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Explore Android's Binder driver and its unique Priority Inheritance model in this 22-minute conference talk from the Linux Plumbers Conference. Examine the lightweight IPC mechanism that serves as Android's inter-process communication backbone and understand why its current Priority Inheritance implementation has been rejected by upstream maintainers. Analyze the design decisions behind Android's approach and discover several upstream-friendly alternatives that could replace the existing model while maintaining system performance and reliability.
Syllabus
Rethinking Android's Priority Inheritance - Carlos Llamas
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Linux Plumbers Conference