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June 21, 2012
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Large Memory Usage in Flash Player 11.3.300.257

  • June 21, 2012
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Jeromie Clark wrote:

Hi,


You should see two FlashPlayer_11_3_300_257.exe processes.  This is how Protected Mode in Firefox works.  It does *not* double memory usage. 

Having two FlashPlayerPlugin_11_3_300_257.exe processes may not double memory usage but your 'low-integrity heavy-lifter' process definitely has massive memory usage issues that need fixing.

As I type, this process is using 792MB of RAM all by itself.

Before the Flash update, Firefox's own 'plugin-container.exe' only ever used under 200MB at the very most  This is clearly unacceptable memory hogging by your new Flash process.

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      jeromiec83223024
      Inspiring
      June 21, 2012

      As the issue you're describing is distinct from the problem in the previous discussion, I've branched this into a new discussion so we can discuss it in more detail.

      Flash Player will use a percentage of your available memory.  It also has a garbage collection system that kicks in periodically, and we should not make your system crash or swap to disk excessively.

      If you've seen a significant increase in memory usage on a particular site between Flash Player 11.2 and Flash Player 11.3, or memory usage that grows indefinitely, that may be indiciative of a problem and we'd definitely want to investigate.

      If you can point us to specific links that demonstrate this issue, we'd be happy to take a look.

      Thanks!

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      SwoozyQue
      Participating Frequently
      July 4, 2012

      I play games on Facebook using Firefox.

      When you start FF there are no Flash processes running. If you play a game on Facebook there are now 3 Flash processes running where there used to only 1.

      Also with the Flash 11.2 plug in when you closed the game you were playing on FB the plug in process would close. Now when you close the game with the 11.3 plugin all 3 process continue running.

      If you want specific  examples, I see it playing Treasure Island and Hidden Chronicles.

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      SwoozyQue
      Participating Frequently
      July 5, 2012

      Can you provide a link to these games?


      Both of the above games are available at Zynga.com, but I play them thru Facebook.

      Any link I would give you would take you directly to my game.

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