This patch was reviewed in parts, however the intermediate states would not build:
Bug 1443954 - Part 3A: Strip pointers from the argument to WriteParam and WriteIPDLParam before selecting the ParamTraits impl, r=froydnj
Bug 1443954 - Part 3B: Move nsIAlertNotification serialization to the refcounted system, r=bz
Bug 1443954 - Part 3C: Move geolocation serialization to the refcounted system, r=bz
Bug 1443954 - Part 3D: Move nsIInputStream serialization to the refcounted system, r=baku
Bug 1443954 - Part 3E: Move BlobImpl serialization to the refcounted system, r=baku
Bug 1443954 - Part 3F: Correctly implement ParamTraits for actors after the ParamTraits changes, r=froydnj
This new module simplifies how we interact with PerformanceInfo counters:
- CollectPerformanceInfo: returns all PerformanceInfo instances
- NotifyPerformanceInfo: converts PerformanceInfo in XPCOM and notify them
MozReview-Commit-ID: JedKEtsbQTF
The new struct is in LayersTypes.h, all the rest of the changes are just
replacing existing uint64_t instances with the new LayersId struct.
Note that there is one functional change, in
CompositorBridgeParent::DeallocPWebRenderBridgeParent, where we now
correctly convert the PipelineId to a LayersId before using it to index
into sIndirectLayerTrees, whereas before we were incorrectly just using
the mHandle part of the PipelineId.
MozReview-Commit-ID: GFHZSZiwMrP
We're not using named shared memory, and supporting only anonymous
shared memory allows using other backends that are more compatible
with preventing a process from accessing any shared memory it wasn't
explicitly granted (i.e., sandboxing).
Specifically: SharedMemory::Open is removed; SharedMemory::Create no
longer takes a name, no longer has the open_existing option which doesn't
apply to anonymous memory, and no longer supports read-only memory
(anonymous memory which can never have been written isn't very useful).
This patch also fixes some comments in what remains of SharedMemory::Create.
MozReview-Commit-ID: 4kBrURtxq20
All prefs that need to be sent to a new content process are now put into the
shared memory segment, and they are identified by the pref name instead of an
index into a list. The old IPC used at process startup (in XPCOMInitData) is
removed.
Benefits:
- It removes the need for the early prefs list
(dom/ipc/ContentProcesses.{h,cpp}) and the associated checking, which is ugly
and often trips people up (e.g. bug 1432979, bug 1439406).
- Using prefnames instead of indices fixes some fragility (fixing bug 1419432).
- It fixes the problem of early prefs being installed as unlocked default
values even if they are locked and/or have user values.
MozReview-Commit-ID: FRIzHF8Tjd
They are not yet fully async because ContentParent::InitInternal calls
OtherPid(), which will block until the process is spawned. Deferring the calls
to OtherPid() will be a subject of a follow up patch.
MozReview-Commit-ID: 4TFkMpdQtRw
This patch replaces the large -intPrefs/-boolPrefs/-stringPrefs flags with
a short-lived, anonymous, shared memory segment that is used to pass the early
prefs.
Removing the bloat from the command line is nice, but more important is the
fact that this will let us pass more prefs at content process start-up, which
will allow us to remove the early/late prefs split (bug 1436911).
Although this mechanism is only used for prefs, it's conceivable that it could
be used for other data that must be received very early by children, and for
which the command line isn't ideal.
Notable details:
- Much of the patch deals with the various platform-specific ways of passing
handles/fds to children.
- Linux and Mac: we use a fixed fd (8) in combination with the new
GeckoChildProcessHost::AddFdToRemap() function (which ensures the child
won't close the fd).
- Android: like Linux and Mac, but the handles get passed via "parcels" and
we use the new SetPrefsFd() function instead of the fixed fd.
- Windows: there is no need to duplicate the handle because Windows handles
are system-wide. But we do use the new
GeckoChildProcessHost::AddHandleToShare() function to add it to the list of
inheritable handles. We also ensure that list is processed on all paths
(MOZ_SANDBOX with sandbox, MOZ_SANDBOX without sandbox, non-MOZ_SANDBOX) so
that the handles are marked as inheritable. The handle is passed via the
-prefsHandle flag.
The -prefsLen flag is used on all platforms to indicate the size of the
shared memory segment.
- The patch also moves the serialization/deserialization of the prefs in/out of
the shared memory into libpref, which is a better spot for it. (This means
Preferences::MustSendToContentProcesses() can be removed.)
MozReview-Commit-ID: 8fREEBiYFvc
The meaning of "possibly-changed" is provided by the big comment above
MustSendToContentProcesses.
On a new profile this reduces the number of prefs sent like so:
- Command-line: 222 --> 3
- IPC: 3129 --> 130
On an older profile:
- Command-line: 222 --> 3
- IPC: 3165 --> 180
MozReview-Commit-ID: DcgedhXhZd8
