gecko/xpcom/base/nsIMemoryReporter.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsISimpleEnumerator;

/*
 * An nsIMemoryReporter reports a single memory measurement as an object.
 * Use this when it makes sense to gather this measurement without gathering
 * related measurements at the same time.
 *
 * Note that the |amount| field may be implemented as a function, and so
 * accessing it can trigger significant computation;  the other fields can
 * be accessed without triggering this computation.  (Compare and contrast
 * this with nsIMemoryMultiReporter.)  
 */
[scriptable, uuid(b2c39f65-1799-4b92-a806-ab3cf6af3cfa)]
interface nsIMemoryReporter : nsISupports
{
  /*
   * The name of the process containing this reporter.  Each reporter initially
   * has "" in this field, indicating that it applies to the current process.
   * (This is true even for reporters in a child process.)  When a reporter
   * from a child process is copied into the main process, the copy has its
   * 'process' field set appropriately.
   */
  readonly attribute ACString process;

  /*
   * The path that this memory usage should be reported under.  Paths are
   * '/'-delimited, eg. "a/b/c".  There are three categories of paths.
   *
   * - Paths starting with "explicit" represent regions of memory that have
   *   been explicitly allocated with an OS-level allocation (eg.
   *   mmap/VirtualAlloc/vm_allocate) or a heap-level allocation (eg.
   *   malloc/calloc/operator new).
   *
   *   Each reporter can be viewed as representing a node in a tree rooted at
   *   "explicit".  Not all nodes of the tree need have an associated reporter.
   *   So, for example, the reporters "explicit/a/b", "explicit/a/c",
   *   "explicit/d", "explicit/d/e", and "explicit/d/f" define this tree:
   *
   *     explicit
   *     |--a
   *     |  |--b [*]
   *     |  \--c [*]
   *     \--d [*]
   *        |--e [*]
   *        \--f [*]
   *
   *   Nodes marked with a [*] have a reporter.  Notice that "explicit/a" is
   *   implicitly defined.
   *
   *   A node's children divide their parent's memory into disjoint pieces.
   *   So in the example above, |a| may not count any allocations counted by
   *   |d|, and vice versa.
   *
   * - Paths starting with "map" represent regions of virtual memory that the
   *   process has mapped.  The reporter immediately beneath "map" describes
   *   the type of measurement; for instance, the reporter "map/rss/[stack]"
   *   might report how much of the process's stack is currently in physical
   *   memory.
   *
   *   Reporters in this category must have kind NONHEAP and units BYTES.
   *
   * - All other paths represent cross-cutting values and may overlap with any
   *   other reporter.
   */
  readonly attribute AUTF8String path;

  /*
   * There are three categories of memory reporters:
   *
   *  - HEAP: memory allocated by the heap allocator, e.g. by calling malloc,
   *    calloc, realloc, memalign, operator new, or operator new[].  Reporters
   *    in this category must have units UNITS_BYTES and must have a path
   *    starting with "explicit".

   *  - NONHEAP: memory which the program explicitly allocated, but does not
   *    live on the heap.  Such memory is commonly allocated by calling one of
   *    the OS's memory-mapping functions (e.g. mmap, VirtualAlloc, or
   *    vm_allocate).  Reporters in this category must have units UNITS_BYTES
   *    and must have a path starting with "explicit" or "map".
   *
   *  - OTHER: reporters which don't fit into either of these categories. Such
   *    reporters must have a path that does not start with "explicit" or "map"
   *    and may have any units.
   */
  const PRInt32 KIND_NONHEAP = 0;
  const PRInt32 KIND_HEAP    = 1;
  const PRInt32 KIND_OTHER   = 2;

  /*
   * KIND_MAPPED is a deprecated synonym for KIND_NONHEAP.  We keep it around
   * to as not to break extensions which might use this interface, but we will
   * remove it eventually.
   */
  const PRInt32 KIND_MAPPED  = 0;

  /*
   * The reporter kind.  See KIND_* above.
   */
  readonly attribute PRInt32 kind;

  /*
   * The amount reported by a memory reporter must have one of the following
   * units, but you may of course add new units as necessary:
   *
   *  - BYTES: The amount contains a number of bytes.
   *
   *  - COUNT: The amount is an instantaneous count of things currently in
   *    existence.  For instance, the number of tabs currently open would have
   *    units COUNT.
   *
   *  - COUNT_CUMULATIVE: The amount contains the number of times some event
   *    has occurred since the application started up.  For instance, the
   *    number of times the user has opened a new tab would have units
   *    COUNT_CUMULATIVE.
   *
   *    The amount returned by a reporter with units COUNT_CUMULATIVE must
   *    never decrease over the lifetime of the application.
   *
   *  - PERCENTAGE: The amount contains a fraction that should be expressed as
   *    a percentage.  NOTE!  The |amount| field should be given a value 100x
   *    the actual percentage;  this number will be divided by 100 when shown.
   *    This allows a fractional percentage to be shown even though |amount| is
   *    an integer.  E.g. if the actual percentage is 12.34%, |amount| should
   *    be 1234.
   */
  const PRInt32 UNITS_BYTES = 0;
  const PRInt32 UNITS_COUNT = 1;
  const PRInt32 UNITS_COUNT_CUMULATIVE = 2;
  const PRInt32 UNITS_PERCENTAGE = 3;

  /*
   * The units on the reporter's amount.  See UNITS_* above.
   */
  readonly attribute PRInt32 units;

  /*
   * The numeric value reported by this memory reporter.  -1 means "unknown",
   * ie. something went wrong when getting the amount.
   */
  readonly attribute PRInt64 amount;

  /*
   * A human-readable description of this memory usage report.
   */
  readonly attribute AUTF8String description;
};

[scriptable, function, uuid(5b15f3fa-ba15-443c-8337-7770f5f0ce5d)]
interface nsIMemoryMultiReporterCallback : nsISupports
{
  void callback(in ACString process, in AUTF8String path, in PRInt32 kind,
                in PRInt32 units, in PRInt64 amount,
                in AUTF8String description, in nsISupports closure);
};

/*
 * An nsIMemoryMultiReporter reports multiple memory measurements via a
 * callback function which is called once for each measurement.  Use this
 * when you want to gather multiple measurements in a single operation (eg.
 * a single traversal of a large data structure).
 *
 * The arguments to the callback deliberately match the fields in
 * nsIMemoryReporter, but note that seeing any of these arguments requires
 * calling collectReports which will trigger all relevant computation.
 * (Compare and contrast this with nsIMemoryReporter, which allows all
 * fields except |amount| to be accessed without triggering computation.)
 */
[scriptable, uuid(eae277ad-b67d-4389-95f4-03fa11c09d06)]
interface nsIMemoryMultiReporter : nsISupports
{
  void collectReports(in nsIMemoryMultiReporterCallback callback,
                      in nsISupports closure);
};

[scriptable, uuid(84ba9c85-3372-4423-b7ab-74708b9269a6)]
interface nsIMemoryReporterManager : nsISupports
{
  /*
   * Return an enumerator of nsIMemoryReporters that are currently registered.
   */
  nsISimpleEnumerator enumerateReporters ();

  /*
   * Return an enumerator of nsIMemoryMultiReporters that are currently
   * registered.
   */
  nsISimpleEnumerator enumerateMultiReporters ();

  /*
   * Register the given nsIMemoryReporter.  After a reporter is registered,
   * it will be available via enumerateReporters().  The Manager service
   * will hold a strong reference to the given reporter.
   */
  void registerReporter (in nsIMemoryReporter reporter);

  /*
   * Register the given nsIMemoryMultiReporter.  After a multi-reporter is
   * registered, it will be available via enumerateMultiReporters().  The
   * Manager service will hold a strong reference to the given
   * multi-reporter.
   */
  void registerMultiReporter (in nsIMemoryMultiReporter reporter);

  /*
   * Unregister the given memory reporter.
   */
  void unregisterReporter (in nsIMemoryReporter reporter);

  /*
   * Unregister the given memory multi-reporter.
   */
  void unregisterMultiReporter (in nsIMemoryMultiReporter reporter);

  /*
   * Initialize.
   */
  void init ();

  /*
   * Get the resident size (aka. RSS, physical memory used).  This reporter
   * is special-cased because it's interesting, is available on all
   * platforms, and returns a meaningful result on all common platforms.
   * -1 means unknown.
   */
  readonly attribute PRInt64 resident;

  /*
   * Get the total size of explicit memory allocations, both at the OS-level
   * (eg. via mmap, VirtualAlloc) and at the heap level (eg. via malloc,
   * calloc, operator new).  (Nb: it covers all heap allocations, but will
   * miss any OS-level ones not covered by memory reporters.)  This reporter
   * is special-cased because it's interesting, and is moderately difficult
   * to compute in JS.  -1 means unknown.
   */
  readonly attribute PRInt64 explicit;
};

%{C++

/*
 * Note that this defaults 'process' to "", which is usually what's desired.
 */
#define NS_MEMORY_REPORTER_IMPLEMENT_HELPER(_classname, _path, _kind, _units, _amountFunction, _desc, _ts) \
    class MemoryReporter_##_classname : public nsIMemoryReporter {                            \
    public:                                                                                   \
      NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS                                                                       \
      NS_IMETHOD GetProcess(nsACString &process) { process.Truncate(); return NS_OK; } \
      NS_IMETHOD GetPath(nsACString &memoryPath) { memoryPath.Assign(_path); return NS_OK; } \
      NS_IMETHOD GetKind(int *kind) { *kind = _kind; return NS_OK; }                          \
      NS_IMETHOD GetUnits(int *units) { *units = _units; return NS_OK; }                      \
      NS_IMETHOD GetAmount(PRInt64 *amount) { *amount = _amountFunction(); return NS_OK; }     \
      NS_IMETHOD GetDescription(nsACString &desc) { desc.Assign(_desc); return NS_OK; } \
    };                                                                                        \
    NS_IMPL##_ts##ISUPPORTS1(MemoryReporter_##_classname, nsIMemoryReporter)

#define NS_MEMORY_REPORTER_IMPLEMENT(_c, _p, _k, _u, _a, _d) \
        NS_MEMORY_REPORTER_IMPLEMENT_HELPER(_c, _p, _k, _u, _a, _d, _)
#define NS_THREADSAFE_MEMORY_REPORTER_IMPLEMENT(_c, _p, _k, _u, _a, _d) \
        NS_MEMORY_REPORTER_IMPLEMENT_HELPER(_c, _p, _k, _u, _a, _d, _THREADSAFE_)

#define NS_MEMORY_REPORTER_NAME(_classname)  MemoryReporter_##_classname

nsresult NS_RegisterMemoryReporter (nsIMemoryReporter *reporter);
nsresult NS_RegisterMemoryMultiReporter (nsIMemoryMultiReporter *reporter);

nsresult NS_UnregisterMemoryReporter (nsIMemoryReporter *reporter);
nsresult NS_UnregisterMemoryMultiReporter (nsIMemoryMultiReporter *reporter);

%}