Add a command line flag to force all network traffic through a particular server.

The command line is:
  --fixed-server=host:port

When set, all traffic will be diverted through this server.  This is useful for
testing purposes with fixed servers.

BUG=none
TEST=none


Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/345034

git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@30798 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc b/chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc
index 1099dd55..a1d66b9 100644
--- a/chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc
+++ b/chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc
@@ -566,6 +566,16 @@ const char kUninstall[]                     = "uninstall";
 // This is a temporary testing flag.
 const char kUseFlip[]                       = "use-flip";
 
+// Force all requests to go to this server.  This commandline is provided
+// for testing purposes only, and will likely be removed soon.  It can also
+// hurt startup performance as it does a synchronous name resolution on the
+// UI thread.  The port is not optional.
+// The host resolution using this scheme is done exactly once at startup.
+// From that point on, it is completely a static configuration.
+// TODO(mbelshe): Remove this flag when testing is complete.
+//   --testing-fixed-server=myserver:1000
+const char kFixedServer[]                   = "testing-fixed-server";
+
 // Use the low fragmentation heap for the CRT.
 const char kUseLowFragHeapCrt[]             = "use-lf-heap";