From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fix to long-standing crashes in GC Date: 17 May 2004 16:43:55 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <40A3BC23.8060000@math.ku.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084823353 8561 80.91.224.253 (17 May 2004 19:49:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 19:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon May 17 21:48:57 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 1BPo6a-0000CQ-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 21:48:56 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPo6a-0003bw-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 21:48:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BPnvM-0000rL-RM for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 15:37:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BPnua-0000kl-Bx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 15:36:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BPmlj-0004Rk-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 14:23:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BPjLS-0005gJ-TM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 10:43:59 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 19310 invoked from network); 17 May 2004 14:43:56 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 17 May 2004 14:43:56 -0000 Original-To: Lars Hansen In-Reply-To: <40A3BC23.8060000@math.ku.dk> Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:23596 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23596 Lars Hansen writes: > For a long time I have experienced occasional crashes of CVS Emacs, > usually during Tramp operations. I have four backtraces in case > someone is interested, but I have not been able produce a test > case. To me it looks as if GC is involved, but I am unexperienced with > gdb. When Kim told he had fixed a bug involving GC and process output, > it seemed at first very likely to be the cause of my > troubles. However: > > 1. In one of the crashes Tramp was not involved. > 2. CVS Emacs of today with Kim's fix, just crashed during a Tramp operation. > > So now I don't know what to think. I just installed a change which I hope will fix these crashes. Please report if you stil experience crashes in mark_object. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk