Reland of Verify paintedOutputOfObjectHasNoEffectRegardlessOfSize during painting

third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/graphics/paint/DisplayItemClient.h

Index: third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/graphics/paint/DisplayItemClient.h
diff --git a/third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/graphics/paint/DisplayItemClient.h b/third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/graphics/paint/DisplayItemClient.h
index 25a5bcd9faa5cb3f5707b936f24a59779595f33d..fb47d824b2b8949868f9534a8010b5327d59d635 100644
--- a/third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/graphics/paint/DisplayItemClient.h
+++ b/third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/graphics/paint/DisplayItemClient.h
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@
   // object that owns the GraphicsLayer, i.e. offset by
   // offsetFromLayoutObjectWithSubpixelAccumulation().
   virtual LayoutRect visualRect() const = 0;
+
+  // This is declared here instead of in LayoutObject for verifying the
+  // condition in DrawingRecorder.
+  // Returns true if the object itself will not generate any effective painted
+  // output no matter what size the object is. For example, this function can
+  // return false for an object whose size is currently 0x0 but would have
+  // effective painted output if it was set a non-empty size. It's used to skip
+  // unforced paint invalidation of LayoutObjects (which is when
+  // shouldDoFullPaintInvalidation is false, but mayNeedPaintInvalidation or
+  // childShouldCheckForPaintInvalidation is true) to avoid unnecessary paint
+  // invalidations of empty areas covered by such objects.
+  virtual bool paintedOutputOfObjectHasNoEffectRegardlessOfSize() const {
+    return false;
+  }
 
   void setDisplayItemsUncached(
       PaintInvalidationReason reason = PaintInvalidationFull) const {