1306708 - Rename prio() annotation to nesting; add new prio() annotation

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: IPC, defect)

Description

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

This will allow us to use prio() for event queue priority, which makes more sense. The nesting annotation can be something like:
  nesting(inside_sync) // formerly prio(high)
or
  nesting(inside_cpow) // formerly prio(urgent)

Comment 1

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

Attachment: rename prio() to nested()

This is a pretty straightforward renaming. The only hard part was trying to get English phrases in comments to make sense using the new language. I sort of settled on "nested level" as a replacement for priority. I think "nested" is a little better than "nesting" because it makes it clear that it's about what the message can nest in rather than what can nest inside it.

I left space in the message for a priority bit, which will be used in the next patch. In this patch it's always unset.

Comment 2

[Bill McCloskey [inactive unless it's an emergency] (:billm)]

Attachment: add prio() annotation

This patch adds a prio() annotation to IPDL that is orthogonal to nested(). Right now it doesn't do anything. In bug 1306591 Thinker is going to use it to post messages to a special event queue that will be processed preferentially.

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/649af7cb0c87
Rename prio to nested in IPDL (r=dvander)
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/bd7123b6858c
Add prio() for message priority to IPDL (r=dvander)

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f3b4efa44255
Fix rebasing bustage on a CLOSED TREE

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/9b9690621e02
Revert "Bug 1306708 - Fix rebasing bustage on a CLOSED TREE"
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/977c8d8ccd4b
Revert "Bug 1306708 - Add prio() for message priority to IPDL (r=dvander)"
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/eb29ec2808c1
Revert "Bug 1306708 - Rename prio to nested in IPDL (r=dvander)" on a CLOSED TREE

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/fb124a19fb68
Rename prio to nested in IPDL (r=dvander)
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/507a5967ec1d
Add prio() for message priority to IPDL (r=dvander)

Comment 7

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9b9690621e02
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/eb29ec2808c1

Comment 8

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9b9690621e02
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/eb29ec2808c1

Comment 9

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/977c8d8ccd4b

Comment 10

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/fb124a19fb68
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/507a5967ec1d