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Bug 875562 - Part 5: Document crash events for initial implementation; r=bsmedberg

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The initial implementation of this feature will write 3 distinct event
types and will only count occurrences of each. Future iterations of the
feature will capture more metadata, such as submission state and extra
crash annotations. These will not be included in this patch set.

DONTBUILD (NPOTB)

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@ -28,13 +28,22 @@ adopted.
File Format
-----------
All crash event files share the same high-level file format: the file
consists of an event name string followed by a UNIX newline (*\n*)
followed by its payload data. This allows consumers to read the first line
from the file and then dispatch based on its contents. If an unknown event
type is encountered, the event can safely be ignored until later. This helps
ensure that application downgrades (potentially due to elevated crash rate)
don't result in data loss.
All crash event files share the same high-level file format. The format
consists of the following fields delimited by a UNIX newline (*\n*)
character:
* String event name (valid UTF-8, but likely ASCII)
* String representation of integer seconds since UNIX epoch
* Payload
The payload is event specific and may contain UNIX newline characters.
The recommended method for parsing is to split at most 3 times on UNIX
newline and then dispatch to an event-specific parsed based on the
event name.
If an unknown event type is encountered, the event can safely be ignored
until later. This helps ensure that application downgrades (potentially
due to elevated crash rate) don't result in data loss.
The format and semantics of each event type are meant to be constant once
that event type is committed to the main Firefox repository. If new metadata
@ -51,7 +60,28 @@ Each subsection documents the different types of crash events that may be
produced. Each section name corresponds to the first line of the crash
event file.
**No event types are yet defined.**
crash.main.1
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This event is produced when the main process crashes.
The payload of this event is the string crash ID, very likely a UUID.
There should be ``UUID.dmp`` and ``UUID.extra`` files on disk, saved by
Breakpad.
crash.plugin.1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This event is produced when a plugin process crashes.
The payload is identical to ``crash.main.1``'s.
hang.plugin.1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This event is produced when a plugin process hangs.
The payload is identical to ``crash.main.1``'s.
Aggregated Event Log
====================