Auto-tools/Projects/XTalos

Summary

Integrate talos testing to measure with xperf and provide various page load techniques to measure code paths our users normally do.

Team

• Talos Developer: jmaher
• Platform Developer: taras, sdwilsh
• Talos Advisor: anode

Release Requirements

• turn on xperf (windows 7) for talos ts and tp4 tests
• replace cpu,memory,private bytes, etc.. with xperf (windows 7) collection
• modify pageloader to load pages with keypress or link clicking
  • for tp4 (initially)

Next Steps

• get .etl file scraper for existing xperf tests [etlparser.py]
• start review process of xperf patch for talos bug 609111
• make decisions on future xperf usage (replace current counter collection)
• make decisions on realistic tests to run this on
• make decisions on pageloader modifications

Open Issues

• what data to parse out of .etl file
  • # files accessed during startup
  • list of files accessed during tp on main thread
• how to upload .etl files from talos test slaves
• where to put .etl files for referencing
• where/how to upload the test results we generate

Related Bugs & Dependencies

• bug 609111 - passed prototype stage, preparing releng machines, need to start reviews.

Goals/Use Cases

• provide useful non time based performance data to improve Firefox performance on Windows

Non-Goals

• rewriting talos for mac/linux.
• measuring user use cases (like clicking on menu's, bookmarks, etc...)

Other Documentation

• repository for [xperf toolchain]
• TODO: include links to xperf and related stuff