Zygote进程【2】——Zygote的分裂

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在Zygote的诞生一文中init进程是如何一步步创建Zygote进程的，也了解了Zygote的进程的作用。Zygote进程的诞生对于整个Java世界可以说有着”开天辟地“的作用，它创建了Java虚拟机，并且繁殖了Java世界的核心服务system_server进程，在完成Java世界的初创工作以后，Zygote并没有死去，它只是暂时的沉睡（socket事件堵塞）在那里，一旦有需要（有客户端请求的到来），它便马上起来工作。本文接下来就将分析一下Zygote是如何监听和处理socket事件的。

首先让我们一起来回忆一下Zygote的main方法：

@frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java

    public static void main(String argv[]) {
        try {

            registerZygoteSocket();//注册zygote用的socket

            ......

            runSelectLoop();//变成守护进程，接收socket信息进行处理

            closeServerSocket();
        } catch (MethodAndArgsCaller caller) {
            caller.run();
        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Zygote died with exception", ex);
            closeServerSocket();
            throw ex;
        }
    }

main（）方法首先在registerZygoteSocket中注册了Zygote的 服务端Socket对象，然后在完成一系列初创工作后调用runSelectLoop进入到死循环中，等待客户端事件的到来。到了这里我们不禁会问，Zygote进程作为服务端，那客户端是谁呢？Zygote接收到客户端连接以后又是如何处理的呢？下面我们就带着这两个问题一起来分析。

客户端请求

@/frameworks/base/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java

    private final void startProcessLocked(ProcessRecord app,
            String hostingType, String hostingNameStr) {
    	......
        try {
        	......
            // Start the process.  It will either succeed and return a result containing
            // the PID of the new process, or else throw a RuntimeException.
            Process.ProcessStartResult startResult = Process.start("android.app.ActivityThread",
                    app.processName, uid, uid, gids, debugFlags, mountExternal,
                    app.info.targetSdkVersion, app.info.seinfo, null);
            .......
    }

@/frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/Process.java

   /**
     * Start a new process.
     * 
     * <p>If processes are enabled, a new process is created and the
     * static main() function of a <var>processClass</var> is executed there.
     * The process will continue running after this function returns.
     * 
     * <p>If processes are not enabled, a new thread in the caller's
     * process is created and main() of <var>processClass</var> called there.
     * 
     * <p>The niceName parameter, if not an empty string, is a custom name to
     * give to the process instead of using processClass.  This allows you to
     * make easily identifyable processes even if you are using the same base
     * <var>processClass</var> to start them.
     * 
     * @param processClass The class to use as the process's main entry
     *                     point.
     * @param niceName A more readable name to use for the process.
     * @param uid The user-id under which the process will run.
     * @param gid The group-id under which the process will run.
     * @param gids Additional group-ids associated with the process.
     * @param debugFlags Additional flags.
     * @param targetSdkVersion The target SDK version for the app.
     * @param seInfo null-ok SE Android information for the new process.
     * @param zygoteArgs Additional arguments to supply to the zygote process.
     * 
     * @return An object that describes the result of the attempt to start the process.
     * @throws RuntimeException on fatal start failure
     * 
     * {@hide}
     */
    public static final ProcessStartResult start(final String processClass,
                                  final String niceName,
                                  int uid, int gid, int[] gids,
                                  int debugFlags, int mountExternal,
                                  int targetSdkVersion,
                                  String seInfo,
                                  String[] zygoteArgs) {
        try {
            return startViaZygote(processClass, niceName, uid, gid, gids,
                    debugFlags, mountExternal, targetSdkVersion, seInfo, zygoteArgs);
        } catch (ZygoteStartFailedEx ex) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG,
                    "Starting VM process through Zygote failed");
            throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Starting VM process through Zygote failed", ex);
        }
    }

startViaZygote()方法的实现如下：

    /**
     * Starts a new process via the zygote mechanism.
     *
     * @param processClass Class name whose static main() to run
     * @param niceName 'nice' process name to appear in ps
     * @param uid a POSIX uid that the new process should setuid() to
     * @param gid a POSIX gid that the new process shuold setgid() to
     * @param gids null-ok; a list of supplementary group IDs that the
     * new process should setgroup() to.
     * @param debugFlags Additional flags.
     * @param targetSdkVersion The target SDK version for the app.
     * @param seInfo null-ok SE Android information for the new process.
     * @param extraArgs Additional arguments to supply to the zygote process.
     * @return An object that des