GNU bug report logs - #65060
29.1.50; display_count_lines segv

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Message #25 received at 65060-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kai Ma <justksqsf <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65060-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65060: 29.1.50; display_count_lines segv
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 15:08:47 +0300

> From: Kai Ma <justksqsf <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 19:56:27 +0800
> Cc: 65060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  Thanks.  My guess was correct: the buffer in question was killed.
> 
>  Could you please try the patch below, and see if it avoids the
>  crashes?  The patch causes Emacs to signal an error when
>  format-mode-line is called for a dead buffer, so if I did this
>  correctly, you should see that Emacs no longer crashes, but there are
>  error messages about a dead buffer in *Messages*.  If this is what
>  happens, you should then take this up with the dirvish developers, and
>  ask them to avoid calling format-mode-line for a killed buffer.
> 
> Thanks!  The patch prevents the crash.  I will report this to dirvish developers.

Thanks, I've now installed the changes on the emacs-29 branch, and I'm
closing this bug.

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