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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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_globals.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#include <string>
+
+static std::string get_testlib_root() {
+  std::string out_path;
+  const char* data_dir = getenv("ANDROID_DATA");
+  if (data_dir == nullptr) {
+    out_path = "/data";
+  } else {
+    out_path = data_dir;
+  }
+
+  out_path = out_path + "/nativetest";
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+  out_path += "64";
+#endif
+  out_path += "/bionic-loader-test-libs";
+  std::string real_path;
+  if (!get_realpath(out_path, &real_path)) {
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  return real_path;
+}
+
+const std::string g_testlib_root = get_testlib_root();