Adding a command line flag to specify renderer process limit

content/public/browser/render_process_host.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_RENDER_PROCESS_HOST_H_
 #define CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_RENDER_PROCESS_HOST_H_
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/id_map.h"
 #include "base/process.h"
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   // Get an existing RenderProcessHost associated with the given browser
   // context, if possible.  The renderer process is chosen randomly from
   // suitable renderers that share the same context and type (determined by the
   // site url).
   // Returns NULL if no suitable renderer process is available, in which case
   // the caller is free to create a new renderer.
   static RenderProcessHost* GetExistingProcessHost(
       content::BrowserContext* browser_context, const GURL& site_url);
 
   // Overrides the default heuristic for limiting the max renderer process
-  // count.  This is useful for unit testing process limit behaviors.
+  // count.  This is useful for unit testing process limit behaviors.  It is
+  // also used to allow a command line parameter to configure the max number of
+  // renderer processes and should only be called once during startup.
   // A value of zero means to use the default heuristic.
-  static void SetMaxRendererProcessCountForTest(size_t count);
+  static void SetMaxRendererProcessCount(size_t count);
+
+  // Returns the current max number of renderer processes used by the content
+  // module.
+  static size_t GetMaxRendererProcessCount();
+
+ private:
+  // Stores the maximum number of renderer processes the content module can
+  // create.
+  static size_t max_renderer_count_override_;

[jam, 2012/02/07 20:27:29]

for the content api we avoid putting statics in the interface. instead keep the
static function as above, but just have it use a static in the
render_process_host_impl.cc file

[nasko, 2012/02/07 21:29:50]

Done.

 };
 
 }  // namespace content.
 
 #endif  // CONTENT_PUBLIC_BROWSER_RENDER_PROCESS_HOST_H_