1416623 - Create SocketProcessHost and corresponding IPC interfaces

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Networking, enhancement, P2)

Description

[Kershaw Chang [:kershaw]]

Add basic skeletal code for socket process:
 - GeckoProcessType
 - empty top-level IPC
 - XPCOM init
 - etc

Comment 1

[Kershaw Chang [:kershaw]]

Attachment: WIP

WIP

Comment 2

[Shih-Chiang Chien [:schien] (UTC+8) (use ni? plz)]

This bug will be focusing on creating SocketProcessHost and the corresponding top-level IPDL.
SocketProcess will initialize white-listed XPCOM. JS and cycle collection are not allowed in this process.

Comment 3

[Valentin Gosu [:valentin] (he/him)]

Attachment: Bug 1416623 - Add Socket Process startup machinery r=mayhemer

The socket process may be enabled by setting the envvar NECKO_DEDICATED_PROCESS=1.
At the moment the socket process doesn't do anything. Following its launch, we sync preferences, then start up XPCOM. More features to follow.

Comment 4

[Honza Bambas (:mayhemer)]

Kershaw, as agreed the last week, reassiging to you.

Comment 6

[Kershaw Chang [:kershaw]]

Attachment: Bug 1416623 - Part1: Socket Process startup machinery r=mayhemer

Summary of changes:
 - Rename
 - Add comments to classes that bring socket process up
 - Fix review comments
   - Remove some unnecessary changes
   - Remove the compiler dependency of nsIOService and IPC headers
   - Launch socket process after user's pref is loaded

Comment 7

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

Comment on attachment 9003841 [details]
Bug 1416623 - Part1: Socket Process startup machinery r=mayhemer

Kris Maglione [:kmag] has approved the revision.

Comment 8

[Honza Bambas (:mayhemer)]

Comment on attachment 9003841 [details]
Bug 1416623 - Part1: Socket Process startup machinery r=mayhemer

Honza Bambas (:mayhemer) has approved the revision.

Comment 9

[Honza Bambas (:mayhemer)]

Fixed on larch:
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/larch/rev/55a5826ef371574be5dbc56530107e4c82a31742

Comment 11

[Kershaw Chang [:kershaw]]

Attachment: Bug 1416623 - P1: Start the new socket process basics (prefs, full xpcom init, logging, no sandboxing)