From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17986: 24.3.92; Evaluating (setq default-directory nil) freezes Emacs Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:41:02 +0200 Message-ID: <871ttm97e9.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <87pphdwg99.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <834myl9ums.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405424661 7961 80.91.229.3 (15 Jul 2014 11:44:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:44:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17986@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 15 13:44:14 2014 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 1X719X-0003Ce-2m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:44:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34083 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X719W-0004Tp-P4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:44:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40875) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X717Y-0001Xg-6R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:42:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X717S-0003tt-A3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60044) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X717S-0003tX-7m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X717R-0007oZ-MY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:42:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:42:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17986 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17986-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17986.140542448529995 (code B ref 17986); Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17986) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2014 11:41:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55310 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X716m-0007nd-V7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:41:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:63482) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X716h-0007nI-4L for 17986@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:41:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rosalinde.fritz.box ([89.245.106.212]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LomuB-1WeotE2aGx-00gnzf; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:41:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: <834myl9ums.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:54:35 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.92 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:O5ZR1bNkHGlREMrFu5l3LvKeeB3PcTQpa3lYsXWIw8gonjgEtSc TfCzkoBOzeVncTBLYWozet7jX+9CCcuK/0MLFqt6kFjf/iK9cX9+FnIGBZgfHg0B/+eJn1y Xnqkisj7fSRVMhKbAFGUecyHa5vtX+CTT2EoW1XG031AYIt5GfVvNV9EFA3+5yXp3HrCBnl LNf1m1EtKVzXTaM7bxTvQ== X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:91559 Archived-At: On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 17:54:35 +0300 Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Stephen Berman >> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:27:30 +0200 >> >> 0. Start Emacs with -Q or -Q -D >> 1. Type (setq default-directory nil) in *scratch* and evaluate it. >> => Emacs freezes uninterruptibly and uses up to 90% CPU; I have to kill >> it from outside. > > Should be fixed in revision 117376 on the emacs-24 branch. For the record, I confirm that this fixes it; thanks. > When Emacs becomes unresponsive, it is best to attach a debugger to a > running Emacs process, and then use the procedure described in > etc/DEBUG (under "If the symptom of the bug is that Emacs fails to > respond") to find out which function infloops; then include this > information in the bug report. I tried doing this, but neither with `s' nor with `f' did gdb show what I could recognize as an infloop (`f' always went straight to frame #0, and `s' never got to a loop, though I entered it very many times). Is there something more specific I could do the next time? Steve Berman