Revert "Change clear() to respect the clip"

include/core/SkCanvas.h

Index: include/core/SkCanvas.h
diff --git a/include/core/SkCanvas.h b/include/core/SkCanvas.h
index ee539c4244864072ac25be34f06c1b01d2d189f0..0685b6a8e66dcd08a9081e9ac854debccad10589 100644
--- a/include/core/SkCanvas.h
+++ b/include/core/SkCanvas.h
@@ -619,12 +619,24 @@ public:
         @param color    the color to draw with
         @param mode the mode to apply the color in (defaults to SrcOver)
     */
-    void drawColor(SkColor color, SkXfermode::Mode mode = SkXfermode::kSrcOver_Mode);
+    void drawColor(SkColor color,
+                   SkXfermode::Mode mode = SkXfermode::kSrcOver_Mode);
 
-    // TODO: remove virtual when chrome subclass stop overriding this.
-    virtual void clear(SkColor color) {
-        this->drawColor(color, SkXfermode::kSrc_Mode);
-    }
+    /**
+     *  This erases the entire drawing surface to the specified color,
+     *  irrespective of the clip. It does not blend with the previous pixels,
+     *  but always overwrites them.
+     *
+     *  It is roughly equivalent to the following:
+     *      canvas.save();
+     *      canvas.clipRect(hugeRect, kReplace_Op);
+     *      paint.setColor(color);
+     *      paint.setXfermodeMode(kSrc_Mode);
+     *      canvas.drawPaint(paint);
+     *      canvas.restore();
+     *  though it is almost always much more efficient.
+     */
+    virtual void clear(SkColor);
 
     /**
      * This makes the contents of the canvas undefined. Subsequent calls that