From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Lots of hangs Windows 10 26.0.91 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 21:27:01 +0100 Message-ID: <87in9e4oh6.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1522355209 11382 195.159.176.226 (29 Mar 2018 20:26:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:26:49 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Adam Taylor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 29 22:26:44 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f1e8B-0002qi-6t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:26:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55465 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1eAC-0001M6-Qi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:28:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56865) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1e9k-0001Lk-PK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:28:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1e9h-0002gb-5l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:28:20 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:56611) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1e9g-00020g-Vc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:28:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID :Date:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=6xK4hgX8Nn9OCLwO3KSE6/svxi6JL0S10pONwstrTOQ=; b=aTNMbbmUP1K+VzMTwsxyIWKMb g0Ec6/aDF9LMSGzLkNXXQIh282vqeSHiOfeZ28FMqDLHe3ePTdijLK35mvohNk8yGfmOOpTK6bIFO k+Qi1RcwHruGUbTaxzU7T+LzLq2quGfLdvh1PS5uSqihED4NMjaTewVkin53Akvw7cRvn5NvmNWZ2 uGzbRs/zVlvJJ3ulKVRZn1DZZzx//VQBVaq9PZsG+zM4SkFAFF/aEEbMUP1izWGaizYAI3eDfWxlE DcO/dzN9cQtvjIhIZnAnlzOxGHssPcmeJtuAG0lqErKo01ivbOEzCjxNAoNg16TxIRqmHTVGy1qVH P3OQTdEZw==; Original-Received: from cpc142652-benw12-2-0-cust953.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([82.21.43.186]:54492 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1f1e90-001GGQ-Qw; Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:27:34 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Adam Taylor's message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:18:13 -0400") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116291 Archived-At: Adam Taylor writes: > I'm looking for ideas on how to debug a fairly common hang I'm getting > while running emacs 26.0.91 under Windows 10 (I know, that's my first > problem). It's a supported platform, so it's reasonable to complain! > I've been using mostly magit and elpy (python-mode) stuff when it happens. > I use desktop-save-mode which I suspected was the culprit until I turned it > off and the problem still happened. > > What happens is that emacs starts to consume 30-40% of the cpu and starts > to eat memory at a good clip eventually causing my machine to start to page. > > C-g does not work. I have to kill emacs from the task manager. This is clearly a bug -- C-g should always work. > > It does not seem to be linked to any particular action I make - sometimes > I'm just editing the python, sometimes I'm updating the magit status > window. No rhyme or reason that I can divine. > > My guess is some issue in communicating with a subprocess (magit and elpy > both work with subprocesses). > > I seem to remember some chatter about subprocess problems in the emacs > developer mailing list and wasn't sure if this was the same issue. > > I would like to debug this, but since I didn't build the windows emacs, it > might be really hard to connect it to gdb and see where it has gone south. > > Any help/pointers is greatly appreciated. I'd ask on the devel mailing list, especially as the release candidate is around the corner. Phil