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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 #ifndef IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_
6 #define IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_
7 
8 #include <vector>
9 
10 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
11 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
12 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
13 #include "base/threading/non_thread_safe.h"
14 #include "ipc/ipc_channel.h"
15 #include "ipc/ipc_channel_handle.h"
16 #include "ipc/ipc_listener.h"
17 #include "ipc/ipc_sender.h"
18 
19 namespace base {
20 class SingleThreadTaskRunner;
21 }
22 
23 namespace IPC {
24 
25 class ChannelFactory;
26 class MessageFilter;
27 class MessageFilterRouter;
28 class SendCallbackHelper;
29 
30 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
31 // IPC::ChannelProxy
32 //
33 // This class is a helper class that is useful when you wish to run an IPC
34 // channel on a background thread.  It provides you with the option of either
35 // handling IPC messages on that background thread or having them dispatched to
36 // your main thread (the thread on which the IPC::ChannelProxy is created).
37 //
38 // The API for an IPC::ChannelProxy is very similar to that of an IPC::Channel.
39 // When you send a message to an IPC::ChannelProxy, the message is routed to
40 // the background thread, where it is then passed to the IPC::Channel's Send
41 // method.  This means that you can send a message from your thread and your
42 // message will be sent over the IPC channel when possible instead of being
43 // delayed until your thread returns to its message loop.  (Often IPC messages
44 // will queue up on the IPC::Channel when there is a lot of traffic, and the
45 // channel will not get cycles to flush its message queue until the thread, on
46 // which it is running, returns to its message loop.)
47 //
48 // An IPC::ChannelProxy can have a MessageFilter associated with it, which will
49 // be notified of incoming messages on the IPC::Channel's thread.  This gives
50 // the consumer of IPC::ChannelProxy the ability to respond to incoming
51 // messages on this background thread instead of on their own thread, which may
52 // be bogged down with other processing.  The result can be greatly improved
53 // latency for messages that can be handled on a background thread.
54 //
55 // The consumer of IPC::ChannelProxy is responsible for allocating the Thread
56 // instance where the IPC::Channel will be created and operated.
57 //
58 class IPC_EXPORT ChannelProxy : public Sender, public base::NonThreadSafe {
59  public:
60   // Initializes a channel proxy.  The channel_handle and mode parameters are
61   // passed directly to the underlying IPC::Channel.  The listener is called on
62   // the thread that creates the ChannelProxy.  The filter's OnMessageReceived
63   // method is called on the thread where the IPC::Channel is running.  The
64   // filter may be null if the consumer is not interested in handling messages
65   // on the background thread.  Any message not handled by the filter will be
66   // dispatched to the listener.  The given task runner correspond to a thread
67   // on which IPC::Channel is created and used (e.g. IO thread).
68   static scoped_ptr<ChannelProxy> Create(
69       const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle,
70       Channel::Mode mode,
71       Listener* listener,
72       const scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner>& ipc_task_runner);
73 
74   static scoped_ptr<ChannelProxy> Create(
75       scoped_ptr<ChannelFactory> factory,
76       Listener* listener,
77       const scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner>& ipc_task_runner);
78 
79   virtual ~ChannelProxy();
80 
81   // Initializes the channel proxy. Only call this once to initialize a channel
82   // proxy that was not initialized in its constructor. If create_pipe_now is
83   // true, the pipe is created synchronously. Otherwise it's created on the IO
84   // thread.
85   void Init(const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Channel::Mode mode,
86             bool create_pipe_now);
87   void Init(scoped_ptr<ChannelFactory> factory, bool create_pipe_now);
88 
89   // Close the IPC::Channel.  This operation completes asynchronously, once the
90   // background thread processes the command to close the channel.  It is ok to
91   // call this method multiple times.  Redundant calls are ignored.
92   //
93   // WARNING: MessageFilter objects held by the ChannelProxy is also
94   // released asynchronously, and it may in fact have its final reference
95   // released on the background thread.  The caller should be careful to deal
96   // with / allow for this possibility.
97   void Close();
98 
99   // Send a message asynchronously.  The message is routed to the background
100   // thread where it is passed to the IPC::Channel's Send method.
101   virtual bool Send(Message* message) OVERRIDE;
102 
103   // Used to intercept messages as they are received on the background thread.
104   //
105   // Ordinarily, messages sent to the ChannelProxy are routed to the matching
106   // listener on the worker thread.  This API allows code to intercept messages
107   // before they are sent to the worker thread.
108   // If you call this before the target process is launched, then you're
109   // guaranteed to not miss any messages.  But if you call this anytime after,
110   // then some messages might be missed since the filter is added internally on
111   // the IO thread.
112   void AddFilter(MessageFilter* filter);
113   void RemoveFilter(MessageFilter* filter);
114 
115   // Called to clear the pointer to the IPC task runner when it's going away.
116   void ClearIPCTaskRunner();
117 
118   // Get the process ID for the connected peer.
119   // Returns base::kNullProcessId if the peer is not connected yet.
GetPeerPID()120   base::ProcessId GetPeerPID() const { return context_->peer_pid_; }
121 
122 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL)
123   // Calls through to the underlying channel's methods.
124   int GetClientFileDescriptor();
125   int TakeClientFileDescriptor();
126 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
127 
128  protected:
129   class Context;
130   // A subclass uses this constructor if it needs to add more information
131   // to the internal state.
132   ChannelProxy(Context* context);
133 
134   ChannelProxy(
135       Listener* listener,
136       const scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner>& ipc_task_runner);
137 
138   // Used internally to hold state that is referenced on the IPC thread.
139   class Context : public base::RefCountedThreadSafe<Context>,
140                   public Listener {
141    public:
142     Context(Listener* listener,
143             const scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner>& ipc_thread);
144     void ClearIPCTaskRunner();
ipc_task_runner()145     base::SingleThreadTaskRunner* ipc_task_runner() const {
146       return ipc_task_runner_.get();
147     }
channel_id()148     const std::string& channel_id() const { return channel_id_; }
149 
150     // Dispatches a message on the listener thread.
151     void OnDispatchMessage(const Message& message);
152 
153    protected:
154     friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<Context>;
155     virtual ~Context();
156 
157     // IPC::Listener methods:
158     virtual bool OnMessageReceived(const Message& message) OVERRIDE;
159     virtual void OnChannelConnected(int32 peer_pid) OVERRIDE;
160     virtual void OnChannelError() OVERRIDE;
161 
162     // Like OnMessageReceived but doesn't try the filters.
163     bool OnMessageReceivedNoFilter(const Message& message);
164 
165     // Gives the filters a chance at processing |message|.
166     // Returns true if the message was processed, false otherwise.
167     bool TryFilters(const Message& message);
168 
169     // Like Open and Close, but called on the IPC thread.
170     virtual void OnChannelOpened();
171     virtual void OnChannelClosed();
172 
173     // Called on the consumers thread when the ChannelProxy is closed.  At that
174     // point the consumer is telling us that they don't want to receive any
175     // more messages, so we honor that wish by forgetting them!
176     virtual void Clear();
177 
178    private:
179     friend class ChannelProxy;
180     friend class SendCallbackHelper;
181 
182     // Create the Channel
183     void CreateChannel(scoped_ptr<ChannelFactory> factory);
184 
185     // Methods called on the IO thread.
186     void OnSendMessage(scoped_ptr<Message> message_ptr);
187     void OnAddFilter();
188     void OnRemoveFilter(MessageFilter* filter);
189 
190     // Methods called on the listener thread.
191     void AddFilter(MessageFilter* filter);
192     void OnDispatchConnected();
193     void OnDispatchError();
194     void OnDispatchBadMessage(const Message& message);
195 
196     scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner> listener_task_runner_;
197     Listener* listener_;
198 
199     // List of filters.  This is only accessed on the IPC thread.
200     std::vector<scoped_refptr<MessageFilter> > filters_;
201     scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner> ipc_task_runner_;
202 
203     // Note, channel_ may be set on the Listener thread or the IPC thread.
204     // But once it has been set, it must only be read or cleared on the IPC
205     // thread.
206     scoped_ptr<Channel> channel_;
207     std::string channel_id_;
208     bool channel_connected_called_;
209 
210     // Routes a given message to a proper subset of |filters_|, depending
211     // on which message classes a filter might support.
212     scoped_ptr<MessageFilterRouter> message_filter_router_;
213 
214     // Holds filters between the AddFilter call on the listerner thread and the
215     // IPC thread when they're added to filters_.
216     std::vector<scoped_refptr<MessageFilter> > pending_filters_;
217     // Lock for pending_filters_.
218     base::Lock pending_filters_lock_;
219 
220     // Cached copy of the peer process ID. Set on IPC but read on both IPC and
221     // listener threads.
222     base::ProcessId peer_pid_;
223   };
224 
context()225   Context* context() { return context_.get(); }
226 
227  private:
228   friend class SendCallbackHelper;
229 
230   // By maintaining this indirection (ref-counted) to our internal state, we
231   // can safely be destroyed while the background thread continues to do stuff
232   // that involves this data.
233   scoped_refptr<Context> context_;
234 
235   // Whether the channel has been initialized.
236   bool did_init_;
237 };
238 
239 }  // namespace IPC
240 
241 #endif  // IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_PROXY_H_
242