From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: 38035@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 18:53:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kzmdv0q.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
If you eval the following, your Emacs will become unusable and you'll
have to kill it (so don't eval it):
(let ((process (start-process
"foo" (get-buffer-create "*foo*")
"bash" "-c" "while true; do echo foo; sleep 1; done")))
(set-process-filter
process
(lambda (&rest _)
(error))))
The reason for this is that when signalling an error from a process
filter, Emacs messages the error message and then seems to sleep for a
second? I haven't investigated the code yet.
This is something that has bit me more than a few times when working
with process filters (i.e., making a syntax error and then having Emacs
blow up on me).
I'm not sure what solution would be best. I see two obvious things we
could do: Remove the process filter, so that it doesn't trigger again.
Or -- remove the one-second sleep, which would allow the user to `M-x
list-processes' and kill the offending process.
In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 6, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.5)
of 2019-11-01 built on marnie
Repository revision: eda98211e31ed969823c1048b3cde635e08eebe5
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12004000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
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next reply other threads:[~2019-11-02 17:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-02 17:53 Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-11-02 18:36 ` bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-02 18:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-02 18:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-03 13:21 ` Richard Stallman
2019-11-03 14:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-03 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-03 16:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-03 17:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 20:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-08 20:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 20:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-09 6:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 20:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-14 8:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-14 9:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-14 14:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-15 7:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-04 3:55 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-02 11:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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