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. Ken ТÒÐÐ¥&ö&ÆVÒ&W÷'G3¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒ÷&ö&ÆV×2æ‡FÖÀФd¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöfðФFö7VÖVçFF–ö㢇GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöFö72æ‡FÖÀÐ¥Vç7V'67&–&R–æfó¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöÖÂò7Vç7V'67&–&R×6–×ÆPРÐ