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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_WATCHDOG_H
+#define ANDROID_WATCHDOG_H
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <time.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+/*
+ * An RAII-style object, which would crash the process if a timeout expires
+ * before the object is destroyed.
+ * The calling thread would be sent a SIGABORT, which would typically result in
+ * a stack trace.
+ *
+ * Sample usage:
+ * {
+ *     Watchdog watchdog(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+ *     DoSomething();
+ * }
+ * // If we got here, the function completed in time.
+ */
+class Watchdog final {
+public:
+    Watchdog(std::chrono::steady_clock::duration timeout);
+    ~Watchdog();
+
+private:
+    timer_t mTimerId;
+};
+
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_WATCHDOG_H