sync: Make nudge + config jobs reliable in SyncerThread2

chrome/browser/sync/engine/syncer_thread2.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/sync/engine/syncer_thread2.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "base/rand_util.h"
 #include "chrome/browser/sync/engine/syncer.h"
 
 using base::TimeDelta;
 using base::TimeTicks;
 
 namespace browser_sync {
 
 using sessions::SyncSession;
 using sessions::SyncSessionSnapshot;
 using sessions::SyncSourceInfo;
 using syncable::ModelTypePayloadMap;
 using syncable::ModelTypeBitSet;
 using sync_pb::GetUpdatesCallerInfo;
 
 namespace s3 {
 
-struct SyncerThread::WaitInterval {
-  enum Mode {
-    // A wait interval whose duration has been affected by exponential
-    // backoff.
-    // EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF intervals are nudge-rate limited to 1 per interval.
-    EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF,
-    // A server-initiated throttled interval.  We do not allow any syncing
-    // during such an interval.
-    THROTTLED,
-  };
-  Mode mode;
-
-  // This bool is set to true if we have observed a nudge during this
-  // interval and mode == EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF.
-  bool had_nudge;
-  base::TimeDelta length;
-  base::OneShotTimer<SyncerThread> timer;
-  WaitInterval(Mode mode, base::TimeDelta length);
-};
-
-struct SyncerThread::SyncSessionJob {
-  SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose;
-  base::TimeTicks scheduled_start;
-  linked_ptr<sessions::SyncSession> session;
-
-  // This is the location the nudge came from. used for debugging purpose.
-  // In case of multiple nudges getting coalesced this stores the first nudge
-  // that came in.
-  tracked_objects::Location nudge_location;
-};
-
 SyncerThread::DelayProvider::DelayProvider() {}
 SyncerThread::DelayProvider::~DelayProvider() {}
 
+SyncerThread::WaitInterval::WaitInterval() {}
+SyncerThread::WaitInterval::~WaitInterval() {}
+
+SyncerThread::SyncSessionJob::SyncSessionJob() {}
+SyncerThread::SyncSessionJob::~SyncSessionJob() {}
+
+SyncerThread::SyncSessionJob::SyncSessionJob(SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose,
+    base::TimeTicks start,
+    linked_ptr<sessions::SyncSession> session, bool is_canary_job,
+    const tracked_objects::Location& nudge_location) : purpose(purpose),
+        scheduled_start(start),
+        session(session),
+        is_canary_job(is_canary_job),
+        nudge_location(nudge_location) {
+}
+
 TimeDelta SyncerThread::DelayProvider::GetDelay(
     const base::TimeDelta& last_delay) {
   return SyncerThread::GetRecommendedDelay(last_delay);
 }
 
+GetUpdatesCallerInfo::GetUpdatesSource GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(
+    NudgeSource source) {
+  switch (source) {
+    case NUDGE_SOURCE_NOTIFICATION:
+      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::NOTIFICATION;
+    case NUDGE_SOURCE_LOCAL:
+      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::LOCAL;
+    case NUDGE_SOURCE_CONTINUATION:
+      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::SYNC_CYCLE_CONTINUATION;
+    case NUDGE_SOURCE_UNKNOWN:
+      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::UNKNOWN;
+    default:
+      NOTREACHED();
+      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::UNKNOWN;
+  }
+}
+
 SyncerThread::WaitInterval::WaitInterval(Mode mode, TimeDelta length)
     : mode(mode), had_nudge(false), length(length) { }
 
 SyncerThread::SyncerThread(sessions::SyncSessionContext* context,
                            Syncer* syncer)
     : thread_("SyncEngine_SyncerThread"),
       syncer_short_poll_interval_seconds_(
           TimeDelta::FromSeconds(kDefaultShortPollIntervalSeconds)),
       syncer_long_poll_interval_seconds_(
           TimeDelta::FromSeconds(kDefaultLongPollIntervalSeconds)),
       mode_(NORMAL_MODE),
       server_connection_ok_(false),
       delay_provider_(new DelayProvider()),
       syncer_(syncer),
       session_context_(context) {
 }
 
 SyncerThread::~SyncerThread() {
   DCHECK(!thread_.IsRunning());
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::CheckServerConnectionManagerStatus(
     HttpResponse::ServerConnectionCode code) {
+
   // Note, be careful when adding cases here because if the SyncerThread
   // thinks there is no valid connection as determined by this method, it
   // will drop out of *all* forward progress sync loops (it won't poll and it
   // will queue up Talk notifications but not actually call SyncShare) until
   // some external action causes a ServerConnectionManager to broadcast that
   // a valid connection has been re-established.
   if (HttpResponse::CONNECTION_UNAVAILABLE == code ||
       HttpResponse::SYNC_AUTH_ERROR == code) {
     server_connection_ok_ = false;
   } else if (HttpResponse::SERVER_CONNECTION_OK == code) {
     server_connection_ok_ = true;
+    DoCanaryJob();
   }
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::Start(Mode mode, ModeChangeCallback* callback) {
   if (!thread_.IsRunning()) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Starting thread with mode " << mode;
     if (!thread_.Start()) {
       NOTREACHED() << "Unable to start SyncerThread.";
       return;
     }
     WatchConnectionManager();
     thread_.message_loop()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
         this, &SyncerThread::SendInitialSnapshot));
   }
 
+  VLOG(2) << " Entering start with mode = " << mode;
+
   thread_.message_loop()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
       this, &SyncerThread::StartImpl, mode, make_linked_ptr(callback)));
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::SendInitialSnapshot() {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
   scoped_ptr<SyncSession> dummy(new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this,
       SyncSourceInfo(), ModelSafeRoutingInfo(),
       std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*>()));
   SyncEngineEvent event(SyncEngineEvent::STATUS_CHANGED);
   sessions::SyncSessionSnapshot snapshot(dummy->TakeSnapshot());
   event.snapshot = &snapshot;
   session_context_->NotifyListeners(event);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::WatchConnectionManager() {
   ServerConnectionManager* scm = session_context_->connection_manager();
   CheckServerConnectionManagerStatus(scm->server_status());
   scm->AddListener(this);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::StartImpl(Mode mode,
                              linked_ptr<ModeChangeCallback> callback) {
+  VLOG(2) << "Doing StartImpl with mode " << mode;
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
   DCHECK(!session_context_->account_name().empty());
   DCHECK(syncer_.get());
   mode_ = mode;
   AdjustPolling(NULL);  // Will kick start poll timer if needed.
   if (callback.get())
     callback->Run();
+
+  // We just changed our mode. See if there are any pending jobs that we could
+  // execute in the new mode.
+  DoPendingJobIfPossible(false);
 }
 
-bool SyncerThread::ShouldRunJob(SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose,
-    const TimeTicks& scheduled_start) {
-  DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
+SyncerThread::JobProcessDecision SyncerThread::DecideWhileInWaitInterval(
+    const SyncSessionJob& job) {
 
-  // Check wait interval.
-  if (wait_interval_.get()) {
-    // TODO(tim): Consider different handling for CLEAR_USER_DATA (i.e. permit
-    // when throttled).
-    if (wait_interval_->mode == WaitInterval::THROTTLED)
-      return false;
+  DCHECK(wait_interval_.get());
+  DCHECK_NE(job.purpose, SyncSessionJob::CLEAR_USER_DATA);
 
-    DCHECK_EQ(wait_interval_->mode, WaitInterval::EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF);
-    if ((purpose != NUDGE) || wait_interval_->had_nudge)
-      return false;
+  VLOG(2) << "Wait interval mode : " << wait_interval_->mode
+          << "Wait interval had nudge : " << wait_interval_->had_nudge
+          << "is canary job : " << job.is_canary_job;
+
+  if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::POLL)
+    return DROP;
+
+  DCHECK(job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE ||
+      job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION);
+  if (wait_interval_->mode == WaitInterval::THROTTLED)
+    return SAVE;
+
+  DCHECK_EQ(wait_interval_->mode, WaitInterval::EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF);
+  if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE) {
+    if (mode_ == CONFIGURATION_MODE)
+      return SAVE;
+
+    // If we already had one nudge then just drop this nudge. We will retry
+    // later when the timer runs out.
+    return wait_interval_->had_nudge ? DROP : CONTINUE;
+  }
+  // This is a config job.
+  return job.is_canary_job ? CONTINUE : SAVE;
+}
+
+SyncerThread::JobProcessDecision SyncerThread::DecideOnJob(
+    const SyncSessionJob& job) {
+  if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CLEAR_USER_DATA)
+    return CONTINUE;
+
+  if (wait_interval_.get())
+    return DecideWhileInWaitInterval(job);
+
+  if (mode_ == CONFIGURATION_MODE) {
+    if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE)
+      return SAVE;
+    else if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION)
+      return CONTINUE;
+    else
+      return DROP;
   }
 
-  // Mode / purpose contract (See 'Mode' enum in header). Don't run jobs that
-  // were intended for a normal sync if we are in configuration mode, and vice
-  // versa.
-  switch (mode_) {
-    case CONFIGURATION_MODE:
-      if (purpose != CONFIGURATION)
-        return false;
-      break;
-    case NORMAL_MODE:
-      if (purpose == CONFIGURATION)
-        return false;
-      break;
-    default:
-      NOTREACHED() << "Unknown SyncerThread Mode: " << mode_;
-      return false;
+  // We are in normal mode.
+  DCHECK_EQ(mode_, NORMAL_MODE);
+  DCHECK_NE(job.purpose, SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION);
+
+  // Freshness condition
+  if (job.scheduled_start < last_sync_session_end_time_) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Dropping job because of freshness";
+    return DROP;
   }
 
-  // Continuation NUDGE tasks have priority over POLLs because they are the
-  // only tasks that trigger exponential backoff, so this prevents them from
-  // being starved from running (e.g. due to a very, very low poll interval,
-  // such as 0ms). It's rare that this would ever matter in practice.
-  if (purpose == POLL && (pending_nudge_.get() &&
-      pending_nudge_->session->source().updates_source ==
-          GetUpdatesCallerInfo::SYNC_CYCLE_CONTINUATION)) {
-    return false;
+  if (server_connection_ok_)
+    return CONTINUE;
+
+  VLOG(2) << " Bad server connection. Using that to decide on job.";
+  return job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE ? SAVE : DROP;
+}
+
+void SyncerThread::InitOrCoalescePendingJob(const SyncSessionJob& job) {
+  DCHECK(job.purpose != SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION);
+  if (pending_nudge_.get() == NULL) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Creating a pending nudge job";
+    SyncSession* s = job.session.get();
+    scoped_ptr<SyncSession> session(new SyncSession(s->context(),
+        s->delegate(), s->source(), s->routing_info(), s->workers()));
+
+    SyncSessionJob new_job(SyncSessionJob::NUDGE, job.scheduled_start,
+        make_linked_ptr(session.release()), false, job.nudge_location);
+    pending_nudge_.reset(new SyncSessionJob(new_job));
+
+    return;
   }
 
-  // Freshness condition.
-  if (purpose == NUDGE &&
-      (scheduled_start < last_sync_session_end_time_)) {
-    return false;
-  }
+  VLOG(2) << "Coalescing a pending nudge";
+  pending_nudge_->session->Coalesce(*(job.session.get()));
+  pending_nudge_->scheduled_start = job.scheduled_start;
 
-  return server_connection_ok_;
+  // Unfortunately the nudge location cannot be modified. So it stores the
+  // location of the first caller.
 }
 
-GetUpdatesCallerInfo::GetUpdatesSource GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(
-    NudgeSource source) {
-  switch (source) {
-    case NUDGE_SOURCE_NOTIFICATION:
-      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::NOTIFICATION;
-    case NUDGE_SOURCE_LOCAL:
-      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::LOCAL;
-    case NUDGE_SOURCE_CONTINUATION:
-      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::SYNC_CYCLE_CONTINUATION;
-    case NUDGE_SOURCE_UNKNOWN:
-      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::UNKNOWN;
-    default:
-      NOTREACHED();
-      return GetUpdatesCallerInfo::UNKNOWN;
-  }
+bool SyncerThread::ShouldRunJob(const SyncSessionJob& job) {
+  JobProcessDecision decision = DecideOnJob(job);
+  VLOG(2) << "Should run job, decision: " << decision
+          << " Job purpose " << job.purpose << "mode " << mode_;
+  if (decision != SAVE)
+    return decision == CONTINUE;
+
+  DCHECK(job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE || job.purpose ==
+      SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION);
+
+  SaveJob(job);
+  return false;
+}
+
+void SyncerThread::SaveJob(const SyncSessionJob& job) {
+  DCHECK(job.purpose != SyncSessionJob::CLEAR_USER_DATA);
+  if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Saving a nudge job";
+    InitOrCoalescePendingJob(job);
+  } else if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION){
+    VLOG(2) << "Saving a configuration job";
+    DCHECK(wait_interval_.get());
+    DCHECK(mode_ == CONFIGURATION_MODE);
+
+    SyncSession* old = job.session.get();
+    SyncSession* s(new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this,
+        old->source(), old->routing_info(), old->workers()));
+    SyncSessionJob new_job(job.purpose, TimeTicks::Now(),
+                          make_linked_ptr(s), false, job.nudge_location);
+    wait_interval_->pending_configure_job.reset(new SyncSessionJob(new_job));
+  } // drop the rest.
 }
 
 // Functor for std::find_if to search by ModelSafeGroup.
 struct ModelSafeWorkerGroupIs {
   explicit ModelSafeWorkerGroupIs(ModelSafeGroup group) : group(group) {}
   bool operator()(ModelSafeWorker* w) {
     return group == w->GetModelSafeGroup();
   }
   ModelSafeGroup group;
 };
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleClearUserData() {
   if (!thread_.IsRunning()) {
     NOTREACHED();
     return;
   }
   thread_.message_loop()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
       this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleClearUserDataImpl));
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleNudge(const TimeDelta& delay,
     NudgeSource source, const ModelTypeBitSet& types,
     const tracked_objects::Location& nudge_location) {
   if (!thread_.IsRunning()) {
     NOTREACHED();
     return;
   }
 
+  VLOG(2) << "Nudge scheduled";
+
   ModelTypePayloadMap types_with_payloads =
       syncable::ModelTypePayloadMapFromBitSet(types, std::string());
   thread_.message_loop()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
-      this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleNudgeImpl, delay, source,
-      types_with_payloads, nudge_location));
+      this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleNudgeImpl, delay,
+      GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(source), types_with_payloads, false,
+      nudge_location));
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleNudgeWithPayloads(const TimeDelta& delay,
     NudgeSource source, const ModelTypePayloadMap& types_with_payloads,
     const tracked_objects::Location& nudge_location) {
   if (!thread_.IsRunning()) {
     NOTREACHED();
     return;
   }
 
+  VLOG(2) << "Nudge scheduled with payloads";
+
   thread_.message_loop()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
-      this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleNudgeImpl, delay, source,
-      types_with_payloads, nudge_location));
+      this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleNudgeImpl, delay,
+      GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(source), types_with_payloads, false,
+      nudge_location));
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleClearUserDataImpl() {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
   SyncSession* session = new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this,
       SyncSourceInfo(), ModelSafeRoutingInfo(),
       std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*>());
-  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0), CLEAR_USER_DATA, session,
-                         FROM_HERE);
+  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0),
+      SyncSessionJob::CLEAR_USER_DATA, session, FROM_HERE);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleNudgeImpl(const TimeDelta& delay,
-    NudgeSource source, const ModelTypePayloadMap& types_with_payloads,
-    const tracked_objects::Location& nudge_location) {
+    GetUpdatesCallerInfo::GetUpdatesSource source,
+    const ModelTypePayloadMap& types_with_payloads,
+    bool is_canary_job, const tracked_objects::Location& nudge_location) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
-  TimeTicks rough_start = TimeTicks::Now() + delay;
-  if (!ShouldRunJob(NUDGE, rough_start)) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Dropping nudge at scheduling time, source = "
-                 << source;
-    return;
-  }
 
+  VLOG(2) << "Running Schedule nudge impl";
   // Note we currently nudge for all types regardless of the ones incurring
   // the nudge.  Doing different would throw off some syncer commands like
   // CleanupDisabledTypes.  We may want to change this in the future.
-  ModelSafeRoutingInfo routes;
-  std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*> workers;
-  session_context_->registrar()->GetModelSafeRoutingInfo(&routes);
-  session_context_->registrar()->GetWorkers(&workers);
-  SyncSourceInfo info(GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(source),
-                      types_with_payloads);
+  SyncSourceInfo info(source, types_with_payloads);
 
-  scoped_ptr<SyncSession> session(new SyncSession(
-      session_context_.get(), this, info, routes, workers));
+  SyncSession* session(CreateSyncSession(info));
+  SyncSessionJob job(SyncSessionJob::NUDGE, TimeTicks::Now() + delay,
+                     make_linked_ptr(session), is_canary_job,
+                     nudge_location);
+
+  session = NULL;
+  if (!ShouldRunJob(job))
+    return;
 
   if (pending_nudge_.get()) {
-    if (IsBackingOff() && delay > TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1))
+    if (IsBackingOff() && delay > TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1)) {
+      VLOG(2) << "Dropping the nudge because we are in backoff";
       return;
+    }
 
-    pending_nudge_->session->Coalesce(*session.get());
+    VLOG(2) << "Coalescing pending nudge";
+    pending_nudge_->session->Coalesce(*(job.session.get()));
 
     if (!IsBackingOff()) {
+      VLOG(2) << "Dropping a nudge because we are not in backoff and the job"
+              << " was coalesced";
       return;
     } else {
-      // Re-schedule the current pending nudge.
+      VLOG(2) << "Rescheduling pending nudge";
       SyncSession* s = pending_nudge_->session.get();
-      session.reset(new SyncSession(s->context(), s->delegate(), s->source(),
-          s->routing_info(), s->workers()));
+      job.session.reset(new SyncSession(s->context(), s->delegate(),
+          s->source(), s->routing_info(), s->workers()));
       pending_nudge_.reset();
     }
   }
-  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(delay, NUDGE, session.release(), nudge_location);
+
+  // TODO(lipalani) - pass the job itself to ScheduleSyncSessionJob.
+  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(delay, SyncSessionJob::NUDGE, job.session.release(),
+      nudge_location);
 }
 
 // Helper to extract the routing info and workers corresponding to types in
 // |types| from |registrar|.
 void GetModelSafeParamsForTypes(const ModelTypeBitSet& types,
     ModelSafeWorkerRegistrar* registrar, ModelSafeRoutingInfo* routes,
     std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*>* workers) {
   ModelSafeRoutingInfo r_tmp;
   std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*> w_tmp;
   registrar->GetModelSafeRoutingInfo(&r_tmp);
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   else
     NOTREACHED();
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleConfig(const ModelTypeBitSet& types) {
   if (!thread_.IsRunning()) {
     NOTREACHED();
     return;
   }
 
+  VLOG(2) << "Scheduling a config";
   ModelSafeRoutingInfo routes;
   std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*> workers;
   GetModelSafeParamsForTypes(types, session_context_->registrar(),
                              &routes, &workers);
 
   thread_.message_loop()->PostTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(
-      this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleConfigImpl, routes, workers));
+      this, &SyncerThread::ScheduleConfigImpl, routes, workers,
+      GetUpdatesCallerInfo::FIRST_UPDATE));
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleConfigImpl(const ModelSafeRoutingInfo& routing_info,
-    const std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*>& workers) {
+    const std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*>& workers,
+    const sync_pb::GetUpdatesCallerInfo::GetUpdatesSource source) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
 
+  VLOG(2) << "ScheduleConfigImpl...";
   // TODO(tim): config-specific GetUpdatesCallerInfo value?
   SyncSession* session = new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this,
-      SyncSourceInfo(GetUpdatesCallerInfo::FIRST_UPDATE,
+      SyncSourceInfo(source,
           syncable::ModelTypePayloadMapFromRoutingInfo(
               routing_info, std::string())),
       routing_info, workers);
-  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0), CONFIGURATION, session,
-                         FROM_HERE);
+  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0),
+    SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION, session, FROM_HERE);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleSyncSessionJob(const base::TimeDelta& delay,
-    SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose, sessions::SyncSession* session,
+    SyncSessionJob::SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose,
+    sessions::SyncSession* session,
     const tracked_objects::Location& nudge_location) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
 
-  SyncSessionJob job = {purpose, TimeTicks::Now() + delay,
-                        make_linked_ptr(session), nudge_location};
-  if (purpose == NUDGE) {
+  SyncSessionJob job(purpose, TimeTicks::Now() + delay,
+                        make_linked_ptr(session), false, nudge_location);
+  if (purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Resetting pending_nudge in ScheduleSyncSessionJob";
     DCHECK(!pending_nudge_.get() || pending_nudge_->session.get() == session);
     pending_nudge_.reset(new SyncSessionJob(job));
   }
+  VLOG(2) << "Posting job to execute in DoSyncSessionJob. Job purpose "
+          << job.purpose;
   MessageLoop::current()->PostDelayedTask(FROM_HERE, NewRunnableMethod(this,
       &SyncerThread::DoSyncSessionJob, job),
       delay.InMilliseconds());
 }
 
-void SyncerThread::SetSyncerStepsForPurpose(SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose,
+void SyncerThread::SetSyncerStepsForPurpose(
+    SyncSessionJob::SyncSessionJobPurpose purpose,
     SyncerStep* start, SyncerStep* end) {
   *end = SYNCER_END;
   switch (purpose) {
-    case CONFIGURATION:
+    case SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION:
       *start = DOWNLOAD_UPDATES;
       *end = APPLY_UPDATES;
       return;
-    case CLEAR_USER_DATA:
+    case SyncSessionJob::CLEAR_USER_DATA:
       *start = CLEAR_PRIVATE_DATA;
        return;
-    case NUDGE:
-    case POLL:
+    case SyncSessionJob::NUDGE:
+    case SyncSessionJob::POLL:
       *start = SYNCER_BEGIN;
       return;
     default:
       NOTREACHED();
   }
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::DoSyncSessionJob(const SyncSessionJob& job) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
-  if (!ShouldRunJob(job.purpose, job.scheduled_start)) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Dropping nudge at DoSyncSessionJob, source = "
-        << job.session->source().updates_source;
+  if (!ShouldRunJob(job))
     return;
-  }
 
-  if (job.purpose == NUDGE) {
+  if (job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::NUDGE) {
     DCHECK(pending_nudge_.get());
     if (pending_nudge_->session != job.session)
       return;  // Another nudge must have been scheduled in in the meantime.
     pending_nudge_.reset();
   }
+  VLOG(2) << "DoSyncSessionJob. job purpose " << job.purpose;
 
   SyncerStep begin(SYNCER_BEGIN);
   SyncerStep end(SYNCER_END);
   SetSyncerStepsForPurpose(job.purpose, &begin, &end);
 
   bool has_more_to_sync = true;
-  while (ShouldRunJob(job.purpose, job.scheduled_start) && has_more_to_sync) {
-    VLOG(1) << "SyncerThread: Calling SyncShare.";
+  while (ShouldRunJob(job) && has_more_to_sync) {
+    VLOG(2) << "SyncerThread: Calling SyncShare.";
     // Synchronously perform the sync session from this thread.
     syncer_->SyncShare(job.session.get(), begin, end);
     has_more_to_sync = job.session->HasMoreToSync();
     if (has_more_to_sync)
       job.session->ResetTransientState();
   }
-  VLOG(1) << "SyncerThread: Done SyncShare looping.";
+  VLOG(2) << "SyncerThread: Done SyncShare looping.";
   FinishSyncSessionJob(job);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::UpdateCarryoverSessionState(const SyncSessionJob& old_job) {
-  if (old_job.purpose == CONFIGURATION) {
+  if (old_job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION) {
     // Whatever types were part of a configuration task will have had updates
     // downloaded.  For that reason, we make sure they get recorded in the
     // event that they get disabled at a later time.
     ModelSafeRoutingInfo r(session_context_->previous_session_routing_info());
     if (!r.empty()) {
       ModelSafeRoutingInfo temp_r;
       ModelSafeRoutingInfo old_info(old_job.session->routing_info());
       std::set_union(r.begin(), r.end(), old_info.begin(), old_info.end(),
           std::insert_iterator<ModelSafeRoutingInfo>(temp_r, temp_r.begin()));
       session_context_->set_previous_session_routing_info(temp_r);
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     ModelTypePayloadMap::const_iterator iter;
     for (iter = job.session->source().types.begin();
          iter != job.session->source().types.end();
          ++iter) {
       syncable::PostTimeToTypeHistogram(iter->first,
                                         now - last_sync_session_end_time_);
     }
   }
   last_sync_session_end_time_ = now;
   UpdateCarryoverSessionState(job);
-  if (IsSyncingCurrentlySilenced())
+  if (IsSyncingCurrentlySilenced()) {
+    VLOG(2) << "We are currently throttled. So not scheduling the next sync";
+    SaveJob(job);
     return;  // Nothing to do.
+  }
 
-  VLOG(1) << "Updating the next polling time after SyncMain";
+  VLOG(2) << "Updating the next polling time after SyncMain";
   ScheduleNextSync(job);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::ScheduleNextSync(const SyncSessionJob& old_job) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
   DCHECK(!old_job.session->HasMoreToSync());
   // Note: |num_server_changes_remaining| > 0 here implies that we received a
   // broken response while trying to download all updates, because the Syncer
   // will loop until this value is exhausted. Also, if unsynced_handles exist
   // but HasMoreToSync is false, this implies that the Syncer determined no
   // forward progress was possible at this time (an error, such as an HTTP
   // 500, is likely to have occurred during commit).
   const bool work_to_do =
      old_job.session->status_controller()->num_server_changes_remaining() > 0
      || old_job.session->status_controller()->unsynced_handles().size() > 0;
-  VLOG(1) << "syncer has work to do: " << work_to_do;
+  VLOG(2) << "syncer has work to do: " << work_to_do;
 
   AdjustPolling(&old_job);
 
   // TODO(tim): Old impl had special code if notifications disabled. Needed?
   if (!work_to_do) {
     // Success implies backoff relief.  Note that if this was a "one-off" job
-    // (i.e. purpose == CLEAR_USER_DATA), if there was work_to_do before it
-    // ran this wont have changed, as jobs like this don't run a full sync
-    // cycle.  So we don't need special code here.
+    // (i.e. purpose == SyncSessionJob::CLEAR_USER_DATA), if there was
+    // work_to_do before it ran this wont have changed, as jobs like this don't
+    // run a full sync cycle.  So we don't need special code here.
     wait_interval_.reset();
+    VLOG(2) << "Job suceeded so not scheduling more jobs";
     return;
   }
 
   if (old_job.session->source().updates_source ==
       GetUpdatesCallerInfo::SYNC_CYCLE_CONTINUATION) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Job failed with source continuation";
     // We don't seem to have made forward progress. Start or extend backoff.
     HandleConsecutiveContinuationError(old_job);
   } else if (IsBackingOff()) {
+    VLOG(2) << "A nudge during backoff failed";
     // We weren't continuing but we're in backoff; must have been a nudge.
-    DCHECK_EQ(NUDGE, old_job.purpose);
+    DCHECK_EQ(SyncSessionJob::NUDGE, old_job.purpose);
     DCHECK(!wait_interval_->had_nudge);
     wait_interval_->had_nudge = true;
     wait_interval_->timer.Reset();
   } else {
+    VLOG(2) << "Failed. Schedule a job with continuation as source";
     // We weren't continuing and we aren't in backoff.  Schedule a normal
     // continuation.
-    ScheduleNudgeImpl(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0), NUDGE_SOURCE_CONTINUATION,
-                      old_job.session->source().types, FROM_HERE);
+    if (old_job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION) {
+      ScheduleConfigImpl(old_job.session->routing_info(),
+          old_job.session->workers(),
+          GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(NUDGE_SOURCE_CONTINUATION));
+    } else  {
+      // For all other purposes(nudge and poll) we schedule a retry nudge.
+      ScheduleNudgeImpl(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0),
+                        GetUpdatesFromNudgeSource(NUDGE_SOURCE_CONTINUATION),
+                        old_job.session->source().types, false, FROM_HERE);
+    }
   }
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::AdjustPolling(const SyncSessionJob* old_job) {
   DCHECK(thread_.IsRunning());
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
 
   TimeDelta poll  = (!session_context_->notifications_enabled()) ?
       syncer_short_poll_interval_seconds_ :
       syncer_long_poll_interval_seconds_;
   bool rate_changed = !poll_timer_.IsRunning() ||
                        poll != poll_timer_.GetCurrentDelay();
 
-  if (old_job && old_job->purpose != POLL && !rate_changed)
+  if (old_job && old_job->purpose != SyncSessionJob::POLL && !rate_changed)
     poll_timer_.Reset();
 
   if (!rate_changed)
     return;
 
   // Adjust poll rate.
   poll_timer_.Stop();
   poll_timer_.Start(poll, this, &SyncerThread::PollTimerCallback);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::HandleConsecutiveContinuationError(
     const SyncSessionJob& old_job) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
-  DCHECK(!IsBackingOff() || !wait_interval_->timer.IsRunning());
+  // This if conditions should be compiled out in retail builds.
+  if (IsBackingOff()) {
+    DCHECK(wait_interval_->timer.IsRunning() || old_job.is_canary_job);
+  }
   SyncSession* old = old_job.session.get();
   SyncSession* s(new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this,
       old->source(), old->routing_info(), old->workers()));
   TimeDelta length = delay_provider_->GetDelay(
       IsBackingOff() ? wait_interval_->length : TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1));
+
+  VLOG(2) << "In handle continuation error. Old job purpose is "
+          << old_job.purpose;
+  VLOG(2) << "In Handle continuation error. The time delta(ms) calculated is "
+          << length.InMilliseconds();
+
+  // This will reset the had_nudge variable as well.
   wait_interval_.reset(new WaitInterval(WaitInterval::EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF,
                                         length));
-  SyncSessionJob job = {NUDGE, TimeTicks::Now() + length,
-                        make_linked_ptr(s), FROM_HERE};
-  pending_nudge_.reset(new SyncSessionJob(job));
+  if (old_job.purpose == SyncSessionJob::CONFIGURATION) {
+    SyncSessionJob job(old_job.purpose, TimeTicks::Now() + length,
+                        make_linked_ptr(s), false, FROM_HERE);
+    wait_interval_->pending_configure_job.reset(new SyncSessionJob(job));
+  } else {
+    // We are not in configuration mode. So wait_interval's pending job
+    // should be null.
+    DCHECK(wait_interval_->pending_configure_job.get() == NULL);
+
+    // TODO(lipalani) - handle clear user data.
+    InitOrCoalescePendingJob(old_job);
+  }
   wait_interval_->timer.Start(length, this, &SyncerThread::DoCanaryJob);
 }
 
 // static
 TimeDelta SyncerThread::GetRecommendedDelay(const TimeDelta& last_delay) {
   if (last_delay.InSeconds() >= kMaxBackoffSeconds)
     return TimeDelta::FromSeconds(kMaxBackoffSeconds);
 
   // This calculates approx. base_delay_seconds * 2 +/- base_delay_seconds / 2
   int64 backoff_s =
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   return TimeDelta::FromSeconds(backoff_s);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::Stop() {
   syncer_->RequestEarlyExit();  // Safe to call from any thread.
   session_context_->connection_manager()->RemoveListener(this);
   thread_.Stop();
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::DoCanaryJob() {
-  DCHECK(pending_nudge_.get());
-  wait_interval_->had_nudge = false;
-  SyncSessionJob copy = *pending_nudge_;
-  DoSyncSessionJob(copy);
+  VLOG(2) << "Do canary job";
+  DoPendingJobIfPossible(true);
+}
+
+void SyncerThread::DoPendingJobIfPossible(bool is_canary_job) {
+  SyncSessionJob* job_to_execute = NULL;
+  if (mode_ == CONFIGURATION_MODE && wait_interval_.get()
+      && wait_interval_->pending_configure_job.get()) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Found pending configure job";
+    job_to_execute = wait_interval_->pending_configure_job.get();
+  } else if (pending_nudge_.get()) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Found pending nudge job";
+    // Pending jobs mostly have time from the past. Reset it so this job
+    // will get executed.
+    if (pending_nudge_->scheduled_start < TimeTicks::Now())
+      pending_nudge_->scheduled_start = TimeTicks::Now();
+
+    scoped_ptr<SyncSession> session(CreateSyncSession(
+        pending_nudge_->session->source()));
+
+    // Also the routing info might have been changed since we cached the
+    // pending nudge. Update it by coalescing to the latest.
+    pending_nudge_->session->Coalesce(*(session.get()));
+    // The pending nudge would be cleared in the DoSyncSessionJob function.
+    job_to_execute = pending_nudge_.get();
+  }
+
+  if (job_to_execute != NULL) {
+    VLOG(2) << "Executing pending job";
+    SyncSessionJob copy = *job_to_execute;
+    copy.is_canary_job = is_canary_job;
+    DoSyncSessionJob(copy);
+  }
+}
+
+SyncSession* SyncerThread::CreateSyncSession(const SyncSourceInfo& source) {
+  ModelSafeRoutingInfo routes;
+  std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*> workers;
+  session_context_->registrar()->GetModelSafeRoutingInfo(&routes);
+  session_context_->registrar()->GetWorkers(&workers);
+  SyncSourceInfo info(source);
+
+  SyncSession* session(new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this, info,
+      routes, workers));
+
+  return session;
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::PollTimerCallback() {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
   ModelSafeRoutingInfo r;
-  std::vector<ModelSafeWorker*> w;
-  session_context_->registrar()->GetModelSafeRoutingInfo(&r);
-  session_context_->registrar()->GetWorkers(&w);
   ModelTypePayloadMap types_with_payloads =
       syncable::ModelTypePayloadMapFromRoutingInfo(r, std::string());
   SyncSourceInfo info(GetUpdatesCallerInfo::PERIODIC, types_with_payloads);
-  SyncSession* s = new SyncSession(session_context_.get(), this, info, r, w);
-  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0), POLL, s, FROM_HERE);
+  SyncSession* s = CreateSyncSession(info);
+  ScheduleSyncSessionJob(TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0), SyncSessionJob::POLL, s,
+      FROM_HERE);
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::Unthrottle() {
   DCHECK_EQ(WaitInterval::THROTTLED, wait_interval_->mode);
+  VLOG(2) << "Unthrottled..";
+  DoCanaryJob();
   wait_interval_.reset();
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::Notify(SyncEngineEvent::EventCause cause) {
   DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::current(), thread_.message_loop());
   session_context_->NotifyListeners(SyncEngineEvent(cause));
 }
 
 bool SyncerThread::IsBackingOff() const {
   return wait_interval_.get() && wait_interval_->mode ==
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       &SyncerThread::CheckServerConnectionManagerStatus,
       event.connection_code));
 }
 
 void SyncerThread::set_notifications_enabled(bool notifications_enabled) {
   session_context_->set_notifications_enabled(notifications_enabled);
 }
 
 }  // s3
 }  // browser_sync