Android Init Language
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The Android Init Language consists of four broad classes of statements,
which are Actions, Commands, Services, and Options.
All of these are line-oriented, consisting of tokens separated by
whitespace. The c-style backslash escapes may be used to insert
whitespace into a token. Double quotes may also be used to prevent
whitespace from breaking text into multiple tokens. The backslash,
when it is the last character on a line, may be used for line-folding.
Lines which start with a # (leading whitespace allowed) are comments.
Actions and Services implicitly declare a new section. All commands
or options belong to the section most recently declared. Commands
or options before the first section are ignored.
Actions and Services have unique names. If a second Action or Service
is declared with the same name as an existing one, it is ignored as
an error. (??? should we override instead)
Actions
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Actions are named sequences of commands. Actions have a trigger which
is used to determine when the action should occur. When an event
occurs which matches an action's trigger, that action is added to
the tail of a to-be-executed queue (unless it is already on the
queue).
Each action in the queue is dequeued in sequence and each command in
that action is executed in sequence. Init handles other activities
(device creation/destruction, property setting, process restarting)
"between" the execution of the commands in activities.
Actions take the form of:
on <trigger>
<command>
<command>
<command>
Services
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Services are programs which init launches and (optionally) restarts
when they exit. Services take the form of:
service <name> <pathname> [ <argument> ]*
<option>
<option>
...
Options
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Options are modifiers to services. They affect how and when init
runs the service.
critical
This is a device-critical service. If it exits more than four times in
four minutes, the device will reboot into recovery mode.
disabled
This service will not automatically start with its class.
It must be explicitly started by name.
setenv <name> <value>
Set the environment variable <name> to <value> in the launched process.
socket <name> <type> <perm> [ <user> [ <group> [ <seclabel> ] ] ]
Create a unix domain socket named /dev/socket/<name> and pass
its fd to the launched process. <type> must be "dgram", "stream" or "seqpacket".
User and group default to 0.
'seclabel' is the SELinux security context for the socket.
It defaults to the service security context, as specified by seclabel or
computed based on the service executable file security context.
user <username>
Change to username before exec'ing this service.
Currently defaults to root. (??? probably should default to nobody)
Currently, if your process requires linux capabilities then you cannot use
this command. You must instead request the capabilities in-process while
still root, and then drop to your desired uid.
group <groupname> [ <groupname> ]*
Change to groupname before exec'ing this service. Additional
groupnames beyond the (required) first one are used to set the
supplemental groups of the process (via setgroups()).
Currently defaults to root. (??? probably should default to nobody)
seclabel <seclabel>
Change to 'seclabel' before exec'ing this service.
Primarily for use by services run from the rootfs, e.g. ueventd, adbd.
Services on the system partition can instead use policy-defined transitions
based on their file security context.
If not specified and no transition is defined in policy, defaults to the init context.
oneshot
Do not restart the service when it exits.
class <name>
Specify a class name for the service. All services in a
named class may be started or stopped together. A service
is in the class "default" if one is not specified via the
class option.
onrestart
Execute a Command (see below) when service restarts.
writepid <file...>
Write the child's pid to the given files when it forks. Meant for
cgroup/cpuset usage.
Triggers
--------
Triggers are strings which can be used to match certain kinds
of events and used to cause an action to occur.
boot
This is the first trigger that will occur when init starts
(after /init.conf is loaded)
<name>=<value>
Triggers of this form occur when the property <name> is set
to the specific value <value>.
One can also test multiple properties to execute a group
of commands. For example:
on property:test.a=1 && property:test.b=1
setprop test.c 1
The above stub sets test.c to 1 only when
both test.a=1 and test.b=1
Commands
--------
bootchart_init
Start bootcharting if configured (see below).
This is included in the default init.rc.
chmod <octal-mode> <path>
Change file access permissions.
chown <owner> <group> <path>
Change file owner and group.
class_start <serviceclass>
Start all services of the specified class if they are
not already running.
class_stop <serviceclass>
Stop and disable all services of the specified class if they are
currently running.
class_reset <serviceclass>
Stop all services of the specified class if they are
currently running, without disabling them. They can be restarted
later using class_start.
copy <src> <dst>
Copies a file. Similar to write, but useful for binary/large
amounts of data.
domainname <name>
Set the domain name.
enable <servicename>
Turns a disabled service into an enabled one as if the service did not
specify disabled.
If the service is supposed to be running, it will be started now.
Typically used when the bootloader sets a variable that indicates a specific
service should be started when needed. E.g.
on property:ro.boot.myfancyhardware=1
enable my_fancy_service_for_my_fancy_hardware
exec [ <seclabel> [ <user> [ <group> ]* ] ] -- <command> [ <argument> ]*
Fork and execute command with the given arguments. The command starts
after "--" so that an optional security context, user, and supplementary
groups can be provided. No other commands will be run until this one
finishes. <seclabel> can be a - to denote default.
export <name> <value>
Set the environment variable <name> equal to <value> in the
global environment (which will be inherited by all processes
started after this command is executed)
hostname <name>
Set the host name.
ifup <interface>
Bring the network interface <interface> online.
import <filename>
Parse an init config file, extending the current configuration.
insmod <path>
Install the module at <path>
load_all_props
Loads properties from /system, /vendor, et cetera.
This is included in the default init.rc.
load_persist_props
Loads persistent properties when /data has been decrypted.
This is included in the default init.rc.
loglevel <level>
Sets the kernel log level to level. Properties are expanded within <level>.
mkdir <path> [mode] [owner] [group]
Create a directory at <path>, optionally with the given mode, owner, and
group. If not provided, the directory is created with permissions 755 and
owned by the root user and root group. If provided, the mode, owner and group
will be updated if the directory exists already.
mount_all <fstab>
Calls fs_mgr_mount_all on the given fs_mgr-format fstab.
mount <type> <device> <dir> [ <flag> ]* [<options>]
Attempt to mount the named device at the directory <dir>
<device> may be of the form mtd@name to specify a mtd block
device by name.
<flag>s include "ro", "rw", "remount", "noatime", ...
<options> include "barrier=1", "noauto_da_alloc", "discard", ... as
a comma separated string, eg: barrier=1,noauto_da_alloc
powerctl
Internal implementation detail used to respond to changes to the
"sys.powerctl" system property, used to implement rebooting.
restart <service>
Like stop, but doesn't disable the service.
restorecon <path> [ <path> ]*
Restore the file named by <path> to the security context specified
in the file_contexts configuration.
Not required for directories created by the init.rc as these are
automatically labeled correctly by init.
restorecon_recursive <path> [ <path> ]*
Recursively restore the directory tree named by <path> to the
security contexts specified in the file_contexts configuration.
rm <path>
Calls unlink(2) on the given path. You might want to
use "exec -- rm ..." instead (provided the system partition is
already mounted).
rmdir <path>
Calls rmdir(2) on the given path.
setprop <name> <value>
Set system property <name> to <value>. Properties are expanded
within <value>.
setrlimit <resource> <cur> <max>
Set the rlimit for a resource.
start <service>
Start a service running if it is not already running.
stop <service>
Stop a service from running if it is currently running.
swapon_all <fstab>
Calls fs_mgr_swapon_all on the given fstab file.
symlink <target> <path>
Create a symbolic link at <path> with the value <target>
sysclktz <mins_west_of_gmt>
Set the system clock base (0 if system clock ticks in GMT)
trigger <event>
Trigger an event. Used to queue an action from another
action.
verity_load_state
Internal implementation detail used to load dm-verity state.
verity_update_state <mount_point>
Internal implementation detail used to update dm-verity state and
set the partition.<mount_point>.verified properties used by adb remount
because fs_mgr can't set them directly itself.
wait <path> [ <timeout> ]
Poll for the existence of the given file and return when found,
or the timeout has been reached. If timeout is not specified it
currently defaults to five seconds.
write <path> <content>
Open the file at <path> and write a string to it with write(2).
If the file does not exist, it will be created. If it does exist,
it will be truncated. Properties are expanded within <content>.
Properties
----------
Init updates some system properties to provide some insight into
what it's doing:
init.action
Equal to the name of the action currently being executed or "" if none
init.command
Equal to the command being executed or "" if none.
init.svc.<name>
State of a named service ("stopped", "running", "restarting")
Bootcharting
------------
This version of init contains code to perform "bootcharting": generating log
files that can be later processed by the tools provided by www.bootchart.org.
On the emulator, use the -bootchart <timeout> option to boot with bootcharting
activated for <timeout> seconds.
On a device, create /data/bootchart/start with a command like the following:
adb shell 'echo $TIMEOUT > /data/bootchart/start'
Where the value of $TIMEOUT corresponds to the desired bootcharted period in
seconds. Bootcharting will stop after that many seconds have elapsed.
You can also stop the bootcharting at any moment by doing the following:
adb shell 'echo 1 > /data/bootchart/stop'
Note that /data/bootchart/stop is deleted automatically by init at the end of
the bootcharting. This is not the case with /data/bootchart/start, so don't
forget to delete it when you're done collecting data.
The log files are written to /data/bootchart/. A script is provided to
retrieve them and create a bootchart.tgz file that can be used with the
bootchart command-line utility:
sudo apt-get install pybootchartgui
# grab-bootchart.sh uses $ANDROID_SERIAL.
$ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/system/core/init/grab-bootchart.sh
One thing to watch for is that the bootchart will show init as if it started
running at 0s. You'll have to look at dmesg to work out when the kernel
actually started init.
Debugging init
--------------
By default, programs executed by init will drop stdout and stderr into
/dev/null. To help with debugging, you can execute your program via the
Android program logwrapper. This will redirect stdout/stderr into the
Android logging system (accessed via logcat).
For example
service akmd /system/bin/logwrapper /sbin/akmd
For quicker turnaround when working on init itself, use:
mm -j
m ramdisk-nodeps
m bootimage-nodeps
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot $ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT/boot.img
Alternatively, use the emulator:
emulator -partition-size 1024 -verbose -show-kernel -no-window
You might want to call klog_set_level(6) after the klog_init() call
so you see the kernel logging in dmesg (or the emulator output).
init语言
init语言包括四个部分:(Actions)动作 commands(命令) Services(服务) Options(选项)
Actions和Services属于一个新的section,而所有的Commands和options都必须属于一个section。
Actions和Servics有一个独立的名字。如果有重复的名字出现,那么会被认为是错误的。
Actions
Actions由几行Commands组成,也有一个trigger用来决定Action的发生。当有事件发生且符合Action的trigger,会把Action加入执行队列
Actions形式如下:
on <trigger>
<command>
<command>
<command>
Services
Services可以通过options 当它退出时重启
service <name> <pathname> [<argument>]*
<option>
<option>
Options
Options用来初始化Service的
critical
当它在4分钟内退出4次以上,设备重启进入recovery模式
disabled
Service不会自动开启当它的class启动时,必须显示的started by name(用其名字)
setenv <name> <value>
设置环境变量
socket <name> <type> <perm> [ <user> [ <group> [<seclabel> ] ] ]
创建一个socket named /dev/socket/<name>
user<username>
改变username当执行这个Service之前
group <groupname> [ <groupname> ]*
改变groupname当执行Service之前
seclabel <seclabel>
改变seclabel在执行Service之前
onshot
不要重启Service当退出时
class <name>
为这个Service指定class。所有的Service可以用class name同时开启和结束
onrestart
执行一个命令 当Service重启时
writepid <file...>
当fork一个子进程时,写子进程的pid到一个给定的文件。是给cgroup/cpuset使用
Triggers
Triggers被用来匹配事件,然后加入执行队列。
boot
当init开启时,这是第一个执行的trigger
<name>=<value>
这种形式的触发器当属性满足条件时触发
属性可以多个,如:
on property:test.a=1 && property:test.b=1
setprop test.c 1
Commands
bootchart_init
开启bootcharting
chmod <octal-mode> <path>
改变文件执行权限
chown <owner> <group> <path>
改变文件的owner group
class_start <serviceclass>
开启class start all services
class_stop <servicelass>
停止&disable all services
class_reset <serviceclass>
停止all services
copy <src> <dst>
copy一个文件 类似 write,但是对二进制大容量文件有用
domainname <name>
设置domain 名字
enable <servicename>
将一个disabled的service变成enabled。且start
exec [ <seclabel> [ <user> [ <group> ] * ] ] -- <command> [ <argument> ] *
Fork一个进程然后执行命令
export <name> <value>
设置环境变量into global
hostname <name>
设置host name
ifup <interface>
使网络 interface online
import <filename>
引入init文件
insmod <path>
安装一个module
load_all_props
加载system vendor的属性
load_persist_props
加载data下面的persist属性
loglevel
设置kernel的log level
mkdir <path> [mode] [owner] [group]
创建目录
mount_all <fstab>
挂载fstab中的设备
mount <type> <device> <dir> [ <flag> ]* [<option>]
挂载设备
powerctl
对sys.powerctl属性的respond
restart <service>
类似stop 但是不会disable service
restorecon <path> [ <path> ] *
恢复文件到sercurity context在file_contexts配置的
restorecon_recursive <path> [ <path> ]*
递归的恢复目录中的文件到sercurity context
rm <path>
rm path
rmdir <path>
rmdir 目录
setprop <name> <value>
设置系统属性
setrlimit <resource> <cur> <max>
设置资源的rlimit
start <service>
开启service
stop <service>
关闭service
swapon_all <fstab>
调用fs_mgr_swapon_all on the fstab文件
symlink <target> <path>
创建软链接
sysclktz <mins_west_of_gmt>
设置系统clock base
trigger <event>
触发触发器
verity_load_state
加载dm-verity state
verity-update_state <mount_point>
update dm-versity state
wait <path> [ <timeout> ]
poll for 给定的文件 或者 timeout时间到。如果时间没有设定,默认为5秒
write <path> <content>
打开文件,write string到给定文件。没有文件会被创建。有的话,会truncated