From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gaute B Strokkenes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Frequent hangs with 21.3.1. Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:49:33 +0200 Organization: The Church of Emacs Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87hdvniowy.fsf@srcf.ucam.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1081889776 2205 80.91.224.253 (13 Apr 2004 20:56:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Gaute Strokkenes , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 13 22:56:05 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDUwv-00063J-00 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:56:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDUwu-00060f-00 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:56:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BDUvN-0005Ee-Da for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:54:29 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BDUtP-0004I2-8T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:52:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BDUrs-0002tP-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:51:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.79.79.111] (helo=smtp120.tiscali.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BDUqf-00022e-Qy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:49:37 -0400 Original-Received: from cpmail.dk.tiscali.com (mail.tiscali.dk [212.54.64.159]) by smtp120.tiscali.dk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3DKnZXW002593; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:49:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gs234@srcf.ucam.org) Original-Received: from belldandy (82.164.135.200) by cpmail.dk.tiscali.com (6.7.018) id 405F11AA00008C03; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:49:35 +0200 Original-Received: from gs234 by belldandy with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDUqb-000344-00; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:49:33 +0200 Mail-Copies-To: never Original-To: "Jan D." Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAG1BMVEWWWBTly7aGMwb+/vz9 +ffIilb///+yaCxNCwHGVC3gAAACU0lEQVR4nF2TQWvjMBBGVUGwj3WxaY/aAWNfi0zuwZPuHp0Q ob079OwYjHrsChb0s3dGctJ0ddTzm9F8lsR7WiNiWWL/flviul9Uh0NR4vY/gJUxJjOEtt/AubBy UsotRfH2DbxWE0hom3w5XJUEKis9hACt2hR4B86VDOtqTNHfgeEGvLiUN7Ddze26Dx6y1CUa+ygo NwFQm0N/BeMzCZAtNIoQrd9EhcH5mWpnztB8ZpJBlH23jaAbuE4EhZ2Bam0TeJ0DRMCKVP6CegWk q4z2TVFUx0946FOPcSe9ELE3rSHAj15rBuddS0C4BGyAutfpVAQkKdZOQiwMMIHxlUDrgeej5Ns7 I/ccSWNBLda1XwYBEG1Qswy1yXJf879nA4cjkNI0H+FzoUyuRodPA5eqZwFONG34i30ccOxeKFUy flNe1szqsgLdvXwKCj6zjTXODHV9M46gZPCLlYKCGTYO8S0aOAvJzRfD0w+1XcGIsxLUw/sYl5sM 9n0yjkoSUDOByrijwRRiAq13NhqLJYB3ACazrgN2bIwanyJQKXhHAJPRPQruEaCJP2Shy4DJ2As+ FQjJZH7AZIy6w0pQiiRYAh8nTEZHYDfRqSDeB5OXq4EEcAC4NocvoBl4+n1cyl54nyLRNA3iIwRP wNGFOK1g1Gz8jNfaCjdtqJLm2LXuqMc+50cDIJQpr6X0OHa4X58ULAw03QbRd7GUiG/K04mj0bNB xQhwJkEsJiZ1Bbgb6CnF79cBE+jwF91qniOCP3fghUFKxOShjIATw/wOfIQTg39LpFHtxhlKywAA AABJRU5ErkJggg== In-Reply-To: (Jan D.'s message of "Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:32:18 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21593 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21593 On 13 apr 2004, jan.h.d@swipnet.se wrote: >> I'm experiencing extremely frequent (hourly) hangs with emacs >> 21.3.1 on Redhat GNU/Linux 9. I suspect the problem is fixed in >> mainline with this patch: >> >> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/src/alloc.c.diff?r1=1.328&r2=1.329 >> >> Can anyone confirm that this is the likely cause of the hangs? >> I've appended a gdb backtrace. The session is still around in case >> anyone is interested. > > It looks to be the same problem, i.e. mallopt => signal handler => > malloc. You can close the session. I guess you have to patch the > source yourself, or run CVS latest, since the scope of the next > release is under discussion. Thanks. I'll start nagging the relevant people at work at once (I use CVS with mtty at home.) -- Gaute Strokkenes http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~gs234/ .. he dominates the DECADENT SUBWAY SCENE.