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bug#45200: Memory leaks: (garbage-collect) fails to reclaim memory
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From: |
Stefan Monnier |
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bug#45200: Memory leaks: (garbage-collect) fails to reclaim memory |
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Date: |
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 01:23:50 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Thanks, but is it really a good idea to call malloc_trim each time we
>> free some chunk of memory?
> Skimming this very long thread, I think the conclusion was that we
> shouldn't do anything in Emacs on this point. Does that sound correct?
For me the conclusion was that I'd be happy to see someone add a
`malloc-trim` primitive to ELisp, so that users can experiment with it,
e.g. by adding it to `post-gc-hook`.
Stefan