Re: huge files in ~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/

[Andreas Schwab]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> The existing code relies on an unwind-protect to close the stream.
> Maybe something fails to run the unwind-protect.  Could you try
> running with this change, and tell us if it prevents the problem?
>
>
>
> *** fileio.c  22 Mar 2007 08:15:04 -0400      1.580
> --- fileio.c  22 May 2007 14:23:20 -0400      
> ***************
> *** 6021,6026 ****
> --- 6021,6027 ----
>   
>     /* Prevent another auto save till enough input events come in.  */
>     record_auto_save ();
> +   fclose (stream);

This will cause crashes.  First, stream may be NULL, second, using
stream after fclose is undefined.

Andreas.

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