Fix shutdown sequence to avoid SIGSEGV when running am command
When the app_process is shutting down the main thread will close the binder fd while pool threads are executing an ioctl (in IPCThreadState::stopProcess called by AppRuntime::onStarted in app_main.c). The binder driver will then return all pending calls in ioctl without any error and with a command. One of the threads gets a BR_SPAWN_LOOPER which will create a new thread (the other thread gets a BR_NOOP). This new thread then calls vm->AttachCurrentThread. Usually this results in a log entry with "AndroidRuntime: NOTE: attach of thread 'Binder Thread #3' failed", but sometimes it also causes a SIGSEGV. This depends on the timing between the new thread an the main thread that calls DestroyJavaVM (in AndroidRuntime::start). If IPCThreadState.cpp is compiled with "#define LOG_NDEBUG 0" the pool thread will loop and hit the ALOG_ASSERT(mProcess->mDriverFD >= 0) in IPCThreadState::talkWithDriver. Crashes like this has been seen when running the am command and other commands that use the app_process. This fix makes sure that any command that is received when the driver fd is closed are ignored and IPCThreadState::talkWithDriver instead returns an error which will cause the pool thread to exit and detach itself from the vm. A check to avoid calling ioctl to a fd with -1 was also added in IPCThreadState::threadDestructor. Another solution might be to change the binder driver so that it returns an error when the fd is closed (or atleast not a BR_SPAWN_LOOPER command). It might also be possible to call exit(0) which is done when System.exit(0) is called from java. Change-Id: I3d1f0ff64896c44be2a5994b3a90f7a06d27f429
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