\o/

Does this get us all the way to "profile talos runs with e10s
enabled", or are there still pieces missing for that? IIRC this set of
patches was a prerequisite for being able to do that.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Mike Conley <mcon...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Just a heads up that there have been recent developments with regards to
> gathering SPS profiles from multiple processes.
>
> Bug 1103094[1] recently landed in mozilla-central, which makes it so that
> if a subprocess starts up _after_ profiling has already been started in the
> parent, then the subprocess will start profiling as well using the same
> features and settings as the parent.
>
> Bug 1193838[2], which is still on inbound, will make it so that if we are
> profiling while a process exits, we will hold onto that profile until the
> profiles are all requested by the parent process for analysis. Right now we
> hold these "exit profiles" in a circular buffer that's hardcoded at an
> arbitrary limit of 5 profiles.
>
> The upshot is that in many cases, if you start profiling, you'll not lose
> any profiles for subprocesses that start or finish before you choose to
> analyze the profiles. \o/
>
> Just wanted to point those out. Thanks to BenWa for the reviews! Happy
> profiling,
>
> -Mike
>
> [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103094
> [2]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1193838
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