Don't force restart renderer process for in-page navigation

atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <set>
 
+#include "atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h"
 #include "atom/browser/atom_browser_context.h"
 #include "atom/browser/atom_javascript_dialog_manager.h"
 #include "atom/browser/native_window.h"
@@ -444,10 +445,12 @@ void WebContents::ReloadIgnoringCache() {
 }
 
 void WebContents::GoBack() {
+  atom::AtomBrowserClient::SuppressRendererProcessRestartForOnce();
   web_contents()->GetController().GoBack();
 }
 
 void WebContents::GoForward() {
+  atom::AtomBrowserClient::SuppressRendererProcessRestartForOnce();
   web_contents()->GetController().GoForward();
 }
 

atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ namespace atom {
 
 namespace {
 
+// Next navigation should not restart renderer process.
+bool g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = false;
+
 struct FindByProcessId {
   explicit FindByProcessId(int child_process_id)
       : child_process_id_(child_process_id) {
@@ -51,6 +54,11 @@ struct FindByProcessId {
 
 }  // namespace
 
+// static
+void AtomBrowserClient::SuppressRendererProcessRestartForOnce() {
+  g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = true;
+}
+
 AtomBrowserClient::AtomBrowserClient()
     : dying_render_process_(nullptr) {
 }
@@ -131,6 +139,11 @@ void AtomBrowserClient::OverrideSiteInstanceForNavigation(
     content::SiteInstance* current_instance,
     const GURL& url,
     content::SiteInstance** new_instance) {
+  if (g_suppress_renderer_process_restart) {
+    g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = false;
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (current_instance->HasProcess())
     dying_render_process_ = current_instance->GetProcess();
 

atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class AtomBrowserClient : public brightray::BrowserClient {
   AtomBrowserClient();
   virtual ~AtomBrowserClient();
 
+  // Don't force renderer process to restart for once.
+  static void SuppressRendererProcessRestartForOnce();
+
  protected:
   // content::ContentBrowserClient:
   void RenderProcessWillLaunch(content::RenderProcessHost* host) override;