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
;
26 class MessageFilterRouter
;
27 class SendCallbackHelper
;
29 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 // This class is a helper class that is useful when you wish to run an IPC
33 // channel on a background thread. It provides you with the option of either
34 // handling IPC messages on that background thread or having them dispatched to
35 // your main thread (the thread on which the IPC::ChannelProxy is created).
37 // The API for an IPC::ChannelProxy is very similar to that of an IPC::Channel.
38 // When you send a message to an IPC::ChannelProxy, the message is routed to
39 // the background thread, where it is then passed to the IPC::Channel's Send
40 // method. This means that you can send a message from your thread and your
41 // message will be sent over the IPC channel when possible instead of being
42 // delayed until your thread returns to its message loop. (Often IPC messages
43 // will queue up on the IPC::Channel when there is a lot of traffic, and the
44 // channel will not get cycles to flush its message queue until the thread, on
45 // which it is running, returns to its message loop.)
47 // An IPC::ChannelProxy can have a MessageFilter associated with it, which will
48 // be notified of incoming messages on the IPC::Channel's thread. This gives
49 // the consumer of IPC::ChannelProxy the ability to respond to incoming
50 // messages on this background thread instead of on their own thread, which may
51 // be bogged down with other processing. The result can be greatly improved
52 // latency for messages that can be handled on a background thread.
54 // The consumer of IPC::ChannelProxy is responsible for allocating the Thread
55 // instance where the IPC::Channel will be created and operated.
57 class IPC_EXPORT ChannelProxy
: public Sender
, public base::NonThreadSafe
{
59 // Initializes a channel proxy. The channel_handle and mode parameters are
60 // passed directly to the underlying IPC::Channel. The listener is called on
61 // the thread that creates the ChannelProxy. The filter's OnMessageReceived
62 // method is called on the thread where the IPC::Channel is running. The
63 // filter may be null if the consumer is not interested in handling messages
64 // on the background thread. Any message not handled by the filter will be
65 // dispatched to the listener. The given task runner correspond to a thread
66 // on which IPC::Channel is created and used (e.g. IO thread).
67 static scoped_ptr
<ChannelProxy
> Create(
68 const IPC::ChannelHandle
& channel_handle
,
71 base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
* ipc_task_runner
);
73 virtual ~ChannelProxy();
75 // Initializes the channel proxy. Only call this once to initialize a channel
76 // proxy that was not initialized in its constructor. If create_pipe_now is
77 // true, the pipe is created synchronously. Otherwise it's created on the IO
79 void Init(const IPC::ChannelHandle
& channel_handle
, Channel::Mode mode
,
80 bool create_pipe_now
);
82 // Close the IPC::Channel. This operation completes asynchronously, once the
83 // background thread processes the command to close the channel. It is ok to
84 // call this method multiple times. Redundant calls are ignored.
86 // WARNING: MessageFilter objects held by the ChannelProxy is also
87 // released asynchronously, and it may in fact have its final reference
88 // released on the background thread. The caller should be careful to deal
89 // with / allow for this possibility.
92 // Send a message asynchronously. The message is routed to the background
93 // thread where it is passed to the IPC::Channel's Send method.
94 virtual bool Send(Message
* message
) OVERRIDE
;
96 // Used to intercept messages as they are received on the background thread.
98 // Ordinarily, messages sent to the ChannelProxy are routed to the matching
99 // listener on the worker thread. This API allows code to intercept messages
100 // before they are sent to the worker thread.
101 // If you call this before the target process is launched, then you're
102 // guaranteed to not miss any messages. But if you call this anytime after,
103 // then some messages might be missed since the filter is added internally on
105 void AddFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
106 void RemoveFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
108 // Called to clear the pointer to the IPC task runner when it's going away.
109 void ClearIPCTaskRunner();
111 // Get the process ID for the connected peer.
112 // Returns base::kNullProcessId if the peer is not connected yet.
113 base::ProcessId
GetPeerPID() const { return context_
->peer_pid_
; }
115 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL)
116 // Calls through to the underlying channel's methods.
117 int GetClientFileDescriptor();
118 int TakeClientFileDescriptor();
119 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
123 // A subclass uses this constructor if it needs to add more information
124 // to the internal state.
125 ChannelProxy(Context
* context
);
127 ChannelProxy(Listener
* listener
,
128 base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
* ipc_task_runner
);
130 // Used internally to hold state that is referenced on the IPC thread.
131 class Context
: public base::RefCountedThreadSafe
<Context
>,
134 Context(Listener
* listener
, base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
* ipc_thread
);
135 void ClearIPCTaskRunner();
136 base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
* ipc_task_runner() const {
137 return ipc_task_runner_
.get();
139 const std::string
& channel_id() const { return channel_id_
; }
141 // Dispatches a message on the listener thread.
142 void OnDispatchMessage(const Message
& message
);
145 friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe
<Context
>;
148 // IPC::Listener methods:
149 virtual bool OnMessageReceived(const Message
& message
) OVERRIDE
;
150 virtual void OnChannelConnected(int32 peer_pid
) OVERRIDE
;
151 virtual void OnChannelError() OVERRIDE
;
153 // Like OnMessageReceived but doesn't try the filters.
154 bool OnMessageReceivedNoFilter(const Message
& message
);
156 // Gives the filters a chance at processing |message|.
157 // Returns true if the message was processed, false otherwise.
158 bool TryFilters(const Message
& message
);
160 // Like Open and Close, but called on the IPC thread.
161 virtual void OnChannelOpened();
162 virtual void OnChannelClosed();
164 // Called on the consumers thread when the ChannelProxy is closed. At that
165 // point the consumer is telling us that they don't want to receive any
166 // more messages, so we honor that wish by forgetting them!
167 virtual void Clear();
170 friend class ChannelProxy
;
171 friend class SendCallbackHelper
;
173 // Create the Channel
174 void CreateChannel(const IPC::ChannelHandle
& channel_handle
,
175 const Channel::Mode
& mode
);
177 // Methods called on the IO thread.
178 void OnSendMessage(scoped_ptr
<Message
> message_ptr
);
180 void OnRemoveFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
182 // Methods called on the listener thread.
183 void AddFilter(MessageFilter
* filter
);
184 void OnDispatchConnected();
185 void OnDispatchError();
186 void OnDispatchBadMessage(const Message
& message
);
188 scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
> listener_task_runner_
;
191 // List of filters. This is only accessed on the IPC thread.
192 std::vector
<scoped_refptr
<MessageFilter
> > filters_
;
193 scoped_refptr
<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner
> ipc_task_runner_
;
195 // Note, channel_ may be set on the Listener thread or the IPC thread.
196 // But once it has been set, it must only be read or cleared on the IPC
198 scoped_ptr
<Channel
> channel_
;
199 std::string channel_id_
;
200 bool channel_connected_called_
;
202 // Routes a given message to a proper subset of |filters_|, depending
203 // on which message classes a filter might support.
204 scoped_ptr
<MessageFilterRouter
> message_filter_router_
;
206 // Holds filters between the AddFilter call on the listerner thread and the
207 // IPC thread when they're added to filters_.
208 std::vector
<scoped_refptr
<MessageFilter
> > pending_filters_
;
209 // Lock for pending_filters_.
210 base::Lock pending_filters_lock_
;
212 // Cached copy of the peer process ID. Set on IPC but read on both IPC and
214 base::ProcessId peer_pid_
;
217 Context
* context() { return context_
.get(); }
220 friend class SendCallbackHelper
;
222 // By maintaining this indirection (ref-counted) to our internal state, we
223 // can safely be destroyed while the background thread continues to do stuff
224 // that involves this data.
225 scoped_refptr
<Context
> context_
;
227 // Whether the channel has been initialized.
233 #endif // IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_