Closed
Bug 745948
Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
Massive increase in memory on ska.ac.za and cookit.e2bn.org, caused by something in the profile (but not add-ons)
Categories
(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
INCOMPLETE
People
(Reporter: friedel, Unassigned)
Details
I am using Firefox 12, currently beta. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0. I recently visited a web page that caused Firefox to use enormous amounts of RAM. It would very quickly fill my system's memory and start swapping aggressively, far beyond what is normally used by Firefox. My system has 2GB of RAM, and Firefox usually only uses a few hundred MB of RAM. This is the site: http://ska.ac.za/ It is reproducable, even without addons, but not in a clean profile. Today I experienced the same with another site: http://cookit.e2bn.org/ The same effect is reproducable here, even without addons, but not in a clean profile. I haven't experienced this on any other sites, even though I use this system most of the day. I have loads of modified preferences. I can paste it here if it will be helpful.
yes, all of about:support would be useful, along with about:memory?verbose
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Comment 2•12 years ago
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I can't reach about:memory while the problem is present (the browser and the whole machine is basically unusable due to massive amounts of IO due to swapping). When I finally manage to close the tab, the memory is freed immediately and returned to the OS.
Here is about:support. It is in Afrikaans, so feel free to ask if that confuses things and I can translate anything.
Basiese toepassingdetails
Naam
Firefox
Weergawe
12.0
Gebruikeragent
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
Profielgids
Open Directory
Aktiveer inproppe
about:plugins
Boukonfigurasie
about:buildconfig
Omvalverslae
about:crashes
Geheuegebruik
about:memory
Uitbreidings
Naam
Weergawe
Geaktiveer
ID
Adblock Plus
2.0.3
true
{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
BugzillaJS
2.0.3
true
jid0-NgMDcEu2B88AbzZ6ulHodW9sJzA@jetpack
Collusion
0.16.2
true
jid1-F9UJ2thwoAm5gQ@jetpack
DownloadHelper
4.9.9
true
{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
Firebug
1.9.2b1
true
firebug@software.joehewitt.com
Flashblock
1.5.15.1
true
{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
OptimizeGoogle
0.79.1
true
optimizegoogle@optimizegoogle.com
PDF Viewer
0.2.537
true
uriloader@pdf.js
Speltoetser vir Afrikaans
20110323
true
af-ZA@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org
Speltoetser vir "English (South Africa)"
20110323
true
en-ZA@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org
Tree Style Tab
0.14.2012021101
true
treestyletab@piro.sakura.ne.jp
Accentuate.us
0.9.1
false
addons-mozilla@accentuate.us
Dictionary Switcher
1.3.2
false
dictionary-switcher@design-noir.de
Page Speed
1.12.0.3
false
{e3f6c2cc-d8db-498c-af6c-499fb211db97}
Quick Locale Switcher
1.7.8
false
{25A1388B-6B18-46c3-BEBA-A81915D0DE8F}
Speltoetser vir "Northern Sotho (South Africa)"
20110323
false
ns-ZA@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org
Speltoetser vir "Zulu (South Africa)"
20110323
false
zu-ZA@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org
Test Pilot
1.2.1
false
testpilot@labs.mozilla.com
Web Developer
1.1.9
false
{c45c406e-ab73-11d8-be73-000a95be3b12}
Important Modified Preferences
Naam
Waarde
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar
0
browser.cache.disk.capacity
1048576
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run
false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value
235520
browser.display.screen_resolution
0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror
180
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
0
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML
false
browser.places.importDefaults
false
browser.places.leftPaneFolderId
-1
browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations
false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri
false
browser.startup.homepage
about:blank
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20120411064248
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:12.0
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent
false
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace
false
browser.tabs.onTop
false
dom.disable_window_move_resize
true
extensions.lastAppVersion
12.0
font.language.group
ar
font.minimum-size.ar
16
font.minimum-size.th
0
font.minimum-size.x-western
11
font.name.monospace.ar
monospace
font.name.sans-serif.ar
Amiri
font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode
Code2000
font.name.serif.ar
Amiri
font.name.serif.th
sans-serif
font.name.serif.x-western
sans-serif
font.size.fixed.x-central-euro
11
font.size.variable.x-central-euro
11
font.size.variable.x-western
13
general.useragent.locale
af-ZA
gfx.blacklist.suggested-driver-version
<Anything with EXT_texture_from_pixmap support>
javascript.options.strict
true
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
network.http.max-connections
34
network.http.spdy.enabled
true
places.database.lastMaintenance
1334514066
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
12176
places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size
20283146
places.last_vacuum
1304426077
privacy.donottrackheader.enabled
true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.OCSP.disable_button.managecrl
false
security.OCSP.require
true
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
Grafika
Passtukbeskrywing
GLXtest process failed (exited with status 1): GLX version older than the required 1.3
WebGL-weergewer
Geblokkeer op jou grafikakaart vanweë onopgeloste drywerprobleme.
GPU-versnelde vensters
0. Geblokkeer op die weergawe van jou grafikadrywer. Werk jou grafikadrywer by na weergawe <Anything with EXT_texture_from_pixmap support> of jonger.
AzureBackend
skia
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Comment 3•12 years ago
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The best way to figure this out is for you to find the way to reproduce this problem. Some things you could check: - does this occur on other Firefox versions (like release (11)/nightly)? - it might be useful to check a en-US build to see if it has the same problem - try copying stuff from the problematic profile to a new profile to see if you can find the specific list of things that cause the problem (e.g. prefs.js, userContent/userChrome.css)
Status: NEW → UNCONFIRMED
Ever confirmed: false
Summary: Massive increase in memory → Massive increase in memory on ska.ac.za and cookit.e2bn.org, caused by something in the profile (but not add-ons)
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Comment 4•12 years ago
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Friedel, does this reproduce with nightly build and clean profile? I am unable to reproduce with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:15.0) Gecko/15.0 Firefox/15.0a1. memory use is nominal
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Comment 5•12 years ago
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It didn't happen with a clean profile even on the Beta version I had then (12). I recently experienced this on another site with Beta 13. If I can find extra time I'll try to play around with Reset Firefox or similar.
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Comment 6•12 years ago
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I just used Reset Firefox, and the problem is gone. I experienced this recently on more and more sites, but luckily this is gone. I hope it doesn't affect too many users. Should we close this bug? I guess there is not enough useful information.
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Comment 7•12 years ago
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Yeah, right now the bug is not actionable, and there's no way to tell what percentage of users the underlying issue affects... So unless you have a backup of your profile (that reproduces the issue) and have time (or can find someone else) to do what I suggested in the third bullet of comment 3, the bug should be closed. Please reopen if you figure out the problematic setting.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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