On 3/8/2019 5:03 PM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 3/8/2019 3:22 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Mar 8 20:10, Rockefeller, Harry wrote: >>>>>> 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. >>>> 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. >> >> What the heck. The 0308 snapshot was supposed to fix these hangs as >> described in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-03/msg00160.html >> >> Are you sure it was the 0308 snapshot and not by any chance the 0306 one? >> >> I can't reproduce this with 0308. I'm typing lots and lots in emacs, >> doing copy/paste with the mouse, and it just works with 0308. >> >>>> 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? >> >> Install the cygwin1.dbg file into /bin and When Emacs hangs, attach with >> gdb and print the backtrace of each thread. That should give a hint. >> >>> 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.) >> >> Can you please test the 0308 snapshot with stock emacs, too? >> >> Ken, any chance you could test this as well? If there really are still >> hangs with current emacs and the 0308 snapshot, I might need a bit of >> help. Some kind of reproducer or some input as to the nature of the >> hangs would be nice. > > Yes, I'll fire it up now and report back tomorrow.
I used stock emacs-X11 with the 0308 snapshot for about two hours after writing this. I then left it idle overnight and resumed this morning. I haven't seen any problems. It's still running, and I'll be using it again later today, after which I'll send one more report. Ken -- 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
