HttpCache::Transaction layer allowing parallel validation

net/http/http_cache.h

Index: net/http/http_cache.h
diff --git a/net/http/http_cache.h b/net/http/http_cache.h
index 635cb92d557d17c6c60ca459f4117deb075f71f7..c0379f608eb2b6b9ed3ff496cbdc3dfec7fd84ed 100644
--- a/net/http/http_cache.h
+++ b/net/http/http_cache.h
@@ -244,10 +244,34 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
   friend class ViewCacheHelper;
   struct PendingOp;  // Info for an entry under construction.
 
+  // To help with testing.
+  friend class MockHttpCache;
+
   using TransactionList = std::list<Transaction*>;
   using TransactionSet = std::unordered_set<Transaction*>;
   typedef std::list<std::unique_ptr<WorkItem>> WorkItemList;
 
+  // We implement a basic reader/writer lock for the disk cache entry. If there
+  // is a writer, then all transactions must wait to read the body. But the
+  // waiting transactions can start their headers phase in parallel. Headers
+  // phase is allowed for one transaction at a time so that if it doesn't match
+  // the existing headers, remaining transactions do not also try to match the
+  // existing entry in parallel leading to wasted network requests. If the
+  // headers do not match, this entry will be doomed.
+  //
+  // A transaction goes through these state transitions.
+  //
+  // Write mode transactions:
+  // add_to_entry_queue-> headers_transaction -> writer (this is not added to
+  // done_headers_queue for performance and consumer's expectations to be
+  // synchronous in knowing that headers have been received)

[jkarlin, 2017/04/20 15:05:30]

nit: Can you move the comments in the parenthesis here and put it in the
implementation code instead?

[shivanisha, 2017/04/21 23:06:01]

Already part of the implementation, removed from here.

+  // add_to_entry_queue-> headers_transaction -> done_headers_queue -> readers
+  // (once the data is written to the cache by another writer)
+  //
+  // Read only transactions:
+  // add_to_entry_queue-> headers_transaction -> done_headers_queue -> readers
+  // (once the data is written to the cache by the writer)
+
   struct ActiveEntry {
     explicit ActiveEntry(disk_cache::Entry* entry);
     ~ActiveEntry();
@@ -256,12 +280,36 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
     // Returns true if no transactions are associated with this entry.
     bool HasNoTransactions();
 
-    disk_cache::Entry* disk_entry;
-    Transaction*       writer;
+    // Returns true if no active readers/writer transactions are associated
+    // with this entry.
+    bool HasNoActiveTransactions();
+
+    disk_cache::Entry* disk_entry = nullptr;
+
+    // Transactions waiting to be added to entry.
+    TransactionList add_to_entry_queue;
+
+    // Transaction currently in the headers phase, either validating the
+    // response or getting new headers. This can exist simultaneously with
+    // writer or readers while validating existing headers.
+    Transaction* headers_transaction = nullptr;
+
+    // Transactions that have completed their headers phase and are waiting
+    // to read the response body or write the response body.
+    TransactionList done_headers_queue;
+
+    // Transaction currently reading from the network and writing to the cache.
+    Transaction* writer = nullptr;
+
+    // Transactions that can only read from the cache. Only one of writer or
+    // readers can exist at a time.
     TransactionSet readers;
-    TransactionList    pending_queue;
-    bool               will_process_pending_queue;
-    bool               doomed;
+
+    // The following variables are true if OnProcessQueuedTransactions is posted
+    bool will_process_queued_transactions = false;
+
+    // True if entry is doomed.
+    bool doomed = false;
   };
 
   using ActiveEntriesMap =
@@ -342,28 +390,73 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
   // Destroys an ActiveEntry (active or doomed).
   void DestroyEntry(ActiveEntry* entry);
 
-  // Adds a transaction to an ActiveEntry. If this method returns ERR_IO_PENDING
-  // the transaction will be notified about completion via its IO callback. This
-  // method returns ERR_CACHE_RACE to signal the transaction that it cannot be
-  // added to the provided entry, and it should retry the process with another
-  // one (in this case, the entry is no longer valid).
-  int AddTransactionToEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* trans);
+  // Adds a transaction to an ActiveEntry. This method returns ERR_IO_PENDING
+  // and the transaction will be notified about completion via its IO callback.
+  // In a failure case, the callback will be invoked with ERR_CACHE_RACE.
+  int AddTransactionToEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* transaction);
+
+  // Transaction invokes this when its response headers phase is complete
+  // If the transaction is responsible for writing the response body,
+  // it becomes the writer and returns OK. In other cases the transaction it
+  // returns ERR_IO_PENDING and the transaction will be notified about
+  // completion via its IO callback. In a failure case, the callback will be
+  // invoked with ERR_CACHE_RACE.
+  int DoneWithResponseHeaders(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* transaction);
 
   // Called when the transaction has finished working with this entry. |cancel|
   // is true if the operation was cancelled by the caller instead of running
   // to completion.
-  void DoneWithEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* trans, bool cancel);
+  void DoneWithEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* transaction, bool cancel);
 
   // Called when the transaction has finished writing to this entry. |success|
   // is false if the cache entry should be deleted.
-  void DoneWritingToEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, bool success);
+  void DoneWritingToEntry(ActiveEntry* entry,
+                          bool success,
+                          Transaction* transaction);
 
   // Called when the transaction has finished reading from this entry.
-  void DoneReadingFromEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* trans);
-
-  // Converts the active writer transaction to a reader so that other
-  // transactions can start reading from this entry.
-  void ConvertWriterToReader(ActiveEntry* entry);
+  void DoneReadingFromEntry(ActiveEntry* entry, Transaction* transaction);
+
+  // Removes and returns all queued transactions in |entry| in FIFO order. This
+  // includes transactions that have completed the headers phase and those that
+  // have not been added to the entry yet in that order. |list| is the output
+  // argument.
+  void RemoveAllQueuedTransactions(ActiveEntry* entry, TransactionList* list);
+
+  // Processes either writer's failure to write response body or
+  // headers_transactions's failure to write headers. Also invoked when headers
+  // transaction's validation result is not a match.
+  void ProcessEntryFailure(ActiveEntry* entry);
+
+  // Resumes processing the queued transactions of |entry|.
+  void ProcessQueuedTransactions(ActiveEntry* entry);
+
+  // Checks if a transaction can be added to the entry. If yes, it will
+  // invoke the IO callback of the transaction. This is a helper function for
+  // OnProcessQueuedTransactions. It will take a transaction from
+  // add_to_entry_queue and make it a headers_transaction, if one doesn't exist
+  // already.
+  void ProcessAddToEntryQueue(ActiveEntry* entry);
+
+  // Invoked when a transaction that has already completed the response headers
+  // phase can resume reading/writing the response body. It will invoke the IO
+  // callback of the transaction. This is a helper function for
+  // OnProcessQueuedTransactions.
+  void ProcessDoneHeadersQueue(ActiveEntry* entry);
+
+  // Returns true if this transaction can write headers to the entry.
+  bool CanTransactionWriteResponseHeaders(ActiveEntry* entry,
+                                          Transaction* transaction,
+                                          int response_code) const;
+
+  // Returns true if |transaction| is about to start writing response body or
+  // already started but not yet finished.
+  bool IsTransactionWritingIncomplete(ActiveEntry* entry,
+                                      Transaction* transaction,
+                                      const std::string& method) const;
+
+  // Returns true if a transaction is currently writing the response body.
+  bool IsWritingInProgress(ActiveEntry* entry) const;

[jkarlin, 2017/04/20 15:05:29]

Please add a TODO to remove this function once we clean up the cache backend and
link to the crbug you created for that.

[shivanisha, 2017/04/21 23:06:01]

The todo is added in the code where this is invoked . Not adding it here as I
can imagine it being used for any other purpose since it is a general method. 

 
   // Returns the LoadState of the provided pending transaction.
   LoadState GetLoadStateForPendingTransaction(const Transaction* trans);
@@ -379,12 +472,10 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
   // Removes the transaction |trans|, from the pending list of |pending_op|.
   bool RemovePendingTransactionFromPendingOp(PendingOp* pending_op,
                                              Transaction* trans);
-  // Resumes processing the pending list of |entry|.
-  void ProcessPendingQueue(ActiveEntry* entry);
 
   // Events (called via PostTask) ---------------------------------------------
 
-  void OnProcessPendingQueue(ActiveEntry* entry);
+  void OnProcessQueuedTransactions(ActiveEntry* entry);
 
   // Callbacks ----------------------------------------------------------------