bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

Ah, right.

> 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.

Good idea.  Perhaps something time-based -- if it errors out at a rate
that would make Emacs unusable (so more than, say, ten errors per
minute (configurable), would disable the filter)?

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