Add the ability to run a callback between fork and exec.

base/process/launch.h

Index: base/process/launch.h
diff --git a/base/process/launch.h b/base/process/launch.h
index 0450ddf021e0faa7936bf7118951d050e185251b..ff26225ee51e37caa4fd55fac6f1480dc3552c6a 100644
--- a/base/process/launch.h
+++ b/base/process/launch.h
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ typedef std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > FileHandleMappingVector;
 // Options for launching a subprocess that are passed to LaunchProcess().
 // The default constructor constructs the object with default options.
 struct BASE_EXPORT LaunchOptions {
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+  // Delegate to be run in between fork and exec in the subprocess (see
+  // pre_exec_delegate below)
+  class BASE_EXPORT PreExecDelegate {
+   public:
+    PreExecDelegate() {}
+    virtual ~PreExecDelegate() {}
+
+    // Since this is to be run between fork and exec, and fork may have happened
+    // while multiple threads were running, this function needs to be async
+    // safe.
+    virtual void RunAsyncSafe() = 0;
+
+   private:
+    DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PreExecDelegate);
+  };
+#endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
+
   LaunchOptions();
   ~LaunchOptions();
 
@@ -122,6 +140,14 @@ struct BASE_EXPORT LaunchOptions {
   bool allow_new_privs;
 #endif  // defined(OS_LINUX)
 
+#if defined(OS_POSIX)
+  // If non-null, a delegate to be run immediately prior to executing the new
+  // program in the child process. Warning: If LaunchProcess was called in the
+  // presence of multiple threads, code running in this delegate essentially
+  // needs to be async-signal safe.

[Lei Zhang, 2015/01/08 23:07:07]

Maybe mention "man 7 signal" for a list of async signal safe functions, and
explicitly mention no mallocing. Have "Warning" in caps because there be
dragons.

[rickyz (no longer on Chrome), 2015/01/13 17:22:36]

Done.

+  PreExecDelegate* pre_exec_delegate;
+#endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
+
 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
   // If non-negative, the specified file descriptor will be set as the launched
   // process' controlling terminal.