782825 - Disable bug 716014 for Firefox 15

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

Attachment: patch

Bug 719114 comment 35 has more discussion of this. I'm uncertain whether this would reduce crash volume. However, I think the risk of the doing extra compartment GCs probably outweighs the rewards, which I think are mostly for people with many tabs open.

Comment 1

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

Comment on attachment 651921 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

[Approval Request Comment]
Bug caused by (feature/regressing bug #): 716014
User impact if declined: Possible increase in GC crashes.
Testing completed (on m-c, etc.): On m-c and aurora.
Risk to taking this patch (and alternatives if risky): Low, since this was disabled through part of aurora.
String or UUID changes made by this patch: None

Comment 2

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/65cd4f678ab0

Comment 3

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Bill McCloskey (:billm) from comment #2)
> https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/65cd4f678ab0

Do we want to do the same for Beta 16?

Comment 4

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

(In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #3)
> (In reply to Bill McCloskey (:billm) from comment #2)
> > https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/65cd4f678ab0
> 
> Do we want to do the same for Beta 16?

It's already disabled in everything beyond 15.