Performance:Tinderbox Tests: Difference between revisions

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   export XPCOM_MEM_REFCNT_LOG=bloat.log
   export XPCOM_MEM_REFCNT_LOG=bloat.log
   <appname> resource:///res/bloatcycle.html
   <appname> resource:///res/bloatcycle.html
The size of the log file can easily exceeds several gigabytes on Linux and with a 32-bit browser build the above command may generate an error when the log size reaches 2GB:
  File size limit exceeded
As a workaround use the following command to compress the log file:
  export XPCOM_MEM_REFCNT_LOG=/dev/stdout
  <appname> resource:///res/bloatcycle.html | gzip > bloat.log.gz


If you want to compare two runs (e.g. test a change) do something like this:
If you want to compare two runs (e.g. test a change) do something like this:
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