[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs u
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable |
Date: |
Sat, 02 Nov 2019 20:36:03 +0200 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 18:53:57 +0100
>
> (let ((process (start-process
> "foo" (get-buffer-create "*foo*")
> "bash" "-c" "while true; do echo foo; sleep 1; done")))
> (set-process-filter
> process
> (lambda (&rest _)
> (error))))
>
> The reason for this is that when signalling an error from a process
> filter, Emacs messages the error message and then seems to sleep for a
> second?
Yes, see read_process_output_error_handler (it's actually 2-sec
sleep), and read_and_dispose_of_process_output, where we set up for
calling the process filter.
> I'm not sure what solution would be best. I see two obvious things we
> could do: Remove the process filter, so that it doesn't trigger again.
> Or -- remove the one-second sleep, which would allow the user to `M-x
> list-processes' and kill the offending process.
I'd suggest to count the number of times a process filter errors out,
and disable it after some configurable number. Doing that on the
first error sounds too drastic: it could be a one-time spurious error.
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/02
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Richard Stallman, 2019/11/03
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/03
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/03
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/03
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/03
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/08
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/08
- bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/11/08