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g3 -Os '' > Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: > nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of > $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil > value of $LANG: nil value of $XMODIFIERS: nil > locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t > Major mode: Lisp Interaction > Minor modes in effect: savehist-mode: t recentf-mode: t > display-time-mode: t desktop-save-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t size-indication-mode: t > column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFLS2BNqD8+Qs0aSBsRApqBAJsEwHQOqf8SjKllIU/w9x+0PoNmNACfU3yP 3bN4EQ3gQO64g7hpZgx2a0E= =wFRO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From unknown Tue Jun 17 01:36:19 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.428 (Entity 5.428) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com Subject: bug#5356: closed (Re: bug#5356: 23.1; Emacs 23 garbage collection bug (stack trace over 10,000 lines) - filebin.ca/ytkeqq) Message-ID: References: <8817-1263231012-316769@sneakemail.com> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 5356 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs Reply-To: 5356@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:59:05 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1360742345-22865-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1360742345-22865-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #5356: 23.1; Emacs 23 garbage collection bug (stack trace over 10,000 lines= ) - filebin.ca/ytkeqq which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 5356@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 5356: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D5356 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1360742345-22865-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 5356-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Feb 2013 07:58:30 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53153 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5XEb-0005vd-IW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:58:29 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:35498) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U5XEY-0005vU-O0 for 5356-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:58:27 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5XE3-0000Sn-VM; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:57:56 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: 5356-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5356: 23.1; Emacs 23 garbage collection bug (stack trace over 10,000 lines) - filebin.ca/ytkeqq References: <8817-1263231012-316769@sneakemail.com> X-Spook: Exon Shell argus military LABLINK Adriatic nuclear MIT-LL X-Ran: Q@;|F@vW"WyhYuX,a*7nHqsVm3EUsDwV{WfoVN+@3aOXboM6'\4|.5P2(=,zrI2iL'rKO; X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:57:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <8817-1263231012-316769@sneakemail.com> (yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com's message of "Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:30:50 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 5356-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Sorry no-one ever replied. I see the filebin backtrace has expired. In truth, 23.1 is rather old now. If it happens again with the current version of Emacs (currently 24.2), please make a new report and hopefully we do better next time. ------------=_1360742345-22865-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2010 17:40:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUOFj-00022u-QV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:40:32 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO63-0001u9-PL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:34 -0500 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:36136) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5z-0006sw-AJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5y-0002ZL-5k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:26 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on monty-python X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no version=3.1.0 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:53711) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5x-0002ZC-Ut for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:26 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NUO5x-0007uH-DC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:25 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NUO5s-0007oA-1j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52952 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NUO5r-0007nv-Qv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:19 -0500 Received: from sneak2.sneakemail.com ([38.113.6.65]:51824) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NUO5r-0002WV-3S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:30:19 -0500 Received: (qmail 14699 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) (192.168.0.1) by sneak2.sneakemail.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: from 166.84.1.72 by mail.sneakemail.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 8817-1263231012-316769 #2); 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 8817-1263231012-316769 #1); 11 Jan 2010 17:30:13 -0000 From: yjswx7ajrx@snkmail.com To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 23.1; Emacs 23 garbage collection bug (stack trace over 10,000 lines) - filebin.ca/ytkeqq References: Confirm-Reading-To: **censored** Read-Receipt-To: **censored** Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:30:50 +0000 In-Reply-To: (**censored**'s message of "Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:58:47 +0000") Message-ID: <8817-1263231012-316769@sneakemail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:40:30 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) --=-=-= > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the > precise symptoms of the bug: After about a month of uptime, I encountered a bug in garbage collection, triggered around the time of an auto-save. I was told that emacs was out of memory, even though I still have over 1.5 gigabytes of RAM available. Emacs began consuming 100% CPU while at the same time was not doing any I/O (such as writing a corefile). Further investigation yields that there was some kind of bug or loop in the garbage collection process. What follows are my efforts to track down information on the bug. I've since learned further details about debugging as suggested by M-x report-bug. Next time this occurs I will be able to provide more information. The version of emacs used is emacs23_23.1+1-4~bpo50+1 within Debian lenny-backports: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/emacs23 Please reference http://filebin.ca/ytkeqq/Emacs-23-GarbageCollectionBug.txt for the debugging information, including the very long stack trace. This should help with the line numbers provided in the backtrace. I hope this report will be helpful. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) of 2009-12-28 on > localhost, modified by Debian configured using `configure > '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--host=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' > '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' > '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' > '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=no' '--without-gpm' > '--without-dbus' > '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/leim' > '--with-x=no' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' > 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g3 -Os '' > Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: > nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of > $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil > value of $LANG: nil value of $XMODIFIERS: nil > locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t > Major mode: Lisp Interaction > Minor modes in effect: savehist-mode: t recentf-mode: t > display-time-mode: t desktop-save-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t size-indication-mode: t > column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFLS2BNqD8+Qs0aSBsRApqBAJsEwHQOqf8SjKllIU/w9x+0PoNmNACfU3yP 3bN4EQ3gQO64g7hpZgx2a0E= =wFRO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- ------------=_1360742345-22865-1--