| Index: content/common/font_list.h
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| diff --git a/content/common/font_list.h b/content/common/font_list.h
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| index 4f59e6d4d476ce01fafe6fff15cf380429c31039..dd14ce71c6866fda05865c8552f365c9433cecb4 100644
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| --- a/content/common/font_list.h
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| +++ b/content/common/font_list.h
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| @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ class ListValue;
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| namespace content {
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| +// Getting the list of fonts on the system is non-threadsafe on Linux for
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| +// versions of Pango predating 2013. This sequence token can be used to enforce
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| +// serial execution of get font list tasks.
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| +extern const char kFontListSequenceToken[];
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| +
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| // Retrieves the fonts available on the current platform and returns them.
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| // The caller will own the returned pointer. Each entry will be a list of
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| // two strings, the first being the font family, and the second being the
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| @@ -21,6 +26,9 @@ namespace content {
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| // This function is potentially slow (the system may do a bunch of I/O) so be
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| // sure not to call this on a time-critical thread like the UI or I/O threads.
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| //
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| +// Since getting the fonts is not threadsafe on Linux, use
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| +// |kFontListSequenceToken| to prevent race conditions.
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| +//
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| // Most callers will want to use the GetFontListAsync function in
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| // content/browser/font_list_async.h which does an asynchronous call.
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| scoped_ptr<base::ListValue> GetFontList_SlowBlocking();
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