From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
To: fredrik.hellman@gmail.com, 2309@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2309: Saving under Windows (sometimes) causes Emacs to freeze and allocate a lot of memory - Emacs 22.3.1
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:42:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <499578A8.4040709@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bcefeec90902120400w4cf46767nd1f0a23c1fb5fd@mail.gmail.com>
tags 2309 +moreinfo
Fredrik Hellman wrote:
> When I start emacs, open a file in a buffer, do some changes in it and
> then saves the file with C-x C-s Emacs freezes and I can see how the
> memory allocated by Emacs slowly increases until it after a few
> minutes wakes up again and says in a separate buffer:
>
> Emergency (alloc): Warning: past 95% of memory limit
>
> This problem doesn't always occur on saves.
>
> I don't know what more to tell, but if you want more details about
> something, feel free to ask me.
>
Is there any pattern to when this occurs? Particular file types? Files
saved in a particular location?
Try setting debug-on-quit to t (you can toggle this variable from the
Options menu), then when you notice the problem, press C-g and see if
you get thrown into the lisp debugger.
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2009-02-12 12:00 ` bug#2309: Saving under Windows (sometimes) causes Emacs to freeze and allocate a lot of memory - Emacs 22.3.1 Fredrik Hellman
2009-02-13 13:42 ` Jason Rumney [this message]
2009-02-17 14:35 ` bug#2309: marked as done (Saving under Windows (sometimes) causes Emacs to freeze and allocate a lot of memory - Emacs 22.3.1) Emacs bug Tracking System
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