bug#31585: 27.0.50; 112GB Virtual Memory; 102MB working set

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 09:17:52 -0400
> Cc: "markusffm@fn.de" <markusffm@fn.de>
> 
> From: "markusffm\@fn.de" <markusffm@fn.de>
> To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: bug#31585: 27.0.50; 112GB Virtual Memory; 102MB working set
> 
> >
> >I meant, how did you start Emacs, and what actions did you take in Emacs
> invoked by emacs
> >before observing the 112GB virtual memory usage?
> no action. after running emacs for let me say an hour the size of the 
> working set increases to 170mb
> invoking emacs with -Q doesn't change anything either.

A working set of 170MB is quite normal.  What I don't understand is
how come such a moderate working set can cause a 112GB VM usage.

Any chance you could run some memory analyzing program and see what
part(s) reserve all that huge memory?