Hi Alex, Yes, I expect this to plug into the same process handling infrastructure that we already have for now. I also expect that we'll find some room for optimization while we're stomping around in this area.
-Mike On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 09:13, Alex Gaynor <agay...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Do you have a sense of how this is going to be implemented? Is there going > to be specialized code for this, or is it going to be handled by all the > general navigation changes for process-switching when you change sites? > > Alex > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 5:02 PM Mike Conley <mcon...@mozilla.com> wrote: > >> > >> > I am not sure about the specific AS work here, but for the general >> case, I >> > believe that Fission intends to cause a process switch anytime a tab >> > navigates to an unrelated origin, so this will also increase the >> frequency >> > of process switching. >> > >> >> Yep, this matches my understanding: we're going to be process flipping a >> lot as we move from Activity Stream -> Web Page, and also as we move from >> Web Page at Origin A to Web Page at Origin B. Our process flipping code is >> going to get exercised pretty hard, so we'll certainly want to surface and >> fix any serious problems there. >> >> If you have process-flipping bugs in mind that you think are particularly >> bad, I recommend getting them into the bug 1451850 tree somehow. I'll >> happily look over bugs with you (Gijs) if you have a list. >> >> -Mike >> >> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 at 16:31, J. Ryan Stinnett <jry...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 3:20 PM Gijs Kruitbosch < >> gijskruitbo...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > If it *would* mean a process switch, we may want to take another look >> at >> > > some of the bugs relating to those (process switches are currently >> > > relatively rare) and re-prioritize them. >> > > >> > >> > I am not sure about the specific AS work here, but for the general >> case, I >> > believe that Fission intends to cause a process switch anytime a tab >> > navigates to an unrelated origin, so this will also increase the >> frequency >> > of process switching. >> > >> > So, it would seem that any issues around process switching would be >> good to >> > triage again, either because of the AS work or the more general Fission >> > plans. >> > >> > - Ryan >> > _______________________________________________ >> > dev-platform mailing list >> > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-platform mailing list >> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >> > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
