[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 37874] New: Provide mechanism to cache metadata for a resource

[bugzilla-daemon at webkit.org]

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37874

           Summary: Provide mechanism to cache metadata for a resource
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebCore Misc.
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: tonyg at chromium.org
                CC: abarth at webkit.org, mbelshe at chromium.org,
                    tonyg at chromium.org


I'd like to add the ability to store metadata for a CachedResource.

This metadata will contain data which speeds up the processing of the resource.
When it is generated by WebCore, the host application is notified so it may
persist it to disk cache. When the host application loads a resource from disk
cache, it can provide the cached metadata so that WebCore doesn't have to redo
the work.

The immediate use-case is to persist V8's pre compilation data to Chrome's disk
cache (http://crbug.com/32407). But it is conceivable that other types of
resources could have useful cacheable metadata.

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugs.webkit.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug.