diff --git a/ui/metrics/hostinfo_linux.go b/ui/metrics/hostinfo_linux.go
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+// Copyright 2024 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+package metrics
+
+// This file contain code to extract host information on linux from
+// /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo relevant to machine performance
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+
+	"android/soong/finder/fs"
+)
+
+type fillable interface {
+	fillInfo(key, value string)
+}
+
+func NewCpuInfo(fileSystem fs.FileSystem) (*CpuInfo, error) {
+	c := &CpuInfo{}
+	if err := parseFile(c, "/proc/cpuinfo", true, fileSystem); err != nil {
+		return &CpuInfo{}, err
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func NewMemInfo(fileSystem fs.FileSystem) (*MemInfo, error) {
+	m := &MemInfo{}
+	if err := parseFile(m, "/proc/meminfo", false, fileSystem); err != nil {
+		return &MemInfo{}, err
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func parseFile(obj fillable, fileName string, endOnBlank bool, fileSystem fs.FileSystem) error {
+	fd, err := fileSystem.Open(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer fd.Close()
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(fd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, l := range strings.Split(string(data), "\n") {
+		if !strings.Contains(l, ":") {
+			// Terminate after the first blank line.
+			if endOnBlank && strings.TrimSpace(l) == "" {
+				break
+			}
+			// If the line is not of the form "key: values", just skip it.
+			continue
+		}
+
+		kv := strings.SplitN(l, ":", 2)
+		obj.fillInfo(strings.TrimSpace(kv[0]), strings.TrimSpace(kv[1]))
+	}
+	return nil
+}