> > > > > > Re: Fork issue with timerfd > > > > > > From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo dot de> > > > To: cygwin at cygwin dot com > > > > Subject: Re: Fork issue with timerfd > > > > > > .... > > > > > > Anyway, the latest snapshot seemingly resolved that issue as > > > well, I can no longer reproduce it. > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, only seemingly. Factually, the issue persists. And I > > > don't have to do anything with emacs just shoot up, wait cca. 20 > > > seconds and it inevitably crashes, and it does so in the foreground, > > > too: > > > > > > peter@D11934N ~ > > > $ emacs .bash_history & > > > [2] 489 > > > [1] Done emacs .bash_history > > > > > > peter@D11934N ~ > > > $ 1 [main] emacs 489 C:\CygWin\bin\emacs-w32.exe: *** fatal > > > error - > > > CreateThread failed for pipesel - 0x0<0x0>, Win32 error 8 > > > > I couldn't directly reproduce this issue, but I saw emacs using more > > an more memory while the cursor was blinking. I found a resource leak > > in posix timers which was probably the cause for this problem. > > > > I pushed a patch and uploaded new developer snapshots to > > https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ > > > > Please test. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Corinna > >
> I tested this: > https://cygwin.com/snapshots/x86/cygwin1-20190308.dll.xz > emacs was on for a long time, did not crash and as far as could judge it did > not leak memory. > But it froze a couple of times which I cannot recall I have ever experienced > before. I mean it suddenly became deaf and dumb and while I > > was actively > editing the text, both the text area and the menu line got unresponsive. I > could only shut it down from the task manager, > because the red X didn't work either. > On the next week I will try the debug version in the hope that it can make a > trace or something helpful. Is there a guide somewhere how to > use it? > best regards > PK I have been running https://cygwin.com/snapshots/x86/cygwin1-20190306.dll.xz , i.e., March 6th For a couple hours yesterday and all day today along with Ken Brown's test version of emacs (GNU Emacs 26.1.92) And have not had a hiccup. (Well, to be truthful, I'm running a lot more of Ken Brown's test software than just emacs.) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
