[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 233488] New: make font code usable from multiple threads

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233488

            Bug ID: 233488
           Summary: make font code usable from multiple threads
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Local Build
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Layout and Rendering
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: heycam at apple.com
                CC: bfulgham at webkit.org, clord at igalia.com,
                    mmaxfield at apple.com, simon.fraser at apple.com,
                    zalan at apple.com

OffscreenCanvas needs the ability to call into font code from worker threads.  Bug 219283 was filed to make FontCache and FontCascadeCache thread-safe, but I'm planning to take the approach of giving each worker thread (that needs it) its own FontCache object.  Rather than sharing font objects between threads, each thread will create and use completely independent font objects.  This will mean having all font-related caches exist for each thread, and I plan to handle that by hanging them off FontCache.  There are also a bunch of static variables with initializers in font code, which in the presence of -fno-threadsafe-statics, either need to be non-static, have locking around them, or be made thread-specific by being moved onto FontCache.

I have a bunch of small patches to address the issues I've found so far, which I'll file blocking this bug.

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