commit 4ade5195f188b84ce3599c71ef058d040b141da4
author Tom Cherry <tomcherry@google.com> Sat Dec 05 00:21:46 2015 +0000
committer Gerrit Code Review <noreply-gerritcodereview@google.com> Sat Dec 05 00:21:46 2015 +0000
tree 117d9a8ada047bad24b3cf0e0aa55394f873d930
parent ef2ba3dbf986257ded12531fe15bf0d1d4a87d50
parent 21eadee6e97c08485c9ec52a8f44cabd4261bf4a

Merge "Do not create prop files for ctl.* properties"

libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp

diff --git a/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp b/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp
index 9b44ff2..b9a373e 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/system_properties.cpp
@@ -915,6 +915,16 @@
             free(prop_prefix);
             continue;
         }
+        /*
+         * init uses ctl.* properties as an IPC mechanism and does not write them
+         * to a property file, therefore we do not need to create property files
+         * to store them.
+         */
+        if (!strncmp(prop_prefix, "ctl.", 4)) {
+            free(prop_prefix);
+            free(context);
+            continue;
+        }
 
         auto old_context = list_find(
             contexts, [context](context_node* l) { return !strcmp(l->context, context); });