gecko/widget/xpwidgets/nsBaseAppShell.cpp

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#include "base/message_loop.h"

#include "nsBaseAppShell.h"
#include "nsThreadUtils.h"
#include "nsIObserverService.h"
#include "nsServiceManagerUtils.h"
#include "mozilla/Services.h"

// When processing the next thread event, the appshell may process native
// events (if not in performance mode), which can result in suppressing the
// next thread event for at most this many ticks:
#define THREAD_EVENT_STARVATION_LIMIT PR_MillisecondsToInterval(20)

NS_IMPL_THREADSAFE_ISUPPORTS3(nsBaseAppShell, nsIAppShell, nsIThreadObserver,
                              nsIObserver)

nsBaseAppShell::nsBaseAppShell()
  : mSuspendNativeCount(0)
  , mEventloopNestingLevel(0)
  , mBlockedWait(nsnull)
  , mFavorPerf(0)
  , mNativeEventPending(0)
  , mStarvationDelay(0)
  , mSwitchTime(0)
  , mLastNativeEventTime(0)
  , mEventloopNestingState(eEventloopNone)
  , mRunning(false)
  , mExiting(false)
  , mBlockNativeEvent(false)
{
}

nsBaseAppShell::~nsBaseAppShell()
{
  NS_ASSERTION(mSyncSections.Count() == 0, "Must have run all sync sections");
}

nsresult
nsBaseAppShell::Init()
{
  // Configure ourselves as an observer for the current thread:

  nsCOMPtr<nsIThreadInternal> threadInt =
      do_QueryInterface(NS_GetCurrentThread());
  NS_ENSURE_STATE(threadInt);

  threadInt->SetObserver(this);

  nsCOMPtr<nsIObserverService> obsSvc =
    mozilla::services::GetObserverService();
  if (obsSvc)
    obsSvc->AddObserver(this, NS_XPCOM_SHUTDOWN_OBSERVER_ID, false);
  return NS_OK;
}

// Called by nsAppShell's native event callback
void
nsBaseAppShell::NativeEventCallback()
{
  PRInt32 hasPending = PR_ATOMIC_SET(&mNativeEventPending, 0);
  if (hasPending == 0)
    return;

  // If DoProcessNextNativeEvent is on the stack, then we assume that we can
  // just unwind and let nsThread::ProcessNextEvent process the next event.
  // However, if we are called from a nested native event loop (maybe via some
  // plug-in or library function), then go ahead and process Gecko events now.
  if (mEventloopNestingState == eEventloopXPCOM) {
    mEventloopNestingState = eEventloopOther;
    // XXX there is a tiny risk we will never get a new NativeEventCallback,
    // XXX see discussion in bug 389931.
    return;
  }

  // nsBaseAppShell::Run is not being used to pump events, so this may be
  // our only opportunity to process pending gecko events.

  nsIThread *thread = NS_GetCurrentThread();
  bool prevBlockNativeEvent = mBlockNativeEvent;
  if (mEventloopNestingState == eEventloopOther) {
    if (!NS_HasPendingEvents(thread))
      return;
    // We're in a nested native event loop and have some gecko events to
    // process.  While doing that we block processing native events from the
    // appshell - instead, we want to get back to the nested native event
    // loop ASAP (bug 420148).
    mBlockNativeEvent = true;
  }

  ++mEventloopNestingLevel;
  EventloopNestingState prevVal = mEventloopNestingState;
  NS_ProcessPendingEvents(thread, THREAD_EVENT_STARVATION_LIMIT);
  mProcessedGeckoEvents = true;
  mEventloopNestingState = prevVal;
  mBlockNativeEvent = prevBlockNativeEvent;

  // Continue processing pending events later (we don't want to starve the
  // embedders event loop).
  if (NS_HasPendingEvents(thread))
    DoProcessMoreGeckoEvents();

  --mEventloopNestingLevel;
}

// Note, this is currently overidden on windows, see comments in nsAppShell for
// details. 
void
nsBaseAppShell::DoProcessMoreGeckoEvents()
{
  OnDispatchedEvent(nsnull);
}


// Main thread via OnProcessNextEvent below
bool
nsBaseAppShell::DoProcessNextNativeEvent(bool mayWait)
{
  // The next native event to be processed may trigger our NativeEventCallback,
  // in which case we do not want it to process any thread events since we'll
  // do that when this function returns.
  //
  // If the next native event is not our NativeEventCallback, then we may end
  // up recursing into this function.
  //
  // However, if the next native event is not our NativeEventCallback, but it
  // results in another native event loop, then our NativeEventCallback could
  // fire and it will see mEventloopNestingState as eEventloopOther.
  //
  EventloopNestingState prevVal = mEventloopNestingState;
  mEventloopNestingState = eEventloopXPCOM;

  ++mEventloopNestingLevel;
  bool result = ProcessNextNativeEvent(mayWait);
  --mEventloopNestingLevel;

  mEventloopNestingState = prevVal;
  return result;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
// nsIAppShell methods:

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::Run(void)
{
  NS_ENSURE_STATE(!mRunning);  // should not call Run twice
  mRunning = true;

  nsIThread *thread = NS_GetCurrentThread();

  MessageLoop::current()->Run();

  NS_ProcessPendingEvents(thread);

  mRunning = false;
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::Exit(void)
{
  if (mRunning && !mExiting) {
    MessageLoop::current()->Quit();
  }
  mExiting = true;
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::FavorPerformanceHint(bool favorPerfOverStarvation,
                                     PRUint32 starvationDelay)
{
  mStarvationDelay = PR_MillisecondsToInterval(starvationDelay);
  if (favorPerfOverStarvation) {
    ++mFavorPerf;
  } else {
    --mFavorPerf;
    mSwitchTime = PR_IntervalNow();
  }
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::SuspendNative()
{
  ++mSuspendNativeCount;
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::ResumeNative()
{
  --mSuspendNativeCount;
  NS_ASSERTION(mSuspendNativeCount >= 0, "Unbalanced call to nsBaseAppShell::ResumeNative!");
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::GetEventloopNestingLevel(PRUint32* aNestingLevelResult)
{
  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aNestingLevelResult);

  *aNestingLevelResult = mEventloopNestingLevel;

  return NS_OK;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
// nsIThreadObserver methods:

// Called from any thread
NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::OnDispatchedEvent(nsIThreadInternal *thr)
{
  if (mBlockNativeEvent)
    return NS_OK;

  PRInt32 lastVal = PR_ATOMIC_SET(&mNativeEventPending, 1);
  if (lastVal == 1)
    return NS_OK;

  // Returns on the main thread in NativeEventCallback above
  ScheduleNativeEventCallback();
  return NS_OK;
}

// Called from the main thread
NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::OnProcessNextEvent(nsIThreadInternal *thr, bool mayWait,
                                   PRUint32 recursionDepth)
{
  if (mBlockNativeEvent) {
    if (!mayWait)
      return NS_OK;
    // Hmm, we're in a nested native event loop and would like to get
    // back to it ASAP, but it seems a gecko event has caused us to
    // spin up a nested XPCOM event loop (eg. modal window), so we
    // really must start processing native events here again.
    mBlockNativeEvent = false;
    if (NS_HasPendingEvents(thr))
      OnDispatchedEvent(thr); // in case we blocked it earlier
  }

  PRIntervalTime start = PR_IntervalNow();
  PRIntervalTime limit = THREAD_EVENT_STARVATION_LIMIT;

  // Unblock outer nested wait loop (below).
  if (mBlockedWait)
    *mBlockedWait = false;

  bool *oldBlockedWait = mBlockedWait;
  mBlockedWait = &mayWait;

  // When mayWait is true, we need to make sure that there is an event in the
  // thread's event queue before we return.  Otherwise, the thread will block
  // on its event queue waiting for an event.
  bool needEvent = mayWait;
  // Reset prior to invoking DoProcessNextNativeEvent which might cause
  // NativeEventCallback to process gecko events.
  mProcessedGeckoEvents = false;

  if (mFavorPerf <= 0 && start > mSwitchTime + mStarvationDelay) {
    // Favor pending native events
    PRIntervalTime now = start;
    bool keepGoing;
    do {
      mLastNativeEventTime = now;
      keepGoing = DoProcessNextNativeEvent(false);
    } while (keepGoing && ((now = PR_IntervalNow()) - start) < limit);
  } else {
    // Avoid starving native events completely when in performance mode
    if (start - mLastNativeEventTime > limit) {
      mLastNativeEventTime = start;
      DoProcessNextNativeEvent(false);
    }
  }

  while (!NS_HasPendingEvents(thr) && !mProcessedGeckoEvents) {
    // If we have been asked to exit from Run, then we should not wait for
    // events to process.  Note that an inner nested event loop causes
    // 'mayWait' to become false too, through 'mBlockedWait'.
    if (mExiting)
      mayWait = false;

    mLastNativeEventTime = PR_IntervalNow();
    if (!DoProcessNextNativeEvent(mayWait) || !mayWait)
      break;
  }

  mBlockedWait = oldBlockedWait;

  // Make sure that the thread event queue does not block on its monitor, as
  // it normally would do if it did not have any pending events.  To avoid
  // that, we simply insert a dummy event into its queue during shutdown.
  if (needEvent && !mExiting && !NS_HasPendingEvents(thr)) {  
    if (!mDummyEvent)
      mDummyEvent = new nsRunnable();
    thr->Dispatch(mDummyEvent, NS_DISPATCH_NORMAL);
  }

  // We're about to run an event, so we're in a stable state. 
  RunSyncSections();

  return NS_OK;
}

void
nsBaseAppShell::RunSyncSections()
{
  if (mSyncSections.Count() == 0) {
    return;
  }
  // We've got synchronous sections awaiting a stable state. Run
  // all the synchronous sections. Note that a synchronous section could
  // add another synchronous section, so we don't remove elements from
  // mSyncSections until all sections have been run, else we'll screw up
  // our iteration.
  for (PRInt32 i = 0; i < mSyncSections.Count(); i++) {
    mSyncSections[i]->Run();
  }
  mSyncSections.Clear();
}

// Called from the main thread
NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::AfterProcessNextEvent(nsIThreadInternal *thr,
                                      PRUint32 recursionDepth)
{
  // We've just finished running an event, so we're in a stable state. 
  RunSyncSections();
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::Observe(nsISupports *subject, const char *topic,
                        const PRUnichar *data)
{
  NS_ASSERTION(!strcmp(topic, NS_XPCOM_SHUTDOWN_OBSERVER_ID), "oops");
  Exit();
  return NS_OK;
}

NS_IMETHODIMP
nsBaseAppShell::RunInStableState(nsIRunnable* aRunnable)
{
  NS_ASSERTION(NS_IsMainThread(), "Should be on main thread.");
  // Record the synchronous section, and run it with any others once
  // we reach a stable state.
  mSyncSections.AppendObject(aRunnable);

  // Ensure we've got a pending event, else the callbacks will never run.
  nsIThread* thread = NS_GetCurrentThread(); 
  if (!NS_HasPendingEvents(thread) &&
       NS_FAILED(thread->Dispatch(new nsRunnable(), NS_DISPATCH_NORMAL)))
  {
    // Failed to dispatch dummy event to cause sync sections to run, thread
    // is probably done processing events, just run the sync sections now.
    RunSyncSections();
  }
  return NS_OK;
}