1696382 - Move IPC/IPDL MDN page in-tree

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: IPC, task, P2)

Description

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp]]

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/IPDL

Comment 1

[David Parks [:handyman]]

Attachment: Bug 1696382: Add IPC in-tree docs r=gerard-majax!,nika!

Includes docs for IPDL and Gecko processes.

Comment 3

[Mirko Brodesser (:mbrodesser) -- not reading bugmails currently]

TBH, why is the MDN source is already offline, when it's not yet available in-tree? Perhaps it would've been slightly more elegant to actually move it.

Comment 4

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp]]

See the reasoning for ditching bug 1728439, specifically https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D124136#4037064.

The old documentation is considered Actively Harmful, not just outdated.

Comment 5

[David Parks [:handyman]]

Attachment: Bug 1696382: Add new process documentation r=gerard-majax!,#ipc-reviewers

Includes docs on core process components and examples of new top-level actors and the "first" actors that help with process bootstrapping.

Depends on D121871

Comment 6

[David Parks [:handyman]]

Attachment: Bug 1696382: Document IPDL [Nested] Annotations r=gerard-majax!,nika!

[Nested=Foo] allows message-thread-focused synchronous IPC communication. Its use is discouraged.

Depends on D132314

Comment 7

[David Parks [:handyman]]

Attachment: wip_nested_test.patch

Messy patch that runs the possible cases of [Nested] priority performing circular sync waits (runs all permutations that can be compiled but many are forbidden at compile time). This could be useful if crafting an actual test.

Comment 8

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7db6d006576b
Add IPC in-tree docs r=nika,gerard-majax,ipc-reviewers
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/c7425f699e13
Add new process documentation r=gerard-majax
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/eb30e2243ebb
Document IPDL [Nested] Annotations r=gerard-majax,nika

Comment 9

[Andreea Pavel [:apavel]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7db6d006576b
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c7425f699e13
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/eb30e2243ebb