Display histograms from subprocesses in chrome://histograms

base/metrics/histogram_base.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 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.
 
 #ifndef BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_BASE_H_
 #define BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_BASE_H_
 
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
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   // Calculate the change (delta) in histogram counts since the previous call
   // to SnapshotDelta() but do so without modifying any internal data as to
   // what was previous logged. After such a call, no further calls to this
   // method or to SnapshotDelta() should be done as the result would include
   // data previously returned. Because no internal data is changed, this call
   // can be made on "const" histograms such as those with data held in
   // read-only memory.
   virtual std::unique_ptr<HistogramSamples> SnapshotFinalDelta() const = 0;
 
-  // The following methods provide graphical histogram displays.
-  virtual void WriteHTMLGraph(std::string* output) const = 0;
-  virtual void WriteAscii(std::string* output) const = 0;
+  // The following methods provide graphical histogram displays. The snapshot
+  // must be for this histogram or the results are undefined. If the passed
+  // |snapshot| is null, one will be taken of the internal data.
+  virtual void WriteHTMLGraph(const HistogramSamples* snapshot,
+                              std::string* output) const = 0;
+  virtual void WriteAscii(const HistogramSamples* snapshot,
+                          std::string* output) const = 0;
 
   // Produce a JSON representation of the histogram. This is implemented with
   // the help of GetParameters and GetCountAndBucketData; overwrite them to
   // customize the output.
   void WriteJSON(std::string* output) const;
 
   // This enables a histogram that reports the what types of histograms are
   // created and their flags. It must be called while still single-threaded.
   //
   // IMPORTANT: Callers must update tools/metrics/histograms/histograms.xml
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   const std::string histogram_name_;
   AtomicCount flags_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HistogramBase);
 };
 
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_BASE_H_