From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Debugging emacs memory management Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:35:29 +0300 Message-ID: <83lhbxlk26.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zj8l3r32.fsf@secretsauce.net> <87vbbbxz2e.fsf@secretsauce.net> <55F998C8.4080203@cs.ucla.edu> <87vbb492ea.fsf@secretsauce.net> <83twqonub8.fsf@gnu.org> <87oagw885o.fsf@secretsauce.net> <837fnknlbm.fsf@gnu.org> <834mionkdg.fsf@gnu.org> <876132gmv0.fsf@secretsauce.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442990150 21241 80.91.229.3 (23 Sep 2015 06:35:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dima Kogan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 23 08:35:36 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZedeN-0006SI-A8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:35:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45717 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZedeM-0007H0-Fc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:35:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35591) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZedeE-0007GI-Py for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:35:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zede9-0007oM-Ud for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:35:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:34763) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zede9-0007nr-Mk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:35:17 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NV400I00A29UO00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:35:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NV400I2QAARRM20@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:35:16 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <876132gmv0.fsf@secretsauce.net> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190264 Archived-At: > From: Dima Kogan > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:33:55 -0700 > Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > I tried to reproduce this on my machine, but couldn't. What I see is > > that the chain of calls you reported happens only once, when the first > > frame is created. When I later create a second frame, either with > > "C-x 5 f" or by invoking emacsclient, x_new_font is indeed invoked > > again, but it doesn't call Fset_char_table_range, and consequently no > > additional sub-char-tables are allocated. > > > > So I guess your customizations, in particular those related to fonts > > and fontsets, are critical for debugging this problem. > > My machine ran out of memory, tried to swap, locked up, and forced me to > reboot. When it came back, I no longer see the leak under THESE > conditions. OK, but could you please show your font-related customizations anyway? Thanks.