[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 164052] [GTK] Since the memory pressure relief has been activated, my disk has a high usage and the desktop stalls

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164052

Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez at igalia.com> changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez at igalia.com> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Note also that the memory pressure
> doesn't monitors the webkit memory, but the system memory, so it's possible
> that it's not WebKit the one causing the high memory usage, but we try to
> help in any case by freeing caches, etc.

Is there any easy way of checking how much bytes would be discarded before triggering the handler?

> In those cases it's common that we
> end up freeing very little memory or nothing, we could check that and
> increase the interval to install the handler again.
> If you think we are measuring wrong, or that 90% is too early, file a new
> bug report, please.

An idea can be to avoid executing the memory pressure handler more than 2 or 3 times per minute.

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