Implemented a "Last Updated" field for the about page of Chrome OS.

chrome/browser/ui/webui/help/help_handler.cc

Index: chrome/browser/ui/webui/help/help_handler.cc
diff --git a/chrome/browser/ui/webui/help/help_handler.cc b/chrome/browser/ui/webui/help/help_handler.cc
index 6f3a246be2f659665f21efb848e254bb3cae6b65..0e1e560cfc5d6738260c66a5ff024f72e1c3bd99 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/ui/webui/help/help_handler.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/webui/help/help_handler.cc
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@
 #include "webkit/glue/webkit_glue.h"
 
 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
+#include "base/i18n/time_formatting.h"
+#include "base/file_util_proxy.h"
+#include "base/sys_info.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/chromeos/login/user_manager.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/chromeos/cros_settings.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/profiles/profile.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/prefs/pref_service.h"
+#include "content/public/browser/browser_thread.h"
 #endif
 
 using base::ListValue;
+using content::BrowserThread;
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -90,12 +95,18 @@ bool CanChangeReleaseChannel() {
   return false;
 }
 
+// Pointer to a |StringValue| holding the date of the last update to Chromium
+// OS. Because this value is obtained by reading a file, it is cached here to
+// prevent the need to read from the file system multiple times unnecessarily.
+Value* g_last_updated_string = NULL;
+
 #endif  // defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
 
 }  // namespace
 
 HelpHandler::HelpHandler()
-    : version_updater_(VersionUpdater::Create()) {
+    : version_updater_(VersionUpdater::Create()),
+      ALLOW_THIS_IN_INITIALIZER_LIST(weak_factory_(this)) {
 }
 
 HelpHandler::~HelpHandler() {
@@ -136,6 +147,7 @@ void HelpHandler::GetLocalizedValues(DictionaryValue* localized_strings) {
     { "webkit", IDS_WEBKIT },
     { "userAgent", IDS_ABOUT_VERSION_USER_AGENT },
     { "commandLine", IDS_ABOUT_VERSION_COMMAND_LINE },
+    { "lastUpdated", IDS_ABOUT_VERSION_LAST_UPDATED },
 #endif
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
     { "promote", IDS_ABOUT_CHROME_PROMOTE_UPDATER },
@@ -235,6 +247,26 @@ void HelpHandler::OnPageLoaded(const ListValue* args) {
       base::Value::CreateBooleanValue(CanChangeReleaseChannel()));
   web_ui()->CallJavascriptFunction(
       "help.HelpPage.updateEnableReleaseChannel", *can_change_channel_value);
+
+  if (g_last_updated_string == NULL) {
+    // If |g_last_updated_string| is |NULL|, the date has not yet been assigned.
+    // Get the date of the last lsb-release file modification. Note that there
+    // is a chance that multiple tabs could request the file information at
+    // roughly the same time, causing this request to go through multiple times.
+    // While this may cause the file to be read multiple times unnecessarily,
+    // it does not leak resources and is a rare in that it only happens if
+    // multiple "Help" tabs are opened simultaneously.
+    base::FileUtilProxy::GetFileInfo(
+        BrowserThread::GetMessageLoopProxyForThread(BrowserThread::FILE),
+        base::SysInfo::GetLsbReleaseFilePath(),
+        base::Bind(&HelpHandler::ProcessLsbFileInfo,
+                   weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr()));
+  } else {
+    // If it is not NULL, the date has already been retrieved from the file
+    // system, so just use the cached value.
+    web_ui()->CallJavascriptFunction("help.HelpPage.setLastUpdated",
+                                     *g_last_updated_string);
+  }
 #endif  // defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
 
   version_updater_->CheckForUpdate(
@@ -380,4 +412,32 @@ void HelpHandler::OnReleaseChannel(const std::string& channel) {
   web_ui()->CallJavascriptFunction(
       "help.HelpPage.updateSelectedChannel", *channel_string);
 }
+
+void HelpHandler::ProcessLsbFileInfo(
+    base::PlatformFileError error, const base::PlatformFileInfo& file_info) {
+  base::Time time;
+  if (error == base::PLATFORM_FILE_OK) {
+    // Retrieves the approximate time at which Chrome OS was last updated. Each
+    // time a new build is created, /etc/lsb-release is modified with the new
+    // version numbers of the release. Thus, this is a close approximation of
+    // the time that the last Chrome OS update occurred.
+    time = file_info.last_modified;
+  } else {
+    // If the time of the last update cannot be retrieved, punt and just set
+    // the last update time to be the current time.
+    time = base::Time::Now();
+  }
+
+  // Note that this string will be internationalized.
+  string16 last_updated = base::TimeFormatFriendlyDate(time);
+
+  // If |g_last_updated_string| is NULL, then the file's information was already
+  // retrieved once by another tab. In this case, do not allocate the Value
+  // again and simply reuse the value already allocated.
+  if (g_last_updated_string != NULL)

[Mark Mentovai, 2012/04/18 15:59:07]

The only reason this works and isn’t racy is that this is guaranteed to only run
on one thread, right? You should assert that you’re on the correct thread with a
DCHECK.

[Kyle Horimoto, 2012/04/18 20:54:19]

Yep, that's why it's not racy. I'll add that in.

+    g_last_updated_string = Value::CreateStringValue(last_updated);
+
+  web_ui()->CallJavascriptFunction("help.HelpPage.setLastUpdated",
+                                   *g_last_updated_string);
+}
 #endif // defined(OS_CHROMEOS)