b2g入口：b2g做了些什么工作

之前看的是init到系统启动到system app再到system app 将其他核心应用启动起来的过程。那么支持上层应用的底层（gecko 层的这些组件又做了什么呢？）

启动过程总览：

物理按键---->固件（firmware）--->(加载/启动)内核（kernel）---->init进程--->解析init.rc/init.b2g.rc(有b2g.sh)---->b2g.sh--->system/b2g/b2g(可执行文件由gecko/b2g/...生成)--->(something i need to study now!!!)--->libxul(.so)--->b2g.js--->shell.html--->shell.js(SystemAppFrame(id=systemapp),load blank.html into this iframe)--->system app--->core app(homescreen ect...)

而另一条线即是，b2g(可执行文件被执行之后（b2g进程）做了哪些支撑工作)

 

b2g进程底层做的工作。

理清：

XPCOM的初始化，

以及如何支持上层的应用（有点大了）。

init进程启动许多进程，其中之一就是gecko的入口b2g,实际就是通过运行b2g.sh脚本执行了b2g可执行文件，b2g是gecko/b2g/app/B2GLoader.cpp编译生成的。

主要分析b2g进程做了什么，从而支撑上层应用正常运行。

gecko/xpcom/build/nsXULAppAPI.h

/**
 * Begin an XUL application. Does not return until the user exits the
 * application.
 *
 * @param argc/argv Command-line parameters to pass to the application. On
 *                  Windows, these should be in UTF8. On unix-like platforms
 *                  these are in the "native" character set.
 *
 * @param aAppData  Information about the application to be run.
 *
 * @param aFlags    Platform specific flags.
 *
 * @return         A native result code suitable for returning from main().
 *
 * @note           If the binary is linked against the standalone XPCOM glue,
 *                 XPCOMGlueStartup() should be called before this method.
 */
XRE_API(int,
        XRE_main, (int argc, char* argv[], const nsXREAppData* aAppData,
                   uint32_t aFlags))

XRE_API()定义在xrecore.h中

gecko/xpcom/build/xrecore.h

#include "nscore.h"

/**
 * Import/export macros for libXUL APIs.
 */
#ifdef XPCOM_GLUE
#define XRE_API(type, name, params) \
  typedef type (NS_FROZENCALL * name##Type) params; \
  extern name##Type name NS_HIDDEN;
#elif defined(IMPL_LIBXUL)
#define XRE_API(type, name, params) EXPORT_XPCOM_API(type) name params;
#else
#define XRE_API(type, name, params) IMPORT_XPCOM_API(type) name params;
#endif

gecko/xpcom/base/nscore.h

/* Core XPCOM declarations. */

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Import/export defines */

...

#define EXPORT_XPCOM_API(type) NS_EXTERN_C NS_EXPORT type NS_FROZENCALL
#define IMPORT_XPCOM_API(type) NS_EXTERN_C NS_IMPORT type NS_FROZENCALL
#define GLUE_XPCOM_API(type) NS_EXTERN_C NS_HIDDEN_(type) NS_FROZENCALL

#ifdef IMPL_LIBXUL
#define XPCOM_API(type) EXPORT_XPCOM_API(type)
#elif defined(XPCOM_GLUE)
#define XPCOM_API(type) GLUE_XPCOM_API(type)
#else
#define XPCOM_API(type) IMPORT_XPCOM_API(type)
#endif

gecko/xpcom/build/nsXPCOMCID.h 定义XPCOM核心CID。

 

main 函数主要执行3个大模块的函数：
  ReserveFileDescriptors(reservedFds);
  bool ok = LoadStaticData(argc, argv);
  return RunProcesses(argc, argv, reservedFds); b2g进程与Nuwa之间具体如何通过ipc进行 通信并使nuwa创建出新进程

（0）main()如下：

/**
 * B2G Loader is responsible for loading the b2g process and the
 * Nuwa process.  It forks into the parent process, for the b2g
 * process, and the child process, for the Nuwa process.
 *
 * The loader loads libxul and performs initialization of static data
 * before forking, so relocation of libxul and static data can be
 * shared between the b2g process, the Nuwa process, and the content
 * processes.
 */
int
main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
  // argc :1
  // argv :system/b2g/b2g 
  /**
   * Reserve file descriptors before loading static data.
   */
  FdArray reservedFds;
  ReserveFileDescriptors(reservedFds);
/*
   * Before fork(), libxul and static data of Gecko are loaded for
   * sharing.
   */
  bool ok = LoadStaticData(argc, argv);
  if (!ok) {
    return 255;
  }
  return RunProcesses(argc, argv, reservedFds);
}

（1）  ReserveFileDescriptors(reservedFds);

保留文件描述符（5个吗）。为什么？以供后用？3-7？

 

（2）  bool ok = LoadStaticData(argc, argv);

1.1 主要分析loadstaticdata部分，它是在runprocesses前要做的工作，主要是loadlibxul,和xre_procloaderpreload。前者load了libxul具体是去调xpcomglue相关的enablepreload,startup,loadxulfunction等，这几个的具体工作还需继续，总体来说就是执行了xpcom相关的几个重要函数。xre_procloaderpreload的主要任务则是在xpcom初始化之前加载好xpt接口信息。

加载固定的数据

static bool
LoadStaticData(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
  P_LOGI( );
  char xpcomPath[MAXPATHLEN];
  bool ok = GetXPCOMPath(argv[0], xpcomPath, MAXPATHLEN);
  NS_ENSURE_TRUE(ok, false);

  ok = LoadLibxul(xpcomPath);
  NS_ENSURE_TRUE(ok, false);

  char progDir[MAXPATHLEN];
  ok = GetDirnameSlash(xpcomPath, progDir, MAXPATHLEN);
  NS_ENSURE_TRUE(ok, false);

  nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> appini = GetAppIni(argc, argv);
  const nsXREAppData *appData;
  if (appini) {
    nsresult rv =
      XRE_CreateAppData(appini, const_cast<nsXREAppData**>(&appData));
    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
  } else {
    appData = &sAppData;
  }

  XRE_ProcLoaderPreload(progDir, appData);

  if (appini) {
    XRE_FreeAppData(const_cast<nsXREAppData*>(appData));
  }

  return true;
}

LoadStaticData

主要看

{

  ok = LoadLibxul(xpcomPath);

  XRE_ProcLoaderPreload(progDir, appData);// toolkit/xre/ns