bug#43395: closed (28.0.50; memory leak)

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> 28.0.50; memory leak
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> Sat, 12 Sep 2020 07:42:42 +0530
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> Following up on the thread:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2020-09/msg00147.html
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> There appears to be a memory leak with emacs RSS growing inordinately in
> size.
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> $ ps o pid,rss,drs,sz,share,start_time,vsize,cmd 26285
>   PID   RSS   DRS  SIZE - START    VSZ CMD
> 26285 2643236 2996379 2664940 - Sep09 2998948 
> /7/gtk/emacs/build-xt-xft/src/emacs --debug-init --daemon
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> I usually only notice the leak when it has gone beyond 2G - when linux
> refuses to suspend because I have limited swap.  In most cases emacs
> would be running for a few days.
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> The values reported by garbage-collect amount do not reflect the 2GB
> allocation being used by emacs.
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> Advice on tooling is called for to instrument emacs and monitor the
> system for memory changes and flag the point when the leak occurs.
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> In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll 
> bars)
>  of 2020-09-06 built on maher
> Emacs Repository revision: 6fc502c1ef327ab357c971b9bffbbd7cb6a436f1
> Repository branch: madhu-tip
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12008000
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> Memory information:
> ((conses 16 3591911 2541685)
>  (symbols 48 87049 452)
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>  (string-bytes 1 30189681)
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> Subject: 
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> Re: bug#43389: 28.0.50; Emacs memory leaks using hard disk all time
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> Date: 
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> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:40:31 -0500
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> >> Eli, do you think it should go to `emacs-27`?
> > Definitely, thanks.
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> OK, done.
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> Trevor: I marked this bug as closed under the assumption that this
> problem is solved, but of course, if it re-occurs feel free to re-open
> (ideally while running under GDB in a similar setup, so we get a clear
> backtrace again ;-)
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>         Stefan
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