Re: memory leaks

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Madhu <enometh@meer.net>
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 06:54:56 +0530
> Cc: 43395@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> #+BEGIN_SRC
> $ cat > f.c
> #include <stdio.h>
> int
> main()
> {
>   char c = ' ';
>   while (c != 'q' && c != 'Q')
>     {
>       fprintf(stdout, "Press q then enter to quit: ");
>       c = fgetc(stdin);
>     }
>   return 0;
> }
> ^D
> 
> $ gcc f.c
> $ emacs -Q
> #+END_SRC
> 
> M-x shell-command ./a.out
> 
> Then the process hangs. But Emacs' memory grows unbounded.

Short answer: you use a command that cannot handle this case.  For the
details, please refer to the bug tracker.