I'm working on showing JS objects retainers. But this only works for
objects that live inside V8's heap. I'm not considering links between
JS wrappers and C++ objects. I know Vitaly (cc'ed) wanted to do
something about such cycles.
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 01:47, Jens Alfke <s...@google.com> wrote:
>
> Are there any utilities that can be used to see which native (DOM)
> objects are being referenced by JavaScript objects, and to follow
> references between JS objects to understand what's keeping an object
> from being GCd?
>
> (I'm working on reducing Chrome memory usage. One thing I've
> discovered is that WebCore::DOMWindow objects (and all their
> associated object trees) are sometimes being left behind. JavaScript
> seems to be implicated, as the problem goes away if I disable JS. So
> something in V8 seems to be holding onto references to DOMWindows, and
> I'd like to find out what it is.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> —Jens
> >
>
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