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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+template<typename F>
+void test_forked(F test) {
+  int pid = fork();
+  ASSERT_NE(-1, pid) << strerror(errno);
+
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    test();
+    _exit(testing::Test::HasFailure() ? 1 : 0);
+  }
+
+  int status;
+  ASSERT_EQ(pid, waitpid(pid, &status, 0));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status)) << "Forked test has failed, see above..";
+}