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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2025 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package android.util;
18 
19 import android.annotation.NonNull;
20 import android.annotation.Nullable;
21 import android.os.SystemProperties;
22 
23 /**
24  * This class provides a single, static function to set a system property.  The function retries on
25  * error.  System properties should be reliable but there have been reports of failures in the set()
26  * command on lower-end devices.  Clients may want to use this method instead of calling
27  * {@link SystemProperties.set} directly.
28  * @hide
29  */
30 public class SystemPropertySetter {
31 
32     /**
33      * The default retryDelayMs for {@link #setWithRetry}.  This value has been found to give
34      * reasonable behavior in the field.
35      */
36     public static final int PROPERTY_FAILURE_RETRY_DELAY_MILLIS = 200;
37 
38     /**
39      * The default retryLimit for {@link #setWithRetry}.  This value has been found to give
40      * reasonable behavior in the field.
41      */
42     public static final int PROPERTY_FAILURE_RETRY_LIMIT = 5;
43 
44     /**
45      * Set the value for the given {@code key} to {@code val}.  This method retries using the
46      * standard parameters, above, if the native method throws a RuntimeException.
47      *
48      * @param key The name of the property to be set.
49      * @param val The new string value of the property.
50      * @throws IllegalArgumentException for non read-only properties if the {@code val} exceeds
51      * 91 characters.
52      * @throws RuntimeException if the property cannot be set, for example, if it was blocked by
53      * SELinux. libc will log the underlying reason.
54      */
setWithRetry(@onNull String key, @Nullable String val)55     public static void setWithRetry(@NonNull String key, @Nullable String val) {
56         setWithRetry(key, val,PROPERTY_FAILURE_RETRY_DELAY_MILLIS, PROPERTY_FAILURE_RETRY_LIMIT);
57     }
58 
59     /**
60      * Set the value for the given {@code key} to {@code val}.  This method retries if the native
61      * method throws a RuntimeException.  If the {@code maxRetry} count is exceeded, the method
62      * throws the first RuntimeException that was seen.
63      *
64      * @param key The name of the property to be set.
65      * @param val The new string value of the property.
66      * @param maxRetry The maximum number of times; must be non-negative.
67      * @param retryDelayMs The number of milliseconds to wait between retries; must be positive.
68      * @throws IllegalArgumentException for non read-only properties if the {@code val} exceeds
69      * 91 characters, or if the retry parameters are invalid.
70      * @throws RuntimeException if the property cannot be set, for example, if it was blocked by
71      * SELinux. libc will log the underlying reason.
72      */
setWithRetry(@onNull String key, @Nullable String val, int maxRetry, long retryDelayMs)73     public static void setWithRetry(@NonNull String key, @Nullable String val, int maxRetry,
74             long retryDelayMs) {
75         if (maxRetry < 0) {
76             throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid retry count: " + maxRetry);
77         }
78         if (retryDelayMs <= 0) {
79             throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid retry delay: " + retryDelayMs);
80         }
81 
82         RuntimeException failure = null;
83         for (int attempt = 0; attempt < maxRetry; attempt++) {
84             try {
85                 SystemProperties.set(key, val);
86                 return;
87             } catch (RuntimeException e) {
88                 if (failure == null) {
89                     failure = e;
90                 }
91                 try {
92                     Thread.sleep(retryDelayMs);
93                 } catch (InterruptedException x) {
94                     // Ignore this exception.  The desired delay is only approximate and
95                     // there is no issue if the sleep sometimes terminates early.
96                 }
97             }
98         }
99         // This point is reached only if SystemProperties.set() fails at least once.
100         // Rethrow the first exception that was received.
101         throw failure;
102     }
103 }
104