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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 // This file defines utility functions to pre-read a PE Image in order to
6 // avoid hard page faults when the image is subsequently loaded into memory
7 // for execution.
8 
9 #ifndef CHROME_APP_IMAGE_PRE_READER_WIN_H_
10 #define CHROME_APP_IMAGE_PRE_READER_WIN_H_
11 
12 #include "base/basictypes.h"
13 
14 // This class defines static helper functions to pre-read a PE Image in order
15 // to avoid hard page faults when the image is subsequently loaded into memory
16 // for execution.
17 class ImagePreReader {
18  public:
19   // Reads the file passed in as a PE Image and touches pages to avoid
20   // subsequent hard page faults during LoadLibrary. The size to be pre-read
21   // is passed in. If it is 0 then the whole file is paged in. The step size
22   // which indicates the number of bytes to skip after every page touched is
23   // also passed in.
24   //
25   // This function checks the Windows version to determine which pre-reading
26   // mechanism to use.
27   static bool PreReadImage(const wchar_t* file_path,
28                            size_t size_to_read,
29                            size_t step_size);
30 
31   // Loads the file passed in as PE Image and touches a percentage of the
32   // pages in each of the image's sections to avoid subsequent hard page
33   // faults during LoadLibrary.
34   //
35   // This function checks the Windows version to determine which pre-reading
36   // mechanism to use.
37   //
38   // The percentage of the file to be read is an integral value between 0 and
39   // 100, inclusive. If it is 0 then this is a NOP, if it is 100 (or greater)
40   // then the whole file is paged in sequentially via PreReadImage. Otherwise,
41   // for each section, in order, the given percentage of the blocks in that
42   // section are paged in, starting at the beginning of each section. For
43   // example: if percentage is 30 and there is a .text section and a .data
44   // section, then the first 30% of .text will be paged and the first 30% of
45   // .data will be paged in.
46   //
47   // The max_chunk_size indicates the number of bytes to read off the disk in
48   // each step (for Vista and greater, where this is the way the pages are
49   // warmed).
50   //
51   // This function is intended to be used in the context of a PE image with
52   // an optimized layout, such that the blocks in each section are arranged
53   // with the data and code most needed for startup moved to the front.
54   // See also: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98508
55   static bool PartialPreReadImage(const wchar_t* file_path,
56                                   size_t percentage,
57                                   size_t max_chunk_size);
58 
59   // Helper function used by PartialPreReadImage on Windows versions (Vista+)
60   // where reading through the file on disk serves to warm up the page cache.
61   // Exported for unit-testing purposes.
62   static bool PartialPreReadImageOnDisk(const wchar_t* file_path,
63                                         size_t percentage,
64                                         size_t max_chunk_size);
65 
66   // Helper function used by PartialPreReadImage on Windows versions (XP) where
67   // cheaply loading the image then stepping through its address space serves
68   // to warm up the page cache. Exported for unit-testing purposes.
69   static bool PartialPreReadImageInMemory(const wchar_t* file_path,
70                                           size_t percentage);
71 };  // namespace internal
72 
73 #endif  // CHROME_APP_IMAGE_PRE_READER_WIN_H_
74