GNU bug report logs - #9457
crashes and hangs during mark_object / gc: infinite recursion?

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Packages: ns, emacs;

Reported by: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 8270, 8276

Found in version 23.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 9457-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 9457-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9457: crashes and hangs during mark_object / gc: infinite
	recursion?
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:20:01 -0500

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> I have received 51 bug reports since April this year about crashes
>> and hangs during mark_object, which always seems to be in very deep
>> or infinite recursion.
>
> mark)_object is a function that tends to always recurse very deeply.
> That's normal. Check the etc/DEBUG to see how to try and find the
> source of those bugs.

If this is still an issue with current Emacs, please try to follow
that advice and open a new report with details.
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