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      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 "ipc/ipc_channel.h"
      6 
      7 #include <limits>
      8 
      9 #include "base/atomic_sequence_num.h"
     10 #include "base/rand_util.h"
     11 #include "base/strings/stringprintf.h"
     12 
     13 #if !defined(OS_NACL)
     14 namespace {
     15 
     16 // Global atomic used to guarantee channel IDs are unique.
     17 base::StaticAtomicSequenceNumber g_last_id;
     18 
     19 }  // namespace
     20 #endif
     21 
     22 namespace IPC {
     23 
     24 // static
     25 std::string Channel::GenerateUniqueRandomChannelID() {
     26   // Note: the string must start with the current process id, this is how
     27   // some child processes determine the pid of the parent.
     28   //
     29   // This is composed of a unique incremental identifier, the process ID of
     30   // the creator, an identifier for the child instance, and a strong random
     31   // component. The strong random component prevents other processes from
     32   // hijacking or squatting on predictable channel names.
     33 
     34   int process_id = base::GetCurrentProcId();
     35   return base::StringPrintf("%d.%u.%d",
     36       process_id,
     37       g_last_id.GetNext(),
     38       base::RandInt(0, std::numeric_limits<int32>::max()));
     39 }
     40 
     41 }  // namespace IPC
     42 
     43