This change introduces a few minor CEF API behavior changes:
- A CefProcessMessage object cannot be reused after being passed to
SendProcessMessage.
- The |extra_info| argument to CefRenderProcessHandler::OnBrowserCreated may
now be NULL.
Where appropriate, we now utilize the default UTF string encoding format and
shared memory to reduce copies and conversions for the cross-process
transfer of arbitrary-length strings. For example, CefFrame::GetSource/GetText
now involves zero UTF conversions and zero copies in the browser process for
the CefString delivered to CefStringVisitor::Visit().
- CefURLRequest::Create is no longer supported in the renderer process
(see https://crbug.com/891872). Use CefFrame::CreateURLRequest instead.
- Mac platform definitions have been changed from `MACOSX` to `MAC`
(see https://crbug.com/1105907) and related CMake macro names have
been updated. The old `OS_MACOSX` define is still set in code and CMake
for backwards compatibility.
- Linux ARM build is currently broken (see https://crbug.com/1123214).
This restores the default site isolation mode for Chromium on desktop
platforms. Unit tests have been updated to reflect the new behavior
expectations.
Known behavior changes in CEF are as follows:
- A spare renderer process may be created on initial browser creation or cross-
origin navigation. This spare process may be used with a future cross-origin
navigation or discarded on application shutdown. As a result
CefRenderProcessHandler::OnRenderThreadCreated, which is called shortly after
renderer process creation, can no longer be used to reliably transfer state
for the currently in-progress navigation. Unit tests have been updated to use
the CreateBrowser/OnBeforePopup |extra_info| value for transferring test state
to CefRenderProcessHandler::OnBrowserCreated which will be called in the
correct/expected renderer process.
- Cross-origin navigations will again receive a new renderer process, as
expected. This behavior had briefly regressed in M78 due to the
ProcessSharingWithDefaultSiteInstances feature becoming enabled by default.
- Cross-origin navigations initiated by calling LoadURL in the renderer process
will now crash that process with "bad IPC message" reason
INVALID_INITIATOR_ORIGIN (213). This is a security feature implemented in
Chromium.
- A DevTools browser created using CefBrowserHost::ShowDevTools will receive
the same CefRenderProcessHandler::OnBrowserCreated |extra_info| value that was
set via CreateBrowser/OnBeforePopup for the parent browser.
This change moves the SendProcessMessage method from CefBrowser to CefFrame and
adds CefBrowser parameters to OnProcessMessageReceived and
OnDraggableRegionsChanged.
The internal implementation has changed as follows:
- Frame IDs are now a 64-bit combination of the 32-bit render_process_id and
render_routing_id values that uniquely identify a RenderFrameHost (RFH).
- CefFrameHostImpl objects are now managed by CefBrowserInfo with life span tied
to RFH expectations. Specifically, a CefFrameHostImpl object representing a
sub-frame will be created when a RenderFrame is created in the renderer
process and detached when the associated RenderFrame is deleted or the
renderer process in which it runs has died.
- The CefFrameHostImpl object representing the main frame will always be valid
but the underlying RFH (and associated frame ID) may change over time as a
result of cross-origin navigations. Despite these changes calling LoadURL on
the main frame object in the browser process will always navigate as expected.
- Speculative RFHs, which may be created as a result of a cross-origin
navigation and discarded if that navigation is not committed, are now handled
correctly (e.g. ignored in most cases until they're committed).
- It is less likely, but still possible, to receive a CefFrame object with an
invalid frame ID (ID < 0). This can happen in cases where a RFH has not yet
been created for a sub-frame. For example, when OnBeforeBrowse is called
before initiating navigation in a previously nonexisting sub-frame.
To test: All tests pass with NetworkService enabled and disabled.
The optional |extra_info| parameter provides an opportunity to specify extra
information specific to the created browser that will be passed to
CefRenderProcessHandler::OnBrowserCreated() in the render process.
- Windows: 10.0.17763.0 SDK is now required.
- Mac: 10.13 SDK is now required.
- Removed CefRequestContext::ResolveHostCached which is no longer supported by Chromium.
Marshall Greenblatt
cef-ms
Alexander Guettler
Christopher Cifra
Dmitry Azaraev