1698661 - Verify network.http.active_tab_priority prioritizes iframe networking appropriately with Fission

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, task, P2)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

With Fission, the active tab might have multiple content processes. We should verify network.http.active_tab_priority is appropriately prioritizing networking for iframes in the active tab.

network.http.active_tab_priority pref:

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/a848cde8a73065fcc41902ac58c65821eb9a44ca/modules/libpref/init/all.js#1510-1517

Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Jens, the Fission team thinks this bug needs to be fixed before our Fission M8 Release experiment. Can someone on your team take a look?

Nika says this OuterWindowID code is broken with Fission:

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/4e87b5392eafe1f1d49017e76f7317b06ec0b1d8/netwerk/protocol/http/HttpChannelChild.cpp#2168

kmag says this code should probably use BrowsingContextIDs instead of OuterWindowIDs.

We can wait until Fission M8 to fix this. This doesn't need to block Fission's Beta experiments.

Comment 2

[Kershaw Chang [:kershaw]]

Attachment: Bug 1698661 - Use the id of top browsing context to dispatch transactions, r=#necko

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/cc59feb1fe69
Use the id of top browsing context to dispatch transactions, r=necko-reviewers,kmag,dragana

Comment 4

[Dorel Luca [:dluca]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/cc59feb1fe69