Implement a runtime headless mode for Linux

content/gpu/gpu_main.cc

 // 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.
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 
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       SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS |
       SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX |
       SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
 #elif defined(USE_X11)
   ui::SetDefaultX11ErrorHandlers();
 
 #endif
 
   logging::SetLogMessageHandler(GpuProcessLogMessageHandler);
 
+  std::unique_ptr<base::MessageLoop> main_message_loop;
+  if (command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kHeadless)) {
+    main_message_loop.reset(
+        new base::MessageLoop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT));
+  } else {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
-  // OK to use default non-UI message loop because all GPU windows run on
-  // dedicated thread.
-  base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT);
+    // OK to use default non-UI message loop because all GPU windows run on
+    // dedicated thread.
+    base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT);

[Eric Seckler, 2016/11/28 15:51:48]

think this won't compile, needs to do main_message_loop.reset() as well

[Sami, 2016/11/28 18:00:36]

Hmm yeah, I think I messed this up while rebasing. Thanks.

 #elif defined(USE_X11)
-  // We need a UI loop so that we can grab the Expose events. See GLSurfaceGLX
-  // and https://crbug.com/326995.
-  base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_UI);
-  std::unique_ptr<ui::PlatformEventSource> event_source =
-      ui::PlatformEventSource::CreateDefault();
+    // We need a UI loop so that we can grab the Expose events. See GLSurfaceGLX
+    // and https://crbug.com/326995.
+    main_message_loop.reset(new base::MessageLoop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_UI));
+    std::unique_ptr<ui::PlatformEventSource> event_source =
+        ui::PlatformEventSource::CreateDefault();
 #elif defined(USE_OZONE) && defined(OZONE_X11)
-  // If we might be running Ozone X11 we need a UI loop to grab Expose events.
-  // See GLSurfaceGLX and https://crbug.com/326995.
-  base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_UI);
+    // If we might be running Ozone X11 we need a UI loop to grab Expose events.
+    // See GLSurfaceGLX and https://crbug.com/326995.
+    main_message_loop.reset(new base::MessageLoop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_UI));
 #elif defined(USE_OZONE)
-  base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT);
+    main_message_loop.reset(
+        new base::MessageLoop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT));
 #elif defined(OS_LINUX)
 #error "Unsupported Linux platform."
 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
-  // This is necessary for CoreAnimation layers hosted in the GPU process to be
-  // drawn. See http://crbug.com/312462.
-  std::unique_ptr<base::MessagePump> pump(new base::MessagePumpCFRunLoop());
-  base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(std::move(pump));
+    // This is necessary for CoreAnimation layers hosted in the GPU process to
+    // be drawn. See http://crbug.com/312462.
+    std::unique_ptr<base::MessagePump> pump(new base::MessagePumpCFRunLoop());
+    main_message_loop.reset(new base::MessageLoop(std::move(pump)));
 #else
-  base::MessageLoop main_message_loop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_IO);
+    main_message_loop.reset(new base::MessageLoop(base::MessageLoop::TYPE_IO));
 #endif
+  }
 
   base::PlatformThread::SetName("CrGpuMain");
 
   // Initializes StatisticsRecorder which tracks UMA histograms.
   base::StatisticsRecorder::Initialize();
 
 #if defined(OS_ANDROID) || defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
   // Set thread priority before sandbox initialization.
   base::PlatformThread::SetCurrentThreadPriority(base::ThreadPriority::DISPLAY);
 #endif
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     return true;
   }
 
   return false;
 }
 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
 
 }  // namespace.
 
 }  // namespace content