We can use the histogram facility in chrome to collect data from a dev channel release. It should only take a few weeks to get good data. What exactly do we want to measure to settle on a value?
Linus On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:24 AM, David Hyatt wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:52 AM, Darin Fisher wrote: > > > I can appreciate that you aren't interested in revisiting this problem after > having resolved it finally by adding the clamp. I believe you when you say > you had compelling evidence too. > > > We are interested in revisiting the problem or we wouldn't be suggesting a > new high resolution timer API. > > I'm with Hyatt. The reason we are having this thread is precisely to revisit > the problem. > > I don't know how clear I was in the previous email, but basically it can > take a lot of time before you see problems. What happens is a site makes a > change, screws up and puts in an unintentional setTimeout loop, and then > they pwn the CPU of a browser with no clamp. They don't discover it because > every browser has a pretty high clamp. When we had these issues, they'd > basically crop up one site at a time every so often. The good news is that > usually the sites would fix the problems, but the bad news is it could take > a while, and angry users would be switching to Firefox. > > That is what I was alluding to when I said it took us 3.5 years to first > realize we had to add the clamp. The problems come and go, but they are > consistently a problem, and it can take a while to realize it. > However, the bug Mike cited seems to mention problems with the 1ms limit on > some real sites: > <http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=792>. At least 5 sites > are mentioned, including nytimes. > I think we are converging on some good solutions (somewhat lower basic > clamp, new highres API) and I regret if this thread has felt hostile to > anyone. > Regards, > Maciej > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
