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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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9457: crashes and hangs during mark_object / gc: infinite recursion?
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:39:52 -0400

> 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.

> The build in question is based on a very recent version of Emacs 23
> (from the repository).

You mean from the emacs23 branch?


        Stefan
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