Re: Memory tools documentation overhaul
Great work Nick. As an FYI, we also have this page about FxOS perf testing: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps/Build/Performance/Firefox_OS_performance_testing I think what you’ve done is right though - no need to link all the Firefox OS perf stuff from the main perf page. It probably needs reorganizing before then anyway. Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN cmi...@mozilla.com || @chrisdavidmills > On 29 Oct 2014, at 21:19, Steve Fink wrote: > > On 10/28/2014 11:16 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Nicholas Nethercote >> wrote: >>> Both of these pages now just contain a single link to >>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance, which has a >>> new >>> section "Memory profiling and leak detection tools" with links to pages for >>> all >>> of our tools: >>> >>> - about:memory >> Relatedly, I've just added a new section to this page. It contains >> instructions for non-experts on how to generate memory reports, e.g. >> for attaching to a bug or writing as a comment on a website. See >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance/about:memory#How_to_generate_memory_reports > > \o/ > > I think this is really important. Thank you for doing this! How can we > get this included in the automated support snippets that > support.mozilla.com seems to use? > > Also, in reading through the document, I wonder if it would be useful to > add a "File a bug" link to about:memory? Or would that be a source of > too much noise? (I'm not sure how to make it auto-upload the memory > report, either.) > > ___ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform ___ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
Re: Memory tools documentation overhaul
On 10/28/2014 11:16 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Nicholas Nethercote > wrote: >> Both of these pages now just contain a single link to >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance, which has a new >> section "Memory profiling and leak detection tools" with links to pages for >> all >> of our tools: >> >> - about:memory > Relatedly, I've just added a new section to this page. It contains > instructions for non-experts on how to generate memory reports, e.g. > for attaching to a bug or writing as a comment on a website. See > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance/about:memory#How_to_generate_memory_reports \o/ I think this is really important. Thank you for doing this! How can we get this included in the automated support snippets that support.mozilla.com seems to use? Also, in reading through the document, I wonder if it would be useful to add a "File a bug" link to about:memory? Or would that be a source of too much noise? (I'm not sure how to make it auto-upload the memory report, either.) ___ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
Re: Memory tools documentation overhaul
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: > > Both of these pages now just contain a single link to > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance, which has a new > section "Memory profiling and leak detection tools" with links to pages for > all > of our tools: > > - about:memory Relatedly, I've just added a new section to this page. It contains instructions for non-experts on how to generate memory reports, e.g. for attaching to a bug or writing as a comment on a website. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance/about:memory#How_to_generate_memory_reports Nick ___ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
Memory tools documentation overhaul
Hi, I've just finished a major overhaul of our documentation about memory-related tools. We used to have two main pages on this topic: - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Performance:Leak_Tools - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Debugging/Debugging_memory_leaks There was some overlap between the pages, the ordering was confusing, some of the information was out-of-date, and wiki.m.o isn't the right place for this information. Both of these pages now just contain a single link to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Performance, which has a new section "Memory profiling and leak detection tools" with links to pages for all of our tools: - about:memory - DMD - areweslimyet.com - BloatView - Refcount tracing and balancing - GC and CC logs - Valgrind - LSAN - Apple tools - TraceMalloc - Leak Gauge These pages contain cleaned-up content mostly from the two links mentioned above. There is also a page on "Leak-hunting strategies and tips" which contains a mish-mash of things from the two links that didn't fit neatly into any of the tool-specific pages. If you use any of these tools, please take a look at the docs and check them for correctness. Some of the documentation is old and probably wrong, especially in the "Leak-hunting strategies and tips". Please ask me if you have any questions. There's also this page, which is B2G specific: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Debugging/Debugging_OOMs. I've kept that separate for now, and it's not mentioned in the "Memory profiling and leak detection tools" section. Thanks. Nick ___ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
