Move MHTML file writing out of the renderer main thread.

content/renderer/render_frame_impl.cc

Index: content/renderer/render_frame_impl.cc
diff --git a/content/renderer/render_frame_impl.cc b/content/renderer/render_frame_impl.cc
index 54972feabefcc319e1758e46937b7a1ce1d11736..762b604ea6283ffb7165e10c12ae01ece4fe3255 100644
--- a/content/renderer/render_frame_impl.cc
+++ b/content/renderer/render_frame_impl.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "base/auto_reset.h"
+#include "base/bind_helpers.h"
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/debug/alias.h"
 #include "base/debug/asan_invalid_access.h"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "base/stl_util.h"
 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
 #include "base/strings/utf_string_conversions.h"
+#include "base/task_runner_util.h"
 #include "base/threading/thread_task_runner_handle.h"
 #include "base/time/time.h"
 #include "base/trace_event/trace_event.h"
@@ -729,18 +731,17 @@ class LinkRewritingDelegate : public WebFrameSerializer::LinkRewritingDelegate {
 // 1. Bases shouldSkipResource and getContentID responses on contents of
 //    FrameMsg_SerializeAsMHTML_Params.
 // 2. Stores digests of urls of serialized resources (i.e. urls reported via
-//    shouldSkipResource) into |digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources| passed
+//    shouldSkipResource) into |serialized_resources_uri_digests| passed
 //    to the constructor.
 class MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate
     : public WebFrameSerializer::MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate {
  public:
   MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate(
       const FrameMsg_SerializeAsMHTML_Params& params,
-      std::set<std::string>* digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources)
+      std::set<std::string>* serialized_resources_uri_digests)
       : params_(params),
-        digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources_(
-            digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources) {
-    DCHECK(digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources_);
+        serialized_resources_uri_digests_(serialized_resources_uri_digests) {
+    DCHECK(serialized_resources_uri_digests_);
   }
 
   bool shouldSkipResource(const WebURL& url) override {
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ class MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate
       return true;
 
     // Let's record |url| as being serialized for the *current* frame.
-    auto pair = digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources_->insert(digest);
+    auto pair = serialized_resources_uri_digests_->insert(digest);
     bool insertion_took_place = pair.second;
     DCHECK(insertion_took_place);  // Blink should dedupe within a frame.
 
@@ -778,11 +779,42 @@ class MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate
 
  private:
   const FrameMsg_SerializeAsMHTML_Params& params_;
-  std::set<std::string>* digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources_;
+  std::set<std::string>* serialized_resources_uri_digests_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate);
 };
 
+// Writes to file the data serialized and encoded into the WebData instances.
+bool WriteMHTMLToDisk(bool success,
+                      std::vector<std::vector<char>> mhtml_contents,
+                      base::File file) {
+  TRACE_EVENT_BEGIN0("page-serialization",
+                     "WriteMHTMLToDisk (RenderFrameImpl)");
+  DCHECK(!RenderThread::Get()) << "Should not run in the main renderer thread";
+  base::TimeTicks start;
+  if (success) {
+    start = base::TimeTicks::Now();
+    for (const std::vector<char>& data : mhtml_contents) {
+      if (file.WriteAtCurrentPos(&data.front(), data.size()) < 0) {
+        success = false;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  file.Close();  // Need to flush file contents before sending IPC response.
+
+  // Only record histogram if this writing call was not a no-op (|success| being
+  // false from the start).
+  if (!start.is_null()) {
+    UMA_HISTOGRAM_TIMES(
+        "PageSerialization.MhtmlGeneration.WriteToDiskTime.SingleFrame",
+        base::TimeTicks::Now() - start);
+  }
+  TRACE_EVENT_END1("page-serialization", "WriteMHTMLToDisk (RenderFrameImpl)",
+                   "success", success);
+  return success;
+}
+
 bool IsHttpPost(const blink::WebURLRequest& request) {
   return request.httpMethod().utf8() == "POST";
 }
@@ -5202,11 +5234,11 @@ void RenderFrameImpl::OnSerializeAsMHTML(
       WebString::fromUTF8(params.mhtml_boundary_marker);
   DCHECK(!mhtml_boundary.isEmpty());
 
-  // Three WebData instances for header, parts and footer.
-  WebData mhtml_contents[3];
-  std::set<std::string> digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources;
-  MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate delegate(
-      params, &digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources);
+  // Holds WebData instances all or some of header, contents/parts and footer.
+  std::vector<std::vector<char>> mhtml_contents;
+  std::set<std::string> serialized_resources_uri_digests;
+  MHTMLPartsGenerationDelegate delegate(params,
+                                        &serialized_resources_uri_digests);
 
   bool success = true;
 
@@ -5217,9 +5249,9 @@ void RenderFrameImpl::OnSerializeAsMHTML(
     // |data| can be empty if the main frame should be skipped.  If the main
     // frame is skipped, then the whole archive is bad, so bail to the error
     // condition.
-    mhtml_contents[0] = WebFrameSerializer::generateMHTMLHeader(
-        mhtml_boundary, GetWebFrame(), &delegate);
-    success = !mhtml_contents[0].isEmpty();
+    mhtml_contents.emplace_back(WebFrameSerializer::generateMHTMLHeader(
+        mhtml_boundary, GetWebFrame(), &delegate));
+    success = !mhtml_contents.back().empty();
   }
 
   // Generate MHTML parts.  Note that if this is not the main frame, then even
@@ -5229,42 +5261,49 @@ void RenderFrameImpl::OnSerializeAsMHTML(
     TRACE_EVENT0("page-serialization",
                  "RenderFrameImpl::OnSerializeAsMHTML parts serialization");
     // |data| can be empty if the frame should be skipped, but this is OK.
-    mhtml_contents[1] = WebFrameSerializer::generateMHTMLParts(
-        mhtml_boundary, GetWebFrame(), &delegate);
+    mhtml_contents.emplace_back(WebFrameSerializer::generateMHTMLParts(
+        mhtml_boundary, GetWebFrame(), &delegate));
   }
 
   // Generate MHTML footer if needed.
   if (success && params.is_last_frame) {
     TRACE_EVENT0("page-serialization",
                  "RenderFrameImpl::OnSerializeAsMHTML footer");
-    mhtml_contents[2] = WebFrameSerializer::generateMHTMLFooter(mhtml_boundary);
+    mhtml_contents.emplace_back(
+        WebFrameSerializer::generateMHTMLFooter(mhtml_boundary));
   }
 
-  // Writes all serialized data to file.
-  // TODO(jcivelli): write the chunks in deferred tasks to give a chance to
-  //                 the message loop to process other events.
-  if (success) {
-    TRACE_EVENT0("page-serialization",
-                 "RenderFrameImpl::OnSerializeAsMHTML writing to file");
-    SCOPED_UMA_HISTOGRAM_TIMER(
-        "PageSerialization.MhtmlGeneration.WriteToDiskTime.SingleFrame");
-    for (const WebData& data : mhtml_contents) {
-      if (file.WriteAtCurrentPos(data.data(), data.size()) < 0) {
-        success = false;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Cleanup and notify the browser process about completion.
-  file.Close();  // Need to flush file contents before sending IPC response.
+  // Note: we assume RenderFrameImpl::OnWriteMHTMLToDiskComplete and the rest of
+  // this function will be fast enough to not need to be accounted for in this
+  // metric.
   base::TimeDelta main_thread_use_time = base::TimeTicks::Now() - start_time;
-  Send(new FrameHostMsg_SerializeAsMHTMLResponse(
-      routing_id_, params.job_id, success,
-      digests_of_uris_of_serialized_resources, main_thread_use_time));
   UMA_HISTOGRAM_TIMES(
       "PageSerialization.MhtmlGeneration.RendererMainThreadTime.SingleFrame",
       main_thread_use_time);
+
+  base::PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(
+      RenderThreadImpl::current()->GetFileThreadTaskRunner().get(), FROM_HERE,
+      base::Bind(&WriteMHTMLToDisk, success,
+                 base::Passed(std::move(mhtml_contents)),
+                 base::Passed(std::move(file))),
+      base::Bind(&RenderFrameImpl::OnWriteMHTMLToDiskComplete,
+                 base::Unretained(this), params.job_id,
+                 base::Passed(std::move(serialized_resources_uri_digests)),
+                 main_thread_use_time));
+}
+
+void RenderFrameImpl::OnWriteMHTMLToDiskComplete(
+    int job_id,
+    std::set<std::string> serialized_resources_uri_digests,
+    base::TimeDelta main_thread_use_time,
+    bool success) {
+  DCHECK(RenderThread::Get()) << "Must run in the main renderer thread";
+  // Notify the browser process about completion.
+  // Note: this method must be short enough to not need to be accounted for in
+  // PageSerialization.MhtmlGeneration.RendererMainThreadTime.SingleFrame.
+  Send(new FrameHostMsg_SerializeAsMHTMLResponse(
+      routing_id_, job_id, success, serialized_resources_uri_digests,
+      main_thread_use_time));
 }
 
 void RenderFrameImpl::OnFind(int request_id,