[webkit-dev] measuring memory usage

[Dominik Roettsches]

Hi Istvan,

> >  I want to measure the "real" maximum memory usage of WebKit under
linux
> >  but I don't know how I can do it. The problem is that a lot of
memory
> >  allocated with `mmap` but it would be interesting to see how much
of the
> >  allocated area is really used. Can somebody help me?

You might also inject some measurement code in WebKit's FastMalloc
memory allocation abstraction. This would give you webkit consumption
only, without any OS, graphics framework and other libraries overhead.

Dominik