commit cef2fe28a238d7e445d7c5b4292bfe27c1b71bca Author: Georg Koppen gk@torproject.org Date: Wed Dec 13 14:15:57 2017 +0000

Bug 24398: Plugin-container process exhausts memory

The plugin-container process can thrash/crash due to increasing memory consumption after our workaround for bug 24052. The patch provided by a cypherpunk (bug thanks!) deals with that as far as the Developer Tools are concerned. --- devtools/shared/DevToolsUtils.js | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/devtools/shared/DevToolsUtils.js b/devtools/shared/DevToolsUtils.js index d44184fd6b8e..926420154fe5 100644 --- a/devtools/shared/DevToolsUtils.js +++ b/devtools/shared/DevToolsUtils.js @@ -559,7 +559,8 @@ function newChannelForURL(url, { policy, window, principal }) {

try { return NetUtil.newChannel(channelOptions); - } catch (e) { + } catch (e if e.name === "NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL" && + !(url.startsWith("file://"))) { // In xpcshell tests on Windows, nsExternalProtocolHandler::NewChannel() // can throw NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL if the external protocol isn't // supported by Windows, so we also need to handle the exception here if