bug#33194: 26.1; Auto-revert mode causes emacs to use 100% cpu whenever a file is being written to in the home directory

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> One defense action which comes to mind is to manage the incoming
>> events. If there is a burst of `change' events in a short time, they
>> could be cumulated to one event, as inotify does. Implemented in
>> `file-notify-handle-event', this would applicable to all file
>> notification backends, and not only to inotify.
>
> But won't that by itself require CPU for processing?

Yes, but is doesn't call `revert-buffer' for every single `change'
event.

Best regards, Michael.