Bug 253173

Summary:	ask system malloc to free up memory in non-visible Web processes
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Cameron McCormack (:heycam) <heycam>
Component:	WebKit Misc.	Assignee:	Cameron McCormack (:heycam) <heycam>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	Normal	CC:	webkit-bug-importer
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
See Also:	https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255919

Description Cameron McCormack (:heycam) 2023-03-01 11:03:35 PST

We currently do some memory reduction work in non-visible Web processes (those that only have background tabs) off a timer.  We can ask the system malloc to free up memory off one of these timers.

Comment 1 Cameron McCormack (:heycam) 2023-03-01 11:03:45 PST

rdar://106009868

Comment 2 Cameron McCormack (:heycam) 2023-03-01 11:17:16 PST

Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/10883

Comment 3 EWS 2023-03-02 11:36:02 PST

Committed 261087@main (0668d887feed): <https://commits.webkit.org/261087@main>

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #10883 and removing active labels.