/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ /* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */ /* 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_dom_localstorage_LocalStorageCommon_h #define mozilla_dom_localstorage_LocalStorageCommon_h #include #include "ErrorList.h" #include "mozilla/Attributes.h" #include "mozilla/dom/quota/QuotaCommon.h" #include "nsLiteralString.h" #include "nsStringFwd.h" /* * Local storage * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * Implementation overview * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * The implementation is based on a per principal/origin cache (datastore) * living in the main process and synchronous calls initiated from content * processes. * The IPC communication is managed by database actors which link to the * datastore. * The synchronous blocking of the main thread is done by using a special * technique or by using standard synchronous IPC calls. * * General architecture * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The current browser architecture consists of one main process and multiple * content processes (there are other processes but for simplicity's sake, they * are not mentioned here). The processes use the IPC communication to talk to * each other. Local storage implementation uses the client-server model, so * the main process manages all the data and content processes then request * particular data from the main process. The main process is also called the * parent or the parent side, the content process is then called the child or * the child side. * * Datastores * ~~~~~~~~~~ * * A datastore provides a convenient way to access data for given origin. The * data is always preloaded into memory and indexed using a hash table. This * enables very fast access to particular stored items. There can be only one * datastore per origin and exists solely on the parent side. It is represented * by the "Datastore" class. A datastore instance is a ref counted object and * lives on the PBackground thread, it is kept alive by database objects. When * the last database object for given origin is destroyed, the associated * datastore object is destroyed too. * * Databases * ~~~~~~~~~ * * A database allows direct access to a datastore from a content process. There * can be multiple databases for the same origin, but they all share the same * datastore. * Databases use the PBackgroundLSDatabase IPDL protocol for IPC communication. * Given the nature of local storage, most of PBackgroundLSDatabase messages * are synchronous. * * On the parent side, the database is represented by the "Database" class that * is a parent actor as well (implements the "PBackgroundLSDatabaseParent" * interface). A database instance is a ref counted object and lives on the * PBackground thread. * All live database actors are tracked in an array. * * On the child side, the database is represented by the "LSDatabase" class * that provides indirect access to a child actor. An LSDatabase instance is a * ref counted object and lives on the main thread. * The actual child actor is represented by the "LSDatabaseChild" class that * implements the "PBackgroundLSDatabaseChild" interface. An "LSDatabaseChild" * instance is not ref counted and lives on the main thread too. * * Synchronous blocking * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * Local storage is synchronous in nature which means the execution can't move * forward until there's a reply for given method call. * Since we have to use IPC anyway, we could just always use synchronous IPC * messages for all local storage method calls. Well, there's a problem with * that approach. * If the main process needs to do some off PBackground thread stuff like * getting info from principals on the main thread or some asynchronous stuff * like directory locking before sending a reply to a synchronous message, then * we would have to block the thread or spin the event loop which is usually a * bad idea, especially in the main process. * Instead, we can use a special thread in the content process called * RemoteLazyInputStream thread for communication with the main process using * asynchronous messages and synchronously block the main thread until the DOM * File thread is done (the main thread blocking is a bit more complicated, see * the comment in RequestHelper::StartAndReturnResponse for more details). * Anyway, the extra hop to the RemoteLazyInputStream thread brings another * overhead and latency. The final solution is to use a combination of the * special thread for complex stuff like datastore preparation and synchronous * IPC messages sent directly from the main thread for database access when data * is already loaded from disk into memory. * * Requests * ~~~~~~~~ * * Requests are used to handle asynchronous high level datastore operations * which are initiated in a content process and then processed in the parent * process (for example, preparation of a datastore). * Requests use the "PBackgroundLSRequest" IPDL protocol for IPC communication. * * On the parent side, the request is represented by the "LSRequestBase" class * that is a parent actor as well (implements the "PBackgroundLSRequestParent" * interface). It's an abstract class (contains pure virtual functions) so it * can't be used to create instances. * It also inherits from the "DatastoreOperationBase" class which is a generic * base class for all datastore operations. The "DatastoreOperationsBase" class * inherits from the "Runnable" class, so derived class instances are ref * counted, can be dispatched to multiple threads and thus they are used on * multiple threads. However, derived class instances can be created on the * PBackground thread only. * * On the child side, the request is represented by the "RequestHelper" class * that covers all the complexity needed to start a new request, handle * responses and do safe main thread blocking at the same time. * It inherits from the "Runnable" class, so instances are ref counted and * they are internally used on multiple threads (specifically on the main * thread and on the RemoteLazyInputStream thread). Anyway, users should create * and use instances of this class only on the main thread (apart from a special * case when we need to cancel the request from an internal chromium IPC thread * to prevent a dead lock involving CPOWs). * The actual child actor is represented by the "LSRequestChild" class that * implements the "PBackgroundLSRequestChild" interface. An "LSRequestChild" * instance is not ref counted and lives on the RemoteLazyInputStream thread. * Request responses are passed using the "LSRequestChildCallback" interface. * * Preparation of a datastore * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * The datastore preparation is needed to make sure a datastore is fully loaded * into memory. Every datastore preparation produces a unique id (even if the * datastore for given origin already exists). * On the parent side, the preparation is handled by the "PrepareDatastoreOp" * class which inherits from the "LSRequestBase" class. The preparation process * on the parent side is quite complicated, it happens sequentially on multiple * threads and is managed by a state machine. * On the child side, the preparation is done in the LSObject::EnsureDatabase * method using the "RequestHelper" class. The method starts a new preparation * request and obtains a unique id produced by the parent (or an error code if * the requested failed to complete). * * Linking databases to a datastore * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * A datastore exists only on the parent side, but it can be accessed from the * content via database actors. Database actors are initiated on the child side * and they need to be linked to a datastore on the parent side via an id. The * datastore preparation process gives us the required id. * The linking is initiated on the child side in the LSObject::EnsureDatabase * method by calling SendPBackgroundLSDatabaseConstructor and finished in * RecvPBackgroundLSDatabaseConstructor on the parent side. * * Actor migration * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * In theory, the datastore preparation request could return a database actor * directly (instead of returning an id intended for database linking to a * datastore). However, as it was explained above, the preparation must be done * on the RemoteLazyInputStream thread and database objects are used on the main * thread. The returned actor would have to be migrated from the * RemoteLazyInputStream thread to the main thread and that's something which * our IPDL doesn't support yet. * * Exposing local storage * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * The implementation is exposed to the DOM via window.localStorage attribute. * Local storage's sibling, session storage shares the same WebIDL interface * for exposing it to web content, therefore there's an abstract class called * "Storage" that handles some of the common DOM bindings stuff. Local storage * specific functionality is defined in the "LSObject" derived class. * The "LSObject" class is also a starting point for the datastore preparation * and database linking. * * Local storage manager * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * The local storage manager exposes some of the features that need to be * available only in the chrome code or tests. The manager is represented by * the "LocalStorageManager2" class that implements the "nsIDOMStorageManager" * interface. */ namespace mozilla { class LogModule; namespace ipc { class PrincipalInfo; } // namespace ipc namespace dom { extern const char16_t* kLocalStorageType; /** * Convenience data-structure to make it easier to track whether a value has * changed and what its previous value was for notification purposes. Instances * are created on the stack by LSObject and passed to LSDatabase which in turn * passes them onto LSSnapshot for final updating/population. LSObject then * generates an event, if appropriate. */ class MOZ_STACK_CLASS LSNotifyInfo { bool mChanged; nsString mOldValue; public: LSNotifyInfo() : mChanged(false) {} bool changed() const { return mChanged; } bool& changed() { return mChanged; } const nsString& oldValue() const { return mOldValue; } nsString& oldValue() { return mOldValue; } }; void MaybeEnableNextGenLocalStorage(); /** * A check of LSNG being enabled, the value is latched once initialized so * changing the preference during runtime has no effect. May be called on any * thread in the parent process, but you should call * CachedNextGenLocalStorageEnabled if you know that NextGenLocalStorageEnabled * was already called because it is faster. May be called on any thread in * content processes, but you should call CachedNextGenLocalStorageEnabled * directly if you know you are in a content process because it is slightly * faster. */ bool NextGenLocalStorageEnabled(); /** * Called by ContentChild during content process initialization to initialize * the global variable in the content process with the latched value in the * parent process." */ void RecvInitNextGenLocalStorageEnabled(const bool aEnabled); /** * Cached any-thread version of NextGenLocalStorageEnabled(). */ bool CachedNextGenLocalStorageEnabled(); /** * Returns a success value containing a pair of origin attribute suffix and * origin key. */ Result, nsresult> GenerateOriginKey2( const mozilla::ipc::PrincipalInfo& aPrincipalInfo); LogModule* GetLocalStorageLogger(); } // namespace dom } // namespace mozilla #endif // mozilla_dom_localstorage_LocalStorageCommon_h