int property_set(const char *name, const char *value) { if(namelen < 1) return -1; pi = (prop_info*) __system_property_find(name); if(pi != 0) { /* ro.* properties may NEVER be modified once set */ if(!strncmp(name, "ro.", 3)) return -1; pa = __system_property_area__; update_prop_info(pi, value, valuelen); pa->serial++; __futex_wake(&pa->serial, INT32_MAX); } else { pa = __system_property_area__; if(pa->count == PA_COUNT_MAX) return -1; pi = pa_info_array + pa->count; pi->serial = (valuelen << 24); memcpy(pi->name, name, namelen + 1); memcpy(pi->value, value, valuelen + 1); pa->toc[pa->count] = (namelen << 24) | (((unsigned) pi) - ((unsigned) pa)); pa->count++; pa->serial++; __futex_wake(&pa->serial, INT32_MAX); } /* If name starts with "net." treat as a DNS property. */ if (strncmp("net.", name, strlen("net.")) == 0) { if (strcmp("net.change", name) == 0) { return 0; } /* * The 'net.change' property is a special property used track when any * 'net.*' property name is updated. It is _ONLY_ updated here. Its value * contains the last updated 'net.*' property. */ property_set("net.change", name); } else if (persistent_properties_loaded && strncmp("persist.", name, strlen("persist.")) == 0) { /* * Don't write properties to disk until after we have read all default properties * to prevent them from being overwritten by default values. */ write_persistent_property(name, value); } property_changed(name, value); return 0; }
当用户设置属性时，如果以属性名字以persist.开头，则会同时在/data/property目录下创建以该属性名字命名的文件，并写入属性值。