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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 <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+// use external control number from main test
+static std::string* atexit_sequence = NULL;
+static bool* atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor = NULL;
+
+class AtExitStaticClass;
+
+static const AtExitStaticClass* valid_this = NULL;
+
+static class AtExitStaticClass {
+public:
+  AtExitStaticClass() { valid_this = this; }
+  ~AtExitStaticClass() {
+    if (atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor) {
+      *atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor = (valid_this == this);
+    }
+  }
+} staticObj;
+
+// 4
+static void atexit_handler_from_atexit_from_atexit2() {
+  *atexit_sequence += " on";
+}
+
+// 3
+static void atexit_handler_from_atexit_from_atexit1() {
+  *atexit_sequence += " sat";
+}
+
+// 2
+static void atexit_handler_from_atexit() {
+  *atexit_sequence += " Dumpty";
+  // register 2 others
+  atexit(atexit_handler_from_atexit_from_atexit2);
+  atexit(atexit_handler_from_atexit_from_atexit1);
+}
+
+// 1
+static void atexit_handler_with_atexit() {
+  *atexit_sequence += "Humpty";
+  atexit(atexit_handler_from_atexit);
+}
+
+// last
+static void atexit_handler_regular() {
+  *atexit_sequence += " a wall";
+}
+
+extern "C" void register_atexit(std::string* sequence, bool* valid_this_in_static_dtor) {
+  atexit_sequence = sequence;
+  atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor = valid_this_in_static_dtor;
+  atexit(atexit_handler_regular);
+  atexit(atexit_handler_with_atexit);
+  atexit(NULL);
+}
+