Let prefetched resources skip cache revalidation once for a short duration.

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 1c1338b0d75d8019b82a5964609008b58d85ae0d..7d8224c6f98673f2fa788f5ddc361e3f7896778b 100644
--- a/net/http/http_cache.h
+++ b/net/http/http_cache.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
 #include "base/memory/weak_ptr.h"
 #include "base/threading/non_thread_safe.h"
+#include "base/time/clock.h"
 #include "base/time/time.h"
 #include "net/base/cache_type.h"
 #include "net/base/completion_callback.h"
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
     scoped_refptr<base::SingleThreadTaskRunner> thread_;
   };
 
+  // The number of minutes after a resource is prefetched that it can be used
+  // again without validation.
+  static const int kPrefetchReuseMins = 5;
+
   // The disk cache is initialized lazily (by CreateTransaction) in this case.
   // The HttpCache takes ownership of the |backend_factory|.
   HttpCache(const net::HttpNetworkSession::Params& params,
@@ -181,6 +186,12 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
   void set_mode(Mode value) { mode_ = value; }
   Mode mode() { return mode_; }
 
+  // Get/Set the cache's clock. These are public only for testing.
+  void set_clock_for_test(scoped_ptr<base::Clock> clock) {

[rvargas (doing something else), 2014/12/24 02:15:24]

I doubt the script recognizes hacker_names... besides, to do this the variable
would have to be named clock_for_test. Use CamelCase.

[jkarlin, 2015/01/08 16:13:03]

Done.

+    clock_.reset(clock.release());
+  }
+  base::Clock* clock() const { return clock_.get(); }
+
   // Close currently active sockets so that fresh page loads will not use any
   // recycled connections.  For sockets currently in use, they may not close
   // immediately, but they will not be reusable. This is for debugging.
@@ -455,6 +466,9 @@ class NET_EXPORT HttpCache : public HttpTransactionFactory,
   // The async validations currently in progress, keyed by URL.
   AsyncValidationMap async_validations_;
 
+  // A clock that can be swapped out for testing.
+  scoped_ptr<base::Clock> clock_;
+
   base::WeakPtrFactory<HttpCache> weak_factory_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HttpCache);