bug#15794: Core dump after SIGTERM during GC marking

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
>> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 07:37:04 +0100
>> Cc: 15794@debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > #60 0x00000000004ecaa5 in deliver_process_signal (sig=15, handler=0x4ebc30 <handle_fatal_signal>) at sysdep.c:1597
>> >         old_errno = 11
>> >         on_main_thread = true
>> > #61 <signal handler called>
>> > No symbol table info available.
>> > #62 string_intervals (s=57280353) at lisp.h:3129
>> > No locals.
>> > #63 mark_object (arg=<optimized out>) at alloc.c:5957
>> >         ptr = <optimized out>
>> >         ptrx = <optimized out>
>> >         obj = 59121106
>> >         cdr_count = 0
>> 
>> The signal was received during GC.  Shouldn't its handling be postponed
>> then?
>
> Maybe.  But then it would be impossible to kill Emacs during a runaway
> GC in a way that would cause Emacs to auto-save, wouldn't it?

Even auto-save is a no-no in a signal handler.

Andreas.

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