feat(bionic): remove libredirect on legacy and update libredirect on modern variant to improve performance

[joshuatam]

Description

feat: remove libredirect on legacy and update libredirect on modern variant to improve performance

Tested devices:

Poco X7 Pro (modern build)

• Fresh GN installation
• Tested Nidhogg to work out of the box with known config

Retroid Pocket Nova (legacy build)

• Existing GN Installation
• Tested Games to work (Vampire Survivors, Dave the Diver, Dishonored, Lies of P)

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Type of Change

• Bug fix
• Performance / stability improvement
• Compatibility improvements
• Other (requires prior approval)

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Summary by cubic

Removes the libredirect preload on legacy and updates the modern libredirect-bionic-wx.so to cut startup overhead. Previously LD_PRELOAD always included BuildConfig.PRELOAD_BIONIC_SO; now it is added only when BuildConfig.MODERN_ANDROID is true, and ImageFsInstaller replaces the on-disk library when the asset content changes to avoid stale hooks. Legacy runs without libredirect hooks.

Review

• In BionicProgramLauncherComponent, confirm LD_PRELOAD on guest programs includes libandroid-sysvshm.so (if present), libevshim.so, and BuildConfig.PRELOAD_BIONIC_SO only on modern; for shell commands, confirm libevshim.so is omitted and PRELOAD_BIONIC_SO is gated on modern.
• In ImageFsInstaller.ensureBionicLib, verify assetContentEquals triggers copying BuildConfig.PRELOAD_BIONIC_SO into usr/lib and chmod when content differs.
• Validate modern asset app/src/modern/assets/libredirect-bionic-wx.so loads as expected; smoke test program launch and redirection-sensitive flows on both modern and legacy.

^{Written for commit 64568aa. Summary will update on new commits.}

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved guest program and shell-command launching on modern Android devices.
  • Refined compatibility support for modern XR environments to avoid unnecessary loading.
  • Updated compatibility library installation to use the configured library and refresh it when the available version changes.
  • Preserved existing files when the installed compatibility library is already current.
  • Maintained optional shared-memory support where available.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change restricts Bionic replacement-library preloading to modern Android builds. Image filesystem installation now uses the configured library asset and compares contents before replacing the destination.

Changes

Bionic library handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Launch preload setup app/src/main/java/com/winlator/xenvironment/components/BionicProgramLauncherComponent.java	Guest-program and shell-command launches preload the Bionic replacement library only when MODERN_ANDROID is enabled. MODERN_XR no longer enables this preload.
Configurable library installation app/src/main/java/com/winlator/xenvironment/ImageFsInstaller.java	ensureBionicLib uses BuildConfig.PRELOAD_BIONIC_SO and compares asset contents with the destination before copying. Missing files and I/O errors trigger replacement.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 64568

The change updates preload behavior across legacy and modern builds, but shell-command launches still omit a required compatibility library, leaving that path outside the intended runtime contract. Merge should wait until this is fixed or explicitly accepted.

Possibly related PRs

• utkarshdalal/GameNative#1472: Introduces the ImageFsInstaller.ensureBionicLib behavior updated by this pull request.

Suggested reviewers: utkarshdalal, phobos665

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes removing libredirect from legacy builds and updating it for modern builds to improve performance.
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Inline comments:
In
`@app/src/main/java/com/winlator/xenvironment/components/BionicProgramLauncherComponent.java`:
- Around line 676-682: Add the libevshim.so path to the execShellCommand preload
construction, matching the existing guest-program preload behavior, immediately
before the conditional PRELOAD_BIONIC_SO entry. Preserve the existing sysv and
modern Android/XR preload logic.

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