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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 09:22:09 +0000
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+/**
+ * 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/.
+ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = [
+ "AboutNewTabStubService",
+ "AboutHomeStartupCacheChild",
+];
+
+/**
+ * The nsIAboutNewTabService is accessed by the AboutRedirector anytime
+ * about:home, about:newtab or about:welcome are requested. The primary
+ * job of an nsIAboutNewTabService is to tell the AboutRedirector what
+ * resources to actually load for those requests.
+ *
+ * The nsIAboutNewTabService is not involved when the user has overridden
+ * the default about:home or about:newtab pages.
+ *
+ * There are two implementations of this service - one for the parent
+ * process, and one for content processes. Each one has some secondary
+ * responsibilties that are process-specific.
+ *
+ * The need for two implementations is an unfortunate consequence of how
+ * document loading and process redirection for about: pages currently
+ * works in Gecko. The commonalities between the two implementations has
+ * been put into an abstract base class.
+ */
+
+const { XPCOMUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+ "resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.sys.mjs"
+);
+const { AppConstants } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+ "resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.sys.mjs"
+);
+const { E10SUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+ "resource://gre/modules/E10SUtils.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+const lazy = {};
+
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetters(lazy, {
+ NimbusFeatures: "resource://nimbus/ExperimentAPI.jsm",
+});
+
+/**
+ * BEWARE: Do not add variables for holding state in the global scope.
+ * Any state variables should be properties of the appropriate class
+ * below. This is to avoid confusion where the state is set in one process,
+ * but not in another.
+ *
+ * Constants are fine in the global scope.
+ */
+
+const PREF_ABOUT_HOME_CACHE_TESTING =
+ "browser.startup.homepage.abouthome_cache.testing";
+const ABOUT_WELCOME_URL =
+ "resource://activity-stream/aboutwelcome/aboutwelcome.html";
+
+ChromeUtils.defineModuleGetter(
+ lazy,
+ "BasePromiseWorker",
+ "resource://gre/modules/PromiseWorker.jsm"
+);
+
+const CACHE_WORKER_URL = "resource://activity-stream/lib/cache-worker.js";
+
+const IS_PRIVILEGED_PROCESS =
+ Services.appinfo.remoteType === E10SUtils.PRIVILEGEDABOUT_REMOTE_TYPE;
+
+const PREF_SEPARATE_PRIVILEGEDABOUT_CONTENT_PROCESS =
+ "browser.tabs.remote.separatePrivilegedContentProcess";
+const PREF_ACTIVITY_STREAM_DEBUG = "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.debug";
+
+/**
+ * The AboutHomeStartupCacheChild is responsible for connecting the
+ * nsIAboutNewTabService with a cached document and script for about:home
+ * if one happens to exist. The AboutHomeStartupCacheChild is only ever
+ * handed the streams for those caches when the "privileged about content
+ * process" first launches, so subsequent loads of about:home do not read
+ * from this cache.
+ *
+ * See https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/components/newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/about_home_startup_cache.html
+ * for further details.
+ */
+const AboutHomeStartupCacheChild = {
+ _initted: false,
+ CACHE_REQUEST_MESSAGE: "AboutHomeStartupCache:CacheRequest",
+ CACHE_RESPONSE_MESSAGE: "AboutHomeStartupCache:CacheResponse",
+ CACHE_USAGE_RESULT_MESSAGE: "AboutHomeStartupCache:UsageResult",
+ STATES: {
+ UNAVAILABLE: 0,
+ UNCONSUMED: 1,
+ PAGE_CONSUMED: 2,
+ PAGE_AND_SCRIPT_CONSUMED: 3,
+ FAILED: 4,
+ },
+ REQUEST_TYPE: {
+ PAGE: 0,
+ SCRIPT: 1,
+ },
+ _state: 0,
+ _consumerBCID: null,
+
+ /**
+ * Called via a process script very early on in the process lifetime. This
+ * prepares the AboutHomeStartupCacheChild to pass an nsIChannel back to
+ * the nsIAboutNewTabService when the initial about:home document is
+ * eventually requested.
+ *
+ * @param pageInputStream (nsIInputStream)
+ * The stream for the cached page markup.
+ * @param scriptInputStream (nsIInputStream)
+ * The stream for the cached script to run on the page.
+ */
+ init(pageInputStream, scriptInputStream) {
+ if (
+ !IS_PRIVILEGED_PROCESS &&
+ !Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_ABOUT_HOME_CACHE_TESTING, false)
+ ) {
+ throw new Error(
+ "Can only instantiate in the privileged about content processes."
+ );
+ }
+
+ if (!lazy.NimbusFeatures.abouthomecache.getVariable("enabled")) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (this._initted) {
+ throw new Error("AboutHomeStartupCacheChild already initted.");
+ }
+
+ Services.obs.addObserver(this, "memory-pressure");
+ Services.cpmm.addMessageListener(this.CACHE_REQUEST_MESSAGE, this);
+
+ this._pageInputStream = pageInputStream;
+ this._scriptInputStream = scriptInputStream;
+ this._initted = true;
+ this.setState(this.STATES.UNCONSUMED);
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * A function that lets us put the AboutHomeStartupCacheChild back into
+ * its initial state. This is used by tests to let us simulate the startup
+ * behaviour of the module without having to manually launch a new privileged
+ * about content process every time.
+ */
+ uninit() {
+ if (!Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_ABOUT_HOME_CACHE_TESTING, false)) {
+ throw new Error(
+ "Cannot uninit AboutHomeStartupCacheChild unless testing."
+ );
+ }
+
+ if (!this._initted) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ Services.obs.removeObserver(this, "memory-pressure");
+ Services.cpmm.removeMessageListener(this.CACHE_REQUEST_MESSAGE, this);
+
+ if (this._cacheWorker) {
+ this._cacheWorker.terminate();
+ this._cacheWorker = null;
+ }
+
+ this._pageInputStream = null;
+ this._scriptInputStream = null;
+ this._initted = false;
+ this._state = this.STATES.UNAVAILABLE;
+ this._consumerBCID = null;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * A public method called from nsIAboutNewTabService that attempts
+ * return an nsIChannel for a cached about:home document that we
+ * were initialized with. If we failed to be initted with the
+ * cache, or the input streams that we were sent have no data
+ * yet available, this function returns null. The caller should
+ * fall back to generating the page dynamically.
+ *
+ * This function will be called when loading about:home, or
+ * about:home?jscache - the latter returns the cached script.
+ *
+ * It is expected that the same BrowsingContext that loads the cached
+ * page will also load the cached script.
+ *
+ * @param uri (nsIURI)
+ * The URI for the requested page, as passed by nsIAboutNewTabService.
+ * @param loadInfo (nsILoadInfo)
+ * The nsILoadInfo for the requested load, as passed by
+ * nsIAboutNewWTabService.
+ * @return nsIChannel or null.
+ */
+ maybeGetCachedPageChannel(uri, loadInfo) {
+ if (!this._initted) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ if (this._state >= this.STATES.PAGE_AND_SCRIPT_CONSUMED) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ let requestType =
+ uri.query === "jscache"
+ ? this.REQUEST_TYPE.SCRIPT
+ : this.REQUEST_TYPE.PAGE;
+
+ // If this is a page request, then we need to be in the UNCONSUMED state,
+ // since we expect the page request to come first. If this is a script
+ // request, we expect to be in PAGE_CONSUMED state, since the page cache
+ // stream should he been consumed already.
+ if (
+ (requestType === this.REQUEST_TYPE.PAGE &&
+ this._state !== this.STATES.UNCONSUMED) ||
+ (requestType === this.REQUEST_TYPE_SCRIPT &&
+ this._state !== this.STATES.PAGE_CONSUMED)
+ ) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ // If by this point, we don't have anything in the streams,
+ // then either the cache was too slow to give us data, or the cache
+ // doesn't exist. The caller should fall back to generating the
+ // page dynamically.
+ //
+ // We only do this on the page request, because by the time
+ // we get to the script request, we should have already drained
+ // the page input stream.
+ if (requestType === this.REQUEST_TYPE.PAGE) {
+ try {
+ if (
+ !this._scriptInputStream.available() ||
+ !this._pageInputStream.available()
+ ) {
+ this.setState(this.STATES.FAILED);
+ this.reportUsageResult(false /* success */);
+ return null;
+ }
+ } catch (e) {
+ this.setState(this.STATES.FAILED);
+ if (e.result === Cr.NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED) {
+ this.reportUsageResult(false /* success */);
+ return null;
+ }
+ throw e;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (
+ requestType === this.REQUEST_TYPE.SCRIPT &&
+ this._consumerBCID !== loadInfo.browsingContextID
+ ) {
+ // Some other document is somehow requesting the script - one
+ // that didn't originally request the page. This is not allowed.
+ this.setState(this.STATES.FAILED);
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ let channel = Cc[
+ "@mozilla.org/network/input-stream-channel;1"
+ ].createInstance(Ci.nsIInputStreamChannel);
+ channel.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIChannel);
+ channel.setURI(uri);
+ channel.loadInfo = loadInfo;
+ channel.contentStream =
+ requestType === this.REQUEST_TYPE.PAGE
+ ? this._pageInputStream
+ : this._scriptInputStream;
+
+ if (requestType === this.REQUEST_TYPE.SCRIPT) {
+ this.setState(this.STATES.PAGE_AND_SCRIPT_CONSUMED);
+ this.reportUsageResult(true /* success */);
+ } else {
+ this.setState(this.STATES.PAGE_CONSUMED);
+ // Stash the BrowsingContext ID so that when the script stream
+ // attempts to be consumed, we ensure that it's from the same
+ // BrowsingContext that loaded the page.
+ this._consumerBCID = loadInfo.browsingContextID;
+ }
+
+ return channel;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * This function takes the state information required to generate
+ * the about:home cache markup and script, and then generates that
+ * markup in script asynchronously. Once that's done, a message
+ * is sent to the parent process with the nsIInputStream's for the
+ * markup and script contents.
+ *
+ * @param state (Object)
+ * The Redux state of the about:home document to render.
+ * @return Promise
+ * @resolves undefined
+ * After the message with the nsIInputStream's have been sent to
+ * the parent.
+ */
+ async constructAndSendCache(state) {
+ if (!IS_PRIVILEGED_PROCESS) {
+ throw new Error("Wrong process type.");
+ }
+
+ let worker = this.getOrCreateWorker();
+
+ TelemetryStopwatch.start("FX_ABOUTHOME_CACHE_CONSTRUCTION");
+
+ let { page, script } = await worker
+ .post("construct", [state])
+ .finally(() => {
+ TelemetryStopwatch.finish("FX_ABOUTHOME_CACHE_CONSTRUCTION");
+ });
+
+ let pageInputStream = Cc[
+ "@mozilla.org/io/string-input-stream;1"
+ ].createInstance(Ci.nsIStringInputStream);
+
+ pageInputStream.setUTF8Data(page);
+
+ let scriptInputStream = Cc[
+ "@mozilla.org/io/string-input-stream;1"
+ ].createInstance(Ci.nsIStringInputStream);
+
+ scriptInputStream.setUTF8Data(script);
+
+ Services.cpmm.sendAsyncMessage(this.CACHE_RESPONSE_MESSAGE, {
+ pageInputStream,
+ scriptInputStream,
+ });
+ },
+
+ _cacheWorker: null,
+ getOrCreateWorker() {
+ if (this._cacheWorker) {
+ return this._cacheWorker;
+ }
+
+ this._cacheWorker = new lazy.BasePromiseWorker(CACHE_WORKER_URL);
+ return this._cacheWorker;
+ },
+
+ receiveMessage(message) {
+ if (message.name === this.CACHE_REQUEST_MESSAGE) {
+ let { state } = message.data;
+ this.constructAndSendCache(state);
+ }
+ },
+
+ reportUsageResult(success) {
+ Services.cpmm.sendAsyncMessage(this.CACHE_USAGE_RESULT_MESSAGE, {
+ success,
+ });
+ },
+
+ observe(subject, topic, data) {
+ if (topic === "memory-pressure" && this._cacheWorker) {
+ this._cacheWorker.terminate();
+ this._cacheWorker = null;
+ }
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Transitions the AboutHomeStartupCacheChild from one state
+ * to the next, where each state is defined in this.STATES.
+ *
+ * States can only be transitioned in increasing order, otherwise
+ * an error is logged.
+ */
+ setState(state) {
+ if (state > this._state) {
+ this._state = state;
+ } else {
+ console.error(
+ "AboutHomeStartupCacheChild could not transition from state " +
+ `${this._state} to ${state}`,
+ new Error().stack
+ );
+ }
+ },
+};
+
+/**
+ * This is an abstract base class for the nsIAboutNewTabService
+ * implementations that has some common methods and properties.
+ */
+class BaseAboutNewTabService {
+ constructor() {
+ if (!AppConstants.RELEASE_OR_BETA) {
+ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyPreferenceGetter(
+ this,
+ "activityStreamDebug",
+ PREF_ACTIVITY_STREAM_DEBUG,
+ false
+ );
+ } else {
+ this.activityStreamDebug = false;
+ }
+
+ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyPreferenceGetter(
+ this,
+ "privilegedAboutProcessEnabled",
+ PREF_SEPARATE_PRIVILEGEDABOUT_CONTENT_PROCESS,
+ false
+ );
+
+ this.classID = Components.ID("{cb36c925-3adc-49b3-b720-a5cc49d8a40e}");
+ this.QueryInterface = ChromeUtils.generateQI([
+ "nsIAboutNewTabService",
+ "nsIObserver",
+ ]);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the default URL.
+ *
+ * This URL depends on various activity stream prefs. Overriding
+ * the newtab page has no effect on the result of this function.
+ */
+ get defaultURL() {
+ // Generate the desired activity stream resource depending on state, e.g.,
+ // "resource://activity-stream/prerendered/activity-stream.html"
+ // "resource://activity-stream/prerendered/activity-stream-debug.html"
+ // "resource://activity-stream/prerendered/activity-stream-noscripts.html"
+ return [
+ "resource://activity-stream/prerendered/",
+ "activity-stream",
+ // Debug version loads dev scripts but noscripts separately loads scripts
+ this.activityStreamDebug && !this.privilegedAboutProcessEnabled
+ ? "-debug"
+ : "",
+ this.privilegedAboutProcessEnabled ? "-noscripts" : "",
+ ".html",
+ ].join("");
+ }
+
+ get welcomeURL() {
+ /*
+ * Returns the about:welcome URL
+ *
+ * This is calculated in the same way the default URL is.
+ */
+
+ lazy.NimbusFeatures.aboutwelcome.recordExposureEvent({ once: true });
+ if (lazy.NimbusFeatures.aboutwelcome.getVariable("enabled") ?? true) {
+ return ABOUT_WELCOME_URL;
+ }
+ return this.defaultURL;
+ }
+
+ aboutHomeChannel(uri, loadInfo) {
+ throw Components.Exception(
+ "AboutHomeChannel not implemented for this process.",
+ Cr.NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
+ );
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The child-process implementation of nsIAboutNewTabService,
+ * which also does the work of redirecting about:home loads to
+ * the about:home startup cache if its available.
+ */
+class AboutNewTabChildService extends BaseAboutNewTabService {
+ aboutHomeChannel(uri, loadInfo) {
+ if (IS_PRIVILEGED_PROCESS) {
+ let cacheChannel = AboutHomeStartupCacheChild.maybeGetCachedPageChannel(
+ uri,
+ loadInfo
+ );
+ if (cacheChannel) {
+ return cacheChannel;
+ }
+ }
+
+ let pageURI = Services.io.newURI(this.defaultURL);
+ let fileChannel = Services.io.newChannelFromURIWithLoadInfo(
+ pageURI,
+ loadInfo
+ );
+ fileChannel.originalURI = uri;
+ return fileChannel;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The AboutNewTabStubService is a function called in both the main and
+ * content processes when trying to get at the nsIAboutNewTabService. This
+ * function does the job of choosing the appropriate implementation of
+ * nsIAboutNewTabService for the process type.
+ */
+function AboutNewTabStubService() {
+ if (Services.appinfo.processType === Services.appinfo.PROCESS_TYPE_DEFAULT) {
+ return new BaseAboutNewTabService();
+ }
+ return new AboutNewTabChildService();
+}