base/metrics/histogram_snapshot_manager.h

// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_SNAPSHOT_MANAGER_H_
#define BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_SNAPSHOT_MANAGER_H_

#include <stdint.h>

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "base/gtest_prod_util.h"
#include "base/macros.h"
#include "base/metrics/histogram_base.h"
#include "base/threading/thread_checker.h"

namespace base {

class HistogramSamples;
class HistogramFlattener;

// HistogramSnapshotManager handles the logistics of gathering up available
// histograms for recording either to disk or for transmission (such as from
// renderer to browser, or from browser to UMA upload). Since histograms can sit
// in memory for an extended period of time, and are vulnerable to memory
// corruption, this class also validates as much redundancy as it can before
// calling for the marginal change (a.k.a., delta) in a histogram to be
// recorded.
class BASE_EXPORT HistogramSnapshotManager {
 public:
  explicit HistogramSnapshotManager(HistogramFlattener* histogram_flattener);
  virtual ~HistogramSnapshotManager();

  // Snapshot all histograms, and ask |histogram_flattener_| to record the
  // delta. |flags_to_set| is used to set flags for each histogram.
  // |required_flags| is used to select histograms to be recorded.
  // Only histograms that have all the flags specified by the argument will be
  // chosen. If all histograms should be recorded, set it to
  // |Histogram::kNoFlags|.
  template <class ForwardHistogramIterator>
  void PrepareDeltas(ForwardHistogramIterator begin,
                     ForwardHistogramIterator end,
                     HistogramBase::Flags flags_to_set,
                     HistogramBase::Flags required_flags) {
    for (ForwardHistogramIterator it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
      (*it)->SetFlags(flags_to_set);
      if (((*it)->flags() & required_flags) == required_flags)
        PrepareDelta(*it);
    }
  }

  // When the collection is not so simple as can be done using a single
  // iterator, the steps can be performed separately. Call PerpareDelta()
  // as many times as necessary. PrepareFinalDelta() works like PrepareDelta()
  // except that it does not update the previous logged values and can thus
  // be used with read-only files.
  void PrepareDelta(HistogramBase* histogram);
  void PrepareFinalDelta(const HistogramBase* histogram);

 private:
  FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(HistogramSnapshotManagerTest, CheckMerge);

  // During a snapshot, samples are acquired and aggregated. This structure
  // contains all the information for a given histogram that persists between
  // collections.
  struct SampleInfo {
    // The set of inconsistencies (flags) already seen for the histogram.
    // See HistogramBase::Inconsistency for values.
    uint32_t inconsistencies = 0;
  };

  // Capture and hold samples from a histogram. This does all the heavy
  // lifting for PrepareDelta() and PrepareAbsolute().
  void PrepareSamples(const HistogramBase* histogram,
                      std::unique_ptr<HistogramSamples> samples);

  // For histograms, track what has been previously seen, indexed
  // by the hash of the histogram name.
  std::map<uint64_t, SampleInfo> known_histograms_;

  // |histogram_flattener_| handles the logistics of recording the histogram
  // deltas.
  HistogramFlattener* histogram_flattener_;  // Weak.

  ThreadChecker thread_checker_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HistogramSnapshotManager);
};

}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_METRICS_HISTOGRAM_SNAPSHOT_MANAGER_H_