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	== About TraceMonkey ==		== About TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript® engine (known as “SpiderMonkey”). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.		TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript® engine (known as “SpiderMonkey”). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.

Mrz at 03:45, 12 October 2010

2010-10-12T03:45:21Z

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	== About TraceMonkey ==		== About TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s ~~JavaScript~~ engine (known as “SpiderMonkey”). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.		TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript® engine (known as “SpiderMonkey”). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.

	== Playing with TraceMonkey ==		== Playing with TraceMonkey ==

Mrz at 03:43, 12 October 2010

2010-10-12T03:43:39Z

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	== Security Review ==		== Security Review ==
	[[TraceMonkeySecurityReviewForm]]		[[TraceMonkeySecurityReviewForm]]


			Javascript is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
			the U.S. and other countries.

Aporter: /* Playing with TraceMonkey */ change wording to be less ambiguous.

2009-10-17T21:41:02Z

Playing with TraceMonkey: change wording to be less ambiguous.

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	* change the value of “'''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''” to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome.		* change the value of “'''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''” to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome.

	If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant. As of 2009, only ~~nightly 64~~-bit ~~builds~~ have TraceMonkey available.		If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant. As of 2009, of the stable builds only the 32-bit versions of Firefox have TraceMonkey available (use nightly builds for 64-bit support).

	== Hacking on TraceMonkey ==		== Hacking on TraceMonkey ==

Aporter: /* Playing with TraceMonkey */ updating for 2009.

2009-10-17T21:38:45Z

Playing with TraceMonkey: updating for 2009.

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	== Playing with TraceMonkey ==		== Playing with TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey is currently available and ''enabled by default'' ~~for testing~~ in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly builds]. If you want to modify the types of JavaScript that are executed using TraceMonkey:		TraceMonkey is currently available and ''enabled by default'' in stable 32-bit Firefox 3.5+ and [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly builds]. If you want to modify the types of JavaScript that are executed using TraceMonkey:
	* open a new tab;		* open a new tab;
	* type “'''about:config'''” and hit enter;		* type “'''about:config'''” and hit enter;
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	* change the value of “'''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''” to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome.		* change the value of “'''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''” to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome.

	If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant.		If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant. As of 2009, only nightly 64-bit builds have TraceMonkey available.

	== Hacking on TraceMonkey ==		== Hacking on TraceMonkey ==

Jimb: /* TraceMonkey Tasks */ Add verifier task.

2008-11-17T22:44:17Z

TraceMonkey Tasks: Add verifier task.

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	** PPC nanojit		** PPC nanojit
	** built‐in reg usage		** built‐in reg usage
			** Nanojit [[JavaScript:Verifier\|Verifier]]

	== Security Review ==		== Security Review ==
	[[TraceMonkeySecurityReviewForm]]		[[TraceMonkeySecurityReviewForm]]

Etan Wexler: addition of quotation marks

2008-11-01T22:58:54Z

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	== About TraceMonkey ==		== About TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as ~~SpiderMonkey~~). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.		TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as “SpiderMonkey”). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.

	== Playing with TraceMonkey ==		== Playing with TraceMonkey ==

Etan Wexler: addition of a hyphen

2008-11-01T22:49:49Z

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	== About TraceMonkey ==		== About TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey adds ~~native code~~ compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as SpiderMonkey). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.		TraceMonkey adds native‐code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as SpiderMonkey). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.

	== Playing with TraceMonkey ==		== Playing with TraceMonkey ==

Etan Wexler: copy‐editing for punctuation and capitalization

2008-11-01T22:47:54Z

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	== About TraceMonkey ==		== About TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey adds native code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as SpiderMonkey). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace ~~trees“~~], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and ~~web page~~ content.		TraceMonkey adds native code compilation to Mozilla’s JavaScript engine (known as SpiderMonkey). It is based on a technique developed at UC Irvine called [http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Efranz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-16.pdf “trace trees”], and building on code and ideas shared with the Tamarin Tracing project. The net result is a massive speed increase both in the browser chrome and Web‐page content.

	== Playing with TraceMonkey ==		== Playing with TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey is currently available and ''enabled by default'' for testing in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly builds]. If you want to modify the types of JavaScript that are executed using TraceMonkey:		TraceMonkey is currently available and ''enabled by default'' for testing in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly builds]. If you want to modify the types of JavaScript that are executed using TraceMonkey:
	* open a new tab		* open a new tab;
	* type '''about:config''' and hit enter		* type “'''about:config'''” and hit enter;
	* read the warning and heed its wisdom		* read the warning and heed its wisdom;
	* enter '''jit''' in the filter field		* enter “'''jit'''” in the filter field;
	* change the value of '''javascript.options.jit.content''' to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in ~~web~~ content		* change the value of “'''javascript.options.jit.content'''” to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in Web content;
	* change the value of '''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome		* change the value of “'''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''” to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome.

	If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant.		If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant.

	== Hacking on TraceMonkey ==		== Hacking on TraceMonkey ==

	The TM tree is located at http://hg.mozilla.org/tracemonkey.		The TM tree is located at http://hg.mozilla.org/tracemonkey.

	We are currently still in ~~rapid development~~ mode. Our commit policy is as follows: ~~"If~~ you are confident you know what you are doing, push now and prepare to answer questions later if you break the tree." If you have commit access to hg.mozilla.org, feel free to commit any patch you feel is sensible. Even ~~white-space cleanup~~, additional comments or general code ~~cleanup~~/~~naming consistency~~ changes are welcome.		We are currently still in rapid‐development mode. Our commit policy is as follows: if you are confident you know what you are doing, push now and prepare to answer questions later if you break the tree. If you have commit access to hg.mozilla.org, feel free to commit any patch you feel is sensible. Even white‐space clean‐up, additional comments or general code clean‐up/naming‐consistency changes are welcome.

	Run trace-test.js and all benchmarks in t/* before you commit. Commits that break any of these tests are allowed if sensible, but please let everyone know why you break what and what has to happen to fix it.		Run trace-test.js and all benchmarks in t/* before you commit. Commits that break any of these tests are allowed if sensible, but please let everyone know why you break what and what has to happen to fix it.
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	== TraceMonkey Tasks ==		== TraceMonkey Tasks ==

	Beta 1		Beta 1
	** fuzzer bugs fixed		** fuzzer bugs fixed
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	** SSE opts		** SSE opts
	** PPC nanojit		** PPC nanojit
	** ~~built-in~~ reg usage		** built‐in reg usage

	== Security Review ==		== Security Review ==

	[[TraceMonkeySecurityReviewForm]]		[[TraceMonkeySecurityReviewForm]]

Beltzner: /* Playing with TraceMonkey */

2008-10-28T14:10:31Z

Playing with TraceMonkey

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	== Playing with TraceMonkey ==		== Playing with TraceMonkey ==
	TraceMonkey is currently available for testing in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly builds]. ~~You will need~~ to ~~go take~~ the ~~following steps to turn it on~~:		TraceMonkey is currently available and ''enabled by default'' for testing in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ nightly builds]. If you want to modify the types of JavaScript that are executed using TraceMonkey:
	* open a new tab		* open a new tab
	* type '''about:config''' and hit enter		* type '''about:config''' and hit enter
	* read the warning and heed its wisdom		* read the warning and heed its wisdom
	* enter '''jit''' in the filter field		* enter '''jit''' in the filter field
	* ~~double click on~~ '''javascript.options.jit.~~chrome~~''' and '''javascript.options.jit.~~content~~''' to ~~change their values to '''~~true~~'''~~		* change the value of '''javascript.options.jit.content''' to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in web content
			* change the value of '''javascript.options.jit.chrome'''to enable (true) and disable (false) TraceMonkey for JavaScript in XUL/chrome

	If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant.		If you experience instability, please [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org file a bug] and reference any crash report ID that might be relevant.