// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef CONTENT_PULIC_COMMON_CHILD_PROCESS_HOST_H_ #define CONTENT_PULIC_COMMON_CHILD_PROCESS_HOST_H_ #include "build/build_config.h" #include "content/common/content_export.h" #include "ipc/ipc_channel_proxy.h" namespace base { class FilePath; } namespace IPC { class MessageFilter; } namespace content { class ChildProcessHostDelegate; // This represents a non-browser process. This can include traditional child // processes like plugins, or an embedder could even use this for long lived // processes that run independent of the browser process. class CONTENT_EXPORT ChildProcessHost : public IPC::Sender { public: virtual ~ChildProcessHost() {} // This is a value never returned as the unique id of any child processes of // any kind, including the values returned by RenderProcessHost::GetID(). static int kInvalidUniqueID; // Used to create a child process host. The delegate must outlive this object. static ChildProcessHost* Create(ChildProcessHostDelegate* delegate); // These flags may be passed to GetChildPath in order to alter its behavior, // causing it to return a child path more suited to a specific task. enum { // No special behavior requested. CHILD_NORMAL = 0, #if defined(OS_LINUX) // Indicates that the child execed after forking may be execced from // /proc/self/exe rather than using the "real" app path. This prevents // autoupdate from confusing us if it changes the file out from under us. // You will generally want to set this on Linux, except when there is an // override to the command line (for example, we're forking a renderer in // gdb). In this case, you'd use GetChildPath to get the real executable // file name, and then prepend the GDB command to the command line. CHILD_ALLOW_SELF = 1 << 0, #elif defined(OS_MACOSX) // Requests that the child run in a process that does not have the // PIE (position-independent executable) bit set, effectively disabling // ASLR. For process types that need to allocate a large contiguous // region, ASLR may not leave a large enough "hole" for the purpose. This // option should be used sparingly, and only when absolutely necessary. // This option is currently incompatible with CHILD_ALLOW_HEAP_EXECUTION. CHILD_NO_PIE = 1 << 1, // Requests that the child run in a process that does not protect the // heap against execution. Normally, heap pages may be made executable // with mprotect, so this mode should be used sparingly. It is intended // for processes that may host plug-ins that expect an executable heap // without having to call mprotect. This option is currently incompatible // with CHILD_NO_PIE. CHILD_ALLOW_HEAP_EXECUTION = 1 << 2, #endif }; // Returns the pathname to be used for a child process. If a subprocess // pathname was specified on the command line, that will be used. Otherwise, // the default child process pathname will be returned. On most platforms, // this will be the same as the currently-executing process. // // The |flags| argument accepts one or more flags such as CHILD_ALLOW_SELF // and CHILD_ALLOW_HEAP_EXECUTION as defined above. Pass only CHILD_NORMAL // if none of these special behaviors are required. // // On failure, returns an empty FilePath. static base::FilePath GetChildPath(int flags); // Send the shutdown message to the child process. // Does not check with the delegate's CanShutdown. virtual void ForceShutdown() = 0; // Creates the IPC channel. Returns the channel id if it succeeded, an // empty string otherwise virtual std::string CreateChannel() = 0; // Returns true iff the IPC channel is currently being opened; virtual bool IsChannelOpening() = 0; // Adds an IPC message filter. A reference will be kept to the filter. virtual void AddFilter(IPC::MessageFilter* filter) = 0; #if defined(OS_POSIX) // See IPC::Channel::TakeClientFileDescriptor. virtual int TakeClientFileDescriptor() = 0; #endif }; }; // namespace content #endif // CONTENT_PULIC_COMMON_CHILD_PROCESS_HOST_H_