GNU bug report logs - #69478
30.0.50; Emacs dies after scrolling in eww

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alexander Prähauser <ahprae <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alexander Prähauser <ahprae <at> protonmail.com>, 69478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69478: 30.0.50; Emacs dies after scrolling in eww
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:56:58 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Unfortunately, the backtrace still shows the error was processed
> asynchronously.  I have no idea how this is possible.  Po Lu, did we
> somehow circumvent the x-synchronize mechanism on the master branch?

No, I cannot explain this, except as a result of some code bypassing
Xlib to issue CopyArea requests unaffected by Xlib synchronization.
This suggests that cairo is the culprit, but to be certain, please build
Emacs `--without-cairo' and test whether that eliminates the crash.
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