From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Sep 14 18:34:01 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A651090755 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:34:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailrelay102.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay102.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.20.129]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "relay.skynet.be", Issuer "GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66B818D192 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes IronPort-PHdr: =?us-ascii?q?9a23=3AH3ZSsBR619+6a/3xkhC+2zmG0dpsv+yvbD5Q0Y?= =?us-ascii?q?Iujvd0So/mwa69bRaN2/xhgRfzUJnB7Loc0qyK6/+mATRIyK3CmUhKSIZLWR?= =?us-ascii?q?4BhJdetC0bK+nBN3fGKuX3ZTcxBsVIWQwt1Xi6NU9IBJS2PAWK8TW94jEIBx?= =?us-ascii?q?rwKxd+KPjrFY7OlcS30P2594HObwlSizexfbF/IA+qoQnNq8IbnZZsJqEtxx?= =?us-ascii?q?XTv3BGYf5WxWRmJVKSmxbz+MK994N9/ipTpvws6ddOXb31cKokQ7NYCi8mM3?= =?us-ascii?q?0u683wqRbDVwqP6WACXWgQjxFFHhLK7BD+Xpf2ryv6qu9w0zSUMMHqUbw5Xy?= =?us-ascii?q?mp4qF2QxHqlSgHLSY0/m/XhMJukaxVoxCupxJwzIHIb4+YL+Z+c6HBcd8GWW?= =?us-ascii?q?ZNQthdWipcCY28dYsPCO8BMP5GoYv4o1sFsAWzBQ6rBOP01DBIg2X53ash0+?= =?us-ascii?q?88FgzGwA0gH9AKsHnPrNv1LrkdXv6owafVwzvPdfRW2S3y6IXRdB0qvP+CXb?= =?us-ascii?q?V1ccXLyEkvERvIjluKqYP7ITyazf8NvHWB4+pnT+KvhHYrqg9vrTe0yccsjp?= =?us-ascii?q?PFhoUPylDL8yhy3YU7JcWgRUN4Y9OoCppduiCAO4drQM4vR3tktDs6x7AGv5?= =?us-ascii?q?OwYTIEx449xxHFbvyKa42I4hX+W+mPOTp4n3dleK6nhxa17Eig1vXwVsmq31?= =?us-ascii?q?ZOqSpIitrMuWoJ1xzS78iIVOF9/kC71TaT1gDT6OVELVoomqrcLJ4h2aA/lp?= =?us-ascii?q?8JvkTFBS/6gkL2jLWZdkk8++io7froYqn+q5KfNYJ4kADzP6U0lsCiA+k1Nh?= =?us-ascii?q?ICU3Wb9Om8zLHj+Ff2QLROjv04iKnZt5XaKNwHpq64AQ9V1p0u6xilDzi4zt?= =?us-ascii?q?sXhmIHI09fdBKAlYjpNEnCIOrkAvenn1SsjDBryujIPr37HJrCMGPMkKz8cr?= =?us-ascii?q?pk805czxAzzcxE559PBLEBOuz8VVHqu9zDExA1KQu0w/zoCIY16oRLcGSDGK?= =?us-ascii?q?KQeJ3ft0OV/OUrIqHYYYs9vjvhJfUj7POojGNvynEHeqz84XwTIFu/Ge9rJk?= =?us-ascii?q?yfejK4ntYDFU8kpAczZtfGzlqYXmgAND6JQ6sg62RjW8qdBoDZS9X1jQ=3D?= =?us-ascii?q?=3D?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BhAACw/ptb/5uzQldbGgEBAQEBAgE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEIAQEBAYFQgghCI20SKIwHX4tIAQGCDDMBiRqMc4F6LoRJAoNdIjQYAQM?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQIBAQIBbBwMgjUigmIBBTocIxALDgoJJQ8qHgYTgyKCBQumYohAgUEFhTQ?= =?us-ascii?q?nhSSCAIQkgxsEGIcfAo4Vjh8JhjyJTSKPBYtXii84gVVNMAg7gmyLFYVAPTA?= =?us-ascii?q?BjxQBAQ?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BhAACw/ptb/5uzQldbGgEBAQEBAgEBAQEIAQEBAYFQg?= =?us-ascii?q?ghCI20SKIwHX4tIAQGCDDMBiRqMc4F6LoRJAoNdIjQYAQMBAQIBAQIBbBwMg?= =?us-ascii?q?jUigmIBBTocIxALDgoJJQ8qHgYTgyKCBQumYohAgUEFhTQnhSSCAIQkgxsEG?= =?us-ascii?q?IcfAo4Vjh8JhjyJTSKPBYtXii84gVVNMAg7gmyLFYVAPTABjxQBAQ?= Received: from 155.179-66-87.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([87.66.179.155]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 14 Sep 2018 20:33:53 +0200 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w8EIXqp3051144; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:33:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:33:52 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VMSzbA==?= Coosemans To: Andrea Venturoli Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox constantly trashing disk Message-ID: <20180914203352.56e5e7c7@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <4ec4e2c1-21ec-e889-3105-304ee9a7e63f@netfence.it> References: <4ec4e2c1-21ec-e889-3105-304ee9a7e63f@netfence.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:34:01 -0000 On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:13:57 +0200 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > I think FireFox (ESR) on my system makes really too much disk I/O. > My profile is on an NFS drive, but I hear local disks spinning, so I > guess it's writing to /tmp or /var/tmp (or another local folder). > > Looks like animations are what really make him go mad: just opening > https://get.webgl.org/ will start heavy disk activity which will only > stop when that page is closed; however even a simple gallery, where > images "slide" smoothly, will give a spin any time a button is pressed > and the image changes. > > I'd like to dig into this and understand what it is doing. > > Is there a way I can see what file Firefox is writing too? > I tried "lsof|grep firefox", but that will list some 1200-1300 entries > and I still don't know which is the one. Try the patch in https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=222356 For Firefox ESR you may need the version hidden behind 'Show Obsolete'.