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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com>
Cc: antipov@mvista.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Memory again
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:23:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pqge7syw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACY+Hvo6Jn-4WG2j5B7pVHx8BmOk_QDykO6P2mUr6LXHkNm-GQ@mail.gmail.com>

> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:58:49 +0100
> From: Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@googlemail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Does emacs fear the memory may be used by someone else
> and hold onto what it claimed?

It doesn't, or at least shouldn't.  When enough memory has been
reclaimed by GC, it should give it away to the system.  At least on
some systems, I actually see that in action, after killing a large
buffer.

> Restoring the directory made emacs realize the "file has changed on
> disk". Is this checked via a hash/checksum or does emacs carry along
> more than that?

It remembers the last time stamp of the file/directory.



  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-26 16:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-26 13:26 Memory again Carsten Mattner
2011-11-26 13:28 ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-26 14:35 ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-11-26 14:48   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-26 17:37     ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-11-26 20:19       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-26 14:58   ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-26 16:23     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-11-26 19:02       ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-26 20:31         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-26 21:00           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-27 10:29           ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-27 10:43             ` Andreas Schwab
2011-11-27 13:53               ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-27 13:11             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-27 13:53               ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-27 16:44                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-11-27 17:37                   ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-27 17:59                   ` Carsten Mattner
2011-12-06  4:02       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-12-06  5:08         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-06  9:35           ` Carsten Mattner
2011-12-06 10:24             ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-12-06 13:07               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-06 13:29               ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-06 17:20                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-06 20:25                   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-07  7:52                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-07  8:15                       ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-12-07 13:06                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-07 14:01                           ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-08 17:30                             ` Carsten Mattner
2011-12-09  3:39                               ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-12-09 13:52                                 ` Carsten Mattner
2011-12-06 13:12             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-06 16:28           ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-12-06 19:53             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-11 17:49               ` Nix
2011-12-15  3:52               ` Tim Connors
2011-12-15  4:09                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-15  4:38                   ` Tim Connors
2011-12-15  5:52                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-15  4:50                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-12-15  6:04                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-16 21:55                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-17 17:40                   ` Nix
2011-12-18 15:13                   ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-12-19  1:34                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-19  8:28                       ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-12-19 11:26                         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-23 16:49                           ` Nix
2012-01-25 16:19                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-11-26 17:54     ` Dmitry Antipov
2011-11-26 18:47       ` martin rudalics
2011-11-26 19:09       ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-28  4:27     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-11-28  9:24       ` Carsten Mattner
2011-11-28 15:31         ` Davis Herring
2011-11-28 21:33           ` Carsten Mattner
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-12-19 19:51 emacs user
2011-12-20  5:32 ` Dmitry Antipov
2012-01-06 14:28 ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-06 15:53   ` emacs user
2011-12-20  6:34 emacs user
2011-12-20  7:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-20 12:05   ` emacs user
2011-12-20 13:04     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-20 22:07       ` Jan Djärv
2011-12-21  8:07       ` Jan Djärv
2011-12-21 10:39         ` Carsten Mattner
2011-12-21 17:55         ` emacs user
2011-12-22 14:08           ` Jan Djärv
2011-12-22 14:58             ` emacs user
2011-12-22 18:54               ` emacs user
2011-12-22 19:15                 ` Jan Djärv
2011-12-23  4:41                   ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2012-01-17 10:04                     ` emacs user
2012-01-17 10:58                       ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2012-01-17 13:14                         ` emacs user
2012-01-18  1:30                           ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2011-12-22 23:09                 ` Carsten Mattner
2011-12-23  0:39               ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-23 10:44                 ` emacs user
2012-01-05  6:13                   ` emacs user
2012-01-05 22:37                     ` Jan Djärv
2012-01-06  9:58                       ` emacs user
2012-01-06 11:10                         ` Carsten Mattner

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