I probably should have done this from the start... There's a shim to
convert my manually serialized format to protobuf, and since that has
not yet shipped, it'll be reverted in a short period of time.
Test: init unit tests
Test: upgrade from legacy and intermediate property formats successfully
Change-Id: Iad25f6c30d0b44d294230a53dd6876222d1c785b
We have seen that storing persistent properties in separate files
causes increased boot latency compared to if they were stored in a
single contiguous file.
This change creates a simple format for a contiguously stored property
file, and adds the support for arbitrary characters in the names of
persistent properties, which previously had been restricted. It has a
mechanism for converting older devices to the new format as well.
Bug: 64392887
Test: boot bullhead with new properties
Test: boot bullhead and verify old properties are converted to the new
property file
Test: corrupt property file and ensure that it gets recovered from memory
Test: new unit tests
Change-Id: I60d8201d655ce5c97b33faae81d5ca8dbbb21a14
Bernie Innocenti
Mark Salyzyn
Tom Cherry