1320103 - High memory usage with color management mode 1

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: Graphics: Color Management, defect)

Description

[Nguyen Trong Tuan]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0
Build ID: 20161104212021

Steps to reproduce:

Set "gfx.color_management.mode" to "1", and browse the web normally.


Actual results:

Higher memory usage than normal, especially when viewing videos (ex.: YouTube). This is expected, but the memory usage stays high even when there is a blank tab and all other tabs are closed.


Expected results:

Users expect lower memory usage, and memory usage goes down when no tabs are opened.

Then color management with untagged images should be turned on by default for future-proof; as wide gamut displays (Adobe RGB, DCI-P3,...) are increasingly popular. ICC version 4, too; as Chrome 57 supported it and begins to be more serious about color management ("Add legacy color correct rendering mode (umbrella bug)", https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=667431).

Comment 1

[Nguyen Trong Tuan]

Application Basics
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Name: Firefox
Version: 50.0
Build ID: 20161104212021
Update Channel: release
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0
OS: Windows_NT 10.0
Multiprocess Windows: 1/1 (Enabled by default)
Safe Mode: false

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
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All Crash Reports

Extensions
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Name: Adblock Plus
Version: 2.8.2
Enabled: true
ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}

Name: Application Update Service Helper
Version: 1.0
Enabled: true
ID: [e-mail]

Name: Multi-process staged rollout
Version: 1.5
Enabled: true
ID: [e-mail]

Name: Pocket
Version: 1.0.5
Enabled: true
ID: [e-mail]

Name: Web Compat
Version: 1.0
Enabled: true
ID: [e-mail]

Graphics
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Features
Compositing: Direct3D 11
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled
WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)
WebGL2 Renderer: (no info)
Hardware H264 Decoding: Yes; Using D3D11 API
Audio Backend: wasapi
Direct2D: true
DirectWrite: true (10.0.10240.17146)
GPU #1
Active: Yes
Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x191b
Driver Version: 20.19.15.4454
Driver Date: 5-4-2016
Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igd12umd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 igd12umd32
Subsys ID: 10601043
RAM: Unknown
GPU #2
Active: No
Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Vendor ID: 0x10de
Device ID: 0x139a
Driver Version: 10.18.13.5407
Driver Date: 8-30-2015
Drivers: nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Subsys ID: 10601043
RAM: 4096
Diagnostics
AzureCanvasAccelerated: 0
AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1
AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
Decision Log
D3D9_COMPOSITING:
disabled by default: Disabled by default




Important Modified Preferences
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accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 0
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browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled: false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 4
browser.download.folderList: 2
browser.download.importedFromSqlite: true
browser.download.manager.alertOnEXEOpen: true
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML: false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 8
browser.search.useDBForOrder: true
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20161104212021
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20161104212021
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 50.0
browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2: true
browser.urlbar.daysBeforeHidingSuggestionsPrompt: 3
browser.urlbar.lastSuggestionsPromptDate: 20161117
browser.urlbar.suggest.searches: true
browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice: true
extensions.lastAppVersion: 50.0
font.language.group: ja
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font.name.sans-serif.zh-HK: Microsoft JhengHei
font.name.sans-serif.zh-TW: Microsoft JhengHei
gfx.color_management.display_profile: C:\New\Archived\GL552VX_8086_AF0638ED.icm
gfx.color_management.mode: 1
gfx.crash-guard.d3d11layers.appVersion: 50.0
gfx.crash-guard.d3d11layers.deviceID: 0x191b
gfx.crash-guard.d3d11layers.driverVersion: 20.19.15.4454
gfx.crash-guard.d3d11layers.feature-d2d: true
gfx.crash-guard.d3d11layers.feature-d3d11: true
gfx.crash-guard.status.d3d11layers: 2
gfx.crash-guard.status.d3d11video: 2
media.benchmark.vp9.fps: 179
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media.hardware-video-decoding.failed: false
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
network.predictor.cleaned-up: true
places.database.lastMaintenance: 1479478908
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
privacy.cpd.offlineApps: true
privacy.cpd.siteSettings: true
privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 0
security.sandbox.content.tempDirSuffix: {5c1db3b6-d7fb-496e-92a4-b471e42a2219}
security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic: true
services.sync.declinedEngines:
storage.vacuum.last.index: 1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1479478908
ui.osk.debug.keyboardDisplayReason: IKPOS: Touch screen not found.

Important Locked Preferences
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Places Database
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JavaScript
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Incremental GC: true

Accessibility
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Activated: false
Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions
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NSPR
Expected minimum version: 4.12
Version in use: 4.12

NSS
Expected minimum version: 3.26.2
Version in use: 3.26.2

NSSSMIME
Expected minimum version: 3.26.2
Version in use: 3.26.2

NSSSSL
Expected minimum version: 3.26.2
Version in use: 3.26.2

NSSUTIL
Expected minimum version: 3.26.2
Version in use: 3.26.2

Experimental Features
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Sandbox
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Content Process Sandbox Level: 1

Comment 2

[Timothy Nikkel (:tnikkel)]

An about:memory report with and without color management would be helpful to find out where the extra memory is going.

Comment 3

[Nguyen Trong Tuan]

I just tested Firefox 51.0 today, and the memory usage between modes were on par. Which is great, by the way.

Currently the only browser with proper color management, which treats untagged images as sRGB, until now is Safari on macOS.

Any reason why can't we set the preference "gfx.color_management.mode" from "2" to "1" by default in Nightly? Let's start riding the train and let everyone enjoys it.

Comment 4

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

2019-03-06

This bug is part of a group of bugs which have had an open needinfo for at least 12 weeks.

The request for information has not been answered, and we can't move forward on the bug so we are closing it.

If the defect is still present, please reopen this bug with an updated report.