[PartitionAlloc] Re-enable `PartitionAllocPreforkTest.PreforkHandler` Re-enable `PreforkHandler` in `base_unittests` (as a non-parameterized `PartitionAllocPreforkTest.PreforkHandler` test) by invoking `std::_Exit(1)` instead of `exit(1)` in the death test child process, forcing `"fast"` death test style, and guarding the test with `PA_CONFIG(HAS_ATFORK_HANDLER)`. In https://crrev.com/c/2696369 (tracked in https://crbug.com/40642257), `PartitionAllocTest.PreforkHandler` was disabled because the test runner on some platforms reported `status: UNKNOWN` despite the test passing. In Chromium's test launcher (`base/test/launcher/`), a test is reported as `TEST_UNKNOWN` when the test executable succeeds but the launcher cannot parse the machine-readable XML report. When `EXPECT_EXIT()` runs with `"fast"` death tests (`fork()` without `exec()`), the child process inherits the open file descriptor and stdio buffer of the XML result file. Calling `exit(1)` invokes libc `exit()` cleanup, running C++ global destructors in the child. This invoked `XmlUnitTestResultPrinter`'s destructor, which prematurely emitted `</testsuites>` and closed the stream before the parent process finished writing the test outcome, corrupting the XML report and causing the launcher to report `UNKNOWN`. Calling `std::_Exit(1)` terminates the child process immediately without invoking `atexit()` handlers or C++ static destructors, leaving the XML report stream intact and allowing the test launcher to record test success. Additionally: - Guard the test with `PA_CONFIG(HAS_ATFORK_HANDLER)` so it only runs on platforms that register PartitionAlloc's `pthread_atfork()` handlers (`IS_APPLE || IS_LINUX || IS_CHROMEOS`). - Explicitly set `GTEST_FLAG_SET(death_test_style, "fast")` because `TestSuite::PreInitialize()` defaults to `"threadsafe"` death tests on non-Android platforms, which re-executes the test binary rather than exercising `BeforeForkInParent()`, `AfterForkInParent()`, and `AfterForkInChild()` in a forked child. - Convert the test from `TEST_P(PartitionAllocTest, ...)` to `TEST(PartitionAllocPreforkTest, PreforkHandler)` because it only exercises global `malloc()` and `free()` rather than the fixture's parameterized `allocator`. Verified on Linux. Part of http://go/arthurmilchior-fix-all-test-skill-chrome for AI week. Fixed: 40642257 Change-Id: Ia12ee2a7dad6e9412a5165d3059fd816d6d96cc7 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/8646089 Commit-Queue: Arthur Milchior <arthurmilchior@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Mikihito Matsuura <mikt@google.com> Auto-Submit: Arthur Milchior <arthurmilchior@chromium.org> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1745147} NOKEYCHECK=True GitOrigin-RevId: 2cdafa96a5af94dff08b2c7757a5ad8a2860982c
Contains a written down set of principles and other information on //base. Please add to it!
Chromium is a very mature project. Most things that are generally useful are already here and things not here aren't generally useful.
The bar for adding stuff to base is that it must have demonstrated wide applicability. Prefer to add things closer to where they're used (i.e. “not base”), and pull into base only when needed. In a project our size, sometimes even duplication is OK and inevitable.
Adding a new logging macro DPVELOG_NE is not more clear than just writing the stuff you want to log in a regular logging statement, even if it makes your calling code longer. Just add it to your own code.
If the code in question does not need to be used inside base, but will have multiple consumers across the codebase, consider placing it in a new directory under components/ instead.
base is written for the Chromium project and is not intended to be used outside it. Using base outside of src.git is explicitly not supported, and base makes no guarantees about API (or even ABI) stability (like all other code in Chromium). New code that depends on base/ must be in src.git. Code that's not in src.git but pulled in through DEPS (for example, v8) cannot use base.
Owners are added when a contributor has shown the above qualifications and when they express interest. There isn't an upper bound on the number of OWNERS.
Since the primitives provided by //base are used very widely, it is important to ensure they scale to the necessary workloads and perform well under all supported platforms. The base_perftests target is a suite of synthetic microbenchmarks that measure performance in various scenarios:
thread_local, the implementation in //base, the POSIX/WinAPI directly)Regressions in these benchmarks can generally by caused by 1) operating system changes, 2) compiler version or flag changes or 3) changes in //base code itself.
Rust code in base should be organized into very small crates, split up by function. Merging crates is sometimes unavoidable (due to dependency cycles or the orphaning rule).
Rust files should live near the equivalent C++ files (if any), and use the same naming scheme (for example, run_loop.rs, not run_loop_rust.rs).
When adding FFI shims, prefer separate _shim.h files rather than adding code to existing C++ files. This helps avoid circular dependencies with the //base target. It also avoids adding code to commonly-used headers, which can increase compile size by a lot.
Crates which you expect to be widely used should be added to the public_deps of the //base:base_rust target, so that developers can simply depend on //base:base_rust the same way they do with //base.