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diff --git a/chromium/tools/memory_watcher/README b/chromium/tools/memory_watcher/README deleted file mode 100644 index 4850b18246f..00000000000 --- a/chromium/tools/memory_watcher/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -memory_watcher is a library that can be linked into chromium to trace the -memory allocations. It works by hooking the system allocation/deallocation -functions, and recording the actions. - -To use memory_watcher in chromium: - -(1) Compile the memory_watcher library (it is part of the solution by default) - -(2) Run chromium with these flags "--memory-profile -no-sandbox" -(The instrumentation doesn't work with the sandbox) - -(3) Hit ctrl-alt-D to generate a dump of the memory allocations. -This will create a log file called memorywatcher.logXXXX for every -chromium process (where XXXX is the pid). - -The log file is a human readable text format, which can be further analyzed -using the helpers in the "scripts/" directory. |