1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_
6 #define IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_
10 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
11 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
12 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
13 #include "base/threading/non_thread_safe.h"
14 #include "ipc/ipc_channel.h"
15 #include "ipc/ipc_channel_handle.h"
16 #include "ipc/ipc_listener.h"
17 #include "ipc/ipc_sender.h"
20 class SingleThreadTaskRunner
;
27 class MessageFilterRouter
;
28 class SendCallbackHelper
;
30 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
33 // This class is a helper class that is useful when you wish to run an IPC
34 // channel on a background thread. It provides you with the option of either
35 // handling IPC messages on that background thread or having them dispatched to
36 // your main thread (the thread on which the IPC::ChannelProxy is created).
38 // The API for an IPC::ChannelProxy is very similar to that of an IPC::Channel.
39 // When you send a message to an IPC::ChannelProxy, the message is routed to
40 // the background thread, where it is then passed to the IPC::Channel's Send
41 // method. This means that you can send a message from your thread and your
42 // message will be sent over the IPC channel when possible instead of being
43 // delayed until your thread returns to its message loop. (Often IPC messages
44 // will queue up on the IPC::Channel when there is a lot of traffic, and the
45 // channel will not get cycles to flush its message queue until the thread, on
46 // which it is running, returns to its message loop.)
48 // An IPC::ChannelProxy can have a MessageFilter associated with it, which will
49 // be notified of incoming messages on the IPC::Channel's thread. This gives
50 // the consumer of IPC::ChannelProxy the ability to respond to incoming
51 // messages on this background thread instead of on their own thread, which may
52 // be bogged down with other processing. The result can be greatly improved
53 // latency for messages that can be handled on a background thread.
55 // The consumer of IPC::ChannelProxy is responsible for allocating the Thread
56 // instance where the IPC::Channel will be created and operated.
58 class IPC_EXPORT ChannelProxy
: public Sender
, public base::NonThreadSafe
{
60 // Initializes a channel proxy. The channel_handle and mode parameters are
61 // passed directly to the underlying IPC::Channel. The listener is called on
62 // the thread that creates the ChannelProxy. The filter's OnMessageReceived
63 // method is called on the thread where the IPC::Channel is running. The
64 // filter may be null if the consumer is not interested in handling messages
65 // on the background thread. Any message not handled by the filter will be
66 // dispatched to the listener. The given task runner correspond to a thread
67 // on which IPC::Channel is created and used (e.g. IO thread).
68 static scoped_ptr
<ChannelProxy
> Create(
69 const IPC::ChannelHandle
& channel_handle
,
72 const scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
>& ipc_task_runner
);
74 static scoped_ptr
<ChannelProxy
> Create(
75 scoped_ptr
<ChannelFactory
> factory
,
77 const scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
>& ipc_task_runner
);
79 virtual ~ChannelProxy();
81 // Initializes the channel proxy. Only call this once to initialize a channel
82 // proxy that was not initialized in its constructor. If create_pipe_now is
83 // true, the pipe is created synchronously. Otherwise it's created on the IO
85 void Init(const IPC::ChannelHandle
& channel_handle
, Channel::Mode mode
,
86 bool create_pipe_now
);
87 void Init(scoped_ptr
<ChannelFactory
> factory
, bool create_pipe_now
);
89 // Close the IPC::Channel. This operation completes asynchronously, once the
90 // background thread processes the command to close the channel. It is ok to
91 // call this method multiple times. Redundant calls are ignored.
93 // WARNING: MessageFilter objects held by the ChannelProxy is also
94 // released asynchronously, and it may in fact have its final reference
95 // released on the background thread. The caller should be careful to deal
96 // with / allow for this possibility.
99 // Send a message asynchronously. The message is routed to the background
100 // thread where it is passed to the IPC::Channel's Send method.
101 virtual bool Send(Message
* message
) OVERRIDE
;
103 // Used to intercept messages as they are received on the background thread.
105 // Ordinarily, messages sent to the ChannelProxy are routed to the matching
106 // listener on the worker thread. This API allows code to intercept messages
107 // before they are sent to the worker thread.
108 // If you call this before the target process is launched, then you're
109 // guaranteed to not miss any messages. But if you call this anytime after,
110 // then some messages might be missed since the filter is added internally on
112 void AddFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
113 void RemoveFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
115 // Called to clear the pointer to the IPC task runner when it's going away.
116 void ClearIPCTaskRunner();
118 // Get the process ID for the connected peer.
119 // Returns base::kNullProcessId if the peer is not connected yet.
120 base::ProcessId
GetPeerPID() const { return context_
->peer_pid_
; }
122 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL)
123 // Calls through to the underlying channel's methods.
124 int GetClientFileDescriptor();
125 int TakeClientFileDescriptor();
126 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
130 // A subclass uses this constructor if it needs to add more information
131 // to the internal state.
132 ChannelProxy(Context
* context
);
136 const scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
>& ipc_task_runner
);
138 // Used internally to hold state that is referenced on the IPC thread.
139 class Context
: public base::RefCountedThreadSafe
<Context
>,
142 Context(Listener
* listener
,
143 const scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
>& ipc_thread
);
144 void ClearIPCTaskRunner();
145 base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
* ipc_task_runner() const {
146 return ipc_task_runner_
.get();
148 const std::string
& channel_id() const { return channel_id_
; }
150 // Dispatches a message on the listener thread.
151 void OnDispatchMessage(const Message
& message
);
154 friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe
<Context
>;
157 // IPC::Listener methods:
158 virtual bool OnMessageReceived(const Message
& message
) OVERRIDE
;
159 virtual void OnChannelConnected(int32 peer_pid
) OVERRIDE
;
160 virtual void OnChannelError() OVERRIDE
;
162 // Like OnMessageReceived but doesn't try the filters.
163 bool OnMessageReceivedNoFilter(const Message
& message
);
165 // Gives the filters a chance at processing |message|.
166 // Returns true if the message was processed, false otherwise.
167 bool TryFilters(const Message
& message
);
169 // Like Open and Close, but called on the IPC thread.
170 virtual void OnChannelOpened();
171 virtual void OnChannelClosed();
173 // Called on the consumers thread when the ChannelProxy is closed. At that
174 // point the consumer is telling us that they don't want to receive any
175 // more messages, so we honor that wish by forgetting them!
176 virtual void Clear();
179 friend class ChannelProxy
;
180 friend class SendCallbackHelper
;
182 // Create the Channel
183 void CreateChannel(scoped_ptr
<ChannelFactory
> factory
);
185 // Methods called on the IO thread.
186 void OnSendMessage(scoped_ptr
<Message
> message_ptr
);
188 void OnRemoveFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
190 // Methods called on the listener thread.
191 void AddFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
192 void OnDispatchConnected();
193 void OnDispatchError();
194 void OnDispatchBadMessage(const Message
& message
);
196 scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
> listener_task_runner_
;
199 // List of filters. This is only accessed on the IPC thread.
200 std::vector
<scoped_refptr
<MessageFilter
> > filters_
;
201 scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
> ipc_task_runner_
;
203 // Note, channel_ may be set on the Listener thread or the IPC thread.
204 // But once it has been set, it must only be read or cleared on the IPC
206 scoped_ptr
<Channel
> channel_
;
207 std::string channel_id_
;
208 bool channel_connected_called_
;
210 // Routes a given message to a proper subset of |filters_|, depending
211 // on which message classes a filter might support.
212 scoped_ptr
<MessageFilterRouter
> message_filter_router_
;
214 // Holds filters between the AddFilter call on the listerner thread and the
215 // IPC thread when they're added to filters_.
216 std::vector
<scoped_refptr
<MessageFilter
> > pending_filters_
;
217 // Lock for pending_filters_.
218 base::Lock pending_filters_lock_
;
220 // Cached copy of the peer process ID. Set on IPC but read on both IPC and
222 base::ProcessId peer_pid_
;
225 Context
* context() { return context_
.get(); }
228 friend class SendCallbackHelper
;
230 // By maintaining this indirection (ref-counted) to our internal state, we
231 // can safely be destroyed while the background thread continues to do stuff
232 // that involves this data.
233 scoped_refptr
<Context
> context_
;
235 // Whether the channel has been initialized.
241 #endif // IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_