Re: MPS: a random backtrace while toying with gdb

[Gerd Möllmann]

Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Jun 29 2024, Gerd Möllmann wrote:
>
>> Someone has an idea what to do with that? And maybe how to reproduce?
>
> I can reproduce it with
>
> /src/emacs -Q -batch -eval '(dotimes (_ 100)
>   (start-process "foo" nil "sleep" "0.2")
>   (igc--collect))'
>
> I would move most of the work out of signal handlers.  The signal
> handler could put the work in a "async work queue" and then return.  The
> actual work is then processed by maybe_quit.
>
> Sending the work to a helper thread would be nicer, but probably not a
> realistic option with Emacs.

+1 in every aspect. For once, let Emacs do what all others do :-).