Bug
1771712 - Make it more likely for child processes to be killed under OOM conditions compared to the parent process on Linux r=jld
This patch implements hal::SetProcessPriority() on Linux and leverages
it to make it more likely that the parent process and foreground tab
survive an OOM situation, letting Linux' OOM killer reap preallocated
processes and background tabs first when reclaiming memory.
This is achieved by setting the `oom_score_adj` values of said processes
such that they will be killed in this order:
* Preallocated processes will be the first to go, they don't contain
user data and are not visible, so they're a good candidate to free up
memory
* Background tabs will be killed next, we don't generate crash reports
for thoes nor do we inform the user, we just reload the tab, so in
most cases one being killed will only be a small annoyance
* Background tabs playing video come next, but only if they're not also
playing or recording audio
* Finally foreground tabs will be killed as a last resort, background
tabs playing audio or with an active WebRTC session are also
considered to be in the foreground as the user will immediately notice
if they crash
Note that this patch only implements the low-level plumbing. The process
priority manager has not been enabled on Linux yet so that needs to
happen before this actually works.
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/
D153466