I will use call IAudioFlinger::setMode API as a sample scenario to show how the Android IPC
system works. AudioFlinger is a service in the media_server program
Service Manager Run
service_manager provide service manager service to other process. It must be started before any
other service gets running.
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct binder_state *bs;
void *svcmgr = BINDER_SERVICE_MANAGER;
bs = binder_open(128*1024);
if (binder_become_context_manager(bs)) {
LOGE("cannot become context manager (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
return -1;
}
svcmgr_handle = svcmgr;
binder_loop(bs, svcmgr_handler);
return 0;
}
It first open “/dev/binder” driver and then call BINDER_SET_CONTEXT_MGR ioctl to let
binder kernel driver know it acts as a manager. Then it enters into a loop to wait for any data from
other process.
void binder_loop(struct binder_state *bs, binder_handler func)
{
int res;
struct binder_write_read bwr;
unsigned readbuf[32];
bwr.write_size = 0;
bwr.write_consumed = 0;
bwr.write_buffer = 0;
readbuf[0] = BC_ENTER_LOOPER;
binder_write(bs, readbuf, sizeof(unsigned));
for (;;) {
bwr.read_size = sizeof(readbuf);
bwr.read_consumed = 0;
bwr.read_buffer = (unsigned) readbuf;
