Reland of Make RtcEventLogImpl to use a TaskQueue instead of a helper-thread (patchset #1 id:1 of https://codereview.webrtc.org/3010143002/ )

Reason for revert:
I will fix and reland.

Original issue's description:
> Revert of Make RtcEventLogImpl to use a TaskQueue instead of a helper-thread (patchset #18 id:340001 of https://codereview.webrtc.org/3007473002/ )
>
> Reason for revert:
> Breaks google3 project.
>
> Original issue's description:
> > Make RtcEventLogImpl to use a TaskQueue instead of a helper-thread
> >
> > Make RtcEventLogImpl to use a TaskQueue instead of a helper-thread. This will eventually allow us to run multiple log sessions on a single task-queue.
> >
> > BUG=webrtc:8142, webrtc:8143, webrtc:8145
> >
> > Review-Url: https://codereview.webrtc.org/3007473002
> > Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#19666}
> > Committed: https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/webrtc/+/f33cee7534f0469330b6b7aa57f84eec4b082598
>
> TBR=terelius@webrtc.org,nisse@webrtc.org,eladalon@webrtc.org
> # Skipping CQ checks because original CL landed less than 1 days ago.
> NOPRESUBMIT=true
> NOTREECHECKS=true
> NOTRY=true
> BUG=webrtc:8142, webrtc:8143, webrtc:8145
>
> Review-Url: https://codereview.webrtc.org/3010143002
> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#19672}
> Committed: https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/webrtc/+/3eac8002db8fdf5124026d5377a1f3ec1d16bb0d

TBR=terelius@webrtc.org,nisse@webrtc.org,charujain@webrtc.org
# Skipping CQ checks because original CL landed less than 1 days ago.
NOPRESUBMIT=true
NOTREECHECKS=true
NOTRY=true
BUG=webrtc:8142, webrtc:8143, webrtc:8145

Review-Url: https://codereview.webrtc.org/3005153002
Cr-Original-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#19690}
Cr-Mirrored-From: https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/webrtc
Cr-Mirrored-Commit: d67cefbbeab0a092d1fa250c811c25733dced043
diff --git a/logging/BUILD.gn b/logging/BUILD.gn
index 6b1e549..fac7e3d 100644
--- a/logging/BUILD.gn
+++ b/logging/BUILD.gn
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
     "rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc",
     "rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_factory.cc",
     "rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_factory.h",
-    "rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.cc",
-    "rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.h",
   ]
 
   defines = []
@@ -54,6 +52,8 @@
     "../modules/rtp_rtcp",
     "../rtc_base:protobuf_utils",
     "../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
+    "../rtc_base:rtc_task_queue",
+    "../rtc_base:sequenced_task_checker",
     "../system_wrappers",
   ]
 
diff --git a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc
index e661e67..d1cad89 100644
--- a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc
+++ b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
 
 #include "webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.h"
 
+#include <atomic>
+#include <deque>
+#include <functional>
 #include <limits>
+#include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/audio_coding/audio_network_adaptor/include/audio_network_adaptor.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/remote_bitrate_estimator/include/bwe_defines.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_rtcp_defines.h"
@@ -29,30 +32,67 @@
 #include "webrtc/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtcp_packet/rtpfb.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtcp_packet/sdes.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtcp_packet/sender_report.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/atomicops.h"
 #include "webrtc/rtc_base/checks.h"
 #include "webrtc/rtc_base/constructormagic.h"
 #include "webrtc/rtc_base/event.h"
+#include "webrtc/rtc_base/ignore_wundef.h"
 #include "webrtc/rtc_base/logging.h"
 #include "webrtc/rtc_base/protobuf_utils.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/swap_queue.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/thread_checker.h"
+#include "webrtc/rtc_base/ptr_util.h"
+#include "webrtc/rtc_base/sequenced_task_checker.h"
+#include "webrtc/rtc_base/task_queue.h"
+#include "webrtc/rtc_base/thread_annotations.h"
 #include "webrtc/rtc_base/timeutils.h"
 #include "webrtc/system_wrappers/include/file_wrapper.h"
+#include "webrtc/typedefs.h"
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
 // *.pb.h files are generated at build-time by the protobuf compiler.
+RTC_PUSH_IGNORING_WUNDEF()
 #ifdef WEBRTC_ANDROID_PLATFORM_BUILD
 #include "external/webrtc/webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.pb.h"
 #else
 #include "webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.pb.h"
 #endif
+RTC_POP_IGNORING_WUNDEF()
 #endif
 
 namespace webrtc {
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
 
+namespace {
+const int kEventsInHistory = 10000;
+
+bool IsConfigEvent(const rtclog::Event& event) {
+  rtclog::Event_EventType event_type = event.type();
+  return event_type == rtclog::Event::VIDEO_RECEIVER_CONFIG_EVENT ||
+         event_type == rtclog::Event::VIDEO_SENDER_CONFIG_EVENT ||
+         event_type == rtclog::Event::AUDIO_RECEIVER_CONFIG_EVENT ||
+         event_type == rtclog::Event::AUDIO_SENDER_CONFIG_EVENT;
+}
+
+// TODO(eladalon): This class exists because C++11 doesn't allow transferring a
+// unique_ptr to a lambda (a copy constructor is required). We should get
+// rid of this when we move to C++14.
+template <typename T>
+class ResourceOwningTask final : public rtc::QueuedTask {
+ public:
+  ResourceOwningTask(std::unique_ptr<T> resource,
+                     std::function<void(std::unique_ptr<T>)> handler)
+      : resource_(std::move(resource)), handler_(handler) {}
+
+  bool Run() override {
+    handler_(std::move(resource_));
+    return true;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::unique_ptr<T> resource_;
+  std::function<void(std::unique_ptr<T>)> handler_;
+};
+}  // namespace
+
 class RtcEventLogImpl final : public RtcEventLog {
   friend std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> RtcEventLog::Create();
 
@@ -95,24 +135,52 @@
                              ProbeFailureReason failure_reason) override;
 
  private:
-  // Private constructor to ensure that creation is done by RtcEventLog::Create.
-  RtcEventLogImpl();
+  void StartLoggingInternal(std::unique_ptr<FileWrapper> file,
+                            int64_t max_size_bytes);
+
+  RtcEventLogImpl();  // Creation is done by RtcEventLog::Create.
 
   void StoreEvent(std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> event);
   void LogProbeResult(int id,
                       rtclog::BweProbeResult::ResultType result,
                       int bitrate_bps);
 
-  static volatile int log_count_;
+  // Appends an event to the output protobuf string, returning true on success.
+  // Fails and returns false in case the limit on output size prevents the
+  // event from being added; in this case, the output string is left unchanged.
+  bool AppendEventToString(rtclog::Event* event,
+                           ProtoString* output_string) RTC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
-  // Message queue for passing control messages to the logging thread.
-  SwapQueue<RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage> message_queue_;
+  void LogToMemory(std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> event);
 
-  // Message queue for passing events to the logging thread.
-  SwapQueue<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> > event_queue_;
+  void StartLogFile();
+  void LogToFile(std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> event);
+  void StopLogFile(int64_t stop_time);
 
-  RtcEventLogHelperThread helper_thread_;
-  rtc::ThreadChecker thread_checker_;
+  // Observe a limit on the number of concurrent logs, so as not to run into
+  // OS-imposed limits on open files and/or threads/task-queues.
+  // TODO(eladalon): Known issue - there's a race over |log_count_|.
+  static std::atomic<int> log_count_;
+
+  // Make sure that the event log is "managed" - created/destroyed, as well
+  // as started/stopped - from the same thread/task-queue.
+  rtc::SequencedTaskChecker owner_sequence_checker_;
+
+  // History containing all past configuration events.
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>> config_history_
+      ACCESS_ON(task_queue_);
+
+  // History containing the most recent (non-configuration) events (~10s).
+  std::deque<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>> history_ ACCESS_ON(task_queue_);
+
+  std::unique_ptr<FileWrapper> file_ ACCESS_ON(task_queue_);
+
+  size_t max_size_bytes_ ACCESS_ON(task_queue_);
+  size_t written_bytes_ ACCESS_ON(task_queue_);
+
+  // Keep this last to ensure it destructs first, or else tasks living on the
+  // queue might access other members after they've been torn down.
+  rtc::TaskQueue task_queue_;
 
   RTC_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(RtcEventLogImpl);
 };
@@ -164,66 +232,46 @@
   return rtclog::BweProbeResult::SUCCESS;
 }
 
-// The RTP and RTCP buffers reserve space for twice the expected number of
-// sent packets because they also contain received packets.
-static const int kEventsPerSecond = 1000;
-static const int kControlMessagesPerSecond = 10;
 }  // namespace
 
-volatile int RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_ = 0;
+std::atomic<int> RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_(0);
 
-// RtcEventLogImpl member functions.
 RtcEventLogImpl::RtcEventLogImpl()
-    // Allocate buffers for roughly one second of history.
-    : message_queue_(kControlMessagesPerSecond),
-      event_queue_(kEventsPerSecond),
-      helper_thread_(&message_queue_, &event_queue_),
-      thread_checker_() {
-  thread_checker_.DetachFromThread();
-}
+    : file_(FileWrapper::Create()),
+      max_size_bytes_(std::numeric_limits<decltype(max_size_bytes_)>::max()),
+      written_bytes_(0),
+      task_queue_("rtc_event_log") {}
 
 RtcEventLogImpl::~RtcEventLogImpl() {
-  // The RtcEventLogHelperThread destructor closes the file
-  // and waits for the thread to terminate.
-  int count = rtc::AtomicOps::Decrement(&RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_);
+  RTC_DCHECK_CALLED_SEQUENTIALLY(&owner_sequence_checker_);
+
+  // If we're logging to the file, this will stop that. Blocking function.
+  StopLogging();
+
+  int count = std::atomic_fetch_sub(&RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_, 1) - 1;
   RTC_DCHECK_GE(count, 0);
 }
 
 bool RtcEventLogImpl::StartLogging(const std::string& file_name,
                                    int64_t max_size_bytes) {
-  RTC_DCHECK(thread_checker_.CalledOnValidThread());
-  RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage message;
-  message.message_type = RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage::START_FILE;
-  message.max_size_bytes = max_size_bytes <= 0
-                               ? std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()
-                               : max_size_bytes;
-  message.start_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
-  message.stop_time = std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max();
-  message.file.reset(FileWrapper::Create());
-  if (!message.file->OpenFile(file_name.c_str(), false)) {
+  RTC_DCHECK_CALLED_SEQUENTIALLY(&owner_sequence_checker_);
+
+  auto file = rtc::WrapUnique<FileWrapper>(FileWrapper::Create());
+  if (!file->OpenFile(file_name.c_str(), false)) {
     LOG(LS_ERROR) << "Can't open file. WebRTC event log not started.";
     return false;
   }
-  if (!message_queue_.Insert(&message)) {
-    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "Message queue full. Can't start logging.";
-    return false;
-  }
-  helper_thread_.SignalNewEvent();
-  LOG(LS_INFO) << "Starting WebRTC event log.";
+
+  StartLoggingInternal(std::move(file), max_size_bytes);
+
   return true;
 }
 
 bool RtcEventLogImpl::StartLogging(rtc::PlatformFile platform_file,
                                    int64_t max_size_bytes) {
-  RTC_DCHECK(thread_checker_.CalledOnValidThread());
-  RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage message;
-  message.message_type = RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage::START_FILE;
-  message.max_size_bytes = max_size_bytes <= 0
-                               ? std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()
-                               : max_size_bytes;
-  message.start_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
-  message.stop_time = std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max();
-  message.file.reset(FileWrapper::Create());
+  RTC_DCHECK_CALLED_SEQUENTIALLY(&owner_sequence_checker_);
+
+  auto file = rtc::WrapUnique<FileWrapper>(FileWrapper::Create());
   FILE* file_handle = rtc::FdopenPlatformFileForWriting(platform_file);
   if (!file_handle) {
     LOG(LS_ERROR) << "Can't open file. WebRTC event log not started.";
@@ -234,37 +282,36 @@
     }
     return false;
   }
-  if (!message.file->OpenFromFileHandle(file_handle)) {
+  if (!file->OpenFromFileHandle(file_handle)) {
     LOG(LS_ERROR) << "Can't open file. WebRTC event log not started.";
     return false;
   }
-  if (!message_queue_.Insert(&message)) {
-    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "Message queue full. Can't start logging.";
-    return false;
-  }
-  helper_thread_.SignalNewEvent();
-  LOG(LS_INFO) << "Starting WebRTC event log.";
+
+  StartLoggingInternal(std::move(file), max_size_bytes);
+
   return true;
 }
 
 void RtcEventLogImpl::StopLogging() {
-  RTC_DCHECK(thread_checker_.CalledOnValidThread());
-  RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage message;
-  message.message_type = RtcEventLogHelperThread::ControlMessage::STOP_FILE;
-  message.stop_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
-  while (!message_queue_.Insert(&message)) {
-    // TODO(terelius): We would like to have a blocking Insert function in the
-    // SwapQueue, but for the time being we will just clear any previous
-    // messages.
-    // Since StopLogging waits for the thread, it is essential that we don't
-    // clear any STOP_FILE messages. To ensure that there is only one call at a
-    // time, we require that all calls to StopLogging are made on the same
-    // thread.
-    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "Message queue full. Clearing queue to stop logging.";
-    message_queue_.Clear();
-  }
+  RTC_DCHECK_CALLED_SEQUENTIALLY(&owner_sequence_checker_);
+
   LOG(LS_INFO) << "Stopping WebRTC event log.";
-  helper_thread_.WaitForFileFinished();
+
+  const int64_t stop_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
+
+  rtc::Event file_finished(true, false);
+
+  task_queue_.PostTask([this, stop_time, &file_finished]() {
+    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+    if (file_->is_open()) {
+      StopLogFile(stop_time);
+    }
+    file_finished.Set();
+  });
+
+  file_finished.Wait(rtc::Event::kForever);
+
+  LOG(LS_INFO) << "WebRTC event log successfully stopped.";
 }
 
 void RtcEventLogImpl::LogVideoReceiveStreamConfig(
@@ -565,12 +612,197 @@
   StoreEvent(std::move(event));
 }
 
+void RtcEventLogImpl::StartLoggingInternal(std::unique_ptr<FileWrapper> file,
+                                           int64_t max_size_bytes) {
+  LOG(LS_INFO) << "Starting WebRTC event log.";
+
+  max_size_bytes = (max_size_bytes <= 0)
+                       ? std::numeric_limits<decltype(max_size_bytes)>::max()
+                       : max_size_bytes;
+  auto file_handler = [this,
+                       max_size_bytes](std::unique_ptr<FileWrapper> file) {
+    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+    if (!file_->is_open()) {
+      max_size_bytes_ = max_size_bytes;
+      file_ = std::move(file);
+      StartLogFile();
+    } else {
+      // Already started. Ignore message and close file handle.
+      file->CloseFile();
+    }
+  };
+  task_queue_.PostTask(rtc::MakeUnique<ResourceOwningTask<FileWrapper>>(
+      std::move(file), file_handler));
+}
+
 void RtcEventLogImpl::StoreEvent(std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> event) {
-  RTC_DCHECK(event.get() != nullptr);
-  if (!event_queue_.Insert(&event)) {
-    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "WebRTC event log queue full. Dropping event.";
+  RTC_DCHECK(event);
+
+  auto event_handler = [this](std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> rtclog_event) {
+    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+    if (file_->is_open()) {
+      LogToFile(std::move(rtclog_event));
+    } else {
+      LogToMemory(std::move(rtclog_event));
+    }
+  };
+
+  task_queue_.PostTask(rtc::MakeUnique<ResourceOwningTask<rtclog::Event>>(
+      std::move(event), event_handler));
+}
+
+bool RtcEventLogImpl::AppendEventToString(rtclog::Event* event,
+                                          ProtoString* output_string) {
+  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+
+  // Even though we're only serializing a single event during this call, what
+  // we intend to get is a list of events, with a tag and length preceding
+  // each actual event. To produce that, we serialize a list of a single event.
+  // If we later serialize additional events, the resulting ProtoString will
+  // be a proper concatenation of all those events.
+
+  rtclog::EventStream event_stream;
+  event_stream.add_stream();
+
+  // As a tweak, we swap the new event into the event-stream, write that to
+  // file, then swap back. This saves on some copying.
+  rtclog::Event* output_event = event_stream.mutable_stream(0);
+  output_event->Swap(event);
+
+  bool appended;
+  size_t potential_new_size =
+      written_bytes_ + output_string->size() + event_stream.ByteSize();
+  if (potential_new_size <= max_size_bytes_) {
+    event_stream.AppendToString(output_string);
+    appended = true;
+  } else {
+    appended = false;
   }
-  helper_thread_.SignalNewEvent();
+
+  // When the function returns, the original Event will be unchanged.
+  output_event->Swap(event);
+
+  return appended;
+}
+
+void RtcEventLogImpl::LogToMemory(std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> event) {
+  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+  RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
+
+  if (IsConfigEvent(*event.get())) {
+    config_history_.push_back(std::move(event));
+  } else {
+    history_.push_back(std::move(event));
+    if (history_.size() > kEventsInHistory) {
+      history_.pop_front();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void RtcEventLogImpl::StartLogFile() {
+  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+  RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
+
+  ProtoString output_string;
+
+  // Create and serialize the LOG_START event.
+  // The timestamp used will correspond to when logging has started. The log
+  // may contain events earlier than the LOG_START event. (In general, the
+  // timestamps in the log are not monotonic.)
+  rtclog::Event start_event;
+  start_event.set_timestamp_us(rtc::TimeMicros());
+  start_event.set_type(rtclog::Event::LOG_START);
+  bool appended = AppendEventToString(&start_event, &output_string);
+
+  // Serialize the config information for all old streams, including streams
+  // which were already logged to previous files.
+  for (auto& event : config_history_) {
+    if (!appended) {
+      break;
+    }
+    appended = AppendEventToString(event.get(), &output_string);
+  }
+
+  // Serialize the events in the event queue.
+  while (appended && !history_.empty()) {
+    appended = AppendEventToString(history_.front().get(), &output_string);
+    if (appended) {
+      // Known issue - if writing to the file fails, these events will have
+      // been lost. If we try to open a new file, these events will be missing
+      // from it.
+      history_.pop_front();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Write to file.
+  if (!file_->Write(output_string.data(), output_string.size())) {
+    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "FileWrapper failed to write WebRtcEventLog file.";
+    // The current FileWrapper implementation closes the file on error.
+    RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
+    return;
+  }
+  written_bytes_ += output_string.size();
+
+  if (!appended) {
+    RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
+    StopLogFile(rtc::TimeMicros());
+  }
+}
+
+void RtcEventLogImpl::LogToFile(std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> event) {
+  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+  RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
+
+  ProtoString output_string;
+
+  bool appended = AppendEventToString(event.get(), &output_string);
+
+  if (IsConfigEvent(*event.get())) {
+    config_history_.push_back(std::move(event));
+  }
+
+  if (!appended) {
+    RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
+    history_.push_back(std::move(event));
+    StopLogFile(rtc::TimeMicros());
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Write string to file.
+  if (file_->Write(output_string.data(), output_string.size())) {
+    written_bytes_ += output_string.size();
+  } else {
+    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "FileWrapper failed to write WebRtcEventLog file.";
+    // The current FileWrapper implementation closes the file on error.
+    RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
+  }
+}
+
+void RtcEventLogImpl::StopLogFile(int64_t stop_time) {
+  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&task_queue_);
+  RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
+
+  ProtoString output_string;
+
+  rtclog::Event end_event;
+  end_event.set_timestamp_us(stop_time);
+  end_event.set_type(rtclog::Event::LOG_END);
+  bool appended = AppendEventToString(&end_event, &output_string);
+
+  if (appended) {
+    if (!file_->Write(output_string.data(), output_string.size())) {
+      LOG(LS_ERROR) << "FileWrapper failed to write WebRtcEventLog file.";
+      // The current FileWrapper implementation closes the file on error.
+      RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
+    }
+    written_bytes_ += output_string.size();
+  }
+
+  max_size_bytes_ = std::numeric_limits<decltype(max_size_bytes_)>::max();
+  written_bytes_ = 0;
+
+  file_->CloseFile();
+  RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
 }
 
 bool RtcEventLog::ParseRtcEventLog(const std::string& file_name,
@@ -594,17 +826,18 @@
 // RtcEventLog member functions.
 std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> RtcEventLog::Create() {
 #ifdef ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
+  // TODO(eladalon): Known issue - there's a race over |log_count_| here.
   constexpr int kMaxLogCount = 5;
-  int count = rtc::AtomicOps::Increment(&RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_);
+  int count = 1 + std::atomic_fetch_add(&RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_, 1);
   if (count > kMaxLogCount) {
     LOG(LS_WARNING) << "Denied creation of additional WebRTC event logs. "
                     << count - 1 << " logs open already.";
-    rtc::AtomicOps::Decrement(&RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_);
+    std::atomic_fetch_sub(&RtcEventLogImpl::log_count_, 1);
     return std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog>(new RtcEventLogNullImpl());
   }
   return std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog>(new RtcEventLogImpl());
 #else
-  return std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog>(new RtcEventLogNullImpl());
+  return CreateNull();
 #endif  // ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
 }
 
diff --git a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.h b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.h
index d26dccb..087f5d9 100644
--- a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.h
+++ b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.h
@@ -98,16 +98,17 @@
                             int64_t max_size_bytes) = 0;
 
   // Deprecated. Pass an explicit file size limit.
-  bool StartLogging(const std::string& file_name) {
+  RTC_DEPRECATED bool StartLogging(const std::string& file_name) {
     return StartLogging(file_name, 10000000);
   }
 
   // Deprecated. Pass an explicit file size limit.
-  bool StartLogging(rtc::PlatformFile platform_file) {
+  RTC_DEPRECATED bool StartLogging(rtc::PlatformFile platform_file) {
     return StartLogging(platform_file, 10000000);
   }
 
-  // Stops logging to file and waits until the thread has finished.
+  // Stops logging to file and waits until the file has been closed, after
+  // which it would be permissible to read and/or modify it.
   virtual void StopLogging() = 0;
 
   // Logs configuration information for a video receive stream.
diff --git a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.cc b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index a98336f..0000000
--- a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,315 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2016 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-#include "webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.h"
-
-#include <algorithm>
-
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/checks.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/logging.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/timeutils.h"
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
-
-namespace webrtc {
-
-namespace {
-const int kEventsInHistory = 10000;
-
-bool IsConfigEvent(const rtclog::Event& event) {
-  rtclog::Event_EventType event_type = event.type();
-  return event_type == rtclog::Event::VIDEO_RECEIVER_CONFIG_EVENT ||
-         event_type == rtclog::Event::VIDEO_SENDER_CONFIG_EVENT ||
-         event_type == rtclog::Event::AUDIO_RECEIVER_CONFIG_EVENT ||
-         event_type == rtclog::Event::AUDIO_SENDER_CONFIG_EVENT;
-}
-}  // namespace
-
-// RtcEventLogImpl member functions.
-RtcEventLogHelperThread::RtcEventLogHelperThread(
-    SwapQueue<ControlMessage>* message_queue,
-    SwapQueue<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>>* event_queue)
-    : message_queue_(message_queue),
-      event_queue_(event_queue),
-      file_(FileWrapper::Create()),
-      thread_(&ThreadOutputFunction, this, "RtcEventLog thread"),
-      max_size_bytes_(std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()),
-      written_bytes_(0),
-      start_time_(0),
-      stop_time_(std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()),
-      has_recent_event_(false),
-      wake_periodically_(false, false),
-      wake_from_hibernation_(false, false),
-      file_finished_(false, false) {
-  RTC_DCHECK(message_queue_);
-  RTC_DCHECK(event_queue_);
-  thread_.Start();
-}
-
-RtcEventLogHelperThread::~RtcEventLogHelperThread() {
-  ControlMessage message;
-  message.message_type = ControlMessage::TERMINATE_THREAD;
-  message.stop_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
-  while (!message_queue_->Insert(&message)) {
-    // We can't destroy the event log until we have stopped the thread,
-    // so clear the message queue and try again. Note that if we clear
-    // any STOP_FILE events, then the threads calling StopLogging would likely
-    // wait indefinitely. However, there should not be any such calls as we
-    // are executing the destructor.
-    LOG(LS_WARNING) << "Clearing message queue to terminate thread.";
-    message_queue_->Clear();
-  }
-  wake_from_hibernation_.Set();
-  wake_periodically_.Set();  // Wake up the output thread.
-  thread_.Stop();            // Wait for the thread to terminate.
-}
-
-void RtcEventLogHelperThread::WaitForFileFinished() {
-  wake_from_hibernation_.Set();
-  wake_periodically_.Set();
-  file_finished_.Wait(rtc::Event::kForever);
-}
-
-void RtcEventLogHelperThread::SignalNewEvent() {
-  wake_from_hibernation_.Set();
-}
-
-bool RtcEventLogHelperThread::AppendEventToString(rtclog::Event* event) {
-  rtclog::EventStream event_stream;
-  event_stream.add_stream();
-  event_stream.mutable_stream(0)->Swap(event);
-  // We create a new event stream per event but because of the way protobufs
-  // are encoded, events can be merged by concatenating them. Therefore,
-  // it will look like a single stream when we read it back from file.
-  bool stop = true;
-  if (written_bytes_ + static_cast<int64_t>(output_string_.size()) +
-          event_stream.ByteSize() <=
-      max_size_bytes_) {
-    event_stream.AppendToString(&output_string_);
-    stop = false;
-  }
-  // Swap the event back so that we don't mix event types in the queues.
-  event_stream.mutable_stream(0)->Swap(event);
-  return stop;
-}
-
-bool RtcEventLogHelperThread::LogToMemory() {
-  RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
-  bool message_received = false;
-
-  // Process each event earlier than the current time and append it to the
-  // appropriate history_.
-  int64_t current_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
-  if (!has_recent_event_) {
-    has_recent_event_ = event_queue_->Remove(&most_recent_event_);
-  }
-  while (has_recent_event_ &&
-         most_recent_event_->timestamp_us() <= current_time) {
-    if (IsConfigEvent(*most_recent_event_)) {
-      config_history_.push_back(std::move(most_recent_event_));
-    } else {
-      history_.push_back(std::move(most_recent_event_));
-      if (history_.size() > kEventsInHistory)
-        history_.pop_front();
-    }
-    has_recent_event_ = event_queue_->Remove(&most_recent_event_);
-    message_received = true;
-  }
-  return message_received;
-}
-
-void RtcEventLogHelperThread::StartLogFile() {
-  RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
-  bool stop = false;
-  output_string_.clear();
-
-  // Create and serialize the LOG_START event.
-  rtclog::Event start_event;
-  start_event.set_timestamp_us(start_time_);
-  start_event.set_type(rtclog::Event::LOG_START);
-  AppendEventToString(&start_event);
-
-  // Serialize the config information for all old streams.
-  for (auto& event : config_history_) {
-    AppendEventToString(event.get());
-  }
-
-  // Serialize the events in the event queue.
-  while (!history_.empty() && !stop) {
-    stop = AppendEventToString(history_.front().get());
-    if (!stop) {
-      history_.pop_front();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Write to file.
-  if (!file_->Write(output_string_.data(), output_string_.size())) {
-    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "FileWrapper failed to write WebRtcEventLog file.";
-    // The current FileWrapper implementation closes the file on error.
-    RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
-    return;
-  }
-  written_bytes_ += output_string_.size();
-
-  // Free the allocated memory since we probably won't need this amount of
-  // space again.
-  output_string_.clear();
-  output_string_.shrink_to_fit();
-
-  if (stop) {
-    RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
-    StopLogFile();
-  }
-}
-
-bool RtcEventLogHelperThread::LogToFile() {
-  RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
-  output_string_.clear();
-  bool message_received = false;
-
-  // Append each event older than both the current time and the stop time
-  // to the output_string_.
-  int64_t current_time = rtc::TimeMicros();
-  int64_t time_limit = std::min(current_time, stop_time_);
-  if (!has_recent_event_) {
-    has_recent_event_ = event_queue_->Remove(&most_recent_event_);
-  }
-  bool stop = false;
-  while (!stop && has_recent_event_ &&
-         most_recent_event_->timestamp_us() <= time_limit) {
-    stop = AppendEventToString(most_recent_event_.get());
-    if (!stop) {
-      if (IsConfigEvent(*most_recent_event_)) {
-        config_history_.push_back(std::move(most_recent_event_));
-      }
-      has_recent_event_ = event_queue_->Remove(&most_recent_event_);
-    }
-    message_received = true;
-  }
-
-  // Write string to file.
-  if (!file_->Write(output_string_.data(), output_string_.size())) {
-    LOG(LS_ERROR) << "FileWrapper failed to write WebRtcEventLog file.";
-    // The current FileWrapper implementation closes the file on error.
-    RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
-    return message_received;
-  }
-  written_bytes_ += output_string_.size();
-
-  // We want to stop logging if we have reached the file size limit. We also
-  // want to stop logging if the remaining events are more recent than the
-  // time limit, or in other words if we have terminated the loop despite
-  // having more events in the queue.
-  if ((has_recent_event_ && most_recent_event_->timestamp_us() > stop_time_) ||
-      stop) {
-    RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
-    StopLogFile();
-  }
-  return message_received;
-}
-
-void RtcEventLogHelperThread::StopLogFile() {
-  RTC_DCHECK(file_->is_open());
-  output_string_.clear();
-
-  rtclog::Event end_event;
-  // This function can be called either because we have reached the stop time,
-  // or because we have reached the log file size limit. Therefore, use the
-  // current time if we have not reached the time limit.
-  end_event.set_timestamp_us(
-      std::min(stop_time_, rtc::TimeMicros()));
-  end_event.set_type(rtclog::Event::LOG_END);
-  AppendEventToString(&end_event);
-
-  if (written_bytes_ + static_cast<int64_t>(output_string_.size()) <=
-      max_size_bytes_) {
-    if (!file_->Write(output_string_.data(), output_string_.size())) {
-      LOG(LS_ERROR) << "FileWrapper failed to write WebRtcEventLog file.";
-      // The current FileWrapper implementation closes the file on error.
-      RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
-    }
-    written_bytes_ += output_string_.size();
-  }
-
-  max_size_bytes_ = std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max();
-  written_bytes_ = 0;
-  start_time_ = 0;
-  stop_time_ = std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max();
-  output_string_.clear();
-  file_->CloseFile();
-  RTC_DCHECK(!file_->is_open());
-}
-
-void RtcEventLogHelperThread::ProcessEvents() {
-  ControlMessage message;
-
-  while (true) {
-    bool message_received = false;
-    // Process control messages.
-    while (message_queue_->Remove(&message)) {
-      switch (message.message_type) {
-        case ControlMessage::START_FILE:
-          if (!file_->is_open()) {
-            max_size_bytes_ = message.max_size_bytes;
-            start_time_ = message.start_time;
-            stop_time_ = message.stop_time;
-            file_.swap(message.file);
-            StartLogFile();
-          } else {
-            // Already started. Ignore message and close file handle.
-            message.file->CloseFile();
-          }
-          message_received = true;
-          break;
-        case ControlMessage::STOP_FILE:
-          if (file_->is_open()) {
-            stop_time_ = message.stop_time;
-            LogToFile();  // Log remaining events from message queues.
-          }
-          // LogToFile might stop on it's own so we need to recheck the state.
-          if (file_->is_open()) {
-            StopLogFile();
-          }
-          file_finished_.Set();
-          message_received = true;
-          break;
-        case ControlMessage::TERMINATE_THREAD:
-          if (file_->is_open()) {
-            StopLogFile();
-          }
-          return;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Write events to file or memory.
-    if (file_->is_open()) {
-      message_received |= LogToFile();
-    } else {
-      message_received |= LogToMemory();
-    }
-
-    // Accumulate a new batch of events instead of processing them one at a
-    // time.
-    if (message_received) {
-      wake_periodically_.Wait(100);
-    } else {
-      wake_from_hibernation_.Wait(rtc::Event::kForever);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-void RtcEventLogHelperThread::ThreadOutputFunction(void* obj) {
-  RtcEventLogHelperThread* helper = static_cast<RtcEventLogHelperThread*>(obj);
-  helper->ProcessEvents();
-}
-
-}  // namespace webrtc
-
-#endif  // ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
diff --git a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.h b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d9ad4d..0000000
--- a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_helper_thread.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2016 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-#ifndef WEBRTC_LOGGING_RTC_EVENT_LOG_RTC_EVENT_LOG_HELPER_THREAD_H_
-#define WEBRTC_LOGGING_RTC_EVENT_LOG_RTC_EVENT_LOG_HELPER_THREAD_H_
-
-#include <deque>
-#include <limits>
-#include <memory>
-#include <utility>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/constructormagic.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/event.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/ignore_wundef.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/platform_thread.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/protobuf_utils.h"
-#include "webrtc/rtc_base/swap_queue.h"
-#include "webrtc/system_wrappers/include/file_wrapper.h"
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
-// *.ph.h files are generated at build-time by the protobuf compiler.
-RTC_PUSH_IGNORING_WUNDEF()
-#ifdef WEBRTC_ANDROID_PLATFORM_BUILD
-#include "external/webrtc/webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.pb.h"
-#else
-#include "webrtc/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.pb.h"
-#endif
-RTC_POP_IGNORING_WUNDEF()
-#endif
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
-
-namespace webrtc {
-
-class RtcEventLogHelperThread final {
- public:
-  struct ControlMessage {
-    ControlMessage()
-        : message_type(STOP_FILE),
-          file(nullptr),
-          max_size_bytes(0),
-          start_time(0),
-          stop_time(0) {}
-    enum { START_FILE, STOP_FILE, TERMINATE_THREAD } message_type;
-
-    std::unique_ptr<FileWrapper> file;  // Only used with START_FILE.
-    int64_t max_size_bytes;             // Only used with START_FILE.
-    int64_t start_time;                 // Only used with START_FILE.
-    int64_t stop_time;                  // Used with all 3 message types.
-
-    friend void swap(ControlMessage& lhs, ControlMessage& rhs) {
-      using std::swap;
-      swap(lhs.message_type, rhs.message_type);
-      lhs.file.swap(rhs.file);
-      swap(lhs.max_size_bytes, rhs.max_size_bytes);
-      swap(lhs.start_time, rhs.start_time);
-      swap(lhs.stop_time, rhs.stop_time);
-    }
-  };
-
-  RtcEventLogHelperThread(
-      SwapQueue<ControlMessage>* message_queue,
-      SwapQueue<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>>* event_queue);
-  ~RtcEventLogHelperThread();
-
-  // This function MUST be called once a STOP_FILE message is added to the
-  // signalling queue. The function will make sure that the output thread
-  // wakes up to read the message, and it blocks until the output thread has
-  // finished writing to the file.
-  void WaitForFileFinished();
-
-  // This fuction MUST be called once an event is added to the event queue.
-  void SignalNewEvent();
-
- private:
-  static void ThreadOutputFunction(void* obj);
-
-  bool AppendEventToString(rtclog::Event* event);
-  bool LogToMemory();
-  void StartLogFile();
-  bool LogToFile();
-  void StopLogFile();
-  void ProcessEvents();
-
-  // Message queues for passing events to the logging thread.
-  SwapQueue<ControlMessage>* message_queue_;
-  SwapQueue<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>>* event_queue_;
-
-  // History containing the most recent events (~ 10 s).
-  std::deque<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>> history_;
-
-  // History containing all past configuration events.
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event>> config_history_;
-
-  std::unique_ptr<FileWrapper> file_;
-  rtc::PlatformThread thread_;
-
-  int64_t max_size_bytes_;
-  int64_t written_bytes_;
-  int64_t start_time_;
-  int64_t stop_time_;
-
-  bool has_recent_event_;
-  std::unique_ptr<rtclog::Event> most_recent_event_;
-
-  // Temporary space for serializing profobuf data.
-  ProtoString output_string_;
-
-  rtc::Event wake_periodically_;
-  rtc::Event wake_from_hibernation_;
-  rtc::Event file_finished_;
-
-  RTC_DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(RtcEventLogHelperThread);
-};
-
-}  // namespace webrtc
-
-#endif  // ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
-
-#endif  // WEBRTC_LOGGING_RTC_EVENT_LOG_RTC_EVENT_LOG_HELPER_THREAD_H_
diff --git a/pc/peerconnection.cc b/pc/peerconnection.cc
index e22a09e..99b87c0 100644
--- a/pc/peerconnection.cc
+++ b/pc/peerconnection.cc
@@ -1337,11 +1337,11 @@
       rtc::Bind(&cricket::PortAllocator::DiscardCandidatePool,
                 port_allocator_.get()));
 
-  factory_->worker_thread()->Invoke<void>(RTC_FROM_HERE,
-                                          [this] { call_.reset(); });
-
-  // The event log must outlive call (and any other object that uses it).
-  event_log_.reset();
+  factory_->worker_thread()->Invoke<void>(RTC_FROM_HERE, [this] {
+    call_.reset();
+    // The event log must outlive call (and any other object that uses it).
+    event_log_.reset();
+  });
 }
 
 void PeerConnection::OnSessionStateChange(WebRtcSession* /*session*/,
diff --git a/pc/peerconnectionfactory.cc b/pc/peerconnectionfactory.cc
index d4ee405..6da4669 100644
--- a/pc/peerconnectionfactory.cc
+++ b/pc/peerconnectionfactory.cc
@@ -262,8 +262,9 @@
                                allocator.get(), options_.network_ignore_mask));
 
   std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> event_log =
-      event_log_factory_ ? event_log_factory_->CreateRtcEventLog()
-                         : rtc::MakeUnique<RtcEventLogNullImpl>();
+      worker_thread_->Invoke<std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog>>(
+          RTC_FROM_HERE,
+          rtc::Bind(&PeerConnectionFactory::CreateRtcEventLog_w, this));
 
   std::unique_ptr<Call> call = worker_thread_->Invoke<std::unique_ptr<Call>>(
       RTC_FROM_HERE,
@@ -331,6 +332,11 @@
   return network_thread_;
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> PeerConnectionFactory::CreateRtcEventLog_w() {
+  return event_log_factory_ ? event_log_factory_->CreateRtcEventLog()
+                            : rtc::MakeUnique<RtcEventLogNullImpl>();
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<Call> PeerConnectionFactory::CreateCall_w(
     RtcEventLog* event_log) {
   const int kMinBandwidthBps = 30000;
diff --git a/pc/peerconnectionfactory.h b/pc/peerconnectionfactory.h
index ebd3016..82440e7 100644
--- a/pc/peerconnectionfactory.h
+++ b/pc/peerconnectionfactory.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
   virtual ~PeerConnectionFactory();
 
  private:
+  std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> CreateRtcEventLog_w();
   std::unique_ptr<Call> CreateCall_w(RtcEventLog* event_log);
 
   bool wraps_current_thread_;