compute performance baseline in a webworker (microsoft#172405)

* compute performance baseline in a webworker

microsoft#172239

* make build happy, better change overall

Author: jrieken

src/vs/base/browser/defaultWorkerFactory.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ import { IWorker, IWorkerCallback, IWorkerFactory, logOnceWebWorkerWarning } fro
 
 const ttPolicy = window.trustedTypes?.createPolicy('defaultWorkerFactory', { createScriptURL: value => value });
 
+export function createBlobWorker(blobUrl: string, options?: WorkerOptions): Worker {
+	if (!blobUrl.startsWith('blob:')) {
+		throw new URIError('Not a blob-url: ' + blobUrl);
+	}
+	return new Worker(ttPolicy ? ttPolicy.createScriptURL(blobUrl) as unknown as string : blobUrl, options);
+}
+
 function getWorker(label: string): Worker | Promise<Worker> {
 	// Option for hosts to overwrite the worker script (used in the standalone editor)
 	if (globals.MonacoEnvironment) {

src/vs/workbench/services/timer/browser/timerService.ts

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import { Barrier, timeout } from 'vs/base/common/async';
 import { IWorkbenchLayoutService } from 'vs/workbench/services/layout/browser/layoutService';
 import { IPaneCompositePartService } from 'vs/workbench/services/panecomposite/browser/panecomposite';
 import { ViewContainerLocation } from 'vs/workbench/common/views';
-import { StopWatch } from 'vs/base/common/stopwatch';
 import { TelemetryTrustedValue } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryUtils';
 import { isWeb } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
+import { createBlobWorker } from 'vs/base/browser/defaultWorkerFactory';
 
 /* __GDPR__FRAGMENT__
 	"IMemoryInfo" : {
@@ -518,28 +518,42 @@ export abstract class AbstractTimerService implements ITimerService {
 
 				// we use fibonacci numbers to have a performance baseline that indicates
 				// how slow/fast THIS machine actually is.
-				const sw = new StopWatch(true);
-				let tooSlow = false;
-				function fib(n: number): number {
-					if (tooSlow) {
-						return 0;
-					}
-					if (sw.elapsed() >= 1000) {
-						tooSlow = true;
-					}
-					if (n <= 2) {
-						return n;
+
+				const jsSrc = (function computeBaseline(this: WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope) {
+					// the following operation took ~16ms (one frame at 64FPS) to complete on my machine. We derive performance observations
+					// from that. We also bail if that took too long (>1s)
+					let tooSlow = false;
+					function fib(n: number): number {
+						if (tooSlow) {
+							return 0;
+						}
+						if (performance.now() - t1 >= 1000) {
+							tooSlow = true;
+						}
+						if (n <= 2) {
+							return n;
+						}
+						return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
 					}
-					return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
-				}
 
-				// the following operation took ~16ms (one frame at 64FPS) to complete on my machine. We derive performance observations
-				// from that. We also bail if that took too long (>1s)
-				sw.reset();
-				fib(24);
-				const value = Math.round(sw.elapsed());
+					const t1 = performance.now();
+					fib(24);
+					const value = Math.round(performance.now() - t1);
+					postMessage({ value: tooSlow ? -1 : value });
+
+				}).toString();
+
+				const blob = new Blob([`${jsSrc};\ncomputeBaseline();`], { type: 'application/javascript' });
+				const blobUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+
+				const worker = createBlobWorker(blobUrl, { name: 'perfBaseline' });
+				return new Promise<number>(resolve => {
+					worker.onmessage = e => resolve(e.data.value);
 
-				return (tooSlow ? -1 : value);
+				}).finally(() => {
+					worker.terminate();
+					URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl);
+				});
 			});
 	}