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 CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_RENDER_PROCESS_HOST_H_
6 #define CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_RENDER_PROCESS_HOST_H_
8 #include "base/basictypes.h"
9 #include "base/id_map.h"
10 #include "base/process.h"
11 #include "base/process_util.h"
12 #include "content/common/content_export.h"
13 #include "ipc/ipc_channel_proxy.h"
14 #include "ipc/ipc_sender.h"
15 #include "ui/gfx/native_widget_types.h"
16 #include "ui/surface/transport_dib.h"
19 struct ViewMsg_SwapOut_Params
;
23 class RenderWidgetHost
;
24 class StoragePartition
;
33 // Interface that represents the browser side of the browser <-> renderer
34 // communication channel. There will generally be one RenderProcessHost per
36 class CONTENT_EXPORT RenderProcessHost
: public IPC::Sender
,
37 public IPC::Listener
{
39 typedef IDMap
<RenderProcessHost
>::iterator iterator
;
40 typedef IDMap
<RenderWidgetHost
>::const_iterator RenderWidgetHostsIterator
;
42 // Details for RENDERER_PROCESS_CLOSED notifications.
43 struct RendererClosedDetails
{
44 RendererClosedDetails(base::ProcessHandle handle
,
45 base::TerminationStatus status
,
47 this->handle
= handle
;
48 this->status
= status
;
49 this->exit_code
= exit_code
;
51 base::ProcessHandle handle
;
52 base::TerminationStatus status
;
56 virtual ~RenderProcessHost() {}
58 // Initialize the new renderer process, returning true on success. This must
59 // be called once before the object can be used, but can be called after
60 // that with no effect. Therefore, if the caller isn't sure about whether
61 // the process has been created, it should just call Init().
62 virtual bool Init() = 0;
64 // Gets the next available routing id.
65 virtual int GetNextRoutingID() = 0;
67 // Called on the UI thread to simulate a SwapOut_ACK message to the
68 // ResourceDispatcherHost. Necessary for a cross-site request, in the case
69 // that the original RenderViewHost is not live and thus cannot run an
71 virtual void SimulateSwapOutACK(const ViewMsg_SwapOut_Params
& params
) = 0;
73 // Called to wait for the next UpdateRect message for the specified render
74 // widget. Returns true if successful, and the msg out-param will contain a
75 // copy of the received UpdateRect message.
76 virtual bool WaitForBackingStoreMsg(int render_widget_id
,
77 const base::TimeDelta
& max_delay
,
78 IPC::Message
* msg
) = 0;
80 // Called when a received message cannot be decoded.
81 virtual void ReceivedBadMessage() = 0;
83 // Track the count of visible widgets. Called by listeners to register and
84 // unregister visibility.
85 virtual void WidgetRestored() = 0;
86 virtual void WidgetHidden() = 0;
87 virtual int VisibleWidgetCount() const = 0;
89 // Indicates whether the current RenderProcessHost associated with a guest
91 virtual bool IsGuest() const = 0;
93 // Returns the storage partition associated with this process.
95 // TODO(nasko): Remove this function from the public API once
96 // URLRequestContextGetter's creation is moved into StoragePartition.
97 // http://crbug.com/158595
98 virtual StoragePartition
* GetStoragePartition() const = 0;
100 // Try to shutdown the associated renderer process as fast as possible.
101 // If this renderer has any RenderViews with unload handlers, then this
102 // function does nothing. The current implementation uses TerminateProcess.
103 // Returns True if it was able to do fast shutdown.
104 virtual bool FastShutdownIfPossible() = 0;
106 // Returns true if fast shutdown was started for the renderer.
107 virtual bool FastShutdownStarted() const = 0;
109 // Dump the child process' handle table before shutting down.
110 virtual void DumpHandles() = 0;
112 // Returns the process object associated with the child process. In certain
113 // tests or single-process mode, this will actually represent the current
116 // NOTE: this is not necessarily valid immediately after calling Init, as
117 // Init starts the process asynchronously. It's guaranteed to be valid after
118 // the first IPC arrives.
119 virtual base::ProcessHandle
GetHandle() const = 0;
121 // Transport DIB functions ---------------------------------------------------
123 // Return the TransportDIB for the given id. On Linux, this can involve
124 // mapping shared memory. On Mac, the shared memory is created in the browser
125 // process and the cached metadata is returned. On Windows, this involves
126 // duplicating the handle from the remote process. The RenderProcessHost
127 // still owns the returned DIB.
128 virtual TransportDIB
* GetTransportDIB(TransportDIB::Id dib_id
) = 0;
130 // Return the TransportDIB for the given id. In contrast to GetTransportDIB,
131 // the caller owns the resulting TransportDIB.
132 virtual TransportDIB
* MapTransportDIB(TransportDIB::Id dib_id
) = 0;
134 // Returns the user browser context associated with this renderer process.
135 virtual content::BrowserContext
* GetBrowserContext() const = 0;
137 // Returns whether this process is using the same StoragePartition as
139 virtual bool InSameStoragePartition(StoragePartition
* partition
) const = 0;
141 // Returns the unique ID for this child process. This can be used later in
142 // a call to FromID() to get back to this object (this is used to avoid
143 // sending non-threadsafe pointers to other threads).
145 // This ID will be unique for all child processes, including workers, plugins,
147 virtual int GetID() const = 0;
149 // Returns the render widget host for the routing id passed in.
150 virtual RenderWidgetHost
* GetRenderWidgetHostByID(int routing_id
) = 0;
152 // Returns true iff channel_ has been set to non-NULL. Use this for checking
153 // if there is connection or not. Virtual for mocking out for tests.
154 virtual bool HasConnection() const = 0;
156 // Call this to allow queueing of IPC messages that are sent before the
157 // process is launched.
158 virtual void EnableSendQueue() = 0;
160 // Returns the renderer channel.
161 virtual IPC::ChannelProxy
* GetChannel() = 0;
163 // Returns the list of attached render widget hosts.
164 virtual RenderWidgetHostsIterator
GetRenderWidgetHostsIterator() = 0;
166 // Try to shutdown the associated render process as fast as possible
167 virtual bool FastShutdownForPageCount(size_t count
) = 0;
170 // Revisit whether the virtual functions declared from here on need to be
171 // part of the interface.
172 virtual void SetIgnoreInputEvents(bool ignore_input_events
) = 0;
173 virtual bool IgnoreInputEvents() const = 0;
175 // Used for refcounting, each holder of this object must Attach and Release
176 // just like it would for a COM object. This object should be allocated on
177 // the heap; when no listeners own it any more, it will delete itself.
178 virtual void Attach(content::RenderWidgetHost
* host
, int routing_id
) = 0;
181 virtual void Release(int routing_id
) = 0;
183 // Schedules the host for deletion and removes it from the all_hosts list.
184 virtual void Cleanup() = 0;
186 // Track the count of pending views that are being swapped back in. Called
187 // by listeners to register and unregister pending views to prevent the
188 // process from exiting.
189 virtual void AddPendingView() = 0;
190 virtual void RemovePendingView() = 0;
192 // Sets a flag indicating that the process can be abnormally terminated.
193 virtual void SetSuddenTerminationAllowed(bool allowed
) = 0;
194 // Returns true if the process can be abnormally terminated.
195 virtual bool SuddenTerminationAllowed() const = 0;
197 // Returns how long the child has been idle. The definition of idle
198 // depends on when a derived class calls mark_child_process_activity_time().
199 // This is a rough indicator and its resolution should not be better than
201 virtual base::TimeDelta
GetChildProcessIdleTime() const = 0;
203 // Signals that a compositing surface has been updated after a lost context
204 // event, so that we can process requests from the renderer to create contexts
205 // with that surface.
206 virtual void SurfaceUpdated(int32 surface_id
) = 0;
208 // Called to resume the requests for a view created through window.open that
209 // were initially blocked.
210 virtual void ResumeRequestsForView(int route_id
) = 0;
212 // Static management functions -----------------------------------------------
214 // Flag to run the renderer in process. This is primarily
215 // for debugging purposes. When running "in process", the
216 // browser maintains a single RenderProcessHost which communicates
217 // to a RenderProcess which is instantiated in the same process
218 // with the Browser. All IPC between the Browser and the
219 // Renderer is the same, it's just not crossing a process boundary.
221 static bool run_renderer_in_process();
223 // This also calls out to ContentBrowserClient::GetApplicationLocale and
224 // modifies the current process' command line.
225 static void SetRunRendererInProcess(bool value
);
227 // Allows iteration over all the RenderProcessHosts in the browser. Note
228 // that each host may not be active, and therefore may have NULL channels.
229 static iterator
AllHostsIterator();
231 // Returns the RenderProcessHost given its ID. Returns NULL if the ID does
232 // not correspond to a live RenderProcessHost.
233 static RenderProcessHost
* FromID(int render_process_id
);
235 // Returns true if the caller should attempt to use an existing
236 // RenderProcessHost rather than creating a new one.
237 static bool ShouldTryToUseExistingProcessHost(
238 content::BrowserContext
* browser_context
, const GURL
& site_url
);
240 // Get an existing RenderProcessHost associated with the given browser
241 // context, if possible. The renderer process is chosen randomly from
242 // suitable renderers that share the same context and type (determined by the
244 // Returns NULL if no suitable renderer process is available, in which case
245 // the caller is free to create a new renderer.
246 static RenderProcessHost
* GetExistingProcessHost(
247 content::BrowserContext
* browser_context
, const GURL
& site_url
);
249 // Overrides the default heuristic for limiting the max renderer process
250 // count. This is useful for unit testing process limit behaviors. It is
251 // also used to allow a command line parameter to configure the max number of
252 // renderer processes and should only be called once during startup.
253 // A value of zero means to use the default heuristic.
254 static void SetMaxRendererProcessCount(size_t count
);
256 // Returns the current max number of renderer processes used by the content
258 static size_t GetMaxRendererProcessCount();
261 } // namespace content.
263 #endif // CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_RENDER_PROCESS_HOST_H_