Bug 1471025: Part 2 - Add a helper class creating and accessing shared preference map snapshots. r?njn,erahm draft
authorKris Maglione <maglione.k@gmail.com>
Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:28:31 -0700
changeset 815373 b45a4d852ad13d2fd05805e912c273174075f4bc
parent 815372 f5ced2654086ff9180d5d395a00ae74b63211f27
child 815374 778ba8b508184b21c746449cc9740438a0d3b7ed
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push usermaglione.k@gmail.com
push dateSat, 07 Jul 2018 19:50:37 +0000
reviewersnjn, erahm
bugs1471025
milestone63.0a1
Bug 1471025: Part 2 - Add a helper class creating and accessing shared preference map snapshots. r?njn,erahm This is based on the SharedStringMap that's currently used for shared memory string bundles. When the parent process is ready to launch its first content process, it creates a snapshot of the current state of the preference database, maps that as read-only, and shares it with each content process. Look-ups in the snapshotted map are done entirely using data in the shared memory region. It doesn't require any additional per-process state data. MozReview-Commit-ID: BdTUhak7dmS
dom/ipc/MemMapSnapshot.h
dom/ipc/SharedStringMap.cpp
dom/ipc/SharedStringMap.h
dom/ipc/StringTable.h
dom/ipc/moz.build
modules/libpref/Preferences.cpp
modules/libpref/Preferences.h
modules/libpref/SharedPrefMap.cpp
modules/libpref/SharedPrefMap.h
modules/libpref/moz.build
--- a/dom/ipc/MemMapSnapshot.h
+++ b/dom/ipc/MemMapSnapshot.h
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 /* vim: set ts=8 sts=4 et sw=4 tw=99: */
 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #ifndef dom_ipc_MemMapSnapshot_h
 #define dom_ipc_MemMapSnapshot_h
 
-#include "AutoMemMap.h"
+#include "mozilla/AutoMemMap.h"
 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
 #include "mozilla/Maybe.h"
 #include "mozilla/RangedPtr.h"
 #include "mozilla/Result.h"
 #ifdef XP_WIN
 #  include "mozilla/ipc/FileDescriptor.h"
 #endif
 
--- a/dom/ipc/SharedStringMap.cpp
+++ b/dom/ipc/SharedStringMap.cpp
@@ -85,18 +85,17 @@ SharedStringMap::Find(const nsCString& a
                         },
                         aIndex);
 }
 
 
 void
 SharedStringMapBuilder::Add(const nsCString& aKey, const nsString& aValue)
 {
-  mEntries.Put(aKey, {{mKeyTable.Add(aKey), aKey.Length()},
-                      {mValueTable.Add(aValue), aValue.Length()}});
+  mEntries.Put(aKey, {mKeyTable.Add(aKey), mValueTable.Add(aValue)});
 }
 
 Result<Ok, nsresult>
 SharedStringMapBuilder::Finalize(loader::AutoMemMap& aMap)
 {
   using Header = SharedStringMap::Header;
 
   MOZ_ASSERT(mEntries.Count() == mKeyTable.Count());
--- a/dom/ipc/SharedStringMap.h
+++ b/dom/ipc/SharedStringMap.h
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #ifndef dom_ipc_SharedStringMap_h
 #define dom_ipc_SharedStringMap_h
 
 #include "mozilla/AutoMemMap.h"
 #include "mozilla/Result.h"
-#include "mozilla/TypeTraits.h"
+#include "mozilla/dom/ipc/StringTable.h"
 #include "nsDataHashtable.h"
 
 namespace mozilla {
 namespace dom {
 namespace ipc {
 
 class SharedStringMapBuilder;
 
@@ -71,34 +71,24 @@ public:
     // The raw byte offset of the beginning of the value string table, from the
     // start of the shared memory region, and its size in bytes (*not*
     // characters).
     size_t mValueStringsOffset;
     size_t mValueStringsSize;
   };
 
   /**
-   * Contains the character offset and character length of an entry in a string
-   * table. This may be used for either 8-bit or 16-bit strings, and is required
-   * to retrieve an entry from a string table.
-   */
-  struct StringEntry {
-    uint32_t mOffset;
-    uint32_t mLength;
-  };
-
-  /**
    * Describes a value in the string map, as offsets into the key and value
    * string tables.
    */
   struct Entry {
     // The offset and size of the entry's UTF-8 key in the key string table.
-    StringEntry mKey;
+    StringTableEntry mKey;
     // The offset and size of the entry's UTF-16 value in the value string table.
-    StringEntry mValue;
+    StringTableEntry mValue;
   };
 
   NS_INLINE_DECL_REFCOUNTING(SharedStringMap)
 
   // Note: These constructors are infallible on the premise that this class
   // is used primarily in cases where it is critical to platform
   // functionality.
   explicit SharedStringMap(const FileDescriptor&, size_t);
@@ -169,45 +159,16 @@ public:
   FileDescriptor CloneFileDescriptor() const;
 
   size_t MapSize() const { return mMap.size(); }
 
 protected:
   ~SharedStringMap() = default;
 
 private:
-  template <typename StringType>
-  class StringTable
-  {
-    using ElemType = decltype(DeclVal<StringType>()[0]);
-
-  public:
-    MOZ_IMPLICIT StringTable(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer)
-      : mBuffer(aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ElemType>())
-    {
-      MOZ_ASSERT(uintptr_t(aBuffer.get()) % alignof(ElemType) == 0,
-                 "Got misalinged buffer");
-    }
-
-    StringType Get(const StringEntry& aEntry) const
-    {
-      StringType res;
-      res.AssignLiteral(GetBare(aEntry), aEntry.mLength);
-      return res;
-    }
-
-    const ElemType* GetBare(const StringEntry& aEntry) const
-    {
-      return &mBuffer[aEntry.mOffset];
-    }
-
-  private:
-    RangedPtr<ElemType> mBuffer;
-  };
-
 
   // Type-safe getters for values in the shared memory region:
   const Header& GetHeader() const
   {
     return mMap.get<Header>()[0];
   }
 
   RangedPtr<const Entry> Entries() const
@@ -257,62 +218,16 @@ public:
   /**
    * Finalizes the binary representation of the map, writes it to a shared
    * memory region, and then initializes the given AutoMemMap with a reference
    * to the read-only copy of it.
    */
   Result<Ok, nsresult> Finalize(loader::AutoMemMap& aMap);
 
 private:
-  template <typename KeyType, typename StringType>
-  class StringTableBuilder
-  {
-  public:
-    using ElemType = typename StringType::char_type;
-
-    uint32_t Add(const StringType& aKey)
-    {
-      auto entry = mEntries.LookupForAdd(aKey).OrInsert([&] () {
-        Entry newEntry { mSize, aKey };
-        mSize += aKey.Length() + 1;
-
-        return newEntry;
-      });
-
-      return entry.mOffset;
-    }
-
-    void Write(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer)
-    {
-      auto buffer = aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ElemType>();
-
-      for (auto iter = mEntries.Iter(); !iter.Done(); iter.Next()) {
-        auto& entry = iter.Data();
-        memcpy(&buffer[entry.mOffset], entry.mValue.BeginReading(),
-               sizeof(ElemType) * (entry.mValue.Length() + 1));
-      }
-    }
-
-    uint32_t Count() const { return mEntries.Count(); }
-
-    uint32_t Size() const { return mSize * sizeof(ElemType); }
-
-    void Clear() { mEntries.Clear(); }
-
-  private:
-    struct Entry
-    {
-      uint32_t mOffset;
-      StringType mValue;
-    };
-
-    nsDataHashtable<KeyType, Entry> mEntries;
-    uint32_t mSize = 0;
-  };
-
   using Entry = SharedStringMap::Entry;
 
   StringTableBuilder<nsCStringHashKey, nsCString> mKeyTable;
   StringTableBuilder<nsStringHashKey, nsString> mValueTable;
 
   nsDataHashtable<nsCStringHashKey, Entry> mEntries;
 };
 
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dom/ipc/StringTable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=4 et sw=4 tw=99: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef dom_ipc_StringTable_h
+#define dom_ipc_StringTable_h
+
+#include "mozilla/RangedPtr.h"
+
+/**
+ * This file contains helper classes for creating and accessing compact string
+ * tables, which can be used as the building blocks of shared memory databases.
+ * Each string table a de-duplicated set of strings which can be referenced
+ * using their character offsets within a data block and their lengths. The
+ * string tables, once created, cannot be modified, and are primarily useful in
+ * read-only shared memory or memory mapped files.
+ */
+
+namespace mozilla {
+namespace dom {
+namespace ipc {
+
+/**
+ * Contains the character offset and character length of an entry in a string
+ * table. This may be used for either 8-bit or 16-bit strings, and is required
+ * to retrieve an entry from a string table.
+ */
+struct StringTableEntry
+{
+  uint32_t mOffset;
+  uint32_t mLength;
+
+  // Ignore mLength. It must be the same for any two strings with the same
+  // offset.
+  uint32_t Hash() const { return mOffset; }
+
+  bool operator==(const StringTableEntry& aOther) const
+  {
+    return mOffset == aOther.mOffset;
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename StringType>
+class StringTable
+{
+  using ElemType = typename StringType::char_type;
+
+public:
+  MOZ_IMPLICIT StringTable(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer)
+    : mBuffer(aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ElemType>())
+  {
+    MOZ_ASSERT(uintptr_t(aBuffer.get()) % alignof(ElemType) == 0,
+               "Got misalinged buffer");
+  }
+
+  StringType Get(const StringTableEntry& aEntry) const
+  {
+    StringType res;
+    res.AssignLiteral(GetBare(aEntry), aEntry.mLength);
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  const ElemType* GetBare(const StringTableEntry& aEntry) const
+  {
+    return &mBuffer[aEntry.mOffset];
+  }
+
+private:
+  RangedPtr<ElemType> mBuffer;
+};
+
+template <typename KeyType, typename StringType>
+class StringTableBuilder
+{
+public:
+  using ElemType = typename StringType::char_type;
+
+  StringTableEntry Add(const StringType& aKey)
+  {
+    const auto& entry = mEntries.LookupForAdd(aKey).OrInsert([&] () {
+      Entry newEntry { mSize, aKey };
+      mSize += aKey.Length() + 1;
+
+      return newEntry;
+    });
+
+    return { entry.mOffset, aKey.Length() };
+  }
+
+  void Write(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer)
+  {
+    auto buffer = aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ElemType>();
+
+    for (auto iter = mEntries.Iter(); !iter.Done(); iter.Next()) {
+      auto& entry = iter.Data();
+      memcpy(&buffer[entry.mOffset], entry.mValue.BeginReading(),
+             sizeof(ElemType) * (entry.mValue.Length() + 1));
+    }
+  }
+
+  uint32_t Count() const { return mEntries.Count(); }
+
+  uint32_t Size() const { return mSize * sizeof(ElemType); }
+
+  void Clear() { mEntries.Clear(); }
+
+  static constexpr size_t Alignment() { return alignof(ElemType); }
+
+private:
+  struct Entry
+  {
+    uint32_t mOffset;
+    StringType mValue;
+  };
+
+  nsDataHashtable<KeyType, Entry> mEntries;
+  uint32_t mSize = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace ipc
+} // namespace dom
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif
--- a/dom/ipc/moz.build
+++ b/dom/ipc/moz.build
@@ -10,17 +10,19 @@ with Files("**"):
 XPIDL_SOURCES += [
     'nsIHangReport.idl',
 ]
 
 XPIDL_MODULE = 'dom'
 
 EXPORTS.mozilla.dom.ipc += [
     'IdType.h',
+    'MemMapSnapshot.h',
     'SharedStringMap.h',
+    'StringTable.h',
     'StructuredCloneData.h',
 ]
 
 EXPORTS.mozilla.dom += [
     'CoalescedInputData.h',
     'CoalescedMouseData.h',
     'CoalescedWheelData.h',
     'ContentBridgeChild.h',
--- a/modules/libpref/Preferences.cpp
+++ b/modules/libpref/Preferences.cpp
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@
 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "SharedPrefMap.h"
+
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "GeckoProfiler.h"
 #include "MainThreadUtils.h"
 #include "mozilla/ArenaAllocatorExtensions.h"
 #include "mozilla/ArenaAllocator.h"
 #include "mozilla/ArrayUtils.h"
 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h"
 #include "mozilla/dom/PContent.h"
@@ -88,16 +90,18 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef XP_WIN
 #include "windows.h"
 #endif
 
 using namespace mozilla;
 
+using mozilla::ipc::FileDescriptor;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 
 #define ENSURE_PARENT_PROCESS(func, pref)                                      \
   do {                                                                         \
     if (MOZ_UNLIKELY(!XRE_IsParentProcess())) {                                \
       nsPrintfCString msg(                                                     \
         "ENSURE_PARENT_PROCESS: called %s on %s in a non-parent process",      \
         func,                                                                  \
@@ -122,25 +126,16 @@ using namespace mozilla;
 
 typedef nsTArray<nsCString> PrefSaveData;
 
 // 1 MB should be enough for everyone.
 static const uint32_t MAX_PREF_LENGTH = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
 // Actually, 4kb should be enough for everyone.
 static const uint32_t MAX_ADVISABLE_PREF_LENGTH = 4 * 1024;
 
-// Keep this in sync with PrefType in parser/src/lib.rs.
-enum class PrefType : uint8_t
-{
-  None = 0, // only used when neither the default nor user value is set
-  String = 1,
-  Int = 2,
-  Bool = 3,
-};
-
 // This is used for pref names and string pref values. We encode the string
 // length, then a '/', then the string chars. This encoding means there are no
 // special chars that are forbidden or require escaping.
 static void
 SerializeAndAppendString(const char* aChars, nsCString& aStr)
 {
   aStr.AppendInt(uint32_t(strlen(aChars)));
   aStr.Append('/');
@@ -184,16 +179,19 @@ union PrefValue {
       case PrefType::Bool:
         return mBoolVal == aValue.mBoolVal;
 
       default:
         MOZ_CRASH("Unhandled enum value");
     }
   }
 
+  template<typename T>
+  T Get() const;
+
   void Init(PrefType aNewType, PrefValue aNewValue)
   {
     if (aNewType == PrefType::String) {
       MOZ_ASSERT(aNewValue.mStringVal);
       aNewValue.mStringVal = moz_xstrdup(aNewValue.mStringVal);
     }
     *this = aNewValue;
   }
@@ -313,16 +311,37 @@ union PrefValue {
       }
 
       default:
         MOZ_CRASH();
     }
   }
 };
 
+template<>
+bool
+PrefValue::Get() const
+{
+  return mBoolVal;
+}
+
+template<>
+int32_t
+PrefValue::Get() const
+{
+  return mIntVal;
+}
+
+template<>
+nsDependentCString
+PrefValue::Get() const
+{
+  return nsDependentCString(mStringVal);
+}
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 const char*
 PrefTypeToString(PrefType aType)
 {
   switch (aType) {
     case PrefType::None:
       return "none";
     case PrefType::String:
@@ -463,16 +482,39 @@ public:
   {
     mIsLocked = aValue;
     mHasChangedSinceInit = true;
   }
 
   bool HasDefaultValue() const { return mHasDefaultValue; }
   bool HasUserValue() const { return mHasUserValue; }
 
+  template<typename T>
+  void AddToMap(SharedPrefMapBuilder& aMap)
+  {
+    aMap.Add(
+      Name(),
+      { HasDefaultValue(), HasUserValue(), uint8_t(mIsSticky), IsLocked() },
+      HasDefaultValue() ? mDefaultValue.Get<T>() : T(),
+      HasUserValue() ? mUserValue.Get<T>() : T());
+  }
+
+  void AddToMap(SharedPrefMapBuilder& aMap)
+  {
+    if (IsTypeBool()) {
+      AddToMap<bool>(aMap);
+    } else if (IsTypeInt()) {
+      AddToMap<int32_t>(aMap);
+    } else if (IsTypeString()) {
+      AddToMap<nsDependentCString>(aMap);
+    } else {
+      MOZ_ASSERT_UNREACHABLE("Unexpected preference type");
+    }
+  }
+
   // When a content process is created we could tell it about every pref. But
   // the content process also initializes prefs from file, so we save a lot of
   // IPC if we only tell it about prefs that have changed since initialization.
   //
   // Specifically, we send a pref if any of the following conditions are met.
   //
   // - If the pref has changed in any way (default value, user value, or other
   //   attribute, such as whether it is locked) since being initialized from
@@ -1059,16 +1101,18 @@ private:
   // - CallbackNode* mNext;
   // - Preferences::MatchKind mMatchKind;
   // They are combined into a tagged pointer to save memory.
   uintptr_t mNextAndMatchKind;
 };
 
 static PLDHashTable* gHashTable;
 
+static StaticRefPtr<SharedPrefMap> gSharedMap;
+
 // The callback list contains all the priority callbacks followed by the
 // non-priority callbacks. gLastPriorityNode records where the first part ends.
 static CallbackNode* gFirstCallback = nullptr;
 static CallbackNode* gLastPriorityNode = nullptr;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define ACCESS_COUNTS
 #endif
@@ -3008,16 +3052,20 @@ PreferenceServiceReporter::CollectReport
   }
 
   sizes.mPrefNameArena += gPrefNameArena.SizeOfExcludingThis(mallocSizeOf);
 
   for (CallbackNode* node = gFirstCallback; node; node = node->Next()) {
     node->AddSizeOfIncludingThis(mallocSizeOf, sizes);
   }
 
+  if (gSharedMap) {
+    sizes.mMisc += mallocSizeOf(gSharedMap);
+  }
+
   MOZ_COLLECT_REPORT("explicit/preferences/hash-table",
                      KIND_HEAP,
                      UNITS_BYTES,
                      sizes.mHashTable,
                      "Memory used by libpref's hash table.");
 
   MOZ_COLLECT_REPORT("explicit/preferences/pref-values",
                      KIND_HEAP,
@@ -3063,16 +3111,27 @@ PreferenceServiceReporter::CollectReport
                      "prefixes).");
 
   MOZ_COLLECT_REPORT("explicit/preferences/misc",
                      KIND_HEAP,
                      UNITS_BYTES,
                      sizes.mMisc,
                      "Miscellaneous memory used by libpref.");
 
+  if (gSharedMap) {
+    if (XRE_IsParentProcess()) {
+      MOZ_COLLECT_REPORT("explicit/preferences/shared-memory-map",
+                         KIND_NONHEAP,
+                         UNITS_BYTES,
+                         gSharedMap->MapSize(),
+                         "The shared memory mapping used to share a "
+                         "snapshot of preference values across processes.");
+    }
+  }
+
   nsPrefBranch* rootBranch =
     static_cast<nsPrefBranch*>(Preferences::GetRootBranch());
   if (!rootBranch) {
     return NS_OK;
   }
 
   size_t numStrong = 0;
   size_t numWeakAlive = 0;
@@ -3486,16 +3545,46 @@ Preferences::DeserializePreferences(char
   MOZ_ASSERT(p == aStr + aPrefsLen - 1);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
   MOZ_ASSERT(!gContentProcessPrefsAreInited);
   gContentProcessPrefsAreInited = true;
 #endif
 }
 
+/* static */ FileDescriptor
+Preferences::EnsureSnapshot(size_t* aSize)
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(XRE_IsParentProcess());
+
+  if (!gSharedMap) {
+    SharedPrefMapBuilder builder;
+
+    for (auto iter = gHashTable->Iter(); !iter.Done(); iter.Next()) {
+      Pref* pref = static_cast<PrefEntry*>(iter.Get())->mPref;
+
+      pref->AddToMap(builder);
+    }
+
+    gSharedMap = new SharedPrefMap(std::move(builder));
+  }
+
+  *aSize = gSharedMap->MapSize();
+  return gSharedMap->CloneFileDescriptor();
+}
+
+/* static */ void
+Preferences::InitSnapshot(const FileDescriptor& aHandle, size_t aSize)
+{
+  MOZ_ASSERT(!XRE_IsParentProcess());
+  MOZ_ASSERT(!gSharedMap);
+
+  gSharedMap = new SharedPrefMap(aHandle, aSize);
+}
+
 /* static */ void
 Preferences::InitializeUserPrefs()
 {
   MOZ_ASSERT(XRE_IsParentProcess());
   MOZ_ASSERT(!sPreferences->mCurrentFile, "Should only initialize prefs once");
 
   // Prefs which are set before we initialize the profile are silently
   // discarded. This is stupid, but there are various tests which depend on
--- a/modules/libpref/Preferences.h
+++ b/modules/libpref/Preferences.h
@@ -34,18 +34,37 @@ class nsPrefBranch;
 
 namespace mozilla {
 
 namespace dom {
 class Pref;
 class PrefValue;
 } // namespace dom
 
+namespace ipc {
+class FileDescriptor;
+} // namespace ipc
+
 struct PrefsSizes;
 
+// Xlib.h defines Bool as a macro constant. Don't try to define this enum if
+// it's already been included.
+#ifndef Bool
+
+// Keep this in sync with PrefType in parser/src/lib.rs.
+enum class PrefType : uint8_t
+{
+  None = 0, // only used when neither the default nor user value is set
+  String = 1,
+  Int = 2,
+  Bool = 3,
+};
+
+#endif
+
 #ifdef XP_UNIX
 // XXX: bug 1440207 is about improving how fixed fds such as this are used.
 static const int kPrefsFileDescriptor = 8;
 #endif
 
 // Keep this in sync with PrefType in parser/src/lib.rs.
 enum class PrefValueKind : uint8_t
 {
@@ -476,16 +495,19 @@ public:
       aVariable, nsLiteralCString(aPref), aDefault, aSkipAssignment);
   }
 
   // When a content process is created these methods are used to pass changed
   // prefs in bulk from the parent process, via shared memory.
   static void SerializePreferences(nsCString& aStr);
   static void DeserializePreferences(char* aStr, size_t aPrefsLen);
 
+  static mozilla::ipc::FileDescriptor EnsureSnapshot(size_t* aSize);
+  static void InitSnapshot(const mozilla::ipc::FileDescriptor&, size_t aSize);
+
   // When a single pref is changed in the parent process, these methods are
   // used to pass the update to content processes.
   static void GetPreference(dom::Pref* aPref);
   static void SetPreference(const dom::Pref& aPref);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
   static bool ArePrefsInitedInContentProcess();
 #endif
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/libpref/SharedPrefMap.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=4 et sw=4 tw=99: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "SharedPrefMap.h"
+
+#include "mozilla/dom/ipc/MemMapSnapshot.h"
+
+#include "mozilla/BinarySearch.h"
+#include "mozilla/ResultExtensions.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/FileDescriptor.h"
+
+using namespace mozilla::loader;
+
+namespace mozilla {
+
+using namespace ipc;
+
+static inline size_t
+GetAlignmentOffset(size_t aOffset, size_t aAlign)
+{
+  auto mod = aOffset % aAlign;
+  return mod ? aAlign - mod : 0;
+}
+
+SharedPrefMap::SharedPrefMap(const FileDescriptor& aMapFile, size_t aMapSize)
+{
+  auto result = mMap.initWithHandle(aMapFile, aMapSize);
+  MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(result.isOk());
+  // We return literal nsCStrings pointing to the mapped data for preference
+  // names and string values, which means that we may still have references to
+  // the mapped data even after this instance is destroyed. That means that we
+  // need to keep the mapping alive until process shutdown, in order to be safe.
+  mMap.setPersistent();
+}
+
+SharedPrefMap::SharedPrefMap(SharedPrefMapBuilder&& aBuilder)
+{
+  auto result = aBuilder.Finalize(mMap);
+  MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(result.isOk());
+  mMap.setPersistent();
+}
+
+mozilla::ipc::FileDescriptor
+SharedPrefMap::CloneFileDescriptor() const
+{
+  return mMap.cloneHandle();
+}
+
+bool
+SharedPrefMap::Has(const char* aKey) const
+{
+  size_t index;
+  return Find(aKey, &index);
+}
+
+Maybe<const SharedPrefMap::Pref>
+SharedPrefMap::Get(const char* aKey) const
+{
+  Maybe<const Pref> result;
+
+  size_t index;
+  if (Find(aKey, &index)) {
+    result.emplace(Pref{ this, &Entries()[index] });
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+bool
+SharedPrefMap::Find(const char* aKey, size_t* aIndex) const
+{
+  const auto& keys = KeyTable();
+
+  return BinarySearchIf(Entries(),
+                        0,
+                        EntryCount(),
+                        [&](const Entry& aEntry) {
+                          return strcmp(aKey, keys.GetBare(aEntry.mKey));
+                        },
+                        aIndex);
+}
+
+void
+SharedPrefMapBuilder::Add(const char* aKey,
+                          const Flags& aFlags,
+                          bool aDefaultValue,
+                          bool aUserValue)
+{
+  mEntries.AppendElement(Entry{
+    aKey,
+    mKeyTable.Add(aKey),
+    { aDefaultValue, aUserValue },
+    uint8_t(PrefType::Bool),
+    aFlags.mHasDefaultValue,
+    aFlags.mHasUserValue,
+    aFlags.mIsSticky,
+    aFlags.mIsLocked,
+  });
+}
+
+void
+SharedPrefMapBuilder::Add(const char* aKey,
+                          const Flags& aFlags,
+                          int32_t aDefaultValue,
+                          int32_t aUserValue)
+{
+  ValueIdx index;
+  if (aFlags.mHasUserValue) {
+    index = mIntValueTable.Add(aDefaultValue, aUserValue);
+  } else {
+    index = mIntValueTable.Add(aDefaultValue);
+  }
+
+  mEntries.AppendElement(Entry{
+    aKey,
+    mKeyTable.Add(aKey),
+    { index },
+    uint8_t(PrefType::Int),
+    aFlags.mHasDefaultValue,
+    aFlags.mHasUserValue,
+    aFlags.mIsSticky,
+    aFlags.mIsLocked,
+  });
+}
+
+void
+SharedPrefMapBuilder::Add(const char* aKey,
+                          const Flags& aFlags,
+                          const nsCString& aDefaultValue,
+                          const nsCString& aUserValue)
+{
+  ValueIdx index;
+  StringTableEntry defaultVal = mValueStringTable.Add(aDefaultValue);
+  if (aFlags.mHasUserValue) {
+    StringTableEntry userVal = mValueStringTable.Add(aUserValue);
+    index = mStringValueTable.Add(defaultVal, userVal);
+  } else {
+    index = mStringValueTable.Add(defaultVal);
+  }
+
+  mEntries.AppendElement(Entry{
+    aKey,
+    mKeyTable.Add(aKey),
+    { index },
+    uint8_t(PrefType::String),
+    aFlags.mHasDefaultValue,
+    aFlags.mHasUserValue,
+    aFlags.mIsSticky,
+    aFlags.mIsLocked,
+  });
+}
+
+Result<Ok, nsresult>
+SharedPrefMapBuilder::Finalize(loader::AutoMemMap& aMap)
+{
+  using Header = SharedPrefMap::Header;
+
+  // Create an array of entry pointers for the entry array, and sort it by
+  // preference name prior to serialization, so that entries can be looked up
+  // using binary search.
+  nsTArray<Entry*> entries(mEntries.Length());
+  for (auto& entry : mEntries) {
+    entries.AppendElement(&entry);
+  }
+  entries.Sort([](const Entry* aA, const Entry* aB) {
+    return strcmp(aA->mKeyString, aB->mKeyString);
+  });
+
+  Header header = { uint32_t(entries.Length()) };
+
+  size_t offset = sizeof(header);
+  offset += GetAlignmentOffset(offset, alignof(Header));
+
+  offset += entries.Length() * sizeof(SharedPrefMap::Entry);
+
+  header.mKeyStrings.mOffset = offset;
+  header.mKeyStrings.mSize = mKeyTable.Size();
+  offset += header.mKeyStrings.mSize;
+
+  offset += GetAlignmentOffset(offset, mIntValueTable.Alignment());
+  header.mUserIntValues.mOffset = offset;
+  header.mUserIntValues.mSize = mIntValueTable.UserSize();
+  offset += header.mUserIntValues.mSize;
+
+  offset += GetAlignmentOffset(offset, mIntValueTable.Alignment());
+  header.mDefaultIntValues.mOffset = offset;
+  header.mDefaultIntValues.mSize = mIntValueTable.DefaultSize();
+  offset += header.mDefaultIntValues.mSize;
+
+  offset += GetAlignmentOffset(offset, mStringValueTable.Alignment());
+  header.mUserStringValues.mOffset = offset;
+  header.mUserStringValues.mSize = mStringValueTable.UserSize();
+  offset += header.mUserStringValues.mSize;
+
+  offset += GetAlignmentOffset(offset, mStringValueTable.Alignment());
+  header.mDefaultStringValues.mOffset = offset;
+  header.mDefaultStringValues.mSize = mStringValueTable.DefaultSize();
+  offset += header.mDefaultStringValues.mSize;
+
+  header.mValueStrings.mOffset = offset;
+  header.mValueStrings.mSize = mValueStringTable.Size();
+  offset += header.mValueStrings.mSize;
+
+  MemMapSnapshot mem;
+  MOZ_TRY(mem.Init(offset));
+
+  auto headerPtr = mem.Get<Header>();
+  headerPtr[0] = header;
+
+  auto* entryPtr = reinterpret_cast<SharedPrefMap::Entry*>(&headerPtr[1]);
+  for (auto* entry : entries) {
+    *entryPtr = {
+      entry->mKey,          GetValue(*entry),
+      entry->mType,         entry->mHasDefaultValue,
+      entry->mHasUserValue, entry->mIsSticky,
+      entry->mIsLocked,
+    };
+    entryPtr++;
+  }
+
+  auto ptr = mem.Get<uint8_t>();
+
+  mKeyTable.Write(
+    { &ptr[header.mKeyStrings.mOffset], header.mKeyStrings.mSize });
+
+  mValueStringTable.Write(
+    { &ptr[header.mValueStrings.mOffset], header.mValueStrings.mSize });
+
+  mIntValueTable.WriteDefaultValues(
+    { &ptr[header.mDefaultIntValues.mOffset], header.mDefaultIntValues.mSize });
+  mIntValueTable.WriteUserValues(
+    { &ptr[header.mUserIntValues.mOffset], header.mUserIntValues.mSize });
+
+  mStringValueTable.WriteDefaultValues(
+    { &ptr[header.mDefaultStringValues.mOffset],
+      header.mDefaultStringValues.mSize });
+  mStringValueTable.WriteUserValues(
+    { &ptr[header.mUserStringValues.mOffset], header.mUserStringValues.mSize });
+
+  mKeyTable.Clear();
+  mValueStringTable.Clear();
+  mIntValueTable.Clear();
+  mStringValueTable.Clear();
+  mEntries.Clear();
+
+  return mem.Finalize(aMap);
+}
+
+} // mozilla
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/libpref/SharedPrefMap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,848 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=4 et sw=4 tw=99: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef dom_ipc_SharedPrefMap_h
+#define dom_ipc_SharedPrefMap_h
+
+#include "mozilla/AutoMemMap.h"
+#include "mozilla/HashFunctions.h"
+#include "mozilla/Preferences.h"
+#include "mozilla/Result.h"
+#include "mozilla/dom/ipc/StringTable.h"
+#include "nsDataHashtable.h"
+
+namespace mozilla {
+
+// The approximate number of preferences expected to be in an ordinary
+// preferences database.
+//
+// This number is used to determine initial allocation sizes for data structures
+// when building the shared preference map, and should be slightly higher than
+// the expected number of preferences in an ordinary database to avoid
+// unnecessary reallocations/rehashes.
+constexpr size_t kExpectedPrefCount = 4000;
+
+class SharedPrefMapBuilder;
+
+// This class provides access to a compact, read-only copy of a preference
+// database, backed by a shared memory buffer which can be shared between
+// processes. All state data for the database is stored in the shared memory
+// region, so individual instances require no dynamic memory allocation.
+//
+// Further, all strings returned from this API are nsLiteralCStrings with
+// pointers into the shared memory region, which means that they can be copied
+// into new nsCString instances without additional allocations. For instance,
+// the following (where `pref` is a Pref object) will not cause any string
+// copies, memory allocations, or atomic refcount changes:
+//
+//   nsCString prefName(pref.NameString());
+//
+// whereas if we returned a nsDependentCString or a dynamically allocated
+// nsCString, it would.
+//
+// The set of entries is stored in sorted order by preference name, so look-ups
+// are done by binary search. This means that look-ups have O(log n) complexity,
+// rather than the O(1) complexity of a dynamic hashtable. Consumers should keep
+// this in mind when planning their accesses.
+//
+// Important: The mapped memory created by this class is persistent. Once an
+// instance has been initialized, the memory that it allocates can never be
+// freed before process shutdown. Do not use it for short-lived mappings.
+class SharedPrefMap
+{
+  using FileDescriptor = mozilla::ipc::FileDescriptor;
+
+  friend class SharedPrefMapBuilder;
+
+  // Describes a block of memory within the shared memory region.
+  struct DataBlock
+  {
+    // The byte offset from the start of the shared memory region to the start
+    // of the block.
+    size_t mOffset;
+    // The size of the block, in bytes. This is typically used only for bounds
+    // checking in debug builds.
+    size_t mSize;
+  };
+
+  // Describes the contents of the shared memory region, which is laid-out as
+  // follows:
+  //
+  // - The Header struct
+  //
+  // - An array of Entry structs with mEntryCount elements, lexicographically
+  //   sorted by preference name.
+  //
+  // - A set of data blocks, with offsets and sizes described by the DataBlock
+  //   entries in the header, described below.
+  //
+  // Each entry stores its name string and values as indices into these blocks,
+  // as documented in the Entry struct, but with some important optimizations:
+  //
+  // - Boolean values are always stored inline. Both the default and user
+  //   values can be retrieved directly from the entry. Other types have only
+  //   one value index, and their values appear at the same indices in the
+  //   default and user value arrays.
+  //
+  //   Aside from reducing our memory footprint, this space-efficiency means
+  //   that we can fit more entries in the CPU cache at once, and reduces the
+  //   number of likely cache misses during lookups.
+  //
+  // - Key strings are stored in a separate string table from value strings. As
+  //   above, this makes it more likely that the strings we need will be
+  //   available in the CPU cache during lookups by not interleaving them with
+  //   extraneous data.
+  //
+  // - Default and user values are stored in separate arrays. Entries with user
+  //   values always appear before entries with default values in the value
+  //   arrays, and entries without user values do not have entries in the user
+  //   array at all. Since the same index is used for both arrays, this means
+  //   that entries with a default value but no user value do not allocate any
+  //   space to store their user value.
+  //
+  // - For preferences with no user value, the entries in the default value are
+  //   de-duplicated. All preferences with the same default value (and no user
+  //   value) point to the same index in the default value array.
+  //
+  //
+  // For example, a preference database containing:
+  //
+  // +---------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+  // | Name    | Default Value | User Value    |                               |
+  // +---------+---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+
+  // | string1 | "meh"         | "hem"         |                               |
+  // | string2 |               | "b"           |                               |
+  // | string3 | "a"           |               |                               |
+  // | string4 | "foo"         |               |                               |
+  // | string5 | "foo"         |               |                               |
+  // | string6 | "meh"         |               |                               |
+  // +---------+---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+
+  // | bool1   | false         | true          |                               |
+  // | bool2   |               | false         |                               |
+  // | bool3   | true          |               |                               |
+  // +---------+---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+
+  // | int1    | 18            | 16            |                               |
+  // | int2    |               | 24            |                               |
+  // | int3    | 42            |               |                               |
+  // | int4    | 12            |               |                               |
+  // | int5    | 12            |               |                               |
+  // | int6    | 18            |               |                               |
+  // +---------+---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+
+  //
+  // Results in a database that looks like:
+  //
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | Header:                                                                 |
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // |  mEntryCount = 15                                                       |
+  // |  ...                                                                    |
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  //
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | Key strings:                                                            |
+  // +--------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | Offset | Value                                                          |
+  // +--------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // |      0 | string1\0                                                      |
+  // |      8 | string2\0                                                      |
+  // |     16 | string3\0                                                      |
+  // |     24 | string4\0                                                      |
+  // |     32 | string5\0                                                      |
+  // |     40 | string6\0                                                      |
+  // |     48 | bool1\0                                                        |
+  // |     54 | bool2\0                                                        |
+  // |     60 | bool3\0                                                        |
+  // |     66 | int1\0                                                         |
+  // |     71 | int2\0                                                         |
+  // |     76 | int3\0                                                         |
+  // |     81 | int4\0                                                         |
+  // |     86 | int6\0                                                         |
+  // |     91 | int6\0                                                         |
+  // +--------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+  //
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | Entries:                                                                |
+  // +---------------------+------+------------+------------+------------------+
+  // | Key[1]              | Type | HasDefault | HasUser    | Value            |
+  // +---------------------+------+------------+------------+------------------+
+  // | K["bool1", 48, 5]   | 3    | true       | true       | { false, true }  |
+  // | K["bool2", 54, 5]   | 3    | false      | true       | { 0,     false } |
+  // | K["bool3", 60, 5]   | 3    | true       | false      | { true,  0    }  |
+  // | K["int1", 66, 4]    | 2    | true       | true       | 0                |
+  // | K["int2", 71, 4]    | 2    | false      | true       | 1                |
+  // | K["int3", 76, 4]    | 2    | true       | false      | 2                |
+  // | K["int4", 81, 4]    | 2    | true       | false      | 3                |
+  // | K["int5", 86, 4]    | 2    | true       | false      | 3                |
+  // | K["int6", 91, 4]    | 2    | true       | false      | 4                |
+  // | K["string1",  0, 6] | 1    | true       | true       | 0                |
+  // | K["string2",  8, 6] | 1    | false      | true       | 1                |
+  // | K["string3", 16, 6] | 1    | true       | false      | 2                |
+  // | K["string4", 24, 6] | 1    | true       | false      | 3                |
+  // | K["string5", 32, 6] | 1    | true       | false      | 3                |
+  // | K["string6", 40, 6] | 1    | true       | false      | 4                |
+  // +---------------------+------+------------+------------+------------------+
+  // | [1]: Encoded as an offset into the key table and a length. Specified    |
+  // |      as K[string, offset, length] for clarity.                          |
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  //
+  // +------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
+  // | User integer values                | Default integer values             |
+  // +-------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------------+
+  // | Index | Contents                   | Index | Contents                   |
+  // +-------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------------+
+  // |     0 | 16                         |     0 | 18                         |
+  // |     1 | 24                         |     1 |                            |
+  // |       |                            |     2 | 42                         |
+  // |       |                            |     3 | 12                         |
+  // |       |                            |     4 | 18                         |
+  // +-------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------------+
+  // | * Note: Tables are laid out sequentially in memory, but displayed       |
+  // |         here side-by-side for clarity.                                  |
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  //
+  // +------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
+  // | User string values                 | Default string values              |
+  // +-------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------------+
+  // | Index | Contents[1]                | Index | Contents[1]                |
+  // +-------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------------+
+  // |     0 | V["hem", 0, 3]             |     0 | V["meh", 4, 3]             |
+  // |     1 | V["b", 8, 1]               |     1 |                            |
+  // |       |                            |     2 | V["a", 10, 1]              |
+  // |       |                            |     3 | V["foo", 12, 3]            |
+  // |       |                            |     4 | V["meh", 4, 3]             |
+  // |-------+----------------------------+-------+----------------------------+
+  // | [1]: Encoded as an offset into the value table and a length. Specified  |
+  // |      as V[string, offset, length] for clarity.                          |
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | * Note: Tables are laid out sequentially in memory, but displayed       |
+  // |         here side-by-side for clarity.                                  |
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  //
+  // +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | Value strings:                                                          |
+  // +--------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // | Offset | Value                                                          |
+  // +--------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+  // |      0 | hem\0                                                          |
+  // |      4 | meh\0                                                          |
+  // |      8 | b\0                                                            |
+  // |     10 | a\0                                                            |
+  // |     12 | foo\0                                                          |
+  // +--------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+  struct Header
+  {
+    // The number of entries in this map.
+    uint32_t mEntryCount;
+
+    // The StringTable data block for preference name strings, which act as keys
+    // in the map.
+    DataBlock mKeyStrings;
+
+    // The int32_t arrays of user and default int preference values. Entries in
+    // the map store their values as indices into these arrays.
+    DataBlock mUserIntValues;
+    DataBlock mDefaultIntValues;
+
+    // The StringTableEntry arrays of user and default string preference values.
+    //
+    // Strings are stored as StringTableEntry structs with character offsets
+    // into the mValueStrings string table and their corresponding lenghts.
+    //
+    // Entries in the map, likewise, store their string values as indices into
+    // these arrays.
+    DataBlock mUserStringValues;
+    DataBlock mDefaultStringValues;
+
+    // The StringTable data block for string preference values, referenced by
+    // the above two data blocks.
+    DataBlock mValueStrings;
+  };
+
+  using StringTableEntry = mozilla::dom::ipc::StringTableEntry;
+
+  // Represents a preference value, as either a pair of boolean values, or an
+  // index into one of the above value arrays.
+  union Value {
+    Value(bool aDefaultValue, bool aUserValue)
+      : mDefaultBool(aDefaultValue)
+      , mUserBool(aUserValue)
+    {
+    }
+
+    MOZ_IMPLICIT Value(uint16_t aIndex)
+      : mIndex(aIndex)
+    {
+    }
+
+    // The index of this entry in the value arrays.
+    //
+    // User and default preference values have the same indices in their
+    // respective arrays. However, entries without a user value are not
+    // guaranteed to have space allocated for them in the user value array, and
+    // likewise for preferences without default values in the default value
+    // array. This means that callers must only access value entries for entries
+    // which claim to have a value of that type.
+    uint16_t mIndex;
+    struct
+    {
+      bool mDefaultBool;
+      bool mUserBool;
+    };
+  };
+
+  // Represents a preference entry in the map, containing its name, type info,
+  // flags, and a reference to its value.
+  struct Entry
+  {
+    // A pointer to the preference name in the KeyTable string table.
+    StringTableEntry mKey;
+
+    // The preference's value, either as a pair of booleans, or an index into
+    // the value arrays. Please see the documentation for the Value struct
+    // above.
+    Value mValue;
+
+    // The preference's type, as a PrefType enum value. This must *never* be
+    // PrefType::None for values in a shared array.
+    uint8_t mType : 2;
+    // True if the preference has a default value. Callers must not attempt to
+    // access the entry's default value if this is false.
+    uint8_t mHasDefaultValue : 1;
+    // True if the preference has a user value. Callers must not attempt to
+    // access the entry's user value if this is false.
+    uint8_t mHasUserValue : 1;
+    // True if the preference is sticky, as defined by the preference service.
+    uint8_t mIsSticky : 1;
+    // True if the preference is locked, as defined by the preference service.
+    uint8_t mIsLocked : 1;
+  };
+
+public:
+  NS_INLINE_DECL_REFCOUNTING(SharedPrefMap)
+
+  // A temporary wrapper class for accessing entries in the array. Instances of
+  // this class are valid as long as SharedPrefMap instance is alive, but
+  // generally should not be stored long term, or allocated on the heap.
+  //
+  // The class is implemented as two pointers, one to the SharedPrefMap
+  // instance, and one to the Entry that corresponds to the preference, and is
+  // meant to be cheaply returned by value from preference lookups and
+  // iterators. All property accessors lazily fetch the appropriate values from
+  // the shared memory region.
+  class MOZ_STACK_CLASS Pref final
+  {
+  public:
+    const char* Name() const { return mMap->KeyTable().GetBare(mEntry->mKey); }
+
+    nsCString NameString() const { return mMap->KeyTable().Get(mEntry->mKey); }
+
+    PrefType Type() const
+    {
+      MOZ_ASSERT(PrefType(mEntry->mType) != PrefType::None);
+      return PrefType(mEntry->mType);
+    }
+
+    bool HasDefaultValue() const { return mEntry->mHasDefaultValue; }
+    bool HasUserValue() const { return mEntry->mHasUserValue; }
+    bool IsLocked() const { return mEntry->mIsLocked; }
+    bool IsSticky() const { return mEntry->mIsSticky; }
+
+    bool GetBoolValue(PrefValueKind aKind = PrefValueKind::User) const
+    {
+      MOZ_ASSERT(Type() == PrefType::Bool);
+      MOZ_ASSERT(aKind == PrefValueKind::Default ? HasDefaultValue()
+                                                 : HasUserValue());
+
+      return aKind == PrefValueKind::Default ? mEntry->mValue.mDefaultBool
+                                             : mEntry->mValue.mUserBool;
+    }
+
+    int32_t GetIntValue(PrefValueKind aKind = PrefValueKind::User) const
+    {
+      MOZ_ASSERT(Type() == PrefType::Int);
+      MOZ_ASSERT(aKind == PrefValueKind::Default ? HasDefaultValue()
+                                                 : HasUserValue());
+
+      return aKind == PrefValueKind::Default
+               ? mMap->DefaultIntValues()[mEntry->mValue.mIndex]
+               : mMap->UserIntValues()[mEntry->mValue.mIndex];
+    }
+
+    nsCString GetStringValue(PrefValueKind aKind = PrefValueKind::User) const
+    {
+      MOZ_ASSERT(Type() == PrefType::String);
+      MOZ_ASSERT(aKind == PrefValueKind::Default ? HasDefaultValue()
+                                                 : HasUserValue());
+
+      auto& stringEntry = aKind == PrefValueKind::Default
+                            ? mMap->DefaultStringValues()[mEntry->mValue.mIndex]
+                            : mMap->UserStringValues()[mEntry->mValue.mIndex];
+
+      return mMap->ValueTable().Get(stringEntry);
+    }
+
+    const char* GetBareStringValue(
+      PrefValueKind aKind = PrefValueKind::User) const
+    {
+      return GetStringValue(aKind).get();
+    }
+
+    // Returns the entry's index in the map, as understood by GetKeyAt() and
+    // GetValueAt().
+    size_t Index() const { return mEntry - mMap->Entries().get(); }
+
+    Pref(const Pref& aPref) = default;
+
+  protected:
+    friend class SharedPrefMap;
+
+    Pref(const SharedPrefMap* aPrefMap, const Entry* aEntry)
+      : mMap(aPrefMap)
+      , mEntry(aEntry)
+    {
+    }
+
+  private:
+    const SharedPrefMap* const mMap;
+    const Entry* mEntry;
+  };
+
+  // Note: These constructors are infallible, because the preference database is
+  // critical to platform functionality, and we cannot operate without it.
+  SharedPrefMap(const FileDescriptor&, size_t);
+  explicit SharedPrefMap(SharedPrefMapBuilder&&);
+
+  // Searches for the given preference in the map, and returns true if it
+  // exists.
+  bool Has(const char* aKey) const;
+
+  bool Has(const nsCString& aKey) const { return Has(aKey.get()); }
+
+  // Searches for the given preference in the map, and if it exists, returns
+  // a Some<Pref> containing its details.
+  Maybe<const Pref> Get(const char* aKey) const;
+
+  Maybe<const Pref> Get(const nsCString& aKey) const { return Get(aKey.get()); }
+
+private:
+  // Searches for an entry for the given key. If found, returns true, and
+  // places its index in the entry array in aIndex.
+  bool Find(const char* aKey, size_t* aIndex) const;
+
+public:
+  // Returns the number of entries in the map.
+  uint32_t Count() const { return EntryCount(); }
+
+  // Returns the string entry at the given index. Keys are guaranteed to be
+  // sorted lexicographically.
+  //
+  // The given index *must* be less than the value returned by Count().
+  //
+  // The returned value is a literal string which references the mapped memory
+  // region.
+  nsCString GetKeyAt(uint32_t aIndex) const
+  {
+    MOZ_ASSERT(aIndex < Count());
+    return KeyTable().Get(Entries()[aIndex].mKey);
+  }
+
+  // Returns the value for the entry at the given index.
+  //
+  // The given index *must* be less than the value returned by Count().
+  //
+  // The returned value is valid for the lifetime of this map instance.
+  const Pref GetValueAt(uint32_t aIndex) const
+  {
+    MOZ_ASSERT(aIndex < Count());
+    return { this, (Entries() + aIndex).get() };
+  }
+
+  // Returns a copy of the read-only file descriptor which backs the shared
+  // memory region for this map. The file descriptor may be passed between
+  // processes, and used to construct new instances of SharedPrefMap with
+  // the same data as this instance.
+  FileDescriptor CloneFileDescriptor() const;
+
+  // Returns the size of the mapped memory region. This size must be passed to
+  // the constructor when mapping the shared region in another process.
+  size_t MapSize() const { return mMap.size(); }
+
+protected:
+  ~SharedPrefMap() = default;
+
+private:
+  template<typename T>
+  using StringTable = mozilla::dom::ipc::StringTable<T>;
+
+  // Type-safe getters for values in the shared memory region:
+  const Header& GetHeader() const { return mMap.get<Header>()[0]; }
+
+  RangedPtr<const Entry> Entries() const
+  {
+    return { reinterpret_cast<const Entry*>(&GetHeader() + 1), EntryCount() };
+  }
+
+  uint32_t EntryCount() const { return GetHeader().mEntryCount; }
+
+  template<typename T>
+  RangedPtr<const T> GetBlock(const DataBlock& aBlock) const
+  {
+    return RangedPtr<uint8_t>(&mMap.get<uint8_t>()[aBlock.mOffset],
+                              aBlock.mSize)
+      .ReinterpretCast<const T>();
+  }
+
+  RangedPtr<const int32_t> DefaultIntValues() const
+  {
+    return GetBlock<int32_t>(GetHeader().mDefaultIntValues);
+  }
+  RangedPtr<const int32_t> UserIntValues() const
+  {
+    return GetBlock<int32_t>(GetHeader().mUserIntValues);
+  }
+
+  RangedPtr<const StringTableEntry> DefaultStringValues() const
+  {
+    return GetBlock<StringTableEntry>(GetHeader().mDefaultStringValues);
+  }
+  RangedPtr<const StringTableEntry> UserStringValues() const
+  {
+    return GetBlock<StringTableEntry>(GetHeader().mUserStringValues);
+  }
+
+  StringTable<nsCString> KeyTable() const
+  {
+    auto& block = GetHeader().mKeyStrings;
+    return { { &mMap.get<uint8_t>()[block.mOffset], block.mSize } };
+  }
+
+  StringTable<nsCString> ValueTable() const
+  {
+    auto& block = GetHeader().mValueStrings;
+    return { { &mMap.get<uint8_t>()[block.mOffset], block.mSize } };
+  }
+
+  loader::AutoMemMap mMap;
+};
+
+// A helper class which builds the contiguous look-up table used by
+// SharedPrefMap. Each preference in the final map is added to the builder,
+// before it is finalized and transformed into a read-only snapshot.
+class MOZ_RAII SharedPrefMapBuilder
+{
+public:
+  SharedPrefMapBuilder() = default;
+
+  // The set of flags for the preference, as documented in SharedPrefMap::Entry.
+  struct Flags
+  {
+    uint8_t mHasDefaultValue : 1;
+    uint8_t mHasUserValue : 1;
+    uint8_t mIsSticky : 1;
+    uint8_t mIsLocked : 1;
+  };
+
+  void Add(const char* aKey,
+           const Flags& aFlags,
+           bool aDefaultValue,
+           bool aUserValue);
+
+  void Add(const char* aKey,
+           const Flags& aFlags,
+           int32_t aDefaultValue,
+           int32_t aUserValue);
+
+  void Add(const char* aKey,
+           const Flags& aFlags,
+           const nsCString& aDefaultValue,
+           const nsCString& aUserValue);
+
+  // Finalizes the binary representation of the map, writes it to a shared
+  // memory region, and then initializes the given AutoMemMap with a reference
+  // to the read-only copy of it.
+  //
+  // This should generally not be used directly by callers. The
+  // SharedPrefMapBuilder instance should instead be passed to the SharedPrefMap
+  // constructor as a move reference.
+  Result<Ok, nsresult> Finalize(loader::AutoMemMap& aMap);
+
+private:
+  using StringTableEntry = mozilla::dom::ipc::StringTableEntry;
+  template<typename T, typename U>
+  using StringTableBuilder = mozilla::dom::ipc::StringTableBuilder<T, U>;
+
+  // An opaque descriptor of the index of a preference entry in a value array,
+  // which can be converted numeric index after the ValueTableBuilder is
+  // finalized.
+  struct ValueIdx
+  {
+    // The relative index of the entry, based on its class. Entries for
+    // preferences with user values appear at the value arrays. Entries with
+    // only default values begin after the last entry with a user value.
+    uint16_t mIndex;
+    bool mHasUserValue;
+  };
+
+  // A helper class for building default and user value arrays for preferences.
+  //
+  // As described in the SharedPrefMap class, this helper optimizes the way that
+  // it builds its value arrays, in that:
+  //
+  // - It stores value entries for all preferences with user values before
+  //   entries for preferences with only default values, and allocates no
+  //   entries for preferences with only default values in the user value array.
+  //   Since most preferences have only default values, this dramatically
+  //   reduces the space required for value storage.
+  //
+  // - For preferences with only default values, it de-duplicates value entries,
+  //   and returns the same indices for all preferences with the same value.
+  //
+  // One important complication of this approach is that it means we cannot know
+  // the final index of any entry with only a default value until all entries
+  // have been added to the builder, since it depends on the final number of
+  // user entries in the output.
+  //
+  // To deal with this, when entries are added, we return an opaque ValueIndex
+  // struct, from which we can calculate the final index after the map has been
+  // finalized.
+  template<typename HashKey, typename ValueType_>
+  class ValueTableBuilder
+  {
+  public:
+    using ValueType = ValueType_;
+
+    // Adds an entry for a preference with only a default value to the array,
+    // and returns an opaque descriptor for its index.
+    ValueIdx Add(const ValueType& aDefaultValue)
+    {
+      auto index = uint16_t(mDefaultEntries.Count());
+
+      auto entry = mDefaultEntries.LookupForAdd(aDefaultValue).OrInsert([&]() {
+        return Entry{ index, false, aDefaultValue };
+      });
+
+      return { entry.mIndex, false };
+    }
+
+    // Adds an entry for a preference with a user value to the array. Regardless
+    // of whether the preference has a default value, space must be allocated
+    // for it. For preferences with no default value, the actual value which
+    // appears in the array at its value index is ignored.
+    ValueIdx Add(const ValueType& aDefaultValue, const ValueType& aUserValue)
+    {
+      auto index = uint16_t(mUserEntries.Length());
+
+      mUserEntries.AppendElement(
+        Entry{ index, true, aDefaultValue, aUserValue });
+
+      return { index, true };
+    }
+
+    // Returns the final index for an entry based on its opaque index
+    // descriptor. This must only be called after the caller has finished adding
+    // entries to the builder.
+    uint16_t GetIndex(const ValueIdx& aIndex) const
+    {
+      uint16_t base = aIndex.mHasUserValue ? 0 : UserCount();
+      return base + aIndex.mIndex;
+    }
+
+    // Writes out the array of default values at the block beginning at the
+    // given pointer. The block must be at least as large as the value returned
+    // by DefaultSize().
+    void WriteDefaultValues(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer) const
+    {
+      auto buffer = aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ValueType>();
+
+      for (const auto& entry : mUserEntries) {
+        buffer[entry.mIndex] = entry.mDefaultValue;
+      }
+
+      size_t defaultsOffset = UserCount();
+      for (auto iter = mDefaultEntries.ConstIter(); !iter.Done(); iter.Next()) {
+        const auto& entry = iter.Data();
+        buffer[defaultsOffset + entry.mIndex] = entry.mDefaultValue;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Writes out the array of user values at the block beginning at the
+    // given pointer. The block must be at least as large as the value returned
+    // by UserSize().
+    void WriteUserValues(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer) const
+    {
+      auto buffer = aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ValueType>();
+
+      for (const auto& entry : mUserEntries) {
+        buffer[entry.mIndex] = entry.mUserValue;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // These return the number of entries in the default and user value arrays,
+    // respectively.
+    uint32_t DefaultCount() const
+    {
+      return UserCount() + mDefaultEntries.Count();
+    }
+    uint32_t UserCount() const { return mUserEntries.Length(); }
+
+    // These return the byte sizes of the default and user value arrays,
+    // respectively.
+    uint32_t DefaultSize() const { return DefaultCount() * sizeof(ValueType); }
+    uint32_t UserSize() const { return UserCount() * sizeof(ValueType); }
+
+    void Clear()
+    {
+      mUserEntries.Clear();
+      mDefaultEntries.Clear();
+    }
+
+    static constexpr size_t Alignment() { return alignof(ValueType); }
+
+  private:
+    struct Entry
+    {
+      uint16_t mIndex;
+      bool mHasUserValue;
+      ValueType mDefaultValue;
+      ValueType mUserValue{};
+    };
+
+    AutoTArray<Entry, 256> mUserEntries;
+
+    nsDataHashtable<HashKey, Entry> mDefaultEntries;
+  };
+
+  // A special-purpose string table builder for keys which are already
+  // guaranteed to be unique. Duplicate values will not be detected or
+  // de-duplicated.
+  template<typename CharType>
+  class UniqueStringTableBuilder
+  {
+  public:
+    using ElemType = CharType;
+
+    explicit UniqueStringTableBuilder(size_t aCapacity)
+      : mEntries(aCapacity)
+    {
+    }
+
+    StringTableEntry Add(const CharType* aKey)
+    {
+      auto entry = mEntries.AppendElement(Entry{ mSize, uint32_t(strlen(aKey)), aKey });
+
+      mSize += entry->mLength + 1;
+
+      return { entry->mOffset, entry->mLength };
+    }
+
+    void Write(const RangedPtr<uint8_t>& aBuffer)
+    {
+      auto buffer = aBuffer.ReinterpretCast<ElemType>();
+
+      for (auto& entry : mEntries) {
+        memcpy(&buffer[entry.mOffset],
+               entry.mValue,
+               sizeof(ElemType) * (entry.mLength + 1));
+      }
+    }
+
+    uint32_t Count() const { return mEntries.Length(); }
+
+    uint32_t Size() const { return mSize * sizeof(ElemType); }
+
+    void Clear() { mEntries.Clear(); }
+
+    static constexpr size_t Alignment() { return alignof(ElemType); }
+
+  private:
+    struct Entry
+    {
+      uint32_t mOffset;
+      uint32_t mLength;
+      const CharType* mValue;
+    };
+
+    nsTArray<Entry> mEntries;
+    uint32_t mSize = 0;
+  };
+
+  // A preference value entry, roughly corresponding to the
+  // SharedPrefMap::Value struct, but with a temporary place-holder value rather
+  // than a final value index.
+  union Value {
+    Value(bool aDefaultValue, bool aUserValue)
+      : mDefaultBool(aDefaultValue)
+      , mUserBool(aUserValue)
+    {
+    }
+
+    MOZ_IMPLICIT Value(const ValueIdx& aIndex)
+      : mIndex(aIndex)
+    {
+    }
+
+    // For Bool preferences, their default and user bool values.
+    struct
+    {
+      bool mDefaultBool;
+      bool mUserBool;
+    };
+    // For Int and String preferences, an opaque descriptor for their entries in
+    // their value arrays. This must be passed to the appropriate
+    // ValueTableBuilder to obtain the final index when the entry is serialized.
+    ValueIdx mIndex;
+  };
+
+  // A preference entry, to be converted to a SharedPrefMap::Entry struct during
+  // serialization.
+  struct Entry
+  {
+    // The entry's preference name, as passed to Add(). The caller is
+    // responsible for keeping this pointer alive until the builder is
+    // finalized.
+    const char* mKeyString;
+    // The entry in mKeyTable corresponding to mKeyString.
+    StringTableEntry mKey;
+    Value mValue;
+
+    uint8_t mType : 2;
+    uint8_t mHasDefaultValue : 1;
+    uint8_t mHasUserValue : 1;
+    uint8_t mIsSticky : 1;
+    uint8_t mIsLocked : 1;
+  };
+
+  // Converts a builder Value struct to a SharedPrefMap::Value struct for
+  // serialization. This must not be called before callers have finished adding
+  // entries to the value array builders.
+  SharedPrefMap::Value GetValue(const Entry& aEntry) const
+  {
+    switch (PrefType(aEntry.mType)) {
+      case PrefType::Bool:
+        return { aEntry.mValue.mDefaultBool, aEntry.mValue.mUserBool };
+      case PrefType::Int:
+        return { mIntValueTable.GetIndex(aEntry.mValue.mIndex) };
+      case PrefType::String:
+        return { mStringValueTable.GetIndex(aEntry.mValue.mIndex) };
+      default:
+        MOZ_ASSERT_UNREACHABLE("Invalid pref type");
+        return { false, false };
+    }
+  }
+
+  UniqueStringTableBuilder<char> mKeyTable{ kExpectedPrefCount };
+  StringTableBuilder<nsCStringHashKey, nsCString> mValueStringTable;
+
+  ValueTableBuilder<nsUint32HashKey, uint32_t> mIntValueTable;
+  ValueTableBuilder<nsGenericHashKey<StringTableEntry>, StringTableEntry>
+    mStringValueTable;
+
+  nsTArray<Entry> mEntries{ kExpectedPrefCount };
+};
+
+} // mozilla
+
+#endif // dom_ipc_SharedPrefMap_h
--- a/modules/libpref/moz.build
+++ b/modules/libpref/moz.build
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ XPIDL_MODULE = 'pref'
 EXPORTS.mozilla += [
     'init/StaticPrefList.h',
     'Preferences.h',
     'StaticPrefs.h',
 ]
 
 UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
     'Preferences.cpp',
+    'SharedPrefMap.cpp',
 ]
 
 include('/ipc/chromium/chromium-config.mozbuild')
 
 FINAL_LIBRARY = 'xul'
 
 DEFINES['OS_ARCH'] = CONFIG['OS_ARCH']
 DEFINES['MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT'] = CONFIG['MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT']