89938 - Memory Leaks, mozilla!!!

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Tom]

step 1: record the memory statistic before running the mozilla-0.9.2
step 2: navigate http://www.hotmail.com/
step 3: log in my mail box
step 4: log out my mail box
step 5: exit mozilla-0.9.2
step 6: record the memory statistic after exitting the mozilla-0.9.2
step 7: differentiate the two statisic, about 1M Memory Leaks!

Comment 1

[Håkan Waara]

We are aware that we have memory leaks in Mozilla, but without a log of *where*
the leaks are happening - this is not useful.

Besides, this is in the wrong component. XPCOM is not to blame for faulty usage. :)

Voting for INVALID until we get some useful information.

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Erm.  Memory that's not deallocated upon application exit is _not_ the
application's memory leak.  A memory leak is memory that the application
allocates and loses pointers to so it can't deallocate the memory.

If the memory is not deallocated upon application exit, that's a bug and/or
memory leak in the operating system kernel.

Comment 3

[Edward Kandrot]

I second the vote for INVALID, and marking it as such.