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31.0.50; Infinite loop in move_it_to

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Yifan Zhu <fanzhuyifan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77065 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77065: 31.0.50; Infinite loop in move_it_to
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:11:08 +0200

> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:58:41 -0700
> Cc: 77065 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Yifan Zhu <fanzhuyifan <at> gmail.com>
> 
>  Thanks, but I don't have access to a system where these prerequisites
> can be met.  So either someone can reproduce this, debug the problem,
> and describe the reason for the loop, or I'd need to ask you to do it,
> if possible.  Or, if you can show a recipe for reproducing the problem
> without installing LaTeX and xenops, I could try reproducing this on
> the systems to which I have access.
> 
> I suspect that having (multiple) images inline might be the cause of the issue -- do you have any suggestions
> on how to recreate this in vanilla emacs?

Try to write some simple Lisp which arranges for a buffer to have the
same images in the same positions in the buffer.

>  Can you describe how you arrived at the conclusion that it infloops in
> that function?  
> 
> In gdb, I switched to that frame and typed finish, the process hangs. In any lower frame I can successfully
> finish. 

OK, thanks.

>  Can you step in GDB through one iteration of that
> loop and show the values of variables which cause Emacs never to exit
> the loop?
> 
> I am not sure which variables I should show, as I am having some trouble understanding the exit conditions
> of that infinite loop. Basically `move_it_in_display_line_to` always returns `MOVE_LINE_CONTINUED`, and
> below is one iteration of stepping through the loop:
> 
> 10947          switch (skip)
> 10990          max_current_x = it->last_visible_x;
> 10995          if (it->c == '\t')
> 11030            it->continuation_lines_width += it->current_x;
> 11031          break;
> 11038          it->current_x = line_start_x;
> 11039          it->wrap_prefix_width = 0;
> 11040          line_start_x = 0;
> 11041          it->hpos = 0;
> 11042          it->line_number_produced_p = false;
> 11043          it->current_y += it->max_ascent + it->max_descent;
> 11044          ++it->vpos;
> 11045          last_height = it->max_ascent + it->max_descent;
> 11046          it->max_ascent = it->max_descent = 0;
> 10759          if (op & MOVE_TO_VPOS)
> 10803          else if (op & MOVE_TO_Y)
> 10932          else if (BUFFERP (it->object)
> 10933               && (it->method == GET_FROM_BUFFER
> 10934               || it->method == GET_FROM_STRETCH)
> 10945        skip = move_it_in_display_line_to (it, to_charpos, -1, MOVE_TO_POS);
> 10947          switch (skip)

Thanks, but I also need to see at least the values of it->current.
Does the position there never change? does it oscillate back and
forth? is it perhaps stuck at ZV (the EOB position)? something else?

Thanks.

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