gecko-dev/ipc/ipdl/sync-messages.ini

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# gtests
[PQuotaTest::Try_Success_CustomErr_QmIpcFail]
description = Only used by gtests
[PQuotaTest::Try_Success_CustomErr_IpcFail]
description = Only used by gtests
[PQuotaTest::TryInspect_Success_CustomErr_QmIpcFail]
description = Only used by gtests
[PQuotaTest::TryInspect_Success_CustomErr_IpcFail]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::ImmediateCancel]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::NestedCancel]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::CallNestedCancel]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::StartNestedCancelParent]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::NestedCancelParent]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::CheckChild]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestCancel::CheckParent]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestArrayOfInt]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestArrayOfActor]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestUnion]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestArrayOfUnion]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestUnionWithArray]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestArrayOfUnionWithArray]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestStructWithActor]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestUnionWithActors]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestArrayOfUnionWithActors]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestUnions]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestArrayOfUnions]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestStruct]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestStructWithArrays]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestStructWithActors]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestStructs]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestUnionWithStructs]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestStructWithUnions]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestUnionWithCxx]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestDataStructures::TestNsIntRegion]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestEndpointOpensOpened::HelloSync]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestHangs::Hang]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestJSON::Test]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestMostNested::Msg2]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestMostNested::Msg4]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestMostNested::StartInner]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestSyncError::Error]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestUrgency::Test1]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestUrgency::Test3]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestUrgency::FinalTest_Begin]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestUrgency::Reply1]
description = Only used by gtests
[PTestUrgency::Reply2]
description = Only used by gtests

# Clipboard
[PClipboardContentAnalysis::GetClipboard]
description = Legacy synchronous clipboard API
[PContent::GetClipboard]
description = Legacy synchronous clipboard API
[PContent::ClipboardHasType]
description = Legacy synchronous clipboard API
[PContent::GetClipboardDataSnapshotSync]
description = Legacy synchronous clipboard API

# The rest
[PHeapSnapshotTempFileHelper::OpenHeapSnapshotTempFile]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBackgroundMutableFile::GetFileId]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBackgroundIndexedDBUtils::GetFileReferences]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBrowser::SyncMessage]
description = JS MessageManager implementation
[PBrowser::NotifyIMEMouseButtonEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBrowser::RequestIMEToCommitComposition]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBrowser::GetInputContext]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBrowser::RequestNativeKeyBindings]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBrowser::DispatchWheelEvent]
description = Only used by automation tests
[PBrowser::DispatchMouseEvent]
description = Only used by automation tests
[PBrowser::DispatchKeyboardEvent]
description = Only used by automation tests
[PBrowser::DispatchTouchEvent]
description = Only used by automation tests
[PBrowser::EnsureLayersConnected]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBrowser::SetSystemFont]
description = test only
[PBrowser::GetSystemFont]
description = test only
[PContent::SyncMessage]
description = JS MessageManager implementation
[PContent::IsSecureURI]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PContent::PURLClassifier]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PContent::GetIconForExtension]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PContent::BeginDriverCrashGuard]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PContent::EndDriverCrashGuard]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PContent::GetFontListShmBlock]
description = for bug 1514869 - layout code needs synchronous access to font list, but this is used only once per block, after which content directly reads the shared memory
[PContent::InitializeFamily]
description = for bug 1514869 - layout is blocked on needing sync access to a specific font family - used once per family, then the data is cached in shared memory
[PContent::InitOtherFamilyNames]
description = for bug 1514869 - layout is blocked on font lookup, needs complete family-name information - not used after loading is complete
[PContent::GetHyphDict]
description = for bug 1487212 - layout requires hyphenation data from a given omnijar resource - only called once per locale by a given content process
[PGMP::StartPlugin]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PRemoteDecoderManager::Readback]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBackgroundStorage::Preload]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PBackgroundLSDatabase::PBackgroundLSSnapshot]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSDatabase.ipdl
[PBackgroundLSSnapshot::SyncCheckpoint]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSSnapshot.ipdl
[PBackgroundLSSnapshot::SyncCheckpointAndNotify]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSSnapshot.ipdl
[PBackgroundLSSnapshot::SyncFinish]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSSnapshot.ipdl
[PBackgroundLSSnapshot::LoadValueAndMoreItems]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSSnapshot.ipdl
[PBackgroundLSSnapshot::LoadKeys]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSSnapshot.ipdl
[PBackgroundLSSnapshot::IncreasePeakUsage]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundLSSnapshot.ipdl
[PBackgroundSessionStorageCache::Load]
description = See corresponding comment in PBackgroundSessionStorageCache.ipdl
[PRemoteSpellcheckEngine::SetDictionary]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PGPU::AddLayerTreeIdMapping]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PGPU::GetDeviceStatus]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceiveMultiTouchInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceiveMouseInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceivePanGestureInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceivePinchGestureInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceiveTapGestureInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceiveScrollWheelInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ProcessUnhandledEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PAPZInputBridge::ReceiveKeyboardInputEvent]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCanvasManager::GetSnapshot]
description = Retrieving canvas contents is synchronous (see also, PWebGL::GetFrontBufferSnapshot).
[PCompositorBridge::Initialize]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::WillClose]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::Pause]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::Resume]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::NotifyChildCreated]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::MapAndNotifyChildCreated]
description = bug 1350660
[PCompositorBridge::NotifyChildRecreated]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::FlushRendering]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::WaitOnTransactionProcessed]
description = bug 1364626
[PCompositorBridge::StartFrameTimeRecording]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::StopFrameTimeRecording]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::SyncWithCompositor]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorBridge::CheckContentOnlyTDR]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PCompositorWidget::Initialize]
description = Fallable initialization for the widget. Must be called right after construction before any other messages are sent
platform = win
[PCompositorWidget::EnterPresentLock]
description = Obtain exclusive access to the widget surface. Used to ensure events don't change the surface while it's being used as a render target
platform = win
[PCompositorWidget::LeavePresentLock]
description = Release the exclusive lock that EnterPresentLock obtained
platform = win
[PCompositorWidget::ClearTransparentWindow]
description = Synchronously clear the widget surface. Does not rely on (Enter|Leave)PresentLock. When call returns, window surface has been fully updated with cleared pixel values.
platform = win
[PImageBridge::NewCompositable]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PUiCompositorController::Pause]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PUiCompositorController::Resume]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PUiCompositorController::ResumeAndResize]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PWebRenderBridge::EnsureConnected]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PWebRenderBridge::GetSnapshot]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PWebRenderBridge::SetTestSampleTime]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::LeaveTestMode]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::GetAnimationValue]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::SetAsyncScrollOffset]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::SetAsyncZoom]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::GetAPZTestData]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::GetFrameUniformity]
description = test only
[PWebRenderBridge::ShutdownSync]
description = bug 1377024
[PWebRenderBridge::SyncWithCompositor]
description = WebRender equivalent for PCompositorBridge::SyncWithCompositor
[PHal::GetCurrentBatteryInformation]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHal::GetCurrentNetworkInformation]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHal::GetWakeLockInfo]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHandlerService::FillHandlerInfo]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHandlerService::GetMIMEInfoFromOS]
description = Lets unprivileged child processes synchronously get MIME type/handler information from the OS
[PHandlerService::ExistsForProtocolOS]
description = bug 1382323
[PHandlerService::ExistsForProtocol]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHandlerService::Exists]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHandlerService::GetTypeFromExtension]
description = legacy sync IPC - please add detailed description
[PHandlerService::GetApplicationDescription]
description = Lets unprivileged child processes synchronously get a description of the app that handles a given protocol scheme
[PClientSource::WorkerSyncPing]
description = Synchronous ping allowing worker thread to confirm actor is created. Necessary to avoid racing with ClientHandle actors on main thread.
[PSandboxTesting::GetSpecialDirectory]
description = Testing only - get a special directory path.
# WebGL internals
[PWebGL::Initialize]
description = Initialization of WebGL contexts is synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetFrontBuffer]
description = Publishing a WebGL frame for compositing is synchronous for now to ensure DOM transaction atomicity.
[PWebGL::OnMemoryPressure]
description = Synchronous to ensure immediate memory pressure relief.
# WebGL spec-synchronous functions
[PWebGL::CheckFramebufferStatus]
description = Checking framebuffer completenss must ask the driver.
[PWebGL::ClientWaitSync]
description = Checking fence-sync completenss must ask the driver.
[PWebGL::CreateOpaqueFramebuffer]
description = Must synchronously check for allocation success.
[PWebGL::DrawingBufferSize]
description = The returned size might be smaller than requested due to allocation failure.
[PWebGL::Finish]
description = Synchronous by spec, but not generally used.
[PWebGL::GetBufferSubData]
description = Retrieving buffer contents is synchronous in the worst case.
[PWebGL::GetFrontBufferSnapshot]
description = Retrieving canvas contents is synchronous.
[PWebGL::ReadPixels]
description = Retrieving WebGL framebuffer contents is synchronous.
# WebGL reflection functions
[PWebGL::GetBufferParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetCompileResult]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetError]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetFragDataLocation]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetFramebufferAttachmentParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetIndexedParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetInternalformatParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetLinkResult]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetNumber]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetQueryParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetRenderbufferParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetSamplerParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetShaderPrecisionFormat]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetString]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetTexParameter]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetUniform]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::GetVertexAttrib]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::ValidateProgram]
description = Reflection is cold code, but synchronous by spec.
[PWebGL::SyncPing]
description = Used to throttle a lot of async WebGL command messages.
# -
[PIPCClientCerts::FindObjects]
description = Finds certificates and private keys in the parent process. As this is called from PKCS#11, there is no way to make this asynchronous.
[PIPCClientCerts::Sign]
description = Performs a signature on given data with a key corresponding to the given identifier. This is called from PKCS#11, so there is no way to make this asynchronous.
# -
[PRemoteQuotaObject::MaybeUpdateSize]
description = This must be synchronous until quota file streams become non-blocking. The synchronous message is never used on the main thread or the PBackground thread or a DOM worker threed.

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