bug#33887: 26.1; Emacs hangs for several seconds when going to the end of an XML file in nXML mode

[Vincent Lefevre]

When I open a large XML file and immediately go to the end of the
file with '<ESC> >', Emacs hangs for several seconds. For instance,
on /usr/share/xml/iso-codes/iso_639-3.xml from iso-codes in Debian
(a 1-MB file), it takes 5 seconds. On a 4-MB personal XML file, it
takes 15 seconds.

This is a regression: Emacs 25 did not hang at all.


In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.2)
 of 2018-12-26, modified by Debian built on x86-ubc-01
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12003000
System Description:     Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid

Recent messages:
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For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

Configured using:
 'configure --build x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr
 --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
 --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info
 --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-libsystemd --with-pop=yes
 
--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/26.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/26.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --with-sound=alsa --without-gconf --with-mailutils --build
 x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib
 --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib
 --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-libsystemd
 --with-pop=yes
 
--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/26.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/26.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --with-sound=alsa --without-gconf --with-mailutils --with-x=yes
 --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars 'CFLAGS=-g -O2
 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/emacs-3ThesY/emacs-26.1+1=.
 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall'
 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro'

Configured features:
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ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 THREADS LIBSYSTEMD LCMS2

Important settings:
  value of $LC_COLLATE: POSIX
  value of $LC_CTYPE: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: en_DK
  value of $LANG: POSIX
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
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  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
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  mouse-wheel-mode: t
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  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
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  auto-encryption-mode: t
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  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
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/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.6/tablegen-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/llvm-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.6/llvm-mode
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/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.7/emacs
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/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.8/tablegen-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/llvm-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.8/llvm-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/emacs hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.8/emacs
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/tablegen-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.9/tablegen-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/llvm-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.9/llvm-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/emacs hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.9/emacs
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/tablegen-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-4.0/tablegen-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/llvm-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-4.0/llvm-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-3.5/emacs hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/llvm-4.0/emacs
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst hides /usr/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/textmodes/rst
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/latex-cjk-thai/thai-word hides 
/usr/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/language/thai-word

Features:
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cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs edmacro kmacro cl-loaddefs
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vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel term/x-win x-win term/common-win x-dnd
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Memory information:
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