I am extremely excited because we're testing a new system to detect #Firefox crashes caused by bad memory.
We're currently finding a very high correlation between potential bit-flips detected by this system and crashes we thought were caused by bad hardware.
This will help us in two ways: we'll be able to avoid spending time looking at those crashes and we might also inform users that their memory went bad and they need to have their machines checked.
Gabriele Svelto /
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2023-08-14 14:43:42
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