If I open the file below and goto-line to line 54 ("X X()") then emacs hangs. I sent a SIGUSR2 and I see: Debugger entered--entering a function: * #f(compiled-function () #)() font-lock-default-fontify-region(1217 1227 nil) c-font-lock-fontify-region(1217 1227 nil) font-lock-fontify-region(1217 1227) #f(compiled-function (fun) #)(font-lock-fontify-region) run-hook-wrapped(#f(compiled-function (fun) #) font-lock-fontify-region) jit-lock--run-functions(1217 1227) jit-lock-fontify-now(1217 1717) jit-lock-function(1217) redisplay_internal\ \(C\ function\)() Sometimes I can C-g successfully but any attempt to edit the line hangs again. If I switch to text-mode before goto-line then there is no hang. The file is: (obfuscated) x(x* x, x* x, x* x, x* x) { ; for (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) { ; if (xxxxxxxxx) { ; } } if (xxxxxxxxxxx > x) { xxxxxxxxxxxxx(xxx, xxx, "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"); xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; } xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; } xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* xxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxxx& xxxxxxx) { xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; if (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) { xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; for (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) { if (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) { xxxxxxxx; } xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx( {xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxxxxxx}); } } if (!xxxx) { xxxxxx; } xxxxxxxx = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; if (xxxxxxxx < 0) { xxxxxx; } for (xxxxx xxxx& xx : xxxx) { if (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx != xxxxxxxx) { xxxxxxxx; } xxxx xxxxx = xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xxxxxxxxxxxxxx(xxxxx, /* xxxxxxxx */ xxxx); xxxxxxx xx = xxxxxxxxxxxxx; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx({xxxxxx - xx, xxxxxx - xx}, {xxxxxx + xx, xxxxxx + xx}); xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx({xxxxxx - xx, xxxxxx + xx}, {xxxxxx + xx, xxxxxx - xx}); } } x x() { } In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30, cairo version 1.15.12) of 2021-03-16 built on or-3.ucsd.edu Repository revision: f5e1fc371af7a4211ca7a40b5db0b7da00cb1d93 Repository branch: heads/emacs-27.1 Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12003000 System Description: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) Configured features: CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG MODULES NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG SOUND THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS X11 XDBE XIM XPM GTK3 ZLIB Important settings: value of $LANG: C locale-coding-system: nil Major mode: Lisp Minor modes in effect: display-time-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message rmc puny dired dired-loaddefs rfc822 mml mml-sec epa epg epg-config gnus-util rmail rmail-loaddefs auth-source cl-seq eieio eieio-core cl-macs eieio-loaddefs password-cache json map text-property-search seq byte-opt gv bytecomp byte-compile cconv mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils time-date subr-x help-fns radix-tree cl-print debug backtrace help-mode find-func vc-git diff-mode easy-mmode vc-dispatcher cc-mode cc-fonts cc-guess cc-menus cc-cmds cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs jka-compr cmake-mode thingatpt derived rx info ange-ftp comint ansi-color ring edmacro kmacro cl-loaddefs cl-lib time iso-transl tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel term/x-win x-win term/common-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list replace newcomment text-mode elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page tab-bar menu-bar rfn-eshadow isearch easymenu timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core term/tty-colors frame minibuffer cl-generic cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese composite charscript charprop case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev obarray cl-preloaded nadvice button loaddefs faces cus-face macroexp files window text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote threads dbusbind inotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting cairo move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty make-network-process emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 93647 5709) (symbols 48 11517 1) (strings 32 32919 1212) (string-bytes 1 1168442) (vectors 16 19248) (vector-slots 8 243569 8479) (floats 8 46 121) (intervals 56 508 0) (buffers 992 14) (heap 1024 14660 1081))