bug#24395: auto-revert-remote-files freezes emacs (Windows 64-bit)

[Michael Albinus]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

Ping.

> Andreas Nilsson <an@bahnhof.se> writes:
>
> Hi Andreas,
>
>> runemacs.exe -Q -l autorevert
>>
>> version 25.0.94.2 (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
>>
>> Set global-auto-revert-mode and auto-revert-remote-files both to t and do:
>>
>> C-x d /plink:SOMEHOST:/home/blah
>>
>> Open lots of files with C-o until Emacs goes into escapable
>> freeze. From what I tested the freeze is escapable with C-g using -Q
>> but what I experienced with no -Q was that it locked up Emacs most of
>> the time not escapable.
>
> How many files have you opened (you say "lots of files")? Could it be
> that you haved stressed poor little Emacs too much, out of what is a
> fair use? Every remote file in auto-revert-mode needs to be polled every
> 5 seconds for changes.
>
> How does it work, if you increase auto-revert-interval to a larger
> number, say 20?
>
> Could you bisect your init file in order to find the culprit which makes
> Emacs unresponsible for C-g?
>
> Best regards, Michael.