Bug 1416066 - Add a new flag to nsIAboutModule to load URIs in privil…

…eged content processes if feature is enabled. r=mconley

We will apply the URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_PRIVILEGED_CHILD flag to Activity Stream about: pages instead of hardcoding the URLs in a Set.

MozReview-Commit-ID: F6AGmsKs1SR

browser/components/about/AboutRedirector.cpp

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const uint32_t ACTIVITY_STREAM_FLAGS =
   nsIAboutModule::ALLOW_SCRIPT |
   nsIAboutModule::ENABLE_INDEXED_DB |
   nsIAboutModule::URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD |
+  nsIAboutModule::URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_PRIVILEGED_CHILD |
   nsIAboutModule::URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT;
 
 struct RedirEntry {
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ static const RedirEntry kRedirMap[] = {
   { "newtab", "about:blank", ACTIVITY_STREAM_FLAGS },
   { "welcome", "about:blank",
     nsIAboutModule::URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD |
+    nsIAboutModule::URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_PRIVILEGED_CHILD |
     nsIAboutModule::URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT |
     nsIAboutModule::ALLOW_SCRIPT },
   { "library", "chrome://browser/content/aboutLibrary.xhtml",

netwerk/protocol/about/nsIAboutModule.idl

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ interface nsIChannel;
 interface nsILoadInfo;
 
 [scriptable, uuid(c0c19db9-1b5a-4ac5-b656-ed6f8149fa48)]
-interface nsIAboutModule : nsISupports 
+interface nsIAboutModule : nsISupports
 {
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a new channel for the about protocol module. 
+     * Constructs a new channel for the about protocol module.
      *
      * @param aURI the uri of the new channel
      * @param aLoadInfo the loadinfo of the new channel
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ interface nsIAboutModule : nsISupports
      */
     const unsigned long MAKE_LINKABLE = (1 << 7);
 
+    /**
+     * A flag that indicates that this URI can be loaded in the privileged
+     * content process if privileged content process is enabled. Ignored unless
+     * URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD is also specified.
+     */
+    const unsigned long URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_PRIVILEGED_CHILD = (1 << 8);
+
     /**
      * A method to get the flags that apply to a given about: URI.  The URI
      * passed in is guaranteed to be one of the URIs that this module
@@ -81,8 +88,8 @@ interface nsIAboutModule : nsISupports
 
 %{C++
 
-#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID        "@mozilla.org/network/protocol/about;1" 
-#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID "?what=" 
+#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID        "@mozilla.org/network/protocol/about;1"
+#define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID "?what="
 #define NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_LENGTH 49      // strlen(NS_ABOUT_MODULE_CONTRACTID_PREFIX)
 
 %}

toolkit/modules/E10SUtils.jsm

@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ const PRIVILEGED_REMOTE_TYPE = "privileged";
 const LARGE_ALLOCATION_REMOTE_TYPE = "webLargeAllocation";
 const DEFAULT_REMOTE_TYPE = WEB_REMOTE_TYPE;
 
-const ACTIVITY_STREAM_PAGES = new Set(["home", "newtab", "welcome"]);
-
 function validatedWebRemoteType(aPreferredRemoteType, aTargetUri, aCurrentUri) {
   // If the domain is whitelisted to allow it to use file:// URIs, then we have
   // to run it in a file content process, in case it uses file:// sub-resources.
@@ -159,9 +157,8 @@ var E10SUtils = {
 
         let flags = module.getURIFlags(aURI);
         if (flags & Ci.nsIAboutModule.URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD) {
-          // Load Activity Stream in a separate process.
-          if (useSeparatePrivilegedContentProcess &&
-              ACTIVITY_STREAM_PAGES.has(aURI.filePath)) {
+          if ((flags & Ci.nsIAboutModule.URI_CAN_LOAD_IN_PRIVILEGED_CHILD) &&
+              useSeparatePrivilegedContentProcess) {
             return PRIVILEGED_REMOTE_TYPE;
           }
           return DEFAULT_REMOTE_TYPE;