gecko-dev/xpcom/base/nsIMemoryInfoDumper.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(3FFA5113-2A10-43BB-923B-6A2FAF67BE97)]
interface nsIMemoryInfoDumper : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * This dumps gzipped memory reports for this process.  If a file of the
   * given name exists, it will be overwritten.  Nothing is done for any child
   * processes (and their children, recursively).  
   *
   * @param aFilename The output file.
   *
   * Sample output:
   *
   * {
   *   "hasMozMallocUsableSize":true,
   *   "reports": [
   *     {"process":"Main Process (pid 12345)", "path":"explicit/foo/bar",
   *      "kind":1, "units":0, "amount":2000000, "description":"Foo bar."},
   *     {"process":"Main Process (pid 12345)", "path":"heap-allocated",
   *      "kind":1, "units":0, "amount":3000000, "description":"Heap allocated."},
   *     {"process":"Main Process (pid 12345)", "path":"vsize",
   *      "kind":1, "units":0, "amount":10000000, "description":"Vsize."}
   *   ]
   * }
   *
   * JSON schema for the output.
   *
   * {
   *   "properties": {
   *     "hasMozMallocUsableSize": {
   *       "type": "boolean",
   *       "description": "nsIMemoryReporterManager::hasMozMallocUsableSize",
   *       "required": true
   *     },
   *     "reports": {
   *       "type": "array",
   *       "description": "The memory reports.",
   *       "required": true
   *       "minItems": 1,
   *       "items": {
   *         "type": "object",
   *         "properties": {
   *           "process": {
   *             "type": "string",
   *             "description": "nsIMemoryReporter::process",
   *             "required": true
   *           },
   *           "path": {
   *             "type": "string",
   *             "description": "nsIMemoryReporter::path",
   *             "required": true,
   *             "minLength": 1
   *           },
   *           "kind": {
   *             "type": "integer",
   *             "description": "nsIMemoryReporter::kind",
   *             "required": true
   *           },
   *           "units": {
   *             "type": "integer",
   *             "description": "nsIMemoryReporter::units",
   *             "required": true
   *           },
   *           "amount": {
   *             "type": "integer",
   *             "description": "nsIMemoryReporter::amount",
   *             "required": true
   *           },
   *           "description": {
   *             "type": "string",
   *             "description": "nsIMemoryReporter::description",
   *             "required": true
   *           }
   *         }
   *       }
   *     }
   *   }
   * }
   */
  void dumpMemoryReportsToNamedFile(in AString aFilename);

  /**
   * Similar to dumpMemoryReportsToNamedFile, this method dumps gzipped memory
   * reports for this process and possibly our child processes (and their
   * children, recursively) to a file in the tmp directory called
   * memory-reports-<identifier>-<pid>.json.gz (or something similar, such as
   * memory-reports-<identifier>-<pid>-1.json.gz; no existing file will be
   * overwritten).
   *
   * If DMD is enabled, this method also dump gzipped DMD output to a file in
   * the tmp directory called dmd-<identifier>-<pid>.txt.gz (or something
   * similar; again, no existing file will be overwritten).
   *
   * @param aIdentifier this identifier will appear in the filename of our
   *   about:memory dump and those of our children (if aDumpChildProcesses is
   *   true).
   *
   *   If the identifier is empty, the implementation may set it arbitrarily
   *   and use that new value for its own dump and the dumps of its child
   *   processes.  For example, the implementation may set |aIdentifier| to the
   *   number of seconds since the epoch.
   *
   * @param aMinimizeMemoryUsage indicates whether we should run a series of
   *   gc/cc's in an attempt to reduce our memory usage before collecting our
   *   memory report.
   *
   * @param aDumpChildProcesses indicates whether we should call
   *   dumpMemoryInfoToTempDir in our child processes.  If
   *   so, the child processes will also dump their children, and so on.
   */
  void dumpMemoryInfoToTempDir(
    in AString aIdentifier,
    in bool aMinimizeMemoryUsage,
    in bool aDumpChildProcesses);

  /**
   * Dump GC and CC logs to files in the OS's temp directory (or in
   * $MOZ_CC_LOG_DIRECTORY, if that environment variable is specified).
   *
   * @param aIdentifier If aIdentifier is non-empty, this string will appear in
   *   the filenames of the logs we create (both for this process and, if
   *   aDumpChildProcesses is true, for our child processes).
   *
   *   If aIdentifier is empty, the implementation may set it to an
   *   arbitrary value; for example, it may set aIdentifier to the number
   *   of seconds since the epoch.
   *
   * @param aDumpAllTraces indicates whether we should run an all-traces CC
   *   log.  An all-traces log visits all objects currently eligible for cycle
   *   collection, while a non-all-traces log avoids visiting some objects
   *   which we know are reachable.
   *
   *   All-traces logs are much bigger than the alternative, but they may be
   *   helpful when trying to understand why a particular object is alive.  For
   *   example, a non-traces-log will skip references held by an active
   *   document; if your object is being held alive by such a document, you
   *   probably want to see those references.
   *
   * @param aDumpChildProcesses indicates whether we should call
   *   DumpGCAndCCLogsToFile in our child processes.  If so, the child processes
   *   will dump their children, and so on.
   */
  void dumpGCAndCCLogsToFile(in AString aIdentifier,
                             in bool aDumpAllTraces,
                             in bool aDumpChildProcesses);
};