Bug 956218 - '(PBackground) Add a mechanism for communicating with a non-main I/O thread via thread and process links'. r=mrbkap.

dom/ipc/ContentChild.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/dom/PCrashReporterChild.h"
 #include "mozilla/dom/DOMStorageIPC.h"
 #include "mozilla/hal_sandbox/PHalChild.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/BackgroundChild.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/GeckoChildProcessHost.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/TestShellChild.h"
 #include "mozilla/layers/CompositorChild.h"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/unused.h"
 
 #include "nsIConsoleListener.h"
+#include "nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback.h"
 #include "nsIInterfaceRequestorUtils.h"
 #include "nsIMemoryReporter.h"
 #include "nsIMemoryInfoDumper.h"
@@ -302,6 +304,34 @@ SystemMessageHandledObserver::Observe(nsISupports* aSubject,
 
 NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS1(SystemMessageHandledObserver, nsIObserver)
 
+class BackgroundChildPrimer MOZ_FINAL :
+  public nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback
+{
+public:
+    BackgroundChildPrimer()
+    { }
+
+    NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
+
+private:
+    ~BackgroundChildPrimer()
+    { }
+
+    virtual void
+    ActorCreated(PBackgroundChild* aActor) MOZ_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        MOZ_ASSERT(aActor, "Failed to create a PBackgroundChild actor!");
+    }
+
+    virtual void
+    ActorFailed() MOZ_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        MOZ_CRASH("Failed to create a PBackgroundChild actor!");
+    }
+};
+
+NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS1(BackgroundChildPrimer, nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback)
+
 ContentChild* ContentChild::sSingleton;
 
 ContentChild::ContentChild()
@@ -434,6 +464,16 @@ ContentChild::AppendProcessId(nsACString& aName)
 void
 ContentChild::InitXPCOM()
 {
+    // Do this as early as possible to get the parent process to initialize the
+    // background thread since we'll likely need database information very soon.
+    BackgroundChild::Startup();
+
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback> callback =
+        new BackgroundChildPrimer();
+    if (!BackgroundChild::GetOrCreateForCurrentThread(callback)) {
+        MOZ_CRASH("Failed to create PBackgroundChild!");
+    }
+
     nsCOMPtr<nsIConsoleService> svc(do_GetService(NS_CONSOLESERVICE_CONTRACTID));
     if (!svc) {
         NS_WARNING("Couldn't acquire console service");
@@ -585,6 +625,13 @@ ContentChild::AllocPImageBridgeChild(mozilla::ipc::Transport* aTransport,
     return ImageBridgeChild::StartUpInChildProcess(aTransport, aOtherProcess);
 }
 
+PBackgroundChild*
+ContentChild::AllocPBackgroundChild(Transport* aTransport,
+                                    ProcessId aOtherProcess)
+{
+    return BackgroundChild::Alloc(aTransport, aOtherProcess);
+}
+
 bool
 ContentChild::RecvSetProcessPrivileges(const ChildPrivileges& aPrivs)
 {

dom/ipc/ContentChild.h

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool RecvSetProcessPrivileges(const ChildPrivileges& aPrivs) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
 
+    PBackgroundChild*
+    AllocPBackgroundChild(Transport* aTransport, ProcessId aOtherProcess)
+                          MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
     virtual PBrowserChild* AllocPBrowserChild(const IPCTabContext &aContext,
                                               const uint32_t &chromeFlags);
     virtual bool DeallocPBrowserChild(PBrowserChild*);

dom/ipc/ContentParent.cpp

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "mozilla/dom/telephony/TelephonyParent.h"
 #include "SmsParent.h"
 #include "mozilla/hal_sandbox/PHalParent.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/BackgroundChild.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/BackgroundParent.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/TestShellParent.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/InputStreamUtils.h"
 #include "mozilla/layers/CompositorParent.h"
@@ -139,6 +141,11 @@ using namespace mozilla::system;
 #include "mozilla/dom/SpeechSynthesisParent.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_TESTS
+#include "mozilla/ipc/PBackgroundChild.h"
+#include "nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback.h"
+#endif
+
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCClipboardCID, NS_CLIPBOARD_CID);
 static const char* sClipboardTextFlavors[] = { kUnicodeMime };
 
@@ -156,6 +163,121 @@ using namespace mozilla::layers;
 using namespace mozilla::net;
 using namespace mozilla::jsipc;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_TESTS
+
+class BackgroundTester MOZ_FINAL : public nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback,
+                                   public nsIObserver
+{
+    static uint32_t sCallbackCount;
+
+private:
+    ~BackgroundTester()
+    { }
+
+    virtual void
+    ActorCreated(PBackgroundChild* aActor) MOZ_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(aActor,
+                           "Failed to create a PBackgroundChild actor!");
+
+        NS_NAMED_LITERAL_CSTRING(testStr, "0123456789");
+
+        PBackgroundTestChild* testActor =
+            aActor->SendPBackgroundTestConstructor(testStr);
+        MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(testActor);
+
+        if (!sCallbackCount) {
+            PBackgroundChild* existingBackgroundChild =
+                BackgroundChild::GetForCurrentThread();
+
+            MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(existingBackgroundChild);
+            MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(existingBackgroundChild == aActor);
+
+            bool ok =
+                existingBackgroundChild->
+                    SendPBackgroundTestConstructor(testStr);
+            MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(ok);
+
+            // Callback 3.
+            ok = BackgroundChild::GetOrCreateForCurrentThread(this);
+            MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(ok);
+        }
+
+        sCallbackCount++;
+    }
+
+    virtual void
+    ActorFailed() MOZ_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        MOZ_CRASH("Failed to create a PBackgroundChild actor!");
+    }
+
+    NS_IMETHOD
+    Observe(nsISupports* aSubject, const char* aTopic, const char16_t* aData)
+            MOZ_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        nsCOMPtr<nsIObserverService> observerService =
+            mozilla::services::GetObserverService();
+        MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(observerService);
+
+        nsresult rv = observerService->RemoveObserver(this, aTopic);
+        MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+
+        if (!strcmp(aTopic, "profile-after-change")) {
+            if (Preferences::GetBool("pbackground.testing", false)) {
+                rv = observerService->AddObserver(this, "xpcom-shutdown",
+                                                  false);
+                MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+
+                // Callback 1.
+                bool ok = BackgroundChild::GetOrCreateForCurrentThread(this);
+                MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(ok);
+
+                // Callback 2.
+                ok = BackgroundChild::GetOrCreateForCurrentThread(this);
+                MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(ok);
+            }
+
+            return NS_OK;
+        }
+
+        if (!strcmp(aTopic, "xpcom-shutdown")) {
+            MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(sCallbackCount == 3);
+
+            return NS_OK;
+        }
+
+        MOZ_CRASH("Unknown observer topic!");
+    }
+
+public:
+    NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS
+};
+
+uint32_t BackgroundTester::sCallbackCount = 0;
+
+NS_IMPL_ISUPPORTS2(BackgroundTester, nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback,
+                                     nsIObserver)
+
+#endif // ENABLE_TESTS
+
+void
+MaybeTestPBackground()
+{
+#ifdef ENABLE_TESTS
+    // This is called too early at startup to test preferences directly. We have
+    // to install an observer to be notified when preferences are available.
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIObserverService> observerService =
+        mozilla::services::GetObserverService();
+    MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(observerService);
+
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIObserver> observer = new BackgroundTester();
+    nsresult rv = observerService->AddObserver(observer, "profile-after-change",
+                                               false);
+    MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+#endif
+}
+
 namespace mozilla {
 namespace dom {
 
@@ -342,10 +464,16 @@ ContentParent::StartUp()
     // Note: This reporter measures all ContentParents.
     RegisterStrongMemoryReporter(new ContentParentsMemoryReporter());
 
+    BackgroundChild::Startup();
+
     sCanLaunchSubprocesses = true;
 
     // Try to preallocate a process that we can transform into an app later.
     PreallocatedProcessManager::AllocateAfterDelay();
+
+    // Test the PBackground infrastructure on ENABLE_TESTS builds when a special
+    // testing preference is set.
+    MaybeTestPBackground();
 }
 
 /*static*/ void
@@ -1976,6 +2104,13 @@ ContentParent::AllocPImageBridgeParent(mozilla::ipc::Transport* aTransport,
     return ImageBridgeParent::Create(aTransport, aOtherProcess);
 }
 
+PBackgroundParent*
+ContentParent::AllocPBackgroundParent(Transport* aTransport,
+                                      ProcessId aOtherProcess)
+{
+    return BackgroundParent::Alloc(this, aTransport, aOtherProcess);
+}
+
 bool
 ContentParent::RecvGetProcessAttributes(uint64_t* aId,
                                         bool* aIsForApp, bool* aIsForBrowser)

dom/ipc/ContentParent.h

@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ private:
     AllocPImageBridgeParent(mozilla::ipc::Transport* aTransport,
                             base::ProcessId aOtherProcess) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
 
+    PBackgroundParent*
+    AllocPBackgroundParent(Transport* aTransport, ProcessId aOtherProcess)
+                           MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
     virtual bool RecvGetProcessAttributes(uint64_t* aId,
                                           bool* aIsForApp,
                                           bool* aIsForBrowser) MOZ_OVERRIDE;

dom/ipc/PContent.ipdl

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 include protocol PAsmJSCacheEntry;
+include protocol PBackground;
 include protocol PBlob;
 include protocol PBluetooth;
 include protocol PBrowser;
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ intr protocol PContent
 {
     parent opens PCompositor;
     parent opens PImageBridge;
+    child opens PBackground;
 
     manages PAsmJSCacheEntry;
     manages PBlob;

dom/ipc/moz.build

@@ -118,4 +118,8 @@ for var in ('MOZ_PERMISSIONS', 'MOZ_CHILD_PERMISSIONS'):
     if CONFIG[var]:
         DEFINES[var] = True
 
+if CONFIG['ENABLE_TESTS']:
+    DEFINES['ENABLE_TESTS'] = 1
+
 JAR_MANIFESTS += ['jar.mn']
+

ipc/glue/BackgroundChild.h

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_ipc_backgroundchild_h__
+#define mozilla_ipc_backgroundchild_h__
+
+#include "base/process.h"
+#include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/Transport.h"
+
+class nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback;
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace dom {
+
+class ContentChild;
+class ContentParent;
+
+} // namespace dom
+
+namespace ipc {
+
+class PBackgroundChild;
+
+// This class allows access to the PBackground protocol. PBackground allows
+// communication between any thread (in the parent or a child process) and a
+// single background thread in the parent process. Each PBackgroundChild
+// instance is tied to the thread on which it is created and must not be shared
+// across threads. Each PBackgroundChild is unique and valid as long as its
+// designated thread lives.
+//
+// Creation of PBackground is asynchronous. GetForCurrentThread() will return
+// null until the sequence is complete. GetOrCreateForCurrentThread() will start
+// the creation sequence and will call back via the
+// nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback interface when completed. Thereafter
+// (assuming success) GetForCurrentThread() will return the same actor every
+// time.
+//
+// The PBackgroundChild actor and all its sub-protocol actors will be
+// automatically destroyed when its designated thread completes.
+class BackgroundChild MOZ_FINAL
+{
+  friend class mozilla::dom::ContentChild;
+  friend class mozilla::dom::ContentParent;
+
+  typedef base::ProcessId ProcessId;
+  typedef mozilla::ipc::Transport Transport;
+
+public:
+  // See above.
+  static PBackgroundChild*
+  GetForCurrentThread();
+
+  // See above.
+  static bool
+  GetOrCreateForCurrentThread(nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback* aCallback);
+
+private:
+  // Only called by ContentChild or ContentParent.
+  static void
+  Startup();
+
+  // Only called by ContentChild.
+  static PBackgroundChild*
+  Alloc(Transport* aTransport, ProcessId aOtherProcess);
+};
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif // mozilla_ipc_backgroundchild_h__

ipc/glue/BackgroundChildImpl.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "BackgroundChildImpl.h"
+
+#include "mozilla/ipc/PBackgroundTestChild.h"
+#include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+class TestChild MOZ_FINAL : public mozilla::ipc::PBackgroundTestChild
+{
+  friend class mozilla::ipc::BackgroundChildImpl;
+
+  nsCString mTestArg;
+
+  TestChild(const nsCString& aTestArg)
+  : mTestArg(aTestArg)
+  {
+    MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundTestChild);
+  }
+
+  ~TestChild()
+  {
+    MOZ_COUNT_DTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundTestChild);
+  }
+
+  virtual bool
+  Recv__delete__(const nsCString& aTestArg) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+};
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+BackgroundChildImpl::BackgroundChildImpl()
+{
+  // May happen on any thread!
+  MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundChildImpl);
+}
+
+BackgroundChildImpl::~BackgroundChildImpl()
+{
+  // May happen on any thread!
+  MOZ_COUNT_DTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundChildImpl);
+}
+
+void
+BackgroundChildImpl::ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy)
+{
+  // May happen on any thread!
+}
+
+PBackgroundTestChild*
+BackgroundChildImpl::AllocPBackgroundTestChild(const nsCString& aTestArg)
+{
+  return new TestChild(aTestArg);
+}
+
+bool
+BackgroundChildImpl::DeallocPBackgroundTestChild(PBackgroundTestChild* aActor)
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aActor);
+
+  delete static_cast<TestChild*>(aActor);
+  return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+bool
+TestChild::Recv__delete__(const nsCString& aTestArg)
+{
+  MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(aTestArg == mTestArg,
+                     "BackgroundTest message was corrupted!");
+
+  return true;
+}

ipc/glue/BackgroundChildImpl.h

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_ipc_backgroundchildimpl_h__
+#define mozilla_ipc_backgroundchildimpl_h__
+
+#include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/PBackgroundChild.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+// Instances of this class should never be created directly. This class is meant
+// to be inherited in BackgroundImpl.
+class BackgroundChildImpl : public PBackgroundChild
+{
+protected:
+  BackgroundChildImpl();
+  virtual ~BackgroundChildImpl();
+
+  virtual void
+  ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
+  virtual PBackgroundTestChild*
+  AllocPBackgroundTestChild(const nsCString& aTestArg) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
+  virtual bool
+  DeallocPBackgroundTestChild(PBackgroundTestChild* aActor) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+};
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif // mozilla_ipc_backgroundchildimpl_h__

ipc/glue/BackgroundParent.h

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_ipc_backgroundparent_h__
+#define mozilla_ipc_backgroundparent_h__
+
+#include "base/process.h"
+#include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/Transport.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace dom {
+
+class ContentParent;
+
+} // namespace dom
+
+namespace ipc {
+
+class PBackgroundParent;
+
+// This class is not designed for public consumption. It must only be used by
+// ContentParent.
+class BackgroundParent MOZ_FINAL
+{
+  friend class mozilla::dom::ContentParent;
+
+  typedef base::ProcessId ProcessId;
+  typedef mozilla::dom::ContentParent ContentParent;
+  typedef mozilla::ipc::Transport Transport;
+
+private:
+  // Only called by ContentParent for cross-process actors.
+  static PBackgroundParent*
+  Alloc(ContentParent* aContent,
+        Transport* aTransport,
+        ProcessId aOtherProcess);
+};
+
+bool
+IsOnBackgroundThread();
+
+void
+AssertIsOnBackgroundThread()
+#ifdef DEBUG
+;
+#else
+{ }
+#endif
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif // mozilla_ipc_backgroundparent_h__

ipc/glue/BackgroundParentImpl.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "BackgroundParentImpl.h"
+
+#include "mozilla/Assertions.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/BackgroundParent.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/PBackgroundTestParent.h"
+#include "nsThreadUtils.h"
+#include "nsTraceRefcnt.h"
+#include "nsXULAppAPI.h"
+
+using mozilla::ipc::AssertIsOnBackgroundThread;
+
+namespace {
+
+void
+AssertIsInMainProcess()
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_Default);
+}
+
+void
+AssertIsOnMainThread()
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread());
+}
+
+class TestParent MOZ_FINAL : public mozilla::ipc::PBackgroundTestParent
+{
+  friend class mozilla::ipc::BackgroundParentImpl;
+
+  TestParent()
+  {
+    MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundTestParent);
+  }
+
+  ~TestParent()
+  {
+    MOZ_COUNT_DTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundTestParent);
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+};
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+BackgroundParentImpl::BackgroundParentImpl()
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnMainThread();
+
+  MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundParentImpl);
+}
+
+BackgroundParentImpl::~BackgroundParentImpl()
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnMainThread();
+
+  MOZ_COUNT_DTOR(mozilla::ipc::BackgroundParentImpl);
+}
+
+void
+BackgroundParentImpl::ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy)
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnBackgroundThread();
+}
+
+PBackgroundTestParent*
+BackgroundParentImpl::AllocPBackgroundTestParent(const nsCString& aTestArg)
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnBackgroundThread();
+
+  return new TestParent();
+}
+
+bool
+BackgroundParentImpl::RecvPBackgroundTestConstructor(
+                                                  PBackgroundTestParent* aActor,
+                                                  const nsCString& aTestArg)
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnBackgroundThread();
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aActor);
+
+  return PBackgroundTestParent::Send__delete__(aActor, aTestArg);
+}
+
+bool
+BackgroundParentImpl::DeallocPBackgroundTestParent(
+                                                  PBackgroundTestParent* aActor)
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnBackgroundThread();
+  MOZ_ASSERT(aActor);
+
+  delete static_cast<TestParent*>(aActor);
+  return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+void
+TestParent::ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy)
+{
+  AssertIsInMainProcess();
+  AssertIsOnBackgroundThread();
+}

ipc/glue/BackgroundParentImpl.h

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_ipc_backgroundparentimpl_h__
+#define mozilla_ipc_backgroundparentimpl_h__
+
+#include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/PBackgroundParent.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+// Instances of this class should never be created directly. This class is meant
+// to be inherited in BackgroundImpl.
+class BackgroundParentImpl : public PBackgroundParent
+{
+protected:
+  BackgroundParentImpl();
+  virtual ~BackgroundParentImpl();
+
+  virtual void
+  ActorDestroy(ActorDestroyReason aWhy) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
+  virtual PBackgroundTestParent*
+  AllocPBackgroundTestParent(const nsCString& aTestArg) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
+  virtual bool
+  RecvPBackgroundTestConstructor(PBackgroundTestParent* aActor,
+                                 const nsCString& aTestArg) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
+  virtual bool
+  DeallocPBackgroundTestParent(PBackgroundTestParent* aActor) MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+};
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif // mozilla_ipc_backgroundparentimpl_h__

ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp

@@ -428,8 +428,10 @@ MessageChannel::MaybeInterceptSpecialIOMessage(const Message& aMsg)
         // :TODO: Sort out Close() on this side racing with Close() on the
         // other side
         mChannelState = ChannelClosing;
-        printf("NOTE: %s process received `Goodbye', closing down\n",
-               (mSide == ChildSide) ? "child" : "parent");
+        if (LoggingEnabled()) {
+            printf("NOTE: %s process received `Goodbye', closing down\n",
+                   (mSide == ChildSide) ? "child" : "parent");
+        }
         return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -1731,4 +1733,3 @@ MessageChannel::DumpInterruptStack(const char* const pfx) const
 
 } // ipc
 } // mozilla
-

ipc/glue/PBackground.ipdl

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+include protocol PBackgroundTest;
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+protocol PBackground
+{
+  manages PBackgroundTest;
+
+parent:
+  // Only called at startup during mochitests to check the basic infrastructure.
+  PBackgroundTest(nsCString testArg);
+};
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla

ipc/glue/PBackgroundTest.ipdl

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+include protocol PBackground;
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+// This is a very simple testing protocol that is only used during mochitests.
+protocol PBackgroundTest
+{
+  manager PBackground;
+
+child:
+  __delete__(nsCString testArg);
+};
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla

ipc/glue/moz.build

@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 EXPORTS += [
+    'nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback.h',
     'nsIIPCSerializableInputStream.h',
     'nsIIPCSerializableURI.h',
 ]
 
 EXPORTS.mozilla.ipc += [
+    'BackgroundChild.h',
+    'BackgroundParent.h',
     'BrowserProcessSubThread.h',
     'CrossProcessMutex.h',
     'FileDescriptor.h',
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ EXPORTS.ipc += [
 ]
 
 UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
+    'BackgroundImpl.cpp',
     'BrowserProcessSubThread.cpp',
     'FileDescriptor.cpp',
     'FileDescriptorUtils.cpp',
@@ -104,12 +108,20 @@ UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
 # GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp cannot be built in unified mode because it uses plarena.h.
 # URIUtils.cpp cannot be built in unified mode because of name clashes on strdup.
 SOURCES += [
+    'BackgroundChildImpl.cpp',
+    'BackgroundParentImpl.cpp',
     'GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp',
     'URIUtils.cpp',
 ]
 
+LOCAL_INCLUDES += [
+    '/xpcom/build',
+]
+
 IPDL_SOURCES = [
     'InputStreamParams.ipdlh',
+    'PBackground.ipdl',
+    'PBackgroundTest.ipdl',
     'ProtocolTypes.ipdlh',
     'URIParams.ipdlh',
 ]

ipc/glue/nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback.h

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_ipc_nsiipcbackgroundchildcreatecallback_h
+#define mozilla_ipc_nsiipcbackgroundchildcreatecallback_h
+
+#include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
+#include "nsISupports.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace ipc {
+
+class PBackgroundChild;
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#define NS_IIPCBACKGROUNDCHILDCREATECALLBACK_IID                               \
+  {0x4de01707, 0x70e3, 0x4181, {0xbc, 0x9f, 0xa3, 0xec, 0xfe, 0x74, 0x1a, 0xe3}}
+
+class NS_NO_VTABLE nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback : public nsISupports
+{
+public:
+  typedef mozilla::ipc::PBackgroundChild PBackgroundChild;
+
+  NS_DECLARE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_IIPCBACKGROUNDCHILDCREATECALLBACK_IID)
+
+  // This will be called upon successful creation of a PBackgroundChild actor.
+  // The actor is unique per-thread and must not be shared across threads. It
+  // may be saved and reused on the same thread for as long as the thread lives.
+  // After this callback BackgroundChild::GetForCurrentThread() will return the
+  // same actor.
+  virtual void
+  ActorCreated(PBackgroundChild*) = 0;
+
+  // This will be called if for some reason the PBackgroundChild actor cannot be
+  // created. This should never be called in child processes as the failure to
+  // create the actor should result in the termination of the child process
+  // first. This may be called for cross-thread actors in the main process.
+  virtual void
+  ActorFailed() = 0;
+};
+
+NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(nsIIPCBackgroundChildCreateCallback,
+                              NS_IIPCBACKGROUNDCHILDCREATECALLBACK_IID)
+
+#define NS_DECL_NSIIPCBACKGROUNDCHILDCREATECALLBACK                            \
+  virtual void                                                                 \
+  ActorCreated(mozilla::ipc::PBackgroundChild*) MOZ_OVERRIDE;                  \
+  virtual void                                                                 \
+  ActorFailed() MOZ_OVERRIDE;
+
+#define NS_FORWARD_NSIIPCBACKGROUNDCHILDCREATECALLBACK(_to)                    \
+  virtual void                                                                 \
+  ActorCreated(mozilla::ipc::PBackgroundChild* aActor) MOZ_OVERRIDE            \
+  { _to ActorCreated(aActor); }                                                \
+  virtual void                                                                 \
+  ActorFailed() MOZ_OVERRIDE                                                   \
+  { _to ActorFailed(); }
+
+#define NS_FORWARD_SAFE_NSIIPCBACKGROUNDCHILDCREATECALLBACK(_to)               \
+  virtual void                                                                 \
+  ActorCreated(mozilla::ipc::PBackgroundChild* aActor) MOZ_OVERRIDE            \
+  { if (_to) { _to->ActorCreated(aActor); } }                                  \
+  virtual void                                                                 \
+  ActorFailed() MOZ_OVERRIDE                                                   \
+  { if (_to) { _to->ActorFailed(); } }
+
+#endif // mozilla_ipc_nsiipcbackgroundchildcreatecallback_h

testing/profiles/prefs_general.js

@@ -157,8 +157,12 @@ user_pref("browser.download.panel.shown", true);
 // Disable first-tun tab
 user_pref("browser.firstrun.count", 0);
 
+// Tell the PBackground infrastructure to run a test at startup.
+user_pref("pbackground.testing", true);
+
 // Enable webapps testing mode, which bypasses native installation.
 user_pref("browser.webapps.testing", true);
 
 // Disable android snippets
 user_pref("browser.snippets.enabled", false);
+