gecko-dev/ipc/docs/index.rst

Processes, Threads and IPC
==========================

These pages contain the documentation for Gecko's architecture for platform process and thread creation, communication and synchronization.  They live mozilla-central in the 'ipc/docs' directory.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3

    ipdl
    processes

For inter-process communication involving Javascript, see `JSActors`_.  They are a very limited case, used for communication between elements in the DOM, which may exist in separate processes.  They only involve the main process and content processes -- no other processes run Javascript.

.. _JSActors: /dom/ipc/jsactors.html
Bug 1696382: Add IPC in-tree docs r=nika,gerard-majax,ipc-reviewers Includes docs for IPDL actors and protocols. Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D121871 2022-01-13 00:10:20 +00:00			`Processes, Threads and IPC`
			`==========================`

			`These pages contain the documentation for Gecko's architecture for platform process and thread creation, communication and synchronization. They live mozilla-central in the 'ipc/docs' directory.`

			`.. toctree::`
			`:maxdepth: 3`

			`ipdl`
Bug 1696382: Add new process documentation r=gerard-majax Includes docs on core process components and examples of new top-level actors and the "first" actors that help with process bootstrapping. Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D132314 2022-01-13 00:10:21 +00:00			`processes`
Bug 1696382: Add IPC in-tree docs r=nika,gerard-majax,ipc-reviewers Includes docs for IPDL actors and protocols. Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D121871 2022-01-13 00:10:20 +00:00
			For inter-process communication involving Javascript, see `JSActors`_. They are a very limited case, used for communication between elements in the DOM, which may exist in separate processes. They only involve the main process and content processes -- no other processes run Javascript.

			`.. _JSActors: /dom/ipc/jsactors.html`