Mozilla memory leak

[Kurt Wall]

On Fri, 31 May 2002 13:10:37 -0500
Michael Hipp <MHipp at RedMule.com> wrote:

> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> > My understanding is that with a threaded app, you're seeing the
> > multiple threads off of the same parent process.  This can best be
> > illustrated using 'pstree'.  Its not a lie at all, just an
> > interpretation.
> 
> Pstree tells me they're threaded. But what does it mean? Is/isn't Moz
> using gobs of memory (55+%)?
> 
> > Looks like Opera does quite well.  However, you can't ignore the fact
> > that you need to run about 10 other KDE related processes (which are
> > not specifically part of the Konqie proc) in order to fire up Konqie
> > in the first place.  Add up all of their resource utilizations, and it
> > will most likely outdue Mozilla by far.
> 
> True, but if you're running KDE anyway, it's a sunk cost. So Konq
> becomes very efficient in that sense. But, like Koffice, it's just not a
> real contender.

True. My notion of "sunk cost" is a brand new Ferrarri sitting in two feet
of water in the median of the freeway. ;-)

> That's what I'm trying to do also, and Moz seems like the *logical*
> choice. But this reasource issue shouldn't be ignored.

Agreed, but I think much of the resource consumption comes from KDE. Using
v or -v with ps shows a slightly different memory usage profile:

$ ps -axv | head 1
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME  MAJFL   TRS   DRS  RSS %MEM COMMAND
$ ps -axv | grep moz
 4935 pts/1    S      0:03   3574    47 33764 23204  9.0 /usr/lib/mozilla/mozill
 4940 pts/1    S      0:00      1    47 33764 23204  9.0 /usr/lib/mozilla/mozill
 4941 pts/1    S      0:00      4    47 33764 23204  9.0 /usr/lib/mozilla/mozill
 4942 pts/1    S      0:00     87    47 33764 23204  9.0 /usr/lib/mozilla/mozill

Kurt
-- 
Your lucky number has been disconnected.