From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22814: 25.0.91; Emacs runs out of file descriptors on OS X Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:39:12 +0200 Message-ID: <83h9guaqov.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87twkupoq9.fsf@gmx.de> <83d1ricxyp.fsf@gnu.org> <87lh66nv22.fsf@gmx.de> <87egbynf1p.fsf@gmx.de> <83k2lqarol.fsf@gnu.org> <874mcune24.fsf@gmx.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456602023 32635 80.91.229.3 (27 Feb 2016 19:40:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22814@debbugs.gnu.org, andlind@gmail.com To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 27 20:40:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1aZkip-00025m-0n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:40:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56041 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkio-00085B-6a for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:40:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36841) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkij-00081l-Ih for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:40:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkig-0000Uf-Dp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:40:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:51970) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkig-0000UX-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:40:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkig-0006BU-6M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:40:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22814 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22814-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22814.145660198123734 (code B ref 22814); Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22814) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Feb 2016 19:39:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49096 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkiL-0006Ak-Lp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:39:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45775) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkiJ-0006AW-WB for 22814@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:39:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkiB-0000Jf-Lz for 22814@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:39:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49289) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkiB-0000Jb-IS; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:39:31 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2279 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aZkiA-0005CN-OP; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:39:31 -0500 In-reply-to: <874mcune24.fsf@gmx.de> (message from Michael Albinus on Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:33:39 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:113972 Archived-At: > From: Michael Albinus > Cc: andlind@gmail.com, 22814@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:33:39 +0100 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> w32notify.c I cannot touch. Hopefully, somebody else takes the ball. > > > > When something like that happens in w32notify, it will return an > > error, which needs to be handled. > > I meant that maybe a similar internal limit could be added, in order to > keep Emacs running normal, not being at its upper limits. It's not a fixed limit, alas. The number of threads we can start is limited by available memory (because each thread uses some for its stack), and the amount of available memory depends on how much Emacs itself uses. > > How about defaulting to auto-revert-use-notify = nil when > > global-auto-revert-mode is turned on? > > I don't know whether it is the majority of users, who enable > global-auto-revert-mode *and* work with hundreds of buffers. So far, > there is one report about. > > And such power users are more likely to know how to disable file > notification then. Perhaps we shouldn't wait for a flood of bug reports, and do this proactively?