Re: Emacs HEAD regressions (another test case)

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Angelo Graziosi writes:
> address@hidden ha scritto:
> > 
> > Anything that can generate 6kB lines in your complation buffer should
> > do.  Try calling a shell script that writes the long line.  For me, it
> > was a long compilation line from "make".
> 
> Indeed! The attached script 'prints' 6x1024 'x' characters, and on
> GNU/LINUX KUBUNTU 8.04.02 it takes:
> 
> 4 seconds with Emacs CVS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO (<=) 20090129 15:30
> 
> 2:15 minutes, i.e. 60x2+15=135 seconds with Emacs GREATER THAN OR EQUAL
> TO (>=) 20090129 15:40!
> 
> To reproduce:
> 
> $ emacs -Q &
> 
> M-x compile
> C-a C-k
> ./test_script-6KB.sh
> 

I can repro the success and failure cases on those two times.  Note
that people need to set their timezone to CET for those timestamps to
be accurate:

  env TZ=CET cvs diff -D '2009-01-29 15:30' -D '2009-01-29 15:40'

That diff contains changes for pending signals.

+2009-01-29  Chong Yidong  <address@hidden>
+
+       * keyboard.c (pending_signals): New var.
+       (poll_for_input, input_available_signal, init_keyboard): Set it.
+       (process_pending_signals): New function.
+
+       * lisp.h (QUIT): Check pending_signals instead of
+       interrupt_input_pending.  Use process_pending_signals.
+
+       * atimer.c (run_timers, alarm_signal_handler): Update
+       pending_signals.
+
+       * process.c (wait_reading_process_output): Use
+       process_pending_signals.
+
+       * sysdep.c (emacs_write): Use process_pending_signals.
+
+       * xterm.c (XTread_socket): Update pending_signals.
+
+       * w32term.c (w32_read_socket): Update pending_signals.
+
+       * w32inevt.c (w32_console_read_socket): Update pending_signals.
+

Derek