From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>
Cc: 20440@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20440: 24.4; memory corruption
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:51:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv4mo0qs4o.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG3t+pHBOzYdCTNMqUE0udmsoJk1K6LtY-TWSu12N-pC8NYdSg@mail.gmail.com> (Neal Becker's message of "Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:01:16 -0400")
> There are exactly the same length
> In 2 tests it happened 2 times. So probably is reproducible.
If you can come up with a reproducible recipe, then please do so.
Stefan
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> wrote:
>> > after-change-functions is a variable defined in `C source code'.
>> > Its value is (jit-lock-after-change jedi:after-change-handler t)
>> > Local in buffer test_unframed.py; global value is nil
>>
>> Hmm... could it be that jedi:after-change-handler does something funny?
>> Tho it seems rather unlikely: when it gets run, the revert has
>> already happened!
>>
>> > I have captured a corrupt buffer. This time, emacs said 'file has
>> changed,
>> > reload?'. Again it is corrupted.
>> > The 1st diff is that in the corrupted file, the beginning of the file is
>> > inserted into the middle of the buffer
>>
>> Normally revert compares the buffer's content and the file's content
>> (from both ends) to find the common "prefix" and "suffix" and only
>> performs the update on the characters in-between. IOW the beginning of
>> the buffer/file is not touched and the end is not touched either.
>>
>> So rather than "the beginning of the file is inserted into the middle of
>> the buffer" it sounds like the "characters in-between" end up being
>> inserted at the beginning of the buffer.
>>
>> Was the region active when the revert happened?
>>
>> Is the total size of the corrupted file correct? (i.e. the update was
>> just not inserted at the right place)
>>
>> What can you say about the "splice points" (i.e. those positions in the
>> file where the corruption happens: IIUC there's one at the very
>> beginning, but where are the others (e.g. where is the "real
>> beginning", in the corrupted file))?
>>
>> How frequently does it happen? (i.e. would you be able to notice if it
>> doesn't happen any more, after we disable some feature)
>>
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Stefan Monnier <
>> monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >> > I have seen (again this morning) I wind up with a corrupted buffer.
>> >> > It appears a segment of the data is correct, but data has been
>> >> > reordered. I'm looking at a python source file. For example, in the
>> >> > middle of the buffer, it looks like the beginning of the file is
>> >> > inserted (sorry I no longer have this buffer and can't be precise).
>> >>
>> >> Next time it happens, could you save the corrupted buffer to some temp
>> >> file, and then compare that with the actual file's content, to get
>> >> a more precise description of the corruption?
>> >>
>> >> You say it's a Python file. What modes/packages do you use to edit
>> >> those files? What does `M-: after-change-functions' and `M-:
>> >> before-change-functions' say in those buffers?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Stefan
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>> > --
>> > *Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it*
>>
> --
> *Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-28 13:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-27 15:45 bug#20440: 24.4; memory corruption Neal Becker
2015-04-27 17:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-27 17:44 ` Neal Becker
2015-04-27 19:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-28 11:01 ` Neal Becker
2015-04-28 13:51 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2015-09-10 13:33 ` bug#20440: reproducible recipe Sho Takemori
2015-09-10 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-11 4:08 ` Sho Takemori
2015-09-11 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-11 8:57 ` Sho Takemori
2015-09-11 9:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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