[webkit-dev] is WebKit leaking or caching memory?

[Holger Freyther]

On Monday 01 December 2008 13:22:08 Luka Napotnik wrote:


> Now I'm asking if the memory increment is a result of WebKit caching
> subsystem or could that be a leak? Keep in mind that I click/refresh the
> same page over and over again.

Leak, Cache, Memory fragmentation are all possible. I think by default we do 
not cache.... so leaking and fragmentation are more likely. Someone found a 
leak in the Font handling of Gtk+ [1] (first bit) which might apply to the 
stock Gtk+ as well.

z.

[1] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15914#c45