From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#122: 23.0.60; Slowdown in directory scanning over time. Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:09:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r68bwgu9.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org, 122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220318880 20691 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2008 01:28:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:28:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, cyd@stupidchicken.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Len Trigg , 122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 02 03:28:54 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KaKhP-0003rf-TJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:28:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47076 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaKgQ-00055b-LH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:27:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaKgC-0004zZ-2s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:27:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaKgA-0004yx-DQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:27:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47210 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaKgA-0004yn-5D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:27:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:51798) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KaKg9-0004Hw-C1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:27:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m821RUQo007095; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:27:31 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m821KCls004682; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:20:12 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Richard M. Stallman" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:20:12 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 122 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 122-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B122.12203178451912 (code B ref 122); Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:20:12 +0000 Original-Received: (at 122) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Sep 2008 01:10:45 +0000 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m821AglE001904 for <122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:10:43 -0700 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KaKOI-0004ZP-7w; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:09:06 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Len Trigg on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:57:13 +1200) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:27:35 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:20002 Archived-At: The way to investigate this is to run Emacs with X, under GDB, and try stopping it during this operation by typing C-c at the GDB window occasionally and making a backtrace. Then continue and stop it again, and make another backtrace, etc. After several backtraces you may start to see a pattern that shows where it is spending the time.