From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:15:56 +0200 Message-ID: <83mtz7vq8j.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86y2j2brg2.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> <83blfxth7c.fsf@gnu.org> <83y2j0qb2v.fsf@gnu.org> <831rgppg3w.fsf@gnu.org> <83zh3czbvz.fsf@gnu.org> <83k0udw3jb.fsf@gnu.org> <83v9dwufx4.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37401"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: fweimer@redhat.com, 43389@debbugs.gnu.org, bugs@gnu.support, dj@redhat.com, michael_heerdegen@web.de, trevor@trevorbentley.com, carlos@redhat.com To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 20:17:43 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1khHLJ-0009Wz-Eh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:17:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46032 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khHLI-0007Cy-CG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:17:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44956) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khHKg-0007C6-Ut for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:17:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39652) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khHKg-0004kA-LP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:17:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khHKg-0003Xr-Fs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:17:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43389 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 43389-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43389.160615898113573 (code B ref 43389); Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 43389) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2020 19:16:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51198 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khHK0-0003Wr-PE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:16:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54770) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khHJt-0003WM-Lh for 43389@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:16:14 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khHJn-0004SG-QO; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:16:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4045 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1khHJg-00070T-Lf; Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:16:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Arthur Miller on Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:34:26 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:193951 Archived-At: > From: Arthur Miller > Cc: bugs@gnu.support, fweimer@redhat.com, 43389@debbugs.gnu.org, > dj@redhat.com, michael_heerdegen@web.de, trevor@trevorbentley.com, > carlos@redhat.com > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:34:26 +0100 > > >> This has to be something introduced fairly recently, right? > > > > Maybe, I'm not sure. Since we introduced the pdumper, we use malloc > > somewhat differently, and OTOH glibc removed some of the malloc hooks > > we used to use in versions of Emacs before 26. In addition, glibc is > > also being developed, and maybe some change there somehow triggered > > this. > It has past long since v 26, and pdumber as well :-) You know I am > rebuilding all the time and am on relatively latest master so I would > have noticed it earlier, so it must be something since last month or so, Not necessarily. This problem seems to happen rarely, and not for everyone. So it's entirely possible you didn't see it by sheer luck. > > If the problem is memory, I suggest to look at the system log to see > > if there are any signs of that. > Nothing else crashes, and I have 32 gig, so I am not sure what can be a > problem. Then it most probably isn't memory. IOW, not the problem discussed in this bug report.