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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 #include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
6 
7 #include "base/command_line.h"
8 
9 namespace switches {
10 
11 // The number of MSAA samples for canvas2D. Requires MSAA support by GPU to
12 // have an effect. 0 disables MSAA.
13 const char kAcceleratedCanvas2dMSAASampleCount[] = "canvas-msaa-sample-count";
14 
15 // By default, file:// URIs cannot read other file:// URIs. This is an
16 // override for developers who need the old behavior for testing.
17 const char kAllowFileAccessFromFiles[]      = "allow-file-access-from-files";
18 
19 // Allows frames with an https origin to use WebSockets with an insecure URL
20 // (ws://).
21 const char kAllowInsecureWebSocketFromHttpsOrigin[] =
22     "allow-insecure-websocket-from-https-origin";
23 
24 // Allows loopback interface to be added in network list for peer connection.
25 const char kAllowLoopbackInPeerConnection[] =
26     "allow-loopback-in-peer-connection";
27 
28 // Enables the sandboxed processes to run without a job object assigned to them.
29 // This flag is required to allow Chrome to run in RemoteApps or Citrix. This
30 // flag can reduce the security of the sandboxed processes and allow them to do
31 // certain API calls like shut down Windows or access the clipboard. Also we
32 // lose the chance to kill some processes until the outer job that owns them
33 // finishes.
34 const char kAllowNoSandboxJob[]             = "allow-no-sandbox-job";
35 
36 // Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see zygote_main_linux.cc).
37 const char kAllowSandboxDebugging[]         = "allow-sandbox-debugging";
38 
39 // The same as kAuditHandles except all handles are enumerated.
40 const char kAuditAllHandles[]               = "enable-handle-auditing-all";
41 
42 // Enumerates and prints a child process' most dangerous handles when it
43 // is terminated.
44 const char kAuditHandles[]                  = "enable-handle-auditing";
45 
46 // Choose which logging channels in blink platform to activate.  See
47 // Logging.cpp in blink's Source/platform for a list of available channels.
48 const char kBlinkPlatformLogChannels[]      = "blink-platform-log-channels";
49 
50 // Block cross-site documents (i.e., HTML/XML/JSON) from being loaded in
51 // subresources when a document is not supposed to read them.  This will later
52 // allow us to block them from the entire renderer process when site isolation
53 // is enabled.
54 const char kBlockCrossSiteDocuments[]     = "block-cross-site-documents";
55 
56 // Causes the browser process to throw an assertion on startup.
57 const char kBrowserAssertTest[]             = "assert-test";
58 
59 // Causes the browser process to crash on startup.
60 const char kBrowserCrashTest[]              = "crash-test";
61 
62 // Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses.
63 const char kBrowserSubprocessPath[]         = "browser-subprocess-path";
64 
65 // Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file.
66 const char kDebugPluginLoading[] = "debug-plugin-loading";
67 
68 // Sets the tile size used by composited layers.
69 const char kDefaultTileWidth[]              = "default-tile-width";
70 const char kDefaultTileHeight[]             = "default-tile-height";
71 
72 // Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas.
73 const char kDisable2dCanvasAntialiasing[]   = "disable-canvas-aa";
74 
75 // Disables client-visible 3D APIs, in particular WebGL and Pepper 3D.
76 // This is controlled by policy and is kept separate from the other
77 // enable/disable switches to avoid accidentally regressing the policy
78 // support for controlling access to these APIs.
79 const char kDisable3DAPIs[]                 = "disable-3d-apis";
80 
81 // Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
82 const char kDisableAccelerated2dCanvas[]    = "disable-accelerated-2d-canvas";
83 
84 // Disables layer squashing.
85 const char kDisableLayerSquashing[] =
86     "disable-layer-squashing";
87 
88 // Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available.
89 const char kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode[] =
90     "disable-accelerated-video-decode";
91 
92 // Disable the ApplicationCache.
93 const char kDisableApplicationCache[]       = "disable-application-cache";
94 
95 // Disable limits on the number of backing stores. Can prevent blinking for
96 // users with many windows/tabs and lots of memory.
97 const char kDisableBackingStoreLimit[]      = "disable-backing-store-limit";
98 
99 // Disable the creation of compositing layers when it would prevent LCD text.
100 const char kDisablePreferCompositingToLCDText[] =
101     "disable-prefer-compositing-to-lcd-text";
102 
103 // See comment for kEnableCompositingForTransition.
104 const char kDisableCompositingForTransition[] =
105      "disable-transition-compositing";
106 
107 // Disables HTML5 DB support.
108 const char kDisableDatabases[]              = "disable-databases";
109 
110 // Disables delegated renderer.
111 const char kDisableDelegatedRenderer[]      = "disable-delegated-renderer";
112 
113 // Disables desktop notifications (default enabled on windows).
114 const char kDisableDesktopNotifications[]   = "disable-desktop-notifications";
115 
116 // Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer.
117 const char kDisableDirectNPAPIRequests[]    = "disable-direct-npapi-requests";
118 
119 // Disable the per-domain blocking for 3D APIs after GPU reset.
120 // This switch is intended only for tests.
121 extern const char kDisableDomainBlockingFor3DAPIs[] =
122     "disable-domain-blocking-for-3d-apis";
123 
124 // Disable experimental WebGL support.
125 const char kDisableExperimentalWebGL[]      = "disable-webgl";
126 
127 // Disable FileSystem API.
128 const char kDisableFileSystem[]             = "disable-file-system";
129 
130 // Disable 3D inside of flapper.
131 const char kDisableFlash3d[]                = "disable-flash-3d";
132 
133 // Disable Stage3D inside of flapper.
134 const char kDisableFlashStage3d[]           = "disable-flash-stage3d";
135 
136 // Disables GPU hardware acceleration.  If software renderer is not in place,
137 // then the GPU process won't launch.
138 const char kDisableGpu[]                    = "disable-gpu";
139 
140 // Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.
141 const char kDisableGpuCompositing[]         = "disable-gpu-compositing";
142 
143 // Disable the limit on the number of times the GPU process may be restarted
144 // This switch is intended only for tests.
145 extern const char kDisableGpuProcessCrashLimit[] =
146     "disable-gpu-process-crash-limit";
147 
148 // Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only.
149 // Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags.
150 const char kDisableGpuRasterization[]       = "disable-gpu-rasterization";
151 
152 // When using CPU rasterizing disable low resolution tiling. This uses
153 // less power, particularly during animations, but more white may be seen
154 // during fast scrolling especially on slower devices.
155 const char kDisableLowResTiling[] = "disable-low-res-tiling";
156 
157 // Disable the GPU process sandbox.
158 const char kDisableGpuSandbox[]             = "disable-gpu-sandbox";
159 
160 // Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to
161 // messages.
162 const char kDisableGpuWatchdog[]            = "disable-gpu-watchdog";
163 
164 // Suppresses hang monitor dialogs in renderer processes.  This may allow slow
165 // unload handlers on a page to prevent the tab from closing, but the Task
166 // Manager can be used to terminate the offending process in this case.
167 const char kDisableHangMonitor[]            = "disable-hang-monitor";
168 
169 // Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer.
170 const char kDisableHistogramCustomizer[]    = "disable-histogram-customizer";
171 
172 // Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread.
173 // Overrides the kEnableImplSidePainting flag.
174 const char kDisableImplSidePainting[]       = "disable-impl-side-painting";
175 
176 // Prevent Java from running.
177 const char kDisableJava[]                   = "disable-java";
178 
179 // Don't execute JavaScript (browser JS like the new tab page still runs).
180 const char kDisableJavaScript[]             = "disable-javascript";
181 
182 // Don't kill a child process when it sends a bad IPC message.  Apart
183 // from testing, it is a bad idea from a security perspective to enable
184 // this switch.
185 const char kDisableKillAfterBadIPC[]        = "disable-kill-after-bad-ipc";
186 
187 // Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()).
188 const char kDisablePrefixedEncryptedMedia[] =
189     "disable-prefixed-encrypted-media";
190 
191 // Disables LCD text.
192 const char kDisableLCDText[]                = "disable-lcd-text";
193 
194 // Disables distance field text.
195 const char kDisableDistanceFieldText[]      = "disable-distance-field-text";
196 
197 // Disable LocalStorage.
198 const char kDisableLocalStorage[]           = "disable-local-storage";
199 
200 // Force logging to be disabled.  Logging is enabled by default in debug
201 // builds.
202 const char kDisableLogging[]                = "disable-logging";
203 
204 // Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object).
205 const char kDisableMediaSource[]            = "disable-media-source";
206 
207 // Disable Pepper3D.
208 const char kDisablePepper3d[]               = "disable-pepper-3d";
209 
210 // Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
211 const char kDisablePinch[]                  = "disable-pinch";
212 
213 // Prevent plugins from running.
214 const char kDisablePlugins[]                = "disable-plugins";
215 
216 // Disable discovering third-party plug-ins. Effectively loading only
217 // ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by
218 // --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches.
219 const char kDisablePluginsDiscovery[]       = "disable-plugins-discovery";
220 
221 // Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether this
222 // option is specified or not.
223 const char kDisableRemoteFonts[]            = "disable-remote-fonts";
224 
225 // Turns off the accessibility in the renderer.
226 const char kDisableRendererAccessibility[]  = "disable-renderer-accessibility";
227 
228 // Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only).
229 const char kDisableSeccompFilterSandbox[]   = "disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
230 
231 // Disable session storage.
232 const char kDisableSessionStorage[]         = "disable-session-storage";
233 
234 // Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only).
235 const char kDisableSetuidSandbox[]          = "disable-setuid-sandbox";
236 
237 // Disable shared workers.
238 const char kDisableSharedWorkers[]          = "disable-shared-workers";
239 
240 // For tests, disable single thread scheduler and only manually composite.
241 const char kDisableSingleThreadProxyScheduler[] =
242     "disable-single-thread-proxy-scheduler";
243 
244 // Disable smooth scrolling for testing.
245 const char kDisableSmoothScrolling[]        = "disable-smooth-scrolling";
246 
247 // Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
248 const char kDisableSoftwareRasterizer[]     = "disable-software-rasterizer";
249 
250 // Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
251 const char kDisableThreadedCompositing[]     = "disable-threaded-compositing";
252 
253 // Disable multithreaded, compositor scrolling of web content.
254 const char kDisableThreadedScrolling[]      = "disable-threaded-scrolling";
255 
256 // Disable V8 idle notification after commit.
257 // Overrides kEnableV8IdleNotificationAfterCommit.
258 const char kDisableV8IdleNotificationAfterCommit[] =
259     "disable-v8-idle-notification-after-commit";
260 
261 // Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their sites.)
262 const char kDisableWebSecurity[]            = "disable-web-security";
263 
264 // Disables support for XSLT.
265 const char kDisableXSLT[]                   = "disable-xslt";
266 
267 // Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS.
268 const char kDisableXSSAuditor[]             = "disable-xss-auditor";
269 
270 // Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
271 // Overrides the kEnableZeroCopy flag.
272 const char kDisableZeroCopy[]               = "disable-zero-copy";
273 
274 // Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the
275 // renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
276 // be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom
277 // based tests.
278 const char kDomAutomationController[]       = "dom-automation";
279 
280 // Enable partially decoding jpeg images using the GPU.
281 // At least YUV decoding will be accelerated when using this flag.
282 // Has no effect unless GPU rasterization is enabled.
283 const char kEnableAcceleratedJpegDecoding[] =
284     "enable-accelerated-jpeg-decoding";
285 
286 // Enable bleeding-edge code to make Chrome draw content faster. The changes
287 // behind this path are very likely to break lots of content.
288 // ** DO NOT use this flag unless you know what you are doing. **
289 const char kEnableBleedingEdgeRenderingFastPaths[] =
290     "enable-bleeding-edge-rendering-fast-paths";
291 
292 // Disable deferred image filters.
293 const char kDisableDeferredFilters[]         = "disable-deferred-filters";
294 
295 // Enables LCD text.
296 const char kEnableLCDText[]                 = "enable-lcd-text";
297 
298 // Enables using signed distance fields when rendering text.
299 // Only valid if GPU rasterization is enabled as well.
300 const char kEnableDistanceFieldText[]       = "enable-distance-field-text";
301 
302 // Enables experimental feature that maps multiple RenderLayers to
303 // one composited layer to avoid pathological layer counts.
304 const char kEnableLayerSquashing[] =
305     "enable-layer-squashing";
306 
307 // Enable experimental container node culling.
308 const char kEnableContainerCulling[]        = "enable-container-culling";
309 
310 // Use a BeginFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule rendering.
311 const char kEnableBeginFrameScheduling[]    = "enable-begin-frame-scheduling";
312 
313 // Enable the creation of compositing layers when it would prevent LCD text.
314 const char kEnablePreferCompositingToLCDText[] =
315     "enable-prefer-compositing-to-lcd-text";
316 
317 // PlzNavigate: Use the experimental browser-side navigation path.
318 const char kEnableBrowserSideNavigation[]   = "enable-browser-side-navigation";
319 
320 // Enable/Disable the creation of compositing layers for RenderLayers with a
321 // transition on a property that supports accelerated animation (that is,
322 // opacity, -webkit-transform, and -webkit-filter), even when no animation is
323 // running. These options allow for three possible scenarios:
324 //  1. Default (enabled only if we dectect a highDPI display)
325 //  2. Enabled always.
326 //  3. Disabled always.
327 const char kEnableCompositingForTransition[] =
328      "enable-transition-compositing";
329 
330 // Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting.
331 const char kEnableDeferredImageDecoding[]   = "enable-deferred-image-decoding";
332 
333 // Enables delegated renderer.
334 const char kEnableDelegatedRenderer[]       = "enable-delegated-renderer";
335 
336 // Enables display list based 2d canvas implementation.
337 const char kEnableDisplayList2dCanvas[]     = "enable-display-list-2d-canvas";
338 const char kDisableDisplayList2dCanvas[]     = "disable-display-list-2d-canvas";
339 
340 // Enables restarting interrupted downloads.
341 const char kEnableDownloadResumption[]      = "enable-download-resumption";
342 
343 // Enables support for Encrypted Media Extensions (e.g. MediaKeys).
344 const char kEnableEncryptedMedia[] = "enable-encrypted-media";
345 
346 // Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context attributes
347 const char kEnableExperimentalCanvasFeatures[] =
348     "enable-experimental-canvas-features";
349 
350 // Enables Web Platform features that are in development.
351 const char kEnableExperimentalWebPlatformFeatures[] =
352     "enable-experimental-web-platform-features";
353 
354 // By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing,
355 // for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243.
356 const char kEnableFileCookies[]             = "enable-file-cookies";
357 
358 // Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer.
359 const char kEnableGpuClientTracing[]        = "enable-gpu-client-tracing";
360 
361 // Allow heuristics to determine when a layer tile should be drawn with the
362 // Skia GPU backend. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing +
363 // impl-side painting.
364 const char kEnableGpuRasterization[]        = "enable-gpu-rasterization";
365 
366 // When using CPU rasterizing generate low resolution tiling. Low res
367 // tiles may be displayed during fast scrolls especially on slower devices.
368 const char kEnableLowResTiling[] = "enable-low-res-tiling";
369 
370 // Paint content on the compositor thread instead of the main thread.
371 const char kEnableImplSidePainting[]        = "enable-impl-side-painting";
372 
373 // Force logging to be enabled.  Logging is disabled by default in release
374 // builds.
375 const char kEnableLogging[]                 = "enable-logging";
376 
377 // Enables the memory benchmarking extension
378 const char kEnableMemoryBenchmarking[]      = "enable-memory-benchmarking";
379 
380 // Enables the network information API.
381 const char kEnableNetworkInformation[]      = "enable-network-information";
382 
383 // Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
384 const char kEnableOneCopy[]                 = "enable-one-copy";
385 
386 // Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only.
387 const char kEnableOverlayFullscreenVideo[]  = "enable-overlay-fullscreen-video";
388 
389 // Forward overscroll event data from the renderer to the browser.
390 const char kEnableOverscrollNotifications[] = "enable-overscroll-notifications";
391 
392 // Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
393 const char kEnablePinch[]                   = "enable-pinch";
394 
395 // Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more
396 // up to date in shared worker. Without this flag, the memory information is
397 // still available, but it is bucketized and updated less frequently. This flag
398 // also applys to workers.
399 const char kEnablePreciseMemoryInfo[] = "enable-precise-memory-info";
400 
401 // Set options to cache V8 data. (off, preparse data, or code)
402 const char kV8CacheOptions[] = "v8-cache-options";
403 
404 // Enables the CSS multicol implementation that uses the regions implementation.
405 const char kEnableRegionBasedColumns[] =
406     "enable-region-based-columns";
407 
408 // Replaces renderer-browser IPC channel with ChnanelMojo.
409 const char kEnableRendererMojoChannel[] =
410     "enable-renderer-mojo-channel";
411 
412 // Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource
413 // is denied by the sandbox.
414 const char kEnableSandboxLogging[]          = "enable-sandbox-logging";
415 
416 // Enables seccomp-bpf support for Android. Requires experimental kernel
417 // support. <http://crbug.com/166704>
418 const char kEnableSeccompFilterSandbox[] =
419     "enable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
420 
421 // Enables the Skia benchmarking extension
422 const char kEnableSkiaBenchmarking[]        = "enable-skia-benchmarking";
423 
424 // On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation.
425 const char kEnableSmoothScrolling[]         = "enable-smooth-scrolling";
426 
427 // Enable spatial navigation
428 const char kEnableSpatialNavigation[]       = "enable-spatial-navigation";
429 
430 // Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory table.
431 const char kEnableStatsTable[]              = "enable-stats-table";
432 
433 // Experimentally ensures that each renderer process:
434 // 1) Only handles rendering for pages from a single site, apart from iframes.
435 // (Note that a page can reference content from multiple origins due to images,
436 // JavaScript files, etc.  Cross-site iframes are also loaded in-process.)
437 // 2) Only has authority to see or use cookies for the page's top-level origin.
438 // (So if a.com iframes b.com, the b.com network request will be sent without
439 // cookies.)
440 // This is expected to break compatibility with many pages for now.  Unlike the
441 // --site-per-process flag, this allows cross-site iframes, but it blocks all
442 // cookies on cross-site requests.
443 const char kEnableStrictSiteIsolation[]     = "enable-strict-site-isolation";
444 
445 // Enable support for sync events in ServiceWorkers.
446 const char kEnableServiceWorkerSync[]       = "enable-service-worker-sync";
447 
448 // Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the
449 // SYN packet.
450 const char kEnableTcpFastOpen[]             = "enable-tcp-fastopen";
451 
452 // Enabled threaded compositing for layout tests.
453 const char kEnableThreadedCompositing[]     = "enable-threaded-compositing";
454 
455 // Enable tracing during the execution of browser tests.
456 const char kEnableTracing[]                 = "enable-tracing";
457 
458 // The filename to write the output of the test tracing to.
459 const char kEnableTracingOutput[]           = "enable-tracing-output";
460 
461 // Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API.
462 const char kEnableUserMediaScreenCapturing[] =
463     "enable-usermedia-screen-capturing";
464 
465 // Enables streaming scripts to V8 while loading.
466 const char kEnableV8ScriptStreaming[] = "enable-v8-script-streaming";
467 
468 // Send a notification from RenderWidgetCompositor to V8 to do idle work
469 // (e.g. garbage collection) after the commit until the beginning of the next
470 // frame.  This moves the work off the critical path where compositor is waiting
471 // for the main thread. The flag is experimental until the implementation of the
472 // V8 idle handler is completed.
473 const char kEnableV8IdleNotificationAfterCommit[] =
474     "enable-v8-idle-notification-after-commit";
475 
476 // Enables the use of the @viewport CSS rule, which allows
477 // pages to control aspects of their own layout. This also turns on touch-screen
478 // pinch gestures.
479 const char kEnableViewport[]                = "enable-viewport";
480 
481 // Enables the use of the legacy viewport meta tag. Turning this on also
482 // turns on the @viewport CSS rule
483 const char kEnableViewportMeta[]            = "enable-viewport-meta";
484 
485 // Resizes of the main frame are the caused by changing between landscape
486 // and portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit
487 const char kMainFrameResizesAreOrientationChanges[] =
488     "main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes";
489 
490 // Enable the Vtune profiler support.
491 const char kEnableVtune[]                   = "enable-vtune-support";
492 
493 // Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community.
494 const char kEnableWebGLDraftExtensions[] = "enable-webgl-draft-extensions";
495 
496 // Enables WebGL rendering into a scanout buffer for overlay support.
497 const char kEnableWebGLImageChromium[] = "enable-webgl-image-chromium";
498 
499 // Enables Web MIDI API.
500 const char kEnableWebMIDI[]                 = "enable-web-midi";
501 
502 // Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
503 const char kEnableZeroCopy[]                = "enable-zero-copy";
504 
505 // Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory.
506 const char kExtraPluginDir[]                = "extra-plugin-dir";
507 
508 // Some field trials may be randomized in the browser, and the randomly selected
509 // outcome needs to be propagated to the renderer. For instance, this is used
510 // to modify histograms recorded in the renderer, or to get the renderer to
511 // also set of its state (initialize, or not initialize components) to match the
512 // experiment(s). The option is also useful for forcing field trials when
513 // testing changes locally. The argument is a list of name and value pairs,
514 // separated by slashes. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString() in
515 // field_trial.h for details.
516 const char kForceFieldTrials[]              = "force-fieldtrials";
517 
518 // Always use the Skia GPU backend for drawing layer tiles. Only valid with GPU
519 // accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. Overrides the
520 // kEnableGpuRasterization flag.
521 const char kForceGpuRasterization[]        = "force-gpu-rasterization";
522 
523 // Force renderer accessibility to be on instead of enabling it on demand when
524 // a screen reader is detected. The disable-renderer-accessibility switch
525 // overrides this if present.
526 const char kForceRendererAccessibility[]    = "force-renderer-accessibility";
527 
528 // Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process.
529 const char kGpuDeviceID[]                   = "gpu-device-id";
530 
531 // Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process.
532 const char kGpuDriverVendor[]               = "gpu-driver-vendor";
533 
534 // Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process.
535 const char kGpuDriverVersion[]              = "gpu-driver-version";
536 
537 // Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used
538 // for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix.
539 const char kGpuLauncher[]                   = "gpu-launcher";
540 
541 // Makes this process a GPU sub-process.
542 const char kGpuProcess[]                    = "gpu-process";
543 
544 // Allows shmat() system call in the GPU sandbox.
545 const char kGpuSandboxAllowSysVShm[]        = "gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm";
546 
547 // Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal.
548 const char kGpuSandboxFailuresFatal[]       = "gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal";
549 
550 // Starts the GPU sandbox before creating a GL context.
551 const char kGpuSandboxStartEarly[]          = "gpu-sandbox-start-early";
552 
553 // Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch.
554 const char kGpuStartupDialog[]              = "gpu-startup-dialog";
555 
556 // Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process.
557 const char kGpuVendorID[]                   = "gpu-vendor-id";
558 
559 // These mappings only apply to the host resolver.
560 const char kHostResolverRules[]             = "host-resolver-rules";
561 
562 // Ignores certificate-related errors.
563 const char kIgnoreCertificateErrors[]       = "ignore-certificate-errors";
564 
565 // Ignores GPU blacklist.
566 const char kIgnoreGpuBlacklist[]            = "ignore-gpu-blacklist";
567 
568 // Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process.
569 const char kInProcessGPU[]                  = "in-process-gpu";
570 
571 // Overrides the timeout, in seconds, that a child process waits for a
572 // connection from the browser before killing itself.
573 const char kIPCConnectionTimeout[]          = "ipc-connection-timeout";
574 
575 // Specifies the flags passed to JS engine
576 const char kJavaScriptFlags[]               = "js-flags";
577 
578 // Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path.
579 const char kLoadPlugin[]                    = "load-plugin";
580 
581 // Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules.
582 const char kLogGpuControlListDecisions[]    = "log-gpu-control-list-decisions";
583 
584 // Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3:
585 // INFO = 0, WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3.
586 const char kLoggingLevel[]                  = "log-level";
587 
588 // Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to use.
589 const char kLogNetLog[]                     = "log-net-log";
590 
591 // Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to VLOG(1).
592 const char kLogPluginMessages[]             = "log-plugin-messages";
593 
594 // Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get tiled.
595 const char kMaxUntiledLayerHeight[]         = "max-untiled-layer-height";
596 const char kMaxUntiledLayerWidth[]          = "max-untiled-layer-width";
597 
598 // Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the
599 // Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests.
600 const char kMemoryMetrics[]                 = "memory-metrics";
601 
602 // Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during
603 // automated testing.
604 const char kMuteAudio[]                     = "mute-audio";
605 
606 // Don't send HTTP-Referer headers.
607 const char kNoReferrers[]                   = "no-referrers";
608 
609 // Disables the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed.
610 const char kNoSandbox[]                     = "no-sandbox";
611 
612 // Number of worker threads used to rasterize content.
613 const char kNumRasterThreads[]              = "num-raster-threads";
614 
615 // Controls the behavior of history navigation in response to horizontal
616 // overscroll.
617 // Set the value to '0' to disable.
618 // Set the value to '1' to enable the behavior where pages slide in and out in
619 // response to the horizontal overscroll gesture and a screenshot of the target
620 // page is shown.
621 // Set the value to '2' to enable the simplified overscroll UI where a
622 // navigation arrow slides in from the side of the screen in response to the
623 // horizontal overscroll gesture.
624 // Defaults to '1'.
625 const char kOverscrollHistoryNavigation[] =
626     "overscroll-history-navigation";
627 
628 // Specifies a command that should be used to launch the plugin process.  Useful
629 // for running the plugin process through purify or quantify.  Ex:
630 //   --plugin-launcher="path\to\purify /Run=yes"
631 const char kPluginLauncher[]                = "plugin-launcher";
632 
633 // Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load
634 const char kPluginPath[]                    = "plugin-path";
635 
636 // Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess.
637 const char kPluginProcess[]                 = "plugin";
638 
639 // Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch.
640 const char kPluginStartupDialog[]           = "plugin-startup-dialog";
641 
642 // Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process type.
643 const char kPpapiBrokerProcess[]            = "ppapi-broker";
644 
645 // "Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for debugging options.
646 const char kPpapiFlashArgs[]                = "ppapi-flash-args";
647 
648 // Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process.
649 const char kPpapiInProcess[]                = "ppapi-in-process";
650 
651 // Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins.
652 const char kPpapiPluginLauncher[]           = "ppapi-plugin-launcher";
653 
654 // Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type.
655 const char kPpapiPluginProcess[]            = "ppapi";
656 
657 // Causes the PPAPI sub process to display a dialog on launch. Be sure to use
658 // --no-sandbox as well or the sandbox won't allow the dialog to display.
659 const char kPpapiStartupDialog[]            = "ppapi-startup-dialog";
660 
661 // Runs a single process for each site (i.e., group of pages from the same
662 // registered domain) the user visits.  We default to using a renderer process
663 // for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered
664 // domain with script connections to each other).
665 const char kProcessPerSite[]                = "process-per-site";
666 
667 // Runs each set of script-connected tabs (i.e., a BrowsingInstance) in its own
668 // renderer process.  We default to using a renderer process for each
669 // site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with
670 // script connections to each other).
671 const char kProcessPerTab[]                 = "process-per-tab";
672 
673 // The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a
674 // renderer or plugin host.  If it's empty, it's the browser.
675 const char kProcessType[]                   = "type";
676 
677 // Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used
678 // for testing purposes only.
679 const char kReduceSecurityForTesting[]      = "reduce-security-for-testing";
680 
681 // Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its format).
682 const char kRegisterPepperPlugins[]         = "register-pepper-plugins";
683 
684 // Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port.
685 const char kRemoteDebuggingPort[]           = "remote-debugging-port";
686 
687 // Causes the renderer process to throw an assertion on launch.
688 const char kRendererAssertTest[]            = "renderer-assert-test";
689 
690 // On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer
691 // command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args".
692 const char kRendererCmdPrefix[]             = "renderer-cmd-prefix";
693 
694 // Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser.
695 const char kRendererProcess[]               = "renderer";
696 
697 // Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes.
698 // Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage
699 // or instability.
700 const char kRendererProcessLimit[]          = "renderer-process-limit";
701 
702 // Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch.
703 const char kRendererStartupDialog[]         = "renderer-startup-dialog";
704 
705 // Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess.
706 const char kSandboxIPCProcess[]             = "sandbox-ipc";
707 
708 // Enables or disables scroll end effect in response to vertical overscroll.
709 // Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
710 // Defaults to disabled.
711 const char kScrollEndEffect[] = "scroll-end-effect";
712 
713 // Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug
714 // and study painting behavior.
715 const char kShowPaintRects[]                = "show-paint-rects";
716 
717 // Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser
718 const char kSingleProcess[]                 = "single-process";
719 
720 // Experimentally enforces a one-site-per-process security policy.
721 // All cross-site navigations force process swaps, and we can restrict a
722 // renderer process's access rights based on its site.  For details, see:
723 // http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation
724 //
725 // Unlike --enable-strict-site-isolation (which allows cross-site iframes),
726 // this flag does not affect which cookies are attached to cross-site requests.
727 // Support is being added to render cross-site iframes in a different process
728 // than their parent pages.
729 const char kSitePerProcess[]                = "site-per-process";
730 
731 // Skip gpu info collection, blacklist loading, and blacklist auto-update
732 // scheduling at browser startup time.
733 // Therefore, all GPU features are available, and about:gpu page shows empty
734 // content. The switch is intended only for layout tests.
735 // TODO(gab): Get rid of this switch entirely.
736 const char kSkipGpuDataLoading[]            = "skip-gpu-data-loading";
737 
738 // Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the user
739 // had pressed F11 right after startup.
740 const char kStartFullscreen[] = "start-fullscreen";
741 
742 // Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in the
743 // renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
744 // be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when running a test
745 // that needs to access the provided statistics.
746 const char kStatsCollectionController[] =
747     "enable-stats-collection-bindings";
748 
749 // Upscale defaults to "good".
750 const char kTabCaptureDownscaleQuality[]    = "tab-capture-downscale-quality";
751 
752 // Scaling quality for capturing tab. Should be one of "fast", "good" or "best".
753 // One flag for upscaling, one for downscaling.
754 // Upscale defaults to "best".
755 const char kTabCaptureUpscaleQuality[]      = "tab-capture-upscale-quality";
756 
757 // Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed ports.
758 const char kTestingFixedHttpPort[]          = "testing-fixed-http-port";
759 const char kTestingFixedHttpsPort[]         = "testing-fixed-https-port";
760 
761 // Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
762 const char kTestType[]                      = "test-type";
763 
764 const char kTouchScrollingMode[]            = "touch-scrolling-mode";
765 const char kTouchScrollingModeAsyncTouchmove[] = "async-touchmove";
766 const char kTouchScrollingModeSyncTouchmove[] = "sync-touchmove";
767 const char kTouchScrollingModeTouchcancel[] = "touchcancel";
768 
769 // Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded beginning with shutdown. Optionally,
770 // can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
771 // --trace-shutdown=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded.
772 // --trace-shutdown-file can be used to control where the trace log gets stored
773 // to since there is otherwise no way to access the result.
774 const char kTraceShutdown[]                 = "trace-shutdown";
775 
776 // If supplied, sets the file which shutdown tracing will be stored into, if
777 // omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
778 // Has no effect unless --trace-shutdown is also supplied.
779 // Example: --trace-shutdown --trace-shutdown-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
780 const char kTraceShutdownFile[]             = "trace-shutdown-file";
781 
782 // Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. Optionally, can
783 // specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
784 // --trace-startup=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. Setting this
785 // flag results in the first call to BeginTracing() to receive all trace events
786 // since startup. In Chrome, you may find --trace-startup-file and
787 // --trace-startup-duration to control the auto-saving of the trace (not
788 // supported in the base-only TraceLog component).
789 const char kTraceStartup[]                  = "trace-startup";
790 
791 // Sets the time in seconds until startup tracing ends. If omitted a default of
792 // 5 seconds is used. Has no effect without --trace-startup, or if
793 // --startup-trace-file=none was supplied.
794 const char kTraceStartupDuration[]          = "trace-startup-duration";
795 
796 // If supplied, sets the file which startup tracing will be stored into, if
797 // omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
798 // Has no effect unless --trace-startup is also supplied.
799 // Example: --trace-startup --trace-startup-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
800 // As a special case, can be set to 'none' - this disables automatically saving
801 // the result to a file and the first manually recorded trace will then receive
802 // all events since startup.
803 const char kTraceStartupFile[]              = "trace-startup-file";
804 
805 // Sets the target URL for uploading tracing data.
806 const char kTraceUploadURL[]                = "trace-upload-url";
807 
808 
809 // Prioritizes the UI's command stream in the GPU process
810 extern const char kUIPrioritizeInGpuProcess[] =
811     "ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process";
812 
813 // Overrides the preferred discardable memory implementation.
814 const char kUseDiscardableMemory[] = "use-discardable-memory";
815 
816 // Bypass the media stream infobar by selecting the default device for media
817 // streams (e.g. WebRTC). Works with --use-fake-device-for-media-stream.
818 const char kUseFakeUIForMediaStream[]     = "use-fake-ui-for-media-stream";
819 
820 // Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent.
821 const char kUseMobileUserAgent[] = "use-mobile-user-agent";
822 
823 // Use the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation.
824 const char kUseSurfaces[] = "use-surfaces";
825 
826 // On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the utility
827 // process command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb
828 // --args".
829 const char kUtilityCmdPrefix[]              = "utility-cmd-prefix";
830 
831 // Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.
832 const char kUtilityProcess[]                = "utility";
833 
834 // The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This flag
835 // specifies the directory that can be accessed.
836 const char kUtilityProcessAllowedDir[]      = "utility-allowed-dir";
837 
838 // Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process.
839 const char kUtilityProcessEnableMDns[]      = "utility-enable-mdns";
840 
841 const char kUtilityProcessRunningElevated[] = "utility-run-elevated";
842 
843 // In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid.
844 const char kValidateInputEventStream[] = "validate-input-event-stream";
845 
846 // Will add kWaitForDebugger to every child processes. If a value is passed, it
847 // will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the
848 // kWaitForDebugger flag passed on or not.
849 const char kWaitForDebuggerChildren[]       = "wait-for-debugger-children";
850 
851 // The prefix used when starting the zygote process. (i.e. 'gdb --args')
852 const char kZygoteCmdPrefix[]               = "zygote-cmd-prefix";
853 
854 // Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote.
855 const char kZygoteProcess[]                 = "zygote";
856 
857 #if defined(ENABLE_WEBRTC)
858 // Disables audio processing in a MediaStreamTrack. When this flag is on, AEC,
859 // NS and AGC will be done in PeerConnection instead of MediaStreamTrack.
860 const char kDisableAudioTrackProcessing[]    = "disable-audio-track-processing";
861 
862 // Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC.
863 const char kDisableWebRtcHWDecoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-decoding";
864 
865 // Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it
866 // ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels.
867 const char kDisableWebRtcEncryption[]      = "disable-webrtc-encryption";
868 
869 // Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
870 const char kDisableWebRtcHWEncoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-encoding";
871 
872 // Enables VP8 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
873 const char kEnableWebRtcHWVp8Encoding[]     = "enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding";
874 
875 // Enables H264 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
876 const char kEnableWebRtcHWH264Encoding[]    = "enable-webrtc-hw-h264-encoding";
877 #endif
878 
879 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
880 // Disable user gesture requirement for media playback.
881 const char kDisableGestureRequirementForMediaPlayback[] =
882     "disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback";
883 
884 // Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap.
885 const char kDisableClickDelay[]             = "disable-click-delay";
886 
887 // Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views.
888 const char kDisableOverscrollEdgeEffect[]   = "disable-overscroll-edge-effect";
889 
890 // WebRTC is enabled by default on Android.
891 const char kDisableWebRTC[]                 = "disable-webrtc";
892 
893 // Enable the PowerSaveBlocker in ContentVideoView. Android only.
894 const char kEnableContentVideoViewPowerSaveBlocker[] =
895     "enable-content-video-view-power-save-blocker";
896 
897 // Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API.
898 const char kEnableSpeechRecognition[]       = "enable-speech-recognition";
899 
900 // Always use the video overlay for the embedded video.
901 // This switch is intended only for tests.
902 const char kForceUseOverlayEmbeddedVideo[] = "force-use-overlay-embedded-video";
903 
904 // The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection.
905 const char kNetworkCountryIso[] = "network-country-iso";
906 
907 // Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name.
908 const char kRemoteDebuggingSocketName[]     = "remote-debugging-socket-name";
909 
910 // Block ChildProcessMain thread of the renderer's ChildProcessService until a
911 // Java debugger is attached.
912 const char kRendererWaitForJavaDebugger[] = "renderer-wait-for-java-debugger";
913 #endif
914 
915 // Disable web audio API.
916 const char kDisableWebAudio[]               = "disable-webaudio";
917 
918 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
919 // Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode).
920 const char kDisablePanelFitting[]           = "disable-panel-fitting";
921 
922 // Enables VA-API accelerated video encode.
923 const char kDisableVaapiAcceleratedVideoEncode[] =
924     "disable-vaapi-accelerated-video-encode";
925 #endif
926 
927 #if defined(OS_LINUX) && !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
928 // Allows sending text-to-speech requests to speech-dispatcher, a common
929 // Linux speech service. Because it's buggy, the user must explicitly
930 // enable it so that visiting a random webpage can't cause instability.
931 const char kEnableSpeechDispatcher[] = "enable-speech-dispatcher";
932 #endif
933 
934 #if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
935 // Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when
936 // accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430 .
937 const char kDisableCoreAnimationPlugins[] =
938     "disable-core-animation-plugins";
939 #endif
940 
941 #if defined(OS_WIN)
942 // Device scale factor passed to certain processes like renderers, etc.
943 const char kDeviceScaleFactor[]     = "device-scale-factor";
944 
945 // Disables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows.
946 const char kDisableDirectWrite[]             = "disable-direct-write";
947 
948 // Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the WebContents.
949 const char kDisableLegacyIntermediateWindow[] = "disable-legacy-window";
950 
951 // Enable the Win32K process mitigation policy for renderer processes which
952 // prevents them from invoking user32 and gdi32 system calls which enter
953 // the kernel. This is only supported on Windows 8 and beyond.
954 const char kEnableWin32kRendererLockDown[]
955     = "enable_win32k_renderer_lockdown";
956 #endif
957 
958 // Don't dump stuff here, follow the same order as the header.
959 
960 }  // namespace switches
961