On Fri, 30 Oct 2026, Greg Troxel wrote:
I started logging wired memory pages and overnight exited firefox. The data is pretty clear: no firefox running and wired pages are stable; with firefox running they grow, irregularly.
I don't think it's just Firefox. Wired usage increases by 10MB each time ESC is pressed: ``` while :; do glxgears -fullscreen; sleep 1; done ``` This is on an Intel Ice Lake GT1 integrated GPU with the `modesetting' Xorg driver. With the `wsfb' DDX, Firefox wired totals are stable (~9MB). -RVP
