property_service.cpp

native_report_sysprop_change

do_report_sysprop_change

SystemProperties_report_sysprop_change

SystemProperties_add_change_callback
native_add_change_callback
android.os.SystemProperties#callChangeCallbacks()

aosp13/system/core/init/property_service.cpp

#define PROP_SERVICE_NAME “property_service”

init::PropertySet

property_set_fd is set here :

void StartPropertyService(int* epoll_socket) {
    InitPropertySet("ro.property_service.version", "2");

    int sockets[2];
    if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, sockets) != 0) {
        PLOG(FATAL) << "Failed to socketpair() between property_service and init";
    }
    *epoll_socket = from_init_socket = sockets[0];
    init_socket = sockets[1];
    StartSendingMessages();

    if (auto result = CreateSocket(PROP_SERVICE_NAME, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK,
                                   /*passcred=*/false, /*should_listen=*/false, 0666, /*uid=*/0,
                                   /*gid=*/0, /*socketcon=*/{});
        result.ok()) {
        property_set_fd = *result;
    } else {
        LOG(FATAL) << "start_property_service socket creation failed: " << result.error();
    }

    listen(property_set_fd, 8);

    auto new_thread = std::thread{PropertyServiceThread};
    property_service_thread.swap(new_thread);
}

then used by :

static void PropertyServiceThread() {
    Epoll epoll;
    if (auto result = epoll.Open(); !result.ok()) {
        LOG(FATAL) << result.error();
    }

    if (auto result = epoll.RegisterHandler(property_set_fd, handle_property_set_fd);
        !result.ok()) {
        LOG(FATAL) << result.error();
    }

    if (auto result = epoll.RegisterHandler(init_socket, HandleInitSocket); !result.ok()) {
        LOG(FATAL) << result.error();
    }

    while (true) {
        auto pending_functions = epoll.Wait(std::nullopt);
        if (!pending_functions.ok()) {
            LOG(ERROR) << pending_functions.error();
        } else {
            for (const auto& function : *pending_functions) {
                (*function)();
            }
        }
    }
}

when new msg comes, function handle_property_set_fd() will be called .

then call HandlePropertySet() PropertySet()

aosp13/system/core/init/property_service.cpp

StartPropertyService calls PropertyServiceThread calls
handle_property_set_fd calls new SocketConnection ,

HandlePropertySet calls PropertySet