Closed Bug 374340 Opened 18 years ago Closed 17 years ago

firefox (and Xorg as a consequence) eat all available memory with google maps

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(Firefox :: General, defect)

2.0 Branch
x86
Linux
defect
Not set
major

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RESOLVED FIXED

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(Reporter: lisik, Assigned: johnjbarton)

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0.0.2 (Ubuntu-edgy) Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0.0.2 (Ubuntu-edgy) Hi everyone Using firefox 2.0.0.2 on Linux with maps.google.com makes the browser and Xorg eat all available memory in few minutes bringing the system to a crawl. The same firefox version on Windows limits the memory usage to about 50 MB only. No browser.cache.memory.xyz tweaking on both systems System info: 1 GB of RAM and 1/2 GB of swap Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. go to maps.google.com 2. using hybrid/satellite map mode 3. move around the map for about 3-4 minutes zooming to some area Actual Results: all available memory including swap is being taken over by firefox and Xorg. If you keep using google maps system is slowing to a crawl Expected Results: Firefox should have limited the memory usage to some level
Summary: firefox (and Xorg as a consequence) eat all avalable memory → firefox (and Xorg as a consequence) eat all avalable memory with google maps
I'm also seeing this with Linux Iceweasel 2.0.0.1. I noticed something about "reclaiming memory from circularly-linked data structures" in the 3.0 pre-release-notes, and wondered if it could be related to this. But that would be cross-platform; does this really not affect windows?
Summary: firefox (and Xorg as a consequence) eat all avalable memory with google maps → firefox (and Xorg as a consequence) eat all available memory with google maps
Severity: normal → major
The previous firefox version (1.5.x) does not have this problem
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
seeing this behavior in latest minefield trunk build. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a6pre) Gecko/20070608 Minefield/3.0a6pre
I guess it'd help to add am running on Ubuntu Feisty 7.04, X.Org version 7.2
It might relates to bug 311130. I'm developing a google-maps-like engine and I can confirm this leak/memory issue relates to images loaded within javascript. Had to switch to alternative browser as it was making XOrg's memory grow to 300megs+ Opera on linux does nothing wrong to X when surfing google maps.
Flags: blocking-firefox3?
Hit 'eat, eat more' button cyclically to increase both X and Firefox memory usage.
We don't block on unconfirmed bugs, please renom once confirmed.
Flags: blocking-firefox3?
FYI, after further testing, it seems xorg memory problem is caused by firebug itself or interaction between fb+ff. Once this extension is disabled, xorg memory consumption goes back to normal on pages like maps.google.com.
> memory problem is caused by firebug Well spotted! Yes, I also find that the problem goes away when Firebug is disabled.
There is a Firebug bug filed here: http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=34&q=images It shows a temporary solution without having to turn Firebug entirely off.
Firebug fixed in version 1.1.0, please close this report.
Assignee: nobody → johnjbarton
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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