[webkit-qt] webkit- Memory consumption increases per page load

[Zoltan Horvath]

Hey Tarandeep,

please repeat your investigation with Qt-4.6.2, because there were memory 
consumption improvements since 4.6.1.

Zoltan

On Wednesday 19 May 2010, at 22:17, Tarandeep Singh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use webkit (QT) as a server and render pages as and when url
> request comes. However, I found that the memory consumption of webkit
> process increases with every (different) page load. Fearing that there
> could be some problem in my code,  I tried the domtraversal example that
> comes with qt.
> 
> After every page load I clear the cache-
> 
>   QWebSettings *gs = QWebSettings::globalSettings( );
>     gs->setMaximumPagesInCache( 0);
>     gs->setObjectCacheCapacities( 0, 0, 0);
>     gs->setOfflineStorageDefaultQuota( 0);
>     gs->setOfflineWebApplicationCacheQuota( 0);
>     gs->clearIconDatabase( );
>     gs->clearMemoryCaches( );
> 
> However the memory foot print of the domtraversal example keeps on
> increasing as I keep browsing the pages.
> 
> I am using qt-4.6.1 on Ubuntu/RHEL linux.
> 
> Can anyone please let me know how to prevent the memory usage from going up
> with every request.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tarandeep
> PS I can send pmap output of the process if one is interested to see