910020 - Rename "RPC" To "Interrupt"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: IPC, defect)

Description

[David Anderson [:dvander] - inactive, e-mail if emergency]

For E10s we'd like to implement a new protocol that is like RPC, but only in the child -> parent direction. It'll essentially be exactly like a sync message, except that if the child process wakes up for an urgent message, it is allowed to initiate an inner sync message on the same protocol.

This new protocol will need a name.

Chris suggested renaming the existing RPC protocol to "Interrupt" ('intr' in ipdl), and then stealing "rpc" for the new protocol. This shouldn't affect too many people since RPC is discouraged in the IPDL docs. And as a bonus it makes the existing RPC protocol sound a little scarier.

I'll post a patch soon, if anyone has better names I'll take 'em.

Comment 1

[Ben Turner (not reading bugmail, use the needinfo flag!)]

I think this sounds fine.

Comment 2

[David Anderson [:dvander] - inactive, e-mail if emergency]

Attachment: interrupt.patch

Comment 3

[David Anderson [:dvander] - inactive, e-mail if emergency]

Attachment: interrupt.patch

Sorry for the gigantic patch. This one is literally just s/RPC/Interrupt/ (and some renamed files) so hopefully it's not as bad as the first refactoring.

Comment 4

[Ben Turner (not reading bugmail, use the needinfo flag!)]

Comment on attachment 800376 [details] [diff] [review]
interrupt.patch

If it builds and tests pass then rs=me to rename this stuff.

Comment 5

[Chris Jones [:cjones] inactive; ni?/f?/r? if you need me]

Thanks bent!

Comment 6

[David Anderson [:dvander] - inactive, e-mail if emergency]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/2466893f18a7

Comment 7

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/2466893f18a7