[webkit-dev] Networking process scope

[Maciej Stachowiak]

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> On Nov 10, 2014, at 4:28 AM, youenn fablet <youennf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I looked at the Networking process recently and am wondering what is
> in scope/out of scope of this process.
> 
> Currently, the networking process is used to load resources from:
> - URLs resolved using platform specific libraries (CF, libsoup...),
> including data URLs
> - Blob URLs

These categories of loading apply consistently regardless of context. They interpret URLs globally. data: and blob: are specific URL schemes, and not especially different in this regard, though it is true they can be loaded without I/O.

> The networking process is not used for (at least):
> - appcache resources URLs
> - archive resources URLs

These categories are content-specific. App cache and web archives can redefine the meaning of a URL and substitute an alternate resource, but this only applies to a particular page load.

I am not sure if the line drawing intentionally reflects this distinction, but I think it is a reasonable line to draw. 

It might make sense to change where the line is drawn. I am curious what people more involved in the networking code think.

> 
> Two options come to mind:
> 1. Use networking process for all URLs that require actual networking.
> That would mean moving data & blob URL handling within WebProcess,
> probably unifying this loading with appcache/archive resource loading.
> 2. Use networking process for all URLs. That would mean moving
> appcache/archive resource loading into Networking process at some
> point.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Regards,
>   Youenn
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