From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Adam Taylor <mr.adtaylor@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Lots of hangs Windows 10 26.0.91
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 21:27:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87in9e4oh6.fsf@russet.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKX+4G_prcOSXxf=KDv5kJ+CJ5kSTnq9Ha84v269sQ5OABGu+w@mail.gmail.com> (Adam Taylor's message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:18:13 -0400")
Adam Taylor <mr.adtaylor@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm looking for ideas on how to debug a fairly common hang I'm getting
> while running emacs 26.0.91 under Windows 10 (I know, that's my first
> problem).
It's a supported platform, so it's reasonable to complain!
> I've been using mostly magit and elpy (python-mode) stuff when it happens.
> I use desktop-save-mode which I suspected was the culprit until I turned it
> off and the problem still happened.
>
> What happens is that emacs starts to consume 30-40% of the cpu and starts
> to eat memory at a good clip eventually causing my machine to start to page.
>
> C-g does not work. I have to kill emacs from the task manager.
This is clearly a bug -- C-g should always work.
>
> It does not seem to be linked to any particular action I make - sometimes
> I'm just editing the python, sometimes I'm updating the magit status
> window. No rhyme or reason that I can divine.
>
> My guess is some issue in communicating with a subprocess (magit and elpy
> both work with subprocesses).
>
> I seem to remember some chatter about subprocess problems in the emacs
> developer mailing list and wasn't sure if this was the same issue.
>
> I would like to debug this, but since I didn't build the windows emacs, it
> might be really hard to connect it to gdb and see where it has gone south.
>
> Any help/pointers is greatly appreciated.
I'd ask on the devel mailing list, especially as the release candidate
is around the corner.
Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-29 20:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-28 14:18 Lots of hangs Windows 10 26.0.91 Adam Taylor
2018-03-29 12:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-29 20:27 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
2018-03-30 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-03-30 12:39 ` Kevin Buchs
2018-03-29 21:51 ` Stefan Monnier
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