Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:12:34 +0200 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FireFox memory usage Message-ID: <3770-tx19-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20170915133803.GA2170@home.opsec.eu> (Kurt Jaeger's message of "Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:38:03 %2B0200") References: <a891f402-c392-4d2f-fc8d-a397c8d0ab72@netfence.it> <20170915133803.GA2170@home.opsec.eu>
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Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> writes: > Hi! > >> Since a few days my 4GiB desktop is crawling due to swap usage and >> looking at top, I see FireFox using almost 7GiB of RAM (SIZE column), >> 2.5 of which are "RES". > > Firefox memory usage grows without bounds, depending on the > websites you visit. I do not close my browser, it sometimes > runs for several months. It can easily consume 5-7 GB with > approx. 50 open browser windows. Maybe check if Firefox 57 (see bug 222693) improves memory usage to rule out legacy extensions with layers of e10s compatibility shims. > That's an issue the mozilla foundation should work on... Neither Mozilla Foundation nor FreeBSD Foundation directly support Firefox on FreeBSD. However, even with only volunteers things get fixed sometimes as long as someone files a bug.
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