By: Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com), February 28, 2019 2:02 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Howard Chu (hyc.delete@this.symas.com) on February 28, 2019 8:17 am wrote:
> I find that the RSS still grows and also the number of threads grows. Browser performance overall
> slows down over time, most likely due to heap fragmentation, but I'd really like to know why it's
> spawning more threads over time. My current laptop has 32GB of RAM but even that starts to slow
> down after a few days of continual use; exiting and restarting the browser makes things tolerable
> again for a few more days. The overall behavior, continual memory growth and accumulation of threads
> (which tend to be idle whenever I've looked) indicates a broken design somewhere.
Websites can spawn threads on their own (see Web Workers) and they can allocate as much memory as they want. Modern browsers are basically VMs, they run whatever code you give them. Still there's many ways of containing it: preventing websites from loading code (e.g. via NoScript) or using tracking protection to avoid loading tracking code for example.
> I find that the RSS still grows and also the number of threads grows. Browser performance overall
> slows down over time, most likely due to heap fragmentation, but I'd really like to know why it's
> spawning more threads over time. My current laptop has 32GB of RAM but even that starts to slow
> down after a few days of continual use; exiting and restarting the browser makes things tolerable
> again for a few more days. The overall behavior, continual memory growth and accumulation of threads
> (which tend to be idle whenever I've looked) indicates a broken design somewhere.
Websites can spawn threads on their own (see Web Workers) and they can allocate as much memory as they want. Modern browsers are basically VMs, they run whatever code you give them. Still there's many ways of containing it: preventing websites from loading code (e.g. via NoScript) or using tracking protection to avoid loading tracking code for example.
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| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/20 09:03 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/20 09:41 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | Dan Fay | 2019/02/21 07:27 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/20 04:49 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Wilco | 2019/02/20 05:40 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Charles | 2019/02/21 01:16 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 01:26 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | anon | 2019/02/20 07:55 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | JS | 2019/02/20 11:59 PM |
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| ARM announces Ares | Salvatore De Dominicis | 2019/02/21 06:05 AM |
| Definitions of RISC | Brendan | 2019/02/21 09:07 AM |
| Definitions of RISC | Michael S | 2019/02/21 09:16 AM |
| PDP-8 Not Usually Considered RISC | Mark Roulo | 2019/02/21 01:10 PM |
| PDP-8 Not Usually Considered RISC | rwessel | 2019/02/21 06:13 PM |
| Definitions of RISC | Adrian | 2019/02/21 01:42 PM |
| Definitions of RISC (nod to John Mashey and comp.arch) | wumpus | 2019/02/21 05:29 PM |
| Definitions of RISC (nod to John Mashey and comp.arch) | none | 2019/02/21 11:32 PM |
| Definitions of RISC (nod to John Mashey and comp.arch) | Michael S | 2019/02/22 03:28 AM |
| Definitions of RISC (nod to John Mashey and comp.arch) | none | 2019/02/22 07:01 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | lockederboss | 2019/02/20 08:56 AM |
| stability? (NT) | anonymous2 | 2019/02/20 09:01 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/20 09:05 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Groo | 2019/02/20 09:11 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Andrei Frumusanu | 2019/02/20 10:49 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Linus Torvalds | 2019/02/20 09:36 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/20 09:54 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Geoff Langdale | 2019/02/20 02:07 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/20 02:32 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | none | 2019/02/20 11:03 PM |
| That last line should have been removed :-) (NT) | none | 2019/02/20 11:04 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 12:47 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | none | 2019/02/21 02:59 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 03:45 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/21 04:18 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Simon Farnsworth | 2019/02/22 08:43 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | anon | 2019/02/20 08:27 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 12:53 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Linus Torvalds | 2019/02/21 08:03 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 08:35 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 08:51 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Foo_ | 2019/02/21 01:40 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | aaron spink | 2019/02/21 02:56 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Linus Torvalds | 2019/02/21 03:27 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Stoffels | 2019/02/21 11:21 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/22 03:15 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Simon Farnsworth | 2019/02/22 08:41 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | none | 2019/02/22 09:30 AM |
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| In other words: nobody will ever get fired for choosing x86 | Simon Farnsworth | 2019/02/25 03:53 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Foo_ | 2019/02/22 01:52 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/02/24 12:31 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Maynard Handley | 2019/02/25 02:57 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/02/25 03:21 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/25 03:58 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | nobody in particular | 2019/02/25 04:21 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Adrian | 2019/02/26 07:02 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Maynard Handley | 2019/02/25 11:32 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/02/26 11:14 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | David Hess | 2019/03/19 04:34 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | none | 2019/02/26 12:34 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/02/26 11:16 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | none | 2019/02/26 11:19 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | end of an era | 2019/02/24 02:18 PM |
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| ARM announces Ares | hobel | 2019/02/25 01:10 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/25 01:52 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | Andrew Clough | 2019/02/25 01:07 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Maynard Handley | 2019/02/25 11:38 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | John Yates | 2019/02/26 02:43 PM |
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| ARM announces Ares | David Hess | 2019/03/19 04:22 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | David Hess | 2019/03/19 03:54 PM |
| ARMY announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/03/20 02:12 AM |
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| ARMY announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/03/20 05:05 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Groo | 2019/02/21 09:23 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | David Hess | 2019/03/19 04:44 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | juanrga | 2019/02/21 10:52 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | anon | 2019/02/21 07:19 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | hobel | 2019/02/22 02:40 AM |
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| software ecosystems | Foo_ | 2019/02/22 02:15 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/21 04:31 PM |
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| + on hyperscaling | dmcq | 2019/02/22 07:23 AM |
| sorry duplicate | dmcq | 2019/02/22 07:26 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | Brett | 2019/02/21 09:20 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | A. Wilcox | 2019/02/22 02:52 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Doug S | 2019/02/20 02:30 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/20 03:14 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Doug S | 2019/02/21 07:40 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | aaron spink | 2019/02/21 03:05 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Maynard Handley | 2019/02/22 07:48 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | juanrga | 2019/02/21 01:28 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/21 02:25 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | juanrga | 2019/02/22 03:09 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | David Soul | 2019/02/22 10:47 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | juanrga | 2019/02/22 11:23 AM |
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| Chicken or egg, both. | Brett | 2019/02/22 08:55 PM |
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| ARM sales | aaron spink | 2019/02/23 07:47 AM |
| Chicken or egg, both. | Ronald Maas | 2019/02/23 05:33 PM |
| Chicken or egg, both. | Magagop | 2019/02/24 10:18 PM |
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| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/25 09:36 AM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/02/25 09:43 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/02/25 10:35 AM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/02/25 11:03 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/02/25 11:29 AM |
| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/26 09:08 AM |
| why not? | Doug S | 2019/02/26 11:05 AM |
| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/27 03:51 AM |
| why not? | Doug S | 2019/02/27 11:15 AM |
| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/28 12:43 AM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/02/26 10:22 PM |
| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/27 03:59 AM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/02/27 05:42 AM |
| why not? | Magagop | 2019/02/27 02:31 PM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/02/27 04:02 PM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/02/27 04:25 PM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/02/27 04:56 PM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/02/27 05:19 PM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/02/27 05:46 PM |
| why not? | Wilco | 2019/02/28 04:49 AM |
| why not? | Jukka Larja | 2019/02/28 06:02 AM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/02/28 07:32 AM |
| why not? | Wilco | 2019/02/28 08:40 AM |
| why not? | Doug S | 2019/02/28 09:13 AM |
| why not? | Foo_ | 2019/03/01 06:35 AM |
| why not? | Doug S | 2019/03/01 10:05 AM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/03/01 01:32 PM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/03/01 02:13 PM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/03/01 03:13 PM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/03/02 02:56 AM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/03/02 09:09 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/03/02 09:41 AM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/03/02 11:19 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/03/03 02:48 AM |
| why not? | Doug S | 2019/03/02 03:53 PM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/03/02 04:06 PM |
| why not? | Doug S | 2019/03/02 11:54 PM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/03/03 01:58 AM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/03/03 04:35 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/03/03 05:33 AM |
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| why not? | anon | 2019/03/03 09:13 AM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/03/03 11:41 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/03/03 12:21 PM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/03/03 03:15 PM |
| why not? | anon | 2019/02/28 07:38 PM |
| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/28 12:48 AM |
| strawman (NT) | anon | 2019/02/28 07:31 PM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/02/27 02:53 AM |
| why not? | Not the parent | 2019/02/27 04:26 AM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/02/27 04:42 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/02/27 04:49 AM |
| why not? | Michael S | 2019/02/27 05:21 AM |
| why not? | dmcq | 2019/02/27 06:15 AM |
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| Selling at multiple layers | Doug S | 2019/02/27 11:45 AM |
| Selling at multiple layers | Paul A. Clayton | 2019/02/27 01:32 PM |
| Selling at multiple layers | Doug S | 2019/02/27 03:04 PM |
| Paul A. Clayton | 2019/02/27 06:06 PM | |
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| why not? | Doug S | 2019/02/27 11:46 AM |
| why not? (NT) | la mama de murgay | 2019/02/25 09:22 PM |
| Chicken or egg, both. | Ronald Maas | 2019/02/25 12:23 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/02/24 02:07 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | juanrga | 2019/03/02 04:40 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/03/02 07:08 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/03/02 09:10 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | hobel | 2019/02/22 03:33 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | David Soul | 2019/02/22 05:20 PM |
| Troll | Doug S | 2019/02/23 12:37 AM |
| Troll | David Soul | 2019/02/23 07:59 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Ennis | 2019/02/23 01:18 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Foo_ | 2019/02/23 01:38 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | anon | 2019/02/23 02:46 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/23 04:41 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | nobody in particular | 2019/02/26 02:58 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | Howard Chu | 2019/02/27 06:19 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/27 06:57 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Jukka Larja | 2019/02/27 07:11 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/27 07:16 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Doug S | 2019/02/27 11:49 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/02/27 12:43 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Doug S | 2019/02/27 03:06 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gian-Carlo Pascutto | 2019/02/28 04:00 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gian-Carlo Pascutto | 2019/02/28 04:02 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Michael S | 2019/03/01 02:47 AM |
| death by a thousand cuts | Michael S | 2019/03/01 06:27 AM |
| death by a thousand cuts | Foo_ | 2019/03/01 06:37 AM |
| death by a thousand cuts | dmcq | 2019/03/01 11:10 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Jukka Larja | 2019/02/28 05:31 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Howard Chu | 2019/02/28 08:17 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Gabriele Svelto | 2019/02/28 02:02 PM |
| ARM announces Ares | aaron spink | 2019/03/01 12:19 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Andrew Clough | 2019/02/28 10:32 AM |
| ARM announces Ares | Andrew Clough | 2019/02/28 10:33 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | Jukka Larja | 2019/03/01 04:40 AM |
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| ARM announces Ares | dmcq | 2019/02/27 08:17 AM |
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