1962423 - Optimize DB writes for Bounce Tracking Protection

Status: ASSIGNED

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, task, P2)

Description

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

In Bug 1961765 we've seen a performance regression, increased file IO, from widening our classification heuristic. That means we write more tracker candidates to the DB. When a lot of navigation happens, we write a lot to disk. We do one write per classified tracker. This could be made more efficient by batching writes. We can create an in-memory buffer gets written to DB when its full. It should also be written to disk on shutdown. We can restrict this buffer mechanism for bounce tracking candidates, and exclude user activation, if that means more implementation complexity.

Comment 1

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Attachment: Bug 1962423 - Add write buffer to BTP storage to reduce disk IO. r=#anti-tracking!

Comment 2

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Attachment: Bug 1962423 - Add tests for BTP storage write buffer. r=#anti-tracking!