new String8, String16 ctors to initialize empty static strings with static linkage

when libutils is statically linked, the ordering of the static
initializer is not guaranteed and therefore it's unsafe to use
empty static strings: e.g.:

static String8 sThisStaticStringIsNotSafe;

instead, this new constructor can be used:

static String8 sThisStaticStringIsSafe(kEmptyString);

Change-Id: Ia3daf1cab1c97d021c0ee9c2b394b5e27e8d6c0d

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libs/utils/String8.cpp b/libs/utils/String8.cpp
index 413928abb3..e852d77b79 100644
--- a/libs/utils/String8.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/String8.cpp
@@ -47,16 +47,12 @@ void initialize_string8();
 
 static inline char* getEmptyString()
 {
-    if (!gEmptyStringBuf) initialize_string8();
-
     gEmptyStringBuf->acquire();
     return gEmptyString;
 }
 
 void initialize_string8()
 {
-    if (gEmptyStringBuf) return;
-
     // HACK: This dummy dependency forces linking libutils Static.cpp,
     // which is needed to initialize String8/String16 classes.
     // These variables are named for Darwin, but are needed elsewhere too,
@@ -146,6 +142,19 @@ String8::String8()
 {
 }
 
+String8::String8(StaticLinkage)
+    : mString(0)
+{
+    // this constructor is used when we can't rely on the static-initializers
+    // having run. In this case we always allocate an empty string. It's less
+    // efficient than using getEmptyString(), but we assume it's uncommon.
+
+    char* data = static_cast<char*>(
+            SharedBuffer::alloc(sizeof(char))->data());
+    data[0] = 0;
+    mString = data;
+}
+
 String8::String8(const String8& o)
     : mString(o.mString)
 {