gecko-dev/ipc/docs/index.rst
David Parks 537f03caa7 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
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Processes, Threads and IPC
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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