From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 27498@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:17:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vanidn5k.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k23znek5.fsf@users.sourceforge.net>
npostavs@users.sourceforge.net writes:
> This is Bug#26952, it's due to using the custom "GNU version of malloc"
> without the "relocating allocater" (there were several bugs with the
> relocating allocater in 25.1). To fix you can configure with
> REL_ALLOC=yes (this should be okay in 25.2), or use Emacs' master branch
> where the standard system allocater can be used once again.
I have tried this and while the memory consumption still grows as the
buffer fills up (which I suppose is expected), memory is released as
soon as the buffer is killed.
Thank you for the hint!
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Ricardo
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-27 5:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-26 11:04 bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-26 12:01 ` npostavs
2017-06-26 13:14 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-27 5:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2017-06-26 18:22 ` Francesco Potortì
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