PlzNavigate: Create the speculative renderer earlier.

content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc

Index: content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc
diff --git a/content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc b/content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc
index aff92459639e88b0a6b77752b4de2b3ae1ea43d8..f4a04fb59f90d5c5e5819ed97b24adef61cbcf31 100644
--- a/content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc
+++ b/content/browser/frame_host/navigator_impl.cc
@@ -600,8 +600,9 @@ void NavigatorImpl::OnBeforeUnloadACK(FrameTreeNode* frame_tree_node,
   DCHECK_EQ(NavigationRequest::WAITING_FOR_RENDERER_RESPONSE,
             navigation_request->state());
 
+  // If the navigation is allowed to proceed, send the request to the IO thread.
   if (proceed)
-    BeginNavigation(frame_tree_node);
+    navigation_request->BeginNavigation();
   else
     CancelNavigation(frame_tree_node);
 }
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ void NavigatorImpl::OnBeginNavigation(
     navigation_data_.reset();
   }
 
-  BeginNavigation(frame_tree_node);
+  frame_tree_node->navigation_request()->BeginNavigation();
 }
 
 // PlzNavigate
@@ -805,40 +806,29 @@ void NavigatorImpl::RequestNavigation(
   DCHECK(frame_tree_node);
   FrameMsg_Navigate_Type::Value navigation_type =
       GetNavigationType(controller_->GetBrowserContext(), entry, reload_type);
-  scoped_ptr<NavigationRequest> navigation_request =
+  // This value must be set here because SetNavigationRequest might change the
+  // renderer live/non-live status and change this result.
+  bool should_dispatch_beforeunload =
+      frame_tree_node->current_frame_host()->ShouldDispatchBeforeUnload();
+  frame_tree_node->SetNavigationRequest(
       NavigationRequest::CreateBrowserInitiated(frame_tree_node, entry,
                                                 navigation_type,
-                                                navigation_start, controller_);
-  frame_tree_node->SetNavigationRequest(navigation_request.Pass());
-  frame_tree_node->navigation_request()->SetWaitingForRendererResponse();
+                                                navigation_start, controller_));
+  NavigationRequest* navigation_request = frame_tree_node->navigation_request();
 
   // Have the current renderer execute its beforeUnload event if needed. If it
-  // is not needed (eg. the renderer is not live), BeginNavigation should get
-  // called. If the navigation is synchronous and same-site, then it can be sent
-  // directly to the renderer (currently this is the case for navigations that
-  // do not make network requests such as data urls or Javascript urls).
-  if (NavigationRequest::ShouldMakeNetworkRequest(
-          frame_tree_node->navigation_request()->common_params().url)) {
+  // is not needed (eg. the renderer is not live),
+  // NavigationRequest::BeginNavigation should get called. If the navigation is

[clamy, 2015/06/10 12:30:27]

I think this comment needs a bit of rephrasing to match the current code: 
-Remove the (eg...) from above.
-After should get called: This is the case if the renderer is not live, or if
the navigation is synchronous... 
-No need to mention that it can be sent directly to the current renderer, but
the part in parenthesis is important.

[carlosk, 2015/06/10 13:15:05]

Done.

+  // synchronous and same-site, then it can be sent directly to the current
+  // renderer (currently this is the case for navigations that do not make
+  // network requests such as data urls or Javascript urls).
+  if (should_dispatch_beforeunload &&
+      NavigationRequest::ShouldMakeNetworkRequest(
+          navigation_request->common_params().url)) {
+    navigation_request->SetWaitingForRendererResponse();
     frame_tree_node->current_frame_host()->DispatchBeforeUnload(true);
   } else {
-    BeginNavigation(frame_tree_node);
-  }
-}
-
-void NavigatorImpl::BeginNavigation(FrameTreeNode* frame_tree_node) {
-  NavigationRequest* navigation_request = frame_tree_node->navigation_request();
-
-  // A browser-initiated navigation could have been cancelled while it was
-  // waiting for the BeforeUnload event to execute.
-  if (!navigation_request)
-    return;
-
-  // Start the request.
-   if (navigation_request->BeginNavigation()) {
-    // If the request was sent to the IO thread, notify the
-    // RenderFrameHostManager so it can speculatively create a RenderFrameHost
-    // (and potentially a new renderer process) in parallel.
-    frame_tree_node->render_manager()->BeginNavigation(*navigation_request);
+    navigation_request->BeginNavigation();
   }
 }