[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 76045] New: Web Inspector: [Chromium] Heap profiler need to track active DOM objects

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76045

           Summary: Web Inspector: [Chromium] Heap profiler need to track
                    active DOM objects
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: mnaganov at chromium.org
                CC: timothy at apple.com, rik at webkit.org, keishi at webkit.org,
                    pmuellr at yahoo.com, joepeck at webkit.org,
                    pfeldman at chromium.org, yurys at chromium.org,
                    bweinstein at apple.com, apavlov at chromium.org,
                    loislo at chromium.org


Active DOM objects are objects that have an internal state (e.g. XMLHttpRequest) and depending on the state may resist to be garbage-collected, even in case when they are not referenced. This way, Js leaks can occur, if such an object holds other objects.

See this report by Jochen Eisinger for details: https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/document/d/1Pd7hcFAUs_sFmpGumEkBonELlyU6diJAO9VXE0u6l7o/edit

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