diff --git a/media/utils/TimerThread.cpp b/media/utils/TimerThread.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "TimerThread"
+
+#include <optional>
+
+#include <mediautils/TimerThread.h>
+#include <utils/ThreadDefs.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+TimerThread::TimerThread() : mThread([this] { threadFunc(); }) {
+    pthread_setname_np(mThread.native_handle(), "TimeCheckThread");
+    pthread_setschedprio(mThread.native_handle(), PRIORITY_URGENT_AUDIO);
+}
+
+TimerThread::~TimerThread() {
+    {
+        std::lock_guard _l(mMutex);
+        mShouldExit = true;
+        mCond.notify_all();
+    }
+    mThread.join();
+}
+
+TimerThread::Handle TimerThread::scheduleTaskAtDeadline(std::function<void()>&& func,
+                                                        TimePoint deadline) {
+    std::lock_guard _l(mMutex);
+
+    // To avoid key collisions, advance by 1 tick until the key is unique.
+    for (; mMonitorRequests.find(deadline) != mMonitorRequests.end();
+         deadline += TimePoint::duration(1))
+        ;
+    mMonitorRequests.emplace(deadline, std::move(func));
+    mCond.notify_all();
+    return deadline;
+}
+
+void TimerThread::cancelTask(Handle handle) {
+    std::lock_guard _l(mMutex);
+    mMonitorRequests.erase(handle);
+}
+
+void TimerThread::threadFunc() {
+    std::unique_lock _l(mMutex);
+
+    while (!mShouldExit) {
+        if (!mMonitorRequests.empty()) {
+            TimePoint nextDeadline = mMonitorRequests.begin()->first;
+            if (nextDeadline < std::chrono::steady_clock::now()) {
+                // Deadline expired.
+                mMonitorRequests.begin()->second();
+                mMonitorRequests.erase(mMonitorRequests.begin());
+            }
+            mCond.wait_until(_l, nextDeadline);
+        } else {
+            mCond.wait(_l);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+}  // namespace android