Support "shared" histograms between processes.

base/metrics/histogram.h

Index: base/metrics/histogram.h
diff --git a/base/metrics/histogram.h b/base/metrics/histogram.h
index 8840493af098437104ed0ba8693e72e860360ab9..75b70353d8ff0cb9e95f6ecd8084f7ef28e0d998 100644
--- a/base/metrics/histogram.h
+++ b/base/metrics/histogram.h
@@ -197,6 +197,20 @@ class BASE_EXPORT Histogram : public HistogramBase {
             Sample maximum,
             const BucketRanges* ranges);
 
+  // Traditionally, histograms allocate their own memory for the bucket
+  // vector but "shared" histograms use memory regions allocated from a
+  // special memory segment that is passed in here.  It is assumed that
+  // the life of this memory is managed externally and exceeds the lifetime
+  // of this object. Practically, this memory is never released until the
+  // process exits and the OS cleans it up.
+  Histogram(const std::string& name,
+            Sample minimum,
+            Sample maximum,
+            const BucketRanges* ranges,
+            HistogramBase::AtomicCount* counts,
+            size_t counts_size,
+            HistogramSamples::Metadata* meta);
+
   ~Histogram() override;
 
   // HistogramBase implementation:
@@ -225,6 +239,9 @@ class BASE_EXPORT Histogram : public HistogramBase {
   friend class StatisticsRecorder;  // To allow it to delete duplicates.
   friend class StatisticsRecorderTest;
 
+  friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* HistogramBase::CreatePersistentHistogram(
+      PersistentMemoryAllocator* allocator,
+      PersistentHistogramData* histogram_data);
   friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* DeserializeHistogramInfo(
       base::PickleIterator* iter);
   static HistogramBase* DeserializeInfoImpl(base::PickleIterator* iter);
@@ -339,6 +356,14 @@ class BASE_EXPORT LinearHistogram : public Histogram {
                   Sample maximum,
                   const BucketRanges* ranges);
 
+  LinearHistogram(const std::string& name,
+                  Sample minimum,
+                  Sample maximum,
+                  const BucketRanges* ranges,
+                  HistogramBase::AtomicCount* counts,
+                  size_t counts_size,
+                  HistogramSamples::Metadata* meta);
+
   double GetBucketSize(Count current, size_t i) const override;
 
   // If we have a description for a bucket, then return that.  Otherwise
@@ -350,6 +375,9 @@ class BASE_EXPORT LinearHistogram : public Histogram {
   bool PrintEmptyBucket(size_t index) const override;
 
  private:
+  friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* HistogramBase::CreatePersistentHistogram(
+      PersistentMemoryAllocator* allocator,
+      PersistentHistogramData* histogram_data);
   friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* DeserializeHistogramInfo(
       base::PickleIterator* iter);
   static HistogramBase* DeserializeInfoImpl(base::PickleIterator* iter);
@@ -379,7 +407,14 @@ class BASE_EXPORT BooleanHistogram : public LinearHistogram {
 
  private:
   BooleanHistogram(const std::string& name, const BucketRanges* ranges);
-
+  BooleanHistogram(const std::string& name,
+                   const BucketRanges* ranges,
+                   HistogramBase::AtomicCount* counts,
+                   HistogramSamples::Metadata* meta);
+
+  friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* HistogramBase::CreatePersistentHistogram(
+      PersistentMemoryAllocator* allocator,
+      PersistentHistogramData* histogram_data);
   friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* DeserializeHistogramInfo(
       base::PickleIterator* iter);
   static HistogramBase* DeserializeInfoImpl(base::PickleIterator* iter);
@@ -422,12 +457,21 @@ class BASE_EXPORT CustomHistogram : public Histogram {
   CustomHistogram(const std::string& name,
                   const BucketRanges* ranges);
 
+  CustomHistogram(const std::string& name,
+                  const BucketRanges* ranges,
+                  HistogramBase::AtomicCount* counts,
+                  size_t counts_size,
+                  HistogramSamples::Metadata* meta);
+
   // HistogramBase implementation:
   bool SerializeInfoImpl(base::Pickle* pickle) const override;
 
   double GetBucketSize(Count current, size_t i) const override;
 
  private:
+  friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* HistogramBase::CreatePersistentHistogram(
+      PersistentMemoryAllocator* allocator,
+      PersistentHistogramData* histogram_data);
   friend BASE_EXPORT HistogramBase* DeserializeHistogramInfo(
       base::PickleIterator* iter);
   static HistogramBase* DeserializeInfoImpl(base::PickleIterator* iter);