Mypal/toolkit/components/perfmonitoring/nsIPerformanceStats.idl
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/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-*/
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIArray.idl"
#include "nsIDOMWindow.idl"
/**
* Mechanisms for querying the current process about performance
* information.
*
* JavaScript clients should rather use PerformanceStats.jsm.
*/
/**
* Identification details for a performance group.
*
* A performance group is a set of JavaScript compartments whose
* performance is observed as a single entity. Typical examples of
* performance groups: an add-on, a webpage without its frames, a
* webpage with all its frames, the entire JS runtime, ...
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(994c56be-939a-4f20-8364-124f6422d86a)]
interface nsIPerformanceGroupDetails: nsISupports {
/**
* An identifier unique to the component.
*
* This identifier is somewhat human-readable to aid with debugging,
* but clients should not rely upon the format.
*/
readonly attribute AString groupId;
/**
* A somewhat human-readable name for the component.
*/
readonly attribute AString name;
/**
* If the component is an add-on, the ID of the addon,
* otherwise an empty string.
*/
readonly attribute AString addonId;
/**
* If the component is code executed in a window, the ID of the topmost
* outer window (i.e. the tab), otherwise 0.
*/
readonly attribute uint64_t windowId;
/**
* `true` if this component is executed with system privileges
* (e.g. the platform itself or an add-on), `false` otherwise
* (e.g. webpages).
*/
readonly attribute bool isSystem;
/**
* The process running this group.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long long processId;
/**
* `true` if the code is executed in a content process, `false` otherwise.
*/
readonly attribute bool isContentProcess;
};
/**
* Snapshot of the performance of a component, e.g. an add-on, a web
* page, system built-ins, a module or the entire process itself.
*
* All values are monotonic and are updated only when
* `nsIPerformanceStatsService.isStopwatchActive` is `true`.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(8a635d4b-aa56-466b-9a7d-9f91ca9405ef)]
interface nsIPerformanceStats: nsIPerformanceGroupDetails {
/**
* Total amount of time spent executing code in this group, in
* microseconds.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long long totalUserTime;
readonly attribute unsigned long long totalSystemTime;
readonly attribute unsigned long long totalCPOWTime;
/**
* Total number of times code execution entered this group,
* since process launch. This may be greater than the number
* of times we have entered the event loop.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long long ticks;
/**
* Jank indicator.
*
* durations[i] == number of times execution of this group
* lasted at lest 2^i ms.
*/
void getDurations([optional] out unsigned long aCount,
[retval, array, size_is(aCount)]out unsigned long long aNumberOfOccurrences);
};
/**
* A snapshot of the performance data of the process.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(13cc235b-739e-4690-b0e3-d89cbe036a93)]
interface nsIPerformanceSnapshot: nsISupports {
/**
* Data on all individual components.
*/
nsIArray getComponentsData();
/**
* Information on the process itself.
*
* This contains the total amount of time spent executing JS code,
* the total amount of time spent waiting for system calls while
* executing JS code, the total amount of time performing blocking
* inter-process calls, etc.
*/
nsIPerformanceStats getProcessData();
};
/**
* A performance alert.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(a85706ab-d703-4687-8865-78cd771eab93)]
interface nsIPerformanceAlert: nsISupports {
/**
* A slowdown was detected.
*
* See REASON_JANK_* for details on whether this slowdown was user-noticeable.
*/
const unsigned long REASON_SLOWDOWN = 1;
/**
* This alert was triggered during a jank in animation.
*
* In the current implementation, we consider that there is a jank
* in animation if delivery of the vsync message to the main thread
* has been delayed too much (see
* nsIPerformanceStatsService.animationJankLevelThreshold).
*
* Note that this is a heuristic which may provide false positives,
* so clients of this API are expected to perform post-processing to
* filter out such false positives.
*/
const unsigned long REASON_JANK_IN_ANIMATION = 2;
/**
* This alert was triggered during a jank in user input.
*
* In the current implementation, we consider that there is a jank
* in animation if a user input was received either immediately
* before executing the offending code (see
* nsIPerformanceStatsService.userInputDelayThreshold) or while
* executing the offending code.
*
* Note that this is a heuristic which may provide false positives,
* so clients of this API are expected to perform post-processing to
* filter out such false positives.
*/
const unsigned long REASON_JANK_IN_INPUT = 4;
/**
* The reason for the alert, as a bitwise or of the various REASON_*
* constants.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long reason;
/**
* Longest interval spent executing code in this group
* since the latest alert, in microseconds.
*
* Note that the underlying algorithm is probabilistic and may
* provide false positives, so clients of this API are expected to
* perform post-processing to filter out such false positives. In
* particular, a high system load will increase the noise level on
* this measure.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long long highestJank;
/**
* Longest interval spent executing CPOW in this group
* since the latest alert, in microseconds.
*
* This measure is reliable and involves no heuristics. However,
* note that the duration of CPOWs is increased by high system
* loads.
*/
readonly attribute unsigned long long highestCPOW;
};
/**
* An observer for slow performance alerts.
*/
[scriptable, function, uuid(b746a929-3fec-420b-8ed8-c35d71995e05)]
interface nsIPerformanceObserver: nsISupports {
/**
* @param target The performance group that caused the jank.
* @param alert The performance cost that triggered the alert.
*/
void observe(in nsIPerformanceGroupDetails target, in nsIPerformanceAlert alert);
};
/**
* A part of the system that may be observed for slow performance.
*/
[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(b85720d0-e328-4342-9e46-8ca1acf8c70e)]
interface nsIPerformanceObservable: nsISupports {
/**
* If a single group is being observed, information on this group.
*/
readonly attribute nsIPerformanceGroupDetails target;
/**
* Add an observer that will be informed in case of jank.
*
* Set `jankAlertThreshold` to determine how much jank is needed
* to trigger alerts.
*
* If the same observer is added more than once, it will be
* triggered as many times as it has been added.
*/
void addJankObserver(in nsIPerformanceObserver observer);
/**
* Remove an observer previously added with `addJankObserver`.
*
* Noop if the observer hasn't been added.
*/
void removeJankObserver(in nsIPerformanceObserver observer);
};
[scriptable, uuid(505bc42e-be38-4a53-baba-92cb33690cde)]
interface nsIPerformanceStatsService : nsISupports {
/**
* `true` if we should monitor CPOW, `false` otherwise.
*/
[implicit_jscontext] attribute bool isMonitoringCPOW;
/**
* `true` if we should monitor jank, `false` otherwise.
*/
[implicit_jscontext] attribute bool isMonitoringJank;
/**
* `true` if all compartments need to be monitored individually,
* `false` if only performance groups (i.e. entire add-ons, entire
* webpages, etc.) need to be monitored.
*/
[implicit_jscontext] attribute bool isMonitoringPerCompartment;
/**
* Capture a snapshot of the performance data.
*/
[implicit_jscontext] nsIPerformanceSnapshot getSnapshot();
/**
* The threshold, in microseconds, above which a performance group is
* considered "slow" and should raise performance alerts.
*/
attribute unsigned long long jankAlertThreshold;
/**
* If a user is seeing an animation and we spend too long executing
* JS code while blocking refresh, this will be visible to the user.
*
* We assume that any jank during an animation and lasting more than
* 2^animationJankLevelThreshold ms will be visible.
*/
attribute short animationJankLevelThreshold;
/**
* If a user performs an input (e.g. clicking, pressing a key, but
* *NOT* moving the mouse), and we spend too long executing JS code
* before displaying feedback, this will be visible to the user even
* if there is no ongoing animation.
*
* We assume that any jank during `userInputDelayThreshold` us after
* the user input will be visible.
*/
attribute unsigned long long userInputDelayThreshold;
/**
* A buffering delay, in milliseconds, used by the service to
* regroup performance alerts, before observers are actually
* noticed. Higher delays let the system avoid redundant
* notifications for the same group, and are generally better for
* performance.
*/
attribute unsigned long jankAlertBufferingDelay;
/**
* Get a nsIPerformanceObservable representing an add-on. This
* observable may then be used to (un)register for watching
* performance alerts for this add-on.
*
* Note that this method has no way of finding out whether an add-on with this
* id is installed on the system. Also note that this covers only the current
* process.
*
* Use special add-on name "*" to get an observable that may be used
* to (un)register for watching performance alerts of all add-ons at
* once.
*/
nsIPerformanceObservable getObservableAddon(in AString addonId);
/**
* Get a nsIPerformanceObservable representing a DOM window. This
* observable may then be used to (un)register for watching
* performance alerts for this window.
*
* Note that this covers only the current process.
*
* Use special window id 0 to get an observable that may be used to
* (un)register for watching performance alerts of all windows at
* once.
*/
nsIPerformanceObservable getObservableWindow(in unsigned long long windowId);
};
%{C++
#define NS_TOOLKIT_PERFORMANCESTATSSERVICE_CID {0xfd7435d4, 0x9ec4, 0x4699, \
{0xad, 0xd4, 0x1b, 0xe8, 0x3d, 0xd6, 0x8e, 0xf3} }
#define NS_TOOLKIT_PERFORMANCESTATSSERVICE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/toolkit/performance-stats-service;1"
%}