[tor-bugs] #4804 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: ram consumption

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#4804: ram consumption
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 Reporter:  federico              |          Owner:  pde     
     Type:  enhancement           |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  major                 |      Milestone:          
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:          
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:          
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:          
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Changes (by pde):

  * priority:  normal => major
  * status:  new => accepted


Comment:

 Okay, I've tried to reproduce this.  On a 32 bit linux system I see the
 current git .xpi increasing RAM usage by about 45MB at startup.  That
 leads me to guess that you're on a 64 bit OS, where pointers are twice as
 large?

 Before we barrel ahead with a sqlite storage structure, we should work out
 where the bloat is really coming from (the rule_store.targets object?  The
 RegExp objects in each RuleSet?  Some combination of these?) and figure
 out a solution that addresses it specifically.

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