Added metrics to track the time between task switches done via the shelf.

ash/metrics/task_switch_time_tracker.cc

Index: ash/metrics/task_switch_time_tracker.cc
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+// Copyright 2015 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 "ash/metrics/task_switch_time_tracker.h"
+
+#include "base/metrics/histogram.h"
+#include "base/time/default_tick_clock.h"
+
+namespace ash {
+
+namespace {
+
+// The number of buckets in the histogram.
+const size_t kBucketCount = 50;
+
+// The underflow (aka minimum) bucket size for the histogram.
+const base::TimeDelta kMinBucket = base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(0);
+
+// The overflow (aka maximium) bucket size for the histogram.
+const base::TimeDelta kMaxBucket = base::TimeDelta::FromHours(1);
+
+}  // namespace
+
+TaskSwitchTimeTracker::TaskSwitchTimeTracker(const std::string& histogram_name)
+    : histogram_name_(histogram_name),
+      tick_clock_(new base::DefaultTickClock()) {

[tdanderson, 2015/05/13 19:27:18]

Are you purposely not initializing |last_action_time_| to the zero time in the
constructor?

[bruthig, 2015/05/13 21:16:21]

I added an explicit in-class initialization.

+}
+
+TaskSwitchTimeTracker::TaskSwitchTimeTracker(
+    const std::string& histogram_name,
+    scoped_ptr<base::TickClock> tick_clock)
+    : histogram_name_(histogram_name), tick_clock_(tick_clock.release()) {
+}
+
+TaskSwitchTimeTracker::~TaskSwitchTimeTracker() {
+}
+
+void TaskSwitchTimeTracker::OnTaskSwitch() {
+  if (!HasLastActionTime())
+    SetLastActionTime();
+  else
+    RecordTimeDelta();
+}
+
+bool TaskSwitchTimeTracker::HasLastActionTime() const {
+  return last_action_time_ != base::TimeTicks();
+}
+
+base::TimeTicks TaskSwitchTimeTracker::SetLastActionTime() {
+  base::TimeTicks previous_last_action_time = last_action_time_;
+  last_action_time_ = tick_clock_->NowTicks();
+  return previous_last_action_time;
+}
+
+void TaskSwitchTimeTracker::RecordTimeDelta() {
+  base::TimeTicks previous_last_action_time = SetLastActionTime();
+  base::TimeDelta time_delta = last_action_time_ - previous_last_action_time;
+

[tdanderson, 2015/05/13 19:27:18]

Maybe have a CHECK() that the delta >= 0 ?

[bruthig, 2015/05/13 21:16:21]

Done.

+  GetHistogram()->Add(time_delta.InSeconds());
+}
+
+base::HistogramBase* TaskSwitchTimeTracker::GetHistogram() {
+  if (!histogram_) {
+    histogram_ = base::Histogram::FactoryGet(
+        histogram_name_, kMinBucket.InSeconds(), kMaxBucket.InSeconds(),
+        kBucketCount, base::HistogramBase::kUmaTargetedHistogramFlag);
+  }
+  if (DCHECK_IS_ON())
+    histogram_->CheckName(histogram_name_);
+  return histogram_;
+}
+
+}  // namespace ash