Bug 286178

Summary:	Slim down WebContent process before suspending
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Ben Nham <nham>
Component:	WebKit Misc.	Assignee:	Ben Nham <nham>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	Normal	CC:	webkit-bug-importer
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified

Ben Nham

Reported 2025-01-17 16:37:05 PST

We used to call releaseMemory to slim down WebContent processes before suspending, but stopped doing so in the past year or so to make the WebProcess cache more effective. I think we should bring back slimming down processes that contain pages to reduce overall memory impact on the system.

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Radar WebKit Bug Importer

Comment 1 2025-01-17 16:37:15 PST

<rdar://problem/143160263>

Ben Nham

Comment 2 2025-01-17 16:38:33 PST

Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/39221

EWS

Comment 3 2025-01-20 09:56:30 PST

Committed 289156@main (25e995b03685): <https://commits.webkit.org/289156@main> Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #39221 and removing active labels.

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