content_switches.cc revision cedac228d2dd51db4b79ea1e72c7f249408ee061
1// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3// found in the LICENSE file.
4
5#include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
6
7#include "base/command_line.h"
8
9namespace switches {
10
11// The number of MSAA samples for canvas2D. Requires MSAA support by GPU to
12// have an effect. 0 disables MSAA.
13const char kAcceleratedCanvas2dMSAASampleCount[] = "canvas-msaa-sample-count";
14
15// By default, file:// URIs cannot read other file:// URIs. This is an
16// override for developers who need the old behavior for testing.
17const char kAllowFileAccessFromFiles[]      = "allow-file-access-from-files";
18
19// Allows frames with an https origin to use WebSockets with an insecure URL
20// (ws://).
21const char kAllowInsecureWebSocketFromHttpsOrigin[] =
22    "allow-insecure-websocket-from-https-origin";
23
24// Allows loopback interface to be added in network list for peer connection.
25const char kAllowLoopbackInPeerConnection[] =
26    "allow-loopback-in-peer-connection";
27
28// Enables the sandboxed processes to run without a job object assigned to them.
29// This flag is required to allow Chrome to run in RemoteApps or Citrix. This
30// flag can reduce the security of the sandboxed processes and allow them to do
31// certain API calls like shut down Windows or access the clipboard. Also we
32// lose the chance to kill some processes until the outer job that owns them
33// finishes.
34const char kAllowNoSandboxJob[]             = "allow-no-sandbox-job";
35
36// Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see zygote_main_linux.cc).
37const char kAllowSandboxDebugging[]         = "allow-sandbox-debugging";
38
39// The same as kAuditHandles except all handles are enumerated.
40const char kAuditAllHandles[]               = "enable-handle-auditing-all";
41
42// Enumerates and prints a child process' most dangerous handles when it
43// is terminated.
44const char kAuditHandles[]                  = "enable-handle-auditing";
45
46// Choose which logging channels in blink platform to activate.  See
47// Logging.cpp in blink's Source/platform for a list of available channels.
48const char kBlinkPlatformLogChannels[]      = "blink-platform-log-channels";
49
50// Block cross-site documents (i.e., HTML/XML/JSON) from being loaded in
51// subresources when a document is not supposed to read them.  This will later
52// allow us to block them from the entire renderer process when site isolation
53// is enabled.
54const char kBlockCrossSiteDocuments[]     = "block-cross-site-documents";
55
56// Causes the browser process to throw an assertion on startup.
57const char kBrowserAssertTest[]             = "assert-test";
58
59// Causes the browser process to crash on startup.
60const char kBrowserCrashTest[]              = "crash-test";
61
62// Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses.
63const char kBrowserSubprocessPath[]         = "browser-subprocess-path";
64
65// Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file.
66const char kDebugPluginLoading[] = "debug-plugin-loading";
67
68// Sets the tile size used by composited layers.
69const char kDefaultTileWidth[]              = "default-tile-width";
70const char kDefaultTileHeight[]             = "default-tile-height";
71
72// Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas.
73const char kDisable2dCanvasAntialiasing[]   = "disable-canvas-aa";
74
75// Disables client-visible 3D APIs, in particular WebGL and Pepper 3D.
76// This is controlled by policy and is kept separate from the other
77// enable/disable switches to avoid accidentally regressing the policy
78// support for controlling access to these APIs.
79const char kDisable3DAPIs[]                 = "disable-3d-apis";
80
81// Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
82const char kDisableAccelerated2dCanvas[]    = "disable-accelerated-2d-canvas";
83
84// Disables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
85// background-attachment: fixed.
86const char kDisableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
87    "disable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
88
89// Disables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll.
90const char kDisableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
91    "disable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
92
93// Disables layer squashing.
94const char kDisableLayerSquashing[] =
95    "disable-layer-squashing";
96
97// Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available.
98const char kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode[] =
99    "disable-accelerated-video-decode";
100
101// Disables the alternate window station for the renderer.
102const char kDisableAltWinstation[]          = "disable-winsta";
103
104// Disable the ApplicationCache.
105const char kDisableApplicationCache[]       = "disable-application-cache";
106
107// Disable limits on the number of backing stores. Can prevent blinking for
108// users with many windows/tabs and lots of memory.
109const char kDisableBackingStoreLimit[]      = "disable-backing-store-limit";
110
111// See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
112const char kDisableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
113     "disable-fixed-position-compositing";
114
115// See comment for kEnableCompositingForTransition.
116const char kDisableCompositingForTransition[] =
117     "disable-transition-compositing";
118
119// Disables HTML5 DB support.
120const char kDisableDatabases[]              = "disable-databases";
121
122// Disables delegated renderer.
123const char kDisableDelegatedRenderer[]      = "disable-delegated-renderer";
124
125// Disables desktop notifications (default enabled on windows).
126const char kDisableDesktopNotifications[]   = "disable-desktop-notifications";
127
128// Disables experimental navigator content utils implementation.
129const char kDisableNavigatorContentUtils[]  =
130      "disable-navigator-content-utils";
131
132// Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer.
133const char kDisableDirectNPAPIRequests[]    = "disable-direct-npapi-requests";
134
135// Disable the per-domain blocking for 3D APIs after GPU reset.
136// This switch is intended only for tests.
137extern const char kDisableDomainBlockingFor3DAPIs[] =
138    "disable-domain-blocking-for-3d-apis";
139
140// Disable running the SharedWorker inside the renderer process.
141const char kDisableEmbeddedSharedWorker[]    = "disable-embedded-shared-worker";
142
143// Disable experimental WebGL support.
144const char kDisableExperimentalWebGL[]      = "disable-webgl";
145
146// Disable the fast text autosizing implementation.
147const char kDisableFastTextAutosizing[]     = "disable-fast-text-autosizing";
148
149// Disable FileSystem API.
150const char kDisableFileSystem[]             = "disable-file-system";
151
152// Disable 3D inside of flapper.
153const char kDisableFlash3d[]                = "disable-flash-3d";
154
155// Disable Stage3D inside of flapper.
156const char kDisableFlashStage3d[]           = "disable-flash-stage3d";
157
158const char kDisableGestureTapHighlight[]    = "disable-gesture-tap-highlight";
159
160// Disable GL multisampling.
161const char kDisableGLMultisampling[]        = "disable-gl-multisampling";
162
163// Disables GPU hardware acceleration.  If software renderer is not in place,
164// then the GPU process won't launch.
165const char kDisableGpu[]                    = "disable-gpu";
166
167// Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.
168const char kDisableGpuCompositing[]         = "disable-gpu-compositing";
169
170// Disable the limit on the number of times the GPU process may be restarted
171// This switch is intended only for tests.
172extern const char kDisableGpuProcessCrashLimit[] =
173    "disable-gpu-process-crash-limit";
174
175// Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only.
176// Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags.
177const char kDisableGpuRasterization[]       = "disable-gpu-rasterization";
178
179// When using CPU rasterizing disable low resolution tiling. This uses
180// less power, particularly during animations, but more white may be seen
181// during fast scrolling especially on slower devices.
182const char kDisableLowResTiling[] = "disable-low-res-tiling";
183
184// Disable the GPU process sandbox.
185const char kDisableGpuSandbox[]             = "disable-gpu-sandbox";
186
187// Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to
188// messages.
189const char kDisableGpuWatchdog[]            = "disable-gpu-watchdog";
190
191// Suppresses hang monitor dialogs in renderer processes.  This may allow slow
192// unload handlers on a page to prevent the tab from closing, but the Task
193// Manager can be used to terminate the offending process in this case.
194const char kDisableHangMonitor[]            = "disable-hang-monitor";
195
196// Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer.
197const char kDisableHistogramCustomizer[]    = "disable-histogram-customizer";
198
199// Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread.
200// Overrides the kEnableImplSidePainting flag.
201const char kDisableImplSidePainting[]       = "disable-impl-side-painting";
202
203// Prevent Java from running.
204const char kDisableJava[]                   = "disable-java";
205
206// Don't execute JavaScript (browser JS like the new tab page still runs).
207const char kDisableJavaScript[]             = "disable-javascript";
208
209// Don't kill a child process when it sends a bad IPC message.  Apart
210// from testing, it is a bad idea from a security perspective to enable
211// this switch.
212const char kDisableKillAfterBadIPC[]        = "disable-kill-after-bad-ipc";
213
214// Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()).
215const char kDisablePrefixedEncryptedMedia[] =
216    "disable-prefixed-encrypted-media";
217
218// Disables LCD text.
219const char kDisableLCDText[]                = "disable-lcd-text";
220
221// Disables distance field text.
222const char kDisableDistanceFieldText[]      = "disable-distance-field-text";
223
224// Disable LocalStorage.
225const char kDisableLocalStorage[]           = "disable-local-storage";
226
227// Force logging to be disabled.  Logging is enabled by default in debug
228// builds.
229const char kDisableLogging[]                = "disable-logging";
230
231// Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object).
232const char kDisableMediaSource[]            = "disable-media-source";
233
234// Disable Pepper3D.
235const char kDisablePepper3d[]               = "disable-pepper-3d";
236
237// Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
238const char kDisablePinch[]                  = "disable-pinch";
239
240// Prevent plugins from running.
241const char kDisablePlugins[]                = "disable-plugins";
242
243// Disable discovering third-party plug-ins. Effectively loading only
244// ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by
245// --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches.
246const char kDisablePluginsDiscovery[]       = "disable-plugins-discovery";
247
248// Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether this
249// option is specified or not.
250const char kDisableRemoteFonts[]            = "disable-remote-fonts";
251
252// Turns off the accessibility in the renderer.
253const char kDisableRendererAccessibility[]  = "disable-renderer-accessibility";
254
255// Disables the new layout/paint system which paints after layout is complete.
256const char kDisableRepaintAfterLayout[]     = "disable-repaint-after-layout";
257
258// Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only).
259const char kDisableSeccompFilterSandbox[]   = "disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
260
261// Disable session storage.
262const char kDisableSessionStorage[]         = "disable-session-storage";
263
264// Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only).
265const char kDisableSetuidSandbox[]          = "disable-setuid-sandbox";
266
267// Enable shared workers. Functionality not yet complete.
268const char kDisableSharedWorkers[]          = "disable-shared-workers";
269
270// Disables site-specific tailoring to compatibility issues in WebKit.
271const char kDisableSiteSpecificQuirks[]     = "disable-site-specific-quirks";
272
273// Disable smooth scrolling for testing.
274const char kDisableSmoothScrolling[]        = "disable-smooth-scrolling";
275
276// Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
277const char kDisableSoftwareRasterizer[]     = "disable-software-rasterizer";
278
279// Disable False Start in SSL and TLS connections.
280const char kDisableSSLFalseStart[]          = "disable-ssl-false-start";
281
282// Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
283const char kDisableThreadedCompositing[]     = "disable-threaded-compositing";
284
285// Disable accelerated overflow scrolling in corner cases (that would not be
286// handled by enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll).
287const char kDisableUniversalAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
288    "disable-universal-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
289
290// Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their sites.)
291const char kDisableWebSecurity[]            = "disable-web-security";
292
293// Disables support for XSLT.
294const char kDisableXSLT[]                   = "disable-xslt";
295
296// Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS.
297const char kDisableXSSAuditor[]             = "disable-xss-auditor";
298
299// Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
300// Overrides the kEnableZeroCopy flag.
301const char kDisableZeroCopy[]               = "disable-zero-copy";
302
303// Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the
304// renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
305// be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom
306// based tests.
307const char kDomAutomationController[]       = "dom-automation";
308
309// Enable bleeding-edge code to make Chrome draw content faster. The changes
310// behind this path are very likely to break lots of content.
311// ** DO NOT use this flag unless you know what you are doing. **
312const char kEnableBleedingEdgeRenderingFastPaths[] =
313    "enable-bleeding-edge-rendering-fast-paths";
314
315// Disable deferred image filters.
316const char kDisableDeferredFilters[]         = "disable-deferred-filters";
317
318// Enables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
319// background-attachment: fixed.
320const char kEnableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
321    "enable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
322
323// Enables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll. Promotes eligible
324// overflow:scroll elements to layers to enable accelerated scrolling for them.
325const char kEnableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
326    "enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
327
328// Enables LCD text.
329const char kEnableLCDText[]                 = "enable-lcd-text";
330
331// Enables using signed distance fields when rendering text.
332// Only valid if GPU rasterization is enabled as well.
333const char kEnableDistanceFieldText[]       = "enable-distance-field-text";
334
335// Enables experimental feature that maps multiple RenderLayers to
336// one composited layer to avoid pathological layer counts.
337const char kEnableLayerSquashing[] =
338    "enable-layer-squashing";
339
340// Enable experimental container node culling.
341const char kEnableContainerCulling[]        = "enable-container-culling";
342
343// Use a BeginFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule rendering.
344const char kEnableBeginFrameScheduling[]    = "enable-begin-frame-scheduling";
345
346// Enable the creation of compositing layers for fixed position
347// elements. Three options are needed to support four possible scenarios:
348//  1. Default (disabled)
349//  2. Enabled always (to allow dogfooding)
350//  3. Disabled always (to give safety fallback for users)
351//  4. Enabled only if we detect a highDPI display
352//
353// Option #4 may soon be the default, because the feature is needed soon for
354// high DPI, but cannot be used (yet) for low DPI. Options #2 and #3 will
355// override Option #4.
356const char kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
357     "enable-fixed-position-compositing";
358
359// Enable/Disable the creation of compositing layers for RenderLayers with a
360// transition on a property that supports accelerated animation (that is,
361// opacity, -webkit-transform, and -webkit-filter), even when no animation is
362// running. These options allow for three possible scenarios:
363//  1. Default (enabled only if we dectect a highDPI display)
364//  2. Enabled always.
365//  3. Disabled always.
366const char kEnableCompositingForTransition[] =
367     "enable-transition-compositing";
368
369// Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting.
370const char kEnableDeferredImageDecoding[]   = "enable-deferred-image-decoding";
371
372// Enables delegated renderer.
373const char kEnableDelegatedRenderer[]       = "enable-delegated-renderer";
374
375// Enables restarting interrupted downloads.
376const char kEnableDownloadResumption[]      = "enable-download-resumption";
377
378// Enables support for Encrypted Media Extensions (e.g. MediaKeys).
379const char kEnableEncryptedMedia[] = "enable-encrypted-media";
380
381// Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context attributes
382const char kEnableExperimentalCanvasFeatures[] =
383    "enable-experimental-canvas-features";
384
385// Enables Web Platform features that are in development.
386const char kEnableExperimentalWebPlatformFeatures[] =
387    "enable-experimental-web-platform-features";
388
389// By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing,
390// for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243.
391const char kEnableFileCookies[]             = "enable-file-cookies";
392
393// Enable the fast text autosizing implementation.
394const char kEnableFastTextAutosizing[]      = "enable-fast-text-autosizing";
395
396// Enable Gesture Tap Highlight
397const char kEnableGestureTapHighlight[]     = "enable-gesture-tap-highlight";
398
399// Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer.
400const char kEnableGpuClientTracing[]        = "enable-gpu-client-tracing";
401
402// Allow heuristics to determine when a layer tile should be drawn with the
403// Skia GPU backend. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing +
404// impl-side painting.
405const char kEnableGpuRasterization[]        = "enable-gpu-rasterization";
406
407// When using CPU rasterizing generate low resolution tiling. Low res
408// tiles may be displayed during fast scrolls especially on slower devices.
409const char kEnableLowResTiling[] = "enable-low-res-tiling";
410
411// See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
412const char kEnableHighDpiCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
413     "enable-high-dpi-fixed-position-compositing";
414
415#if defined(OS_WIN)
416// Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the WebContents.
417const char kDisableLegacyIntermediateWindow[] = "disable-legacy-window";
418
419// Enables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows.
420const char kEnableDirectWrite[]             = "enable-direct-write";
421
422// Use high resolution timers for TimeTicks.
423const char kEnableHighResolutionTime[]      = "enable-high-resolution-time";
424
425// Enable the Win32K process mitigation policy for renderer processes which
426// prevents them from invoking user32 and gdi32 system calls which enter
427// the kernel. This is only supported on Windows 8 and beyond.
428const char kEnableWin32kRendererLockDown[]
429    = "enable_win32k_renderer_lockdown";
430#endif
431
432// Paint content on the compositor thread instead of the main thread.
433const char kEnableImplSidePainting[]        = "enable-impl-side-painting";
434
435// Enables support for inband text tracks in media content.
436const char kEnableInbandTextTracks[]        = "enable-inband-text-tracks";
437
438// Force logging to be enabled.  Logging is disabled by default in release
439// builds.
440const char kEnableLogging[]                 = "enable-logging";
441
442// Enables the memory benchmarking extension
443const char kEnableMemoryBenchmarking[]      = "enable-memory-benchmarking";
444
445// Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
446const char kEnableOneCopy[]                 = "enable-one-copy";
447
448// Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only.
449const char kEnableOverlayFullscreenVideo[]  = "enable-overlay-fullscreen-video";
450
451// Disables blink subtitle and media control on top of overlay fullscreen video.
452const char kDisableOverlayFullscreenVideoSubtitle[] =
453    "disable-overlay-fullscreen-video-subtitle";
454
455// Forward overscroll event data from the renderer to the browser.
456const char kEnableOverscrollNotifications[] = "enable-overscroll-notifications";
457
458// Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
459const char kEnablePinch[]                   = "enable-pinch";
460
461// Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more
462// up to date in shared worker. Without this flag, the memory information is
463// still available, but it is bucketized and updated less frequently. This flag
464// also applys to workers.
465const char kEnablePreciseMemoryInfo[] = "enable-precise-memory-info";
466
467// Enable caching of pre-parsed JS script data.  See http://crbug.com/32407.
468const char kEnablePreparsedJsCaching[]      = "enable-preparsed-js-caching";
469
470// Enables the CSS multicol implementation that uses the regions implementation.
471const char kEnableRegionBasedColumns[] =
472    "enable-region-based-columns";
473
474// Enables the new layout/paint system which paints after layout is complete.
475const char kEnableRepaintAfterLayout[] =
476    "enable-repaint-after-layout";
477
478// Enables targeted style recalculation optimizations.
479const char kEnableTargetedStyleRecalc[] =
480    "enable-targeted-style-recalc";
481
482// Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource
483// is denied by the sandbox.
484const char kEnableSandboxLogging[]          = "enable-sandbox-logging";
485
486// Enables seccomp-bpf support for Android. Requires experimental kernel
487// support. <http://crbug.com/166704>
488const char kEnableSeccompFilterSandbox[] =
489    "enable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
490
491// Enables the Skia benchmarking extension
492const char kEnableSkiaBenchmarking[]        = "enable-skia-benchmarking";
493
494// On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation.
495const char kEnableSmoothScrolling[]         = "enable-smooth-scrolling";
496
497// Enable spatial navigation
498const char kEnableSpatialNavigation[]       = "enable-spatial-navigation";
499
500// Enables the synthesis part of the Web Speech API.
501const char kEnableSpeechSynthesis[]         = "enable-speech-synthesis";
502
503// Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory table.
504const char kEnableStatsTable[]              = "enable-stats-table";
505
506// Experimentally ensures that each renderer process:
507// 1) Only handles rendering for pages from a single site, apart from iframes.
508// (Note that a page can reference content from multiple origins due to images,
509// JavaScript files, etc.  Cross-site iframes are also loaded in-process.)
510// 2) Only has authority to see or use cookies for the page's top-level origin.
511// (So if a.com iframes b.com, the b.com network request will be sent without
512// cookies.)
513// This is expected to break compatibility with many pages for now.  Unlike the
514// --site-per-process flag, this allows cross-site iframes, but it blocks all
515// cookies on cross-site requests.
516const char kEnableStrictSiteIsolation[]     = "enable-strict-site-isolation";
517
518// Enable support for ServiceWorker. See
519// https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker for more information.
520const char kEnableServiceWorker[]           = "enable-service-worker";
521
522// Enable support for sync events in ServiceWorkers.
523const char kEnableServiceWorkerSync[]       = "enable-service-worker-sync";
524
525// Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the
526// SYN packet.
527const char kEnableTcpFastOpen[]             = "enable-tcp-fastopen";
528
529// Enable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
530const char kEnableThreadedCompositing[]     = "enable-threaded-compositing";
531
532// Enable accelerated overflow scrolling in all cases.
533const char kEnableUniversalAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
534    "enable-universal-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
535
536// Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API.
537const char kEnableUserMediaScreenCapturing[] =
538    "enable-usermedia-screen-capturing";
539
540// Enables the use of the @viewport CSS rule, which allows
541// pages to control aspects of their own layout. This also turns on touch-screen
542// pinch gestures.
543const char kEnableViewport[]                = "enable-viewport";
544
545// Enables the use of the legacy viewport meta tag. Turning this on also
546// turns on the @viewport CSS rule
547const char kEnableViewportMeta[]            = "enable-viewport-meta";
548
549// Resizes of the main frame are the caused by changing between landscape
550// and portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit
551const char kMainFrameResizesAreOrientationChanges[] =
552    "main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes";
553
554// Enable the Vtune profiler support.
555const char kEnableVtune[]                   = "enable-vtune-support";
556
557// Enable SVG Animations on the Web Animations model.
558const char kEnableWebAnimationsSVG[]        = "enable-web-animations-svg";
559
560// Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community.
561const char kEnableWebGLDraftExtensions[] = "enable-webgl-draft-extensions";
562
563// Enables WebGL rendering into a scanout buffer for overlay support.
564const char kEnableWebGLImageChromium[] = "enable-webgl-image-chromium";
565
566// Enables Web MIDI API.
567const char kEnableWebMIDI[]                 = "enable-web-midi";
568
569// Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
570const char kEnableZeroCopy[]                = "enable-zero-copy";
571
572// Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory.
573const char kExtraPluginDir[]                = "extra-plugin-dir";
574
575// Enable force_compositing_mode in layout tests.
576const char kForceCompositingMode[]          = "force-compositing-mode";
577
578// Some field trials may be randomized in the browser, and the randomly selected
579// outcome needs to be propagated to the renderer. For instance, this is used
580// to modify histograms recorded in the renderer, or to get the renderer to
581// also set of its state (initialize, or not initialize components) to match the
582// experiment(s). The option is also useful for forcing field trials when
583// testing changes locally. The argument is a list of name and value pairs,
584// separated by slashes. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString() in
585// field_trial.h for details.
586const char kForceFieldTrials[]              = "force-fieldtrials";
587
588// Always use the Skia GPU backend for drawing layer tiles. Only valid with GPU
589// accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. Overrides the
590// kEnableGpuRasterization flag.
591const char kForceGpuRasterization[]        = "force-gpu-rasterization";
592
593// Force renderer accessibility to be on instead of enabling it on demand when
594// a screen reader is detected. The disable-renderer-accessibility switch
595// overrides this if present.
596const char kForceRendererAccessibility[]    = "force-renderer-accessibility";
597
598// Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process.
599const char kGpuDeviceID[]                   = "gpu-device-id";
600
601// Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process.
602const char kGpuDriverVendor[]               = "gpu-driver-vendor";
603
604// Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process.
605const char kGpuDriverVersion[]              = "gpu-driver-version";
606
607// Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used
608// for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix.
609const char kGpuLauncher[]                   = "gpu-launcher";
610
611// Makes this process a GPU sub-process.
612const char kGpuProcess[]                    = "gpu-process";
613
614// Allow shmat system call in GPU sandbox.
615const char kGpuSandboxAllowSysVShm[]        = "gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm";
616
617// Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal.
618const char kGpuSandboxFailuresFatal[]       = "gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal";
619
620// Allow GPU sandbox to start later
621const char kGpuSandboxStartAfterInitialization[] =
622    "gpu-sandbox-start-after-initialization";
623
624// Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch.
625const char kGpuStartupDialog[]              = "gpu-startup-dialog";
626
627// Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process.
628const char kGpuVendorID[]                   = "gpu-vendor-id";
629
630// These mappings only apply to the host resolver.
631const char kHostResolverRules[]             = "host-resolver-rules";
632
633// Ignores certificate-related errors.
634const char kIgnoreCertificateErrors[]       = "ignore-certificate-errors";
635
636// Ignores GPU blacklist.
637const char kIgnoreGpuBlacklist[]            = "ignore-gpu-blacklist";
638
639// Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process.
640const char kInProcessGPU[]                  = "in-process-gpu";
641
642// Specifies the flags passed to JS engine
643const char kJavaScriptFlags[]               = "js-flags";
644
645// Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path.
646const char kLoadPlugin[]                    = "load-plugin";
647
648// Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules.
649const char kLogGpuControlListDecisions[]    = "log-gpu-control-list-decisions";
650
651// Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3:
652// INFO = 0, WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3.
653const char kLoggingLevel[]                  = "log-level";
654
655// Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to use.
656const char kLogNetLog[]                     = "log-net-log";
657
658// Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to VLOG(1).
659const char kLogPluginMessages[]             = "log-plugin-messages";
660
661// Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get tiled.
662const char kMaxUntiledLayerHeight[]         = "max-untiled-layer-height";
663const char kMaxUntiledLayerWidth[]          = "max-untiled-layer-width";
664
665// Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the
666// Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests.
667const char kMemoryMetrics[]                 = "memory-metrics";
668
669// Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during
670// automated testing.
671const char kMuteAudio[]                     = "mute-audio";
672
673// Don't send HTTP-Referer headers.
674const char kNoReferrers[]                   = "no-referrers";
675
676// Disables the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed.
677const char kNoSandbox[]                     = "no-sandbox";
678
679// Number of worker threads used to rasterize content.
680const char kNumRasterThreads[]              = "num-raster-threads";
681
682// Enables or disables history navigation in response to horizontal overscroll.
683// Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
684// Defaults to enabled.
685const char kOverscrollHistoryNavigation[] =
686    "overscroll-history-navigation";
687
688// Specifies a command that should be used to launch the plugin process.  Useful
689// for running the plugin process through purify or quantify.  Ex:
690//   --plugin-launcher="path\to\purify /Run=yes"
691const char kPluginLauncher[]                = "plugin-launcher";
692
693// Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load
694const char kPluginPath[]                    = "plugin-path";
695
696// Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess.
697const char kPluginProcess[]                 = "plugin";
698
699// Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch.
700const char kPluginStartupDialog[]           = "plugin-startup-dialog";
701
702// Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process type.
703const char kPpapiBrokerProcess[]            = "ppapi-broker";
704
705// "Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for debugging options.
706const char kPpapiFlashArgs[]                = "ppapi-flash-args";
707
708// Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process.
709const char kPpapiInProcess[]                = "ppapi-in-process";
710
711// Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins.
712const char kPpapiPluginLauncher[]           = "ppapi-plugin-launcher";
713
714// Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type.
715const char kPpapiPluginProcess[]            = "ppapi";
716
717// Causes the PPAPI sub process to display a dialog on launch. Be sure to use
718// --no-sandbox as well or the sandbox won't allow the dialog to display.
719const char kPpapiStartupDialog[]            = "ppapi-startup-dialog";
720
721// Runs a single process for each site (i.e., group of pages from the same
722// registered domain) the user visits.  We default to using a renderer process
723// for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered
724// domain with script connections to each other).
725const char kProcessPerSite[]                = "process-per-site";
726
727// Runs each set of script-connected tabs (i.e., a BrowsingInstance) in its own
728// renderer process.  We default to using a renderer process for each
729// site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with
730// script connections to each other).
731const char kProcessPerTab[]                 = "process-per-tab";
732
733// The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a
734// renderer or plugin host.  If it's empty, it's the browser.
735const char kProcessType[]                   = "type";
736
737// Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used
738// for testing purposes only.
739const char kReduceSecurityForTesting[]      = "reduce-security-for-testing";
740
741// Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its format).
742const char kRegisterPepperPlugins[]         = "register-pepper-plugins";
743
744// Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port.
745const char kRemoteDebuggingPort[]           = "remote-debugging-port";
746
747// Causes the renderer process to throw an assertion on launch.
748const char kRendererAssertTest[]            = "renderer-assert-test";
749
750// On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer
751// command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args".
752const char kRendererCmdPrefix[]             = "renderer-cmd-prefix";
753
754// Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser.
755const char kRendererProcess[]               = "renderer";
756
757// Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes.
758// Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage
759// or instability.
760const char kRendererProcessLimit[]          = "renderer-process-limit";
761
762// Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch.
763const char kRendererStartupDialog[]         = "renderer-startup-dialog";
764
765// Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess.
766const char kSandboxIPCProcess[]             = "sandbox-ipc";
767
768// Enables or disables scroll end effect in response to vertical overscroll.
769// Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
770// Defaults to disabled.
771const char kScrollEndEffect[] = "scroll-end-effect";
772
773// Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug
774// and study painting behavior.
775const char kShowPaintRects[]                = "show-paint-rects";
776
777// Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser
778const char kSingleProcess[]                 = "single-process";
779
780// Experimentally enforces a one-site-per-process security policy.
781// All cross-site navigations force process swaps, and we can restrict a
782// renderer process's access rights based on its site.  For details, see:
783// http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation
784//
785// Unlike --enable-strict-site-isolation (which allows cross-site iframes),
786// this flag does not affect which cookies are attached to cross-site requests.
787// Support is being added to render cross-site iframes in a different process
788// than their parent pages.
789const char kSitePerProcess[]                = "site-per-process";
790
791// Skip gpu info collection, blacklist loading, and blacklist auto-update
792// scheduling at browser startup time.
793// Therefore, all GPU features are available, and about:gpu page shows empty
794// content. The switch is intended only for layout tests.
795// TODO(gab): Get rid of this switch entirely.
796const char kSkipGpuDataLoading[]            = "skip-gpu-data-loading";
797
798// Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the user
799// had pressed F11 right after startup.
800const char kStartFullscreen[] = "start-fullscreen";
801
802// Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in the
803// renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
804// be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when running a test
805// that needs to access the provided statistics.
806const char kStatsCollectionController[] =
807    "enable-stats-collection-bindings";
808
809// Upscale defaults to "good".
810const char kTabCaptureDownscaleQuality[]    = "tab-capture-downscale-quality";
811
812// Scaling quality for capturing tab. Should be one of "fast", "good" or "best".
813// One flag for upscaling, one for downscaling.
814// Upscale defaults to "best".
815const char kTabCaptureUpscaleQuality[]      = "tab-capture-upscale-quality";
816
817// Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed ports.
818const char kTestingFixedHttpPort[]          = "testing-fixed-http-port";
819const char kTestingFixedHttpsPort[]         = "testing-fixed-https-port";
820
821// Runs the security test for the renderer sandbox.
822const char kTestSandbox[]                   = "test-sandbox";
823
824// Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
825const char kTestType[]                      = "test-type";
826
827const char kTouchScrollingMode[]            = "touch-scrolling-mode";
828const char kTouchScrollingModeAsyncTouchmove[] = "async-touchmove";
829const char kTouchScrollingModeSyncTouchmove[] = "sync-touchmove";
830const char kTouchScrollingModeTouchcancel[] = "touchcancel";
831
832// Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded beginning with shutdown. Optionally,
833// can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
834// --trace-shutdown=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded.
835// --trace-shutdown-file can be used to control where the trace log gets stored
836// to since there is otherwise no way to access the result.
837const char kTraceShutdown[]                 = "trace-shutdown";
838
839// If supplied, sets the file which shutdown tracing will be stored into, if
840// omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
841// Has no effect unless --trace-shutdown is also supplied.
842// Example: --trace-shutdown --trace-shutdown-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
843const char kTraceShutdownFile[]             = "trace-shutdown-file";
844
845// Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. Optionally, can
846// specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
847// --trace-startup=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. Setting this
848// flag results in the first call to BeginTracing() to receive all trace events
849// since startup. In Chrome, you may find --trace-startup-file and
850// --trace-startup-duration to control the auto-saving of the trace (not
851// supported in the base-only TraceLog component).
852const char kTraceStartup[]                  = "trace-startup";
853
854// Sets the time in seconds until startup tracing ends. If omitted a default of
855// 5 seconds is used. Has no effect without --trace-startup, or if
856// --startup-trace-file=none was supplied.
857const char kTraceStartupDuration[]          = "trace-startup-duration";
858
859// If supplied, sets the file which startup tracing will be stored into, if
860// omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
861// Has no effect unless --trace-startup is also supplied.
862// Example: --trace-startup --trace-startup-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
863// As a special case, can be set to 'none' - this disables automatically saving
864// the result to a file and the first manually recorded trace will then receive
865// all events since startup.
866const char kTraceStartupFile[]              = "trace-startup-file";
867
868
869
870// Prioritizes the UI's command stream in the GPU process
871extern const char kUIPrioritizeInGpuProcess[] =
872    "ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process";
873
874// Overrides the preferred discardable memory implementation.
875const char kUseDiscardableMemory[] = "use-discardable-memory";
876
877// Bypass the media stream infobar by selecting the default device for media
878// streams (e.g. WebRTC). Works with --use-fake-device-for-media-stream.
879const char kUseFakeUIForMediaStream[]     = "use-fake-ui-for-media-stream";
880
881// Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent.
882const char kUseMobileUserAgent[] = "use-mobile-user-agent";
883
884// On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the utility
885// process command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb
886// --args".
887const char kUtilityCmdPrefix[]              = "utility-cmd-prefix";
888
889// Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.
890const char kUtilityProcess[]                = "utility";
891
892// The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This flag
893// specifies the directory that can be accessed.
894const char kUtilityProcessAllowedDir[]      = "utility-allowed-dir";
895
896// Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process.
897const char kUtilityProcessEnableMDns[]      = "utility-enable-mdns";
898
899const char kUtilityProcessRunningElevated[] = "utility-run-elevated";
900
901// In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid.
902const char kValidateInputEventStream[] = "validate-input-event-stream";
903
904// Will add kWaitForDebugger to every child processes. If a value is passed, it
905// will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the
906// kWaitForDebugger flag passed on or not.
907const char kWaitForDebuggerChildren[]       = "wait-for-debugger-children";
908
909// Causes the process to run as a worker subprocess.
910const char kWorkerProcess[]                 = "worker";
911
912// The prefix used when starting the zygote process. (i.e. 'gdb --args')
913const char kZygoteCmdPrefix[]               = "zygote-cmd-prefix";
914
915// Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote.
916const char kZygoteProcess[]                 = "zygote";
917
918#if defined(ENABLE_WEBRTC)
919// Disables audio processing in a MediaStreamTrack. When this flag is on, AEC,
920// NS and AGC will be done in PeerConnection instead of MediaStreamTrack.
921const char kDisableAudioTrackProcessing[]    = "disable-audio-track-processing";
922
923// Disables WebRTC device enumeration.
924const char kDisableDeviceEnumeration[]      = "disable-device-enumeration";
925
926// Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC.
927const char kDisableWebRtcHWDecoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-decoding";
928
929// Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it
930// ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels.
931const char kDisableWebRtcEncryption[]      = "disable-webrtc-encryption";
932
933// Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
934const char kDisableWebRtcHWEncoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-encoding";
935
936// Enables VP8 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
937const char kEnableWebRtcHWVp8Encoding[]     = "enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding";
938#endif
939
940#if defined(OS_ANDROID)
941// Disable user gesture requirement for media playback.
942const char kDisableGestureRequirementForMediaPlayback[] =
943    "disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback";
944
945// Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap.
946const char kDisableClickDelay[]             = "disable-click-delay";
947
948// Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views.
949const char kDisableOverscrollEdgeEffect[]   = "disable-overscroll-edge-effect";
950
951// WebRTC is enabled by default on Android.
952const char kDisableWebRTC[]                 = "disable-webrtc";
953
954// Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API.
955const char kEnableSpeechRecognition[]       = "enable-speech-recognition";
956
957// Always use the video overlay for the embedded video.
958// This switch is intended only for tests.
959const char kForceUseOverlayEmbeddedVideo[] = "force-use-overlay-embedded-video";
960
961// The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection.
962const char kNetworkCountryIso[] = "network-country-iso";
963
964// Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name.
965const char kRemoteDebuggingSocketName[]     = "remote-debugging-socket-name";
966#endif
967
968// Disable web audio API.
969const char kDisableWebAudio[]               = "disable-webaudio";
970
971#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
972// Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode).
973const char kDisablePanelFitting[]           = "disable-panel-fitting";
974#endif
975
976#if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
977const char kEnableCarbonInterposing[]       = "enable-carbon-interposing";
978
979// Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when
980// accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430 .
981const char kDisableCoreAnimationPlugins[] =
982    "disable-core-animation-plugins";
983#endif
984
985// Don't dump stuff here, follow the same order as the header.
986
987}  // namespace switches
988