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diff --git a/testing/mozbase/docs/mozgeckoprofiler.rst b/testing/mozbase/docs/mozgeckoprofiler.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8e1ae6090d --- /dev/null +++ b/testing/mozbase/docs/mozgeckoprofiler.rst @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +:mod:`mozgeckoprofiler.rst` --- Gecko Profiler utilities +======================================================== + +This module contains various utilities to work with the Firefox Profiler, Gecko's +built-in performance profiler. Gecko itself records the profiles, and can dump them +out to file once the browser shuts down. This package takes those files, symbolicates +them (turns raw memory addresses into function or symbol names), and provides utilities +like opening up a locally stored profile in the Firefox Profiler interface. This +is done by serving the profiles locally, and opening a custom url in profiler.firefox.com. + +:mod:`mozgeckoprofiler.rst` --- File origins in mozgeckoprofiler +---------------------------------------------------------------- +The symbolication files were originally imported from the following repos, +with permission from their respective authors. However, since then the code has +been updated for usage within mozbase. + +https://github.com/vdjeric/Snappy-Symbolication-Server/ +https://github.com/mstange/analyze-tryserver-profiles/ + +The dump_syms_mac binary was copied from the objdir of a Firefox build on Mac. It's a +byproduct of the regular Firefox build process and gets generated in objdir/dist/host/bin/. |