bug#3082: Crash in ns_draw_glyph_string

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com> writes:

> On Apr 23, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Adrian Robert wrote:
>>> David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Emacs -Q
>>>> M-x list-faces-display
>>>> C-x o
>>>> C-x 1
>>>> M-: (setq scroll-step 1 scroll-conservatively 1)
>>>> (enlarge frame a bit)
>>>>
>>>> Now scroll down (with Down/Home) repeatedly.  In two out of three
>>>> trials this produced the crash below for me.
>>
>>
>> I can't get this to reproduce when -O2 not given, but the stack
>> trace is incomplete when it is.  David, is this crash frequently
>> occurring in other contexts, or only through the specific recipe you
>> give?
>
> I've had these crashes a lot when experimenting with many faces being
> displayed - but only then; not really (or rarely) during normal use.
> I've been using -O3.
>
> Unfortunately I couldn't reproduce under gdb the other day.

Is this problem still present in Emacs 24?

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