// Copyright (c) 2011 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. // This file defines a WatchDog thread that monitors the responsiveness of other // browser threads like UI, IO, DB, FILE and CACHED threads. It also defines // ThreadWatcher class which performs health check on threads that would like to // be watched. This file also defines ThreadWatcherList class that has list of // all active ThreadWatcher objects. // // ThreadWatcher class sends ping message to the watched thread and the watched // thread responds back with a pong message. It uploads response time // (difference between ping and pong times) as a histogram. // // TODO(raman): ThreadWatcher can detect hung threads. If a hung thread is // detected, we should probably just crash, and allow the crash system to gather // then stack trace. // // Example Usage: // // The following is an example for watching responsiveness of IO thread. // sleep_time specifies how often ping messages have to be sent to IO thread. // unresponsive_time is the wait time after ping message is sent, to check if // we have received pong message or not. // // base::TimeDelta sleep_time = base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(5); // base::TimeDelta unresponsive_time = base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(10); // ThreadWatcher::StartWatching(BrowserThread::IO, "IO", sleep_time, // unresponsive_time); #ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_METRICS_THREAD_WATCHER_H_ #define CHROME_BROWSER_METRICS_THREAD_WATCHER_H_ #include #include #include #include "base/basictypes.h" #include "base/gtest_prod_util.h" #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h" #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h" #include "base/message_loop.h" #include "base/metrics/histogram.h" #include "base/synchronization/lock.h" #include "base/task.h" #include "base/threading/thread.h" #include "base/time.h" #include "content/browser/browser_thread.h" #include "content/common/notification_observer.h" #include "content/common/notification_registrar.h" class CustomThreadWatcher; class ThreadWatcherList; // This class performs health check on threads that would like to be watched. class ThreadWatcher { public: // This method starts performing health check on the given thread_id. It will // create ThreadWatcher object for the given thread_id, thread_name, // sleep_time and unresponsive_time. sleep_time_ is the wait time between ping // messages. unresponsive_time_ is the wait time after ping message is sent, // to check if we have received pong message or not. It will register that // ThreadWatcher object and activate the thread watching of the given // thread_id. static void StartWatching(const BrowserThread::ID& thread_id, const std::string& thread_name, const base::TimeDelta& sleep_time, const base::TimeDelta& unresponsive_time); // Return the thread_id of the thread being watched. BrowserThread::ID thread_id() const { return thread_id_; } // Return the name of the thread being watched. std::string thread_name() const { return thread_name_; } // Return the sleep time between ping messages to be sent to the thread. base::TimeDelta sleep_time() const { return sleep_time_; } // Return the the wait time to check the responsiveness of the thread. base::TimeDelta unresponsive_time() const { return unresponsive_time_; } // Returns true if we are montioring the thread. bool active() const { return active_; } // Returns ping_time_ (used by unit tests). base::TimeTicks ping_time() const { return ping_time_; } // Returns ping_sequence_number_ (used by unit tests). uint64 ping_sequence_number() const { return ping_sequence_number_; } protected: // Construct a ThreadWatcher for the given thread_id. sleep_time_ is the // wait time between ping messages. unresponsive_time_ is the wait time after // ping message is sent, to check if we have received pong message or not. ThreadWatcher(const BrowserThread::ID& thread_id, const std::string& thread_name, const base::TimeDelta& sleep_time, const base::TimeDelta& unresponsive_time); virtual ~ThreadWatcher(); // This method activates the thread watching which starts ping/pong messaging. virtual void ActivateThreadWatching(); // This method de-activates the thread watching and revokes all tasks. virtual void DeActivateThreadWatching(); // This will ensure that the watching is actively taking place, and awaken // (i.e., post a PostPingMessage) if the watcher has stopped pinging due to // lack of user activity. It will also reset ping_count_ to kPingCount. virtual void WakeUp(); // This method records when ping message was sent and it will Post a task // (OnPingMessage) to the watched thread that does nothing but respond with // OnPongMessage. It also posts a task (OnCheckResponsiveness) to check // responsiveness of monitored thread that would be called after waiting // unresponsive_time_. // This method is accessible on WatchDogThread. virtual void PostPingMessage(); // This method handles a Pong Message from watched thread. It will track the // response time (pong time minus ping time) via histograms. It posts a // PostPingMessage task that would be called after waiting sleep_time_. It // increments ping_sequence_number_ by 1. // This method is accessible on WatchDogThread. virtual void OnPongMessage(uint64 ping_sequence_number); // This method will determine if the watched thread is responsive or not. If // the latest ping_sequence_number_ is not same as the ping_sequence_number // that is passed in, then we can assume that watched thread has responded // with a pong message. // This method is accessible on WatchDogThread. virtual bool OnCheckResponsiveness(uint64 ping_sequence_number); private: friend class ThreadWatcherList; // Allow tests to access our innards for testing purposes. FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ThreadWatcherTest, Registration); FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ThreadWatcherTest, ThreadResponding); FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ThreadWatcherTest, ThreadNotResponding); FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ThreadWatcherTest, MultipleThreadsResponding); FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ThreadWatcherTest, MultipleThreadsNotResponding); // Post constructor initialization. void Initialize(); // Watched thread does nothing except post callback_task to the WATCHDOG // Thread. This method is called on watched thread. static void OnPingMessage(const BrowserThread::ID& thread_id, Task* callback_task); // This is the number of ping messages to be sent when the user is idle. // ping_count_ will be initialized to kPingCount whenever user becomes active. static const int kPingCount; // The thread_id of the thread being watched. Only one instance can exist for // the given thread_id of the thread being watched. const BrowserThread::ID thread_id_; // The name of the thread being watched. const std::string thread_name_; // It is the sleep time between between the receipt of a pong message back, // and the sending of another ping message. const base::TimeDelta sleep_time_; // It is the duration from sending a ping message, until we check status to be // sure a pong message has been returned. const base::TimeDelta unresponsive_time_; // This is the last time when ping message was sent. base::TimeTicks ping_time_; // This is the sequence number of the next ping for which there is no pong. If // the instance is sleeping, then it will be the sequence number for the next // ping. uint64 ping_sequence_number_; // This is set to true if thread watcher is watching. bool active_; // The counter tracks least number of ping messages that will be sent to // watched thread before the ping-pong mechanism will go into an extended // sleep. If this value is zero, then the mechanism is in an extended sleep, // and awaiting some observed user action before continuing. int ping_count_; // Histogram that keeps track of response times for the watched thread. base::Histogram* histogram_; // We use this factory to create callback tasks for ThreadWatcher object. We // use this during ping-pong messaging between WatchDog thread and watched // thread. ScopedRunnableMethodFactory method_factory_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ThreadWatcher); }; // Class with a list of all active thread watchers. A thread watcher is active // if it has been registered, which includes determing the histogram name. This // class provides utility functions to start and stop watching all browser // threads. Only one instance of this class exists. class ThreadWatcherList : public NotificationObserver { public: // A map from BrowserThread to the actual instances. typedef std::map RegistrationList; // This singleton holds the global list of registered ThreadWatchers. ThreadWatcherList(); // Destructor deletes all registered ThreadWatcher instances. virtual ~ThreadWatcherList(); // Register() stores a pointer to the given ThreadWatcher in a global map. static void Register(ThreadWatcher* watcher); // This method returns true if the ThreadWatcher object is registerd. static bool IsRegistered(const BrowserThread::ID thread_id); // This method posts a task on WatchDogThread to start watching all browser // threads. // This method is accessible on UI thread. static void StartWatchingAll(); // This method posts a task on WatchDogThread to RevokeAll tasks and to // deactive thread watching of other threads and tell NotificationService to // stop calling Observe. // This method is accessible on UI thread. static void StopWatchingAll(); // RemoveAll NotificationTypes that are being observed. // This method is accessible on UI thread. static void RemoveNotifications(); private: // Allow tests to access our innards for testing purposes. FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(ThreadWatcherTest, Registration); // Delete all thread watcher objects and remove them from global map. // This method is accessible on WatchDogThread. void DeleteAll(); // This will ensure that the watching is actively taking place. It will wakeup // all thread watchers every 2 seconds. This is the implementation of // NotificationObserver. When a matching notification is posted to the // notification service, this method is called. // This method is accessible on UI thread. virtual void Observe(NotificationType type, const NotificationSource& source, const NotificationDetails& details); // This will ensure that the watching is actively taking place, and awaken // all thread watchers that are registered. // This method is accessible on WatchDogThread. virtual void WakeUpAll(); // The Find() method can be used to test to see if a given ThreadWatcher was // already registered, or to retrieve a pointer to it from the global map. static ThreadWatcher* Find(const BrowserThread::ID& thread_id); // Helper function should be called only while holding lock_. ThreadWatcher* PreLockedFind(const BrowserThread::ID& thread_id); static ThreadWatcherList* global_; // The singleton of this class. // Lock for access to registered_. base::Lock lock_; // Map of all registered watched threads, from thread_id to ThreadWatcher. RegistrationList registered_; // The registrar that holds NotificationTypes to be observed. NotificationRegistrar registrar_; // This is the last time when woke all thread watchers up. base::TimeTicks last_wakeup_time_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ThreadWatcherList); }; // Class for WatchDogThread and in its Init method, we start watching UI, IO, // DB, FILE, CACHED threads. class WatchDogThread : public base::Thread { public: // Constructor. WatchDogThread(); // Destroys the thread and stops the thread. virtual ~WatchDogThread(); // Callable on any thread. Returns whether you're currently on a // watchdog_thread_. static bool CurrentlyOnWatchDogThread(); // These are the same methods in message_loop.h, but are guaranteed to either // get posted to the MessageLoop if it's still alive, or be deleted otherwise. // They return true iff the watchdog thread existed and the task was posted. // Note that even if the task is posted, there's no guarantee that it will // run, since the target thread may already have a Quit message in its queue. static bool PostTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task); static bool PostDelayedTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task, int64 delay_ms); protected: virtual void Init(); virtual void CleanUp(); virtual void CleanUpAfterMessageLoopDestruction(); private: static bool PostTaskHelper( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task, int64 delay_ms); // This lock protects watchdog_thread_. static base::Lock lock_; static WatchDogThread* watchdog_thread_; // The singleton of this class. DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(WatchDogThread); }; // DISABLE_RUNNABLE_METHOD_REFCOUNT is a convenience macro for disabling // refcounting of ThreadWatcher and ThreadWatcherList classes. DISABLE_RUNNABLE_METHOD_REFCOUNT(ThreadWatcher); DISABLE_RUNNABLE_METHOD_REFCOUNT(ThreadWatcherList); #endif // CHROME_BROWSER_METRICS_THREAD_WATCHER_H_