summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/toolkit/components/telemetry/Processes.yaml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'toolkit/components/telemetry/Processes.yaml')
-rw-r--r--toolkit/components/telemetry/Processes.yaml40
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/Processes.yaml b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Processes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5187cbc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Processes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+# This lists the known child processes we collect Telemetry for.
+# The entries are keyed with the names used in Telemetry internally, the same name that is used
+# in the main pings payload, i.e. "payload/processes/<process name>". See:
+# https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/data/main-ping.html#processes
+#
+# For now this is only used to inform the data pipeline about new processes, but will be used to
+# generate headers with C++ data later (enums, strings, ...).
+parent:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Default
+ description: This is the main process. It is also known as the parent or chrome process.
+content:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Content
+ description: This is for processes web content is rendered in.
+extension:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Content
+ description: >
+ This is the WebExtension process. It is a re-used content process, with the data submitted
+ separately to avoid skewing other content process Telemetry.
+gpu:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_GPU
+ description: This is the compositor or GPU process.
+dynamic:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Default
+ description: >
+ This is not a real process, it is used to logically group add-on probes.
+ It contains data of any probes registered at runtime by add-ons.
+rdd:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_RDD
+ description: >
+ Remote Media Decoder process in charge of running some video or audio decoders.
+socket:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Socket
+ description: This is the process that handles networking requests.
+utility:
+ gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Utility
+ description: This is a process that will hold arbitrary IPC actors requiring specific sandboxing.