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Isolated web co processes hogs cpu and memory, computer becomes unresponsive

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Egil Hop
Egil Hop

suse linux 15.6 firefox 140.9.0esr (64-bit)

An aggressive website can cause "isolated web co" processes to be started. When they hog all processors and memory, the computer besomes unresponsive. Keyboard and mouse freezes up.

Is there a way to limit firefox processes to n-1 processors, leaving 1 processor available for me to kill it ?

suse linux 15.6 firefox 140.9.0esr (64-bit) An aggressive website can cause "isolated web co" processes to be started. When they hog all processors and memory, the computer besomes unresponsive. Keyboard and mouse freezes up. Is there a way to limit firefox processes to n-1 processors, leaving 1 processor available for me to kill it ?

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SuMo Bot
SuMo Bot

Is this what you're looking for? https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/change-how-many-processes-multi-process-firefox-uses/

https://www.ghacks.net/2018/10/12/mozilla-tests-more-content-processes-in-firefox-nightly/

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

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