From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: editfns.c (Fformat): fix for segfault Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:28:45 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <851xzo9f2l.fsf@pi.meyering.net> <200304290250.LAA11997@etlken.m17n.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051644715 4213 80.91.224.249 (29 Apr 2003 19:31:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:31:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 29 21:31:47 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19AapO-00015Z-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:31:46 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19AayC-000519-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:40:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19Aamp-0006Yx-06 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:29:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19AamV-0006Sh-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:28:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19AamU-0006R3-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:28:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19AamU-0006Qu-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:28:46 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 19AamT-0003W2-00; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:28:45 -0400 Original-To: Kenichi Handa In-reply-to: <200304290250.LAA11997@etlken.m17n.org> (message from Kenichi Handa on Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:50:38 +0900 (JST)) Original-cc: jim@meyering.net X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13555 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13555 > How can either of these functions cause a GC? As I'm not familiar with Emacs' memory allocation, my guess may be wrong. What I thought was that buffers and strings may be relocated without GC if Emacs is using a relocatable allocator for them. Only that explains why this bug happens. Only GC relocates strings.