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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.
+ */
+
+#include "IncrementalServiceValidation.h"
+
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <binder/PermissionCache.h>
+#include <binder/PermissionController.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <utils/String16.h>
+
+namespace android::incremental {
+
+binder::Status Ok() {
+    return binder::Status::ok();
+}
+
+binder::Status Exception(uint32_t code, const std::string& msg) {
+    return binder::Status::fromExceptionCode(code, String8(msg.c_str()));
+}
+
+int fromBinderStatus(const binder::Status& status) {
+    return status.exceptionCode() == binder::Status::EX_SERVICE_SPECIFIC
+            ? status.serviceSpecificErrorCode() > 0
+                    ? -status.serviceSpecificErrorCode()
+                    : status.serviceSpecificErrorCode() == 0 ? -EFAULT
+                                                             : status.serviceSpecificErrorCode()
+            : -EIO;
+}
+
+binder::Status CheckPermissionForDataDelivery(const char* permission, const char* operation,
+                                              const char* package) {
+    using android::base::StringPrintf;
+
+    int32_t pid;
+    int32_t uid;
+
+    if (!PermissionCache::checkCallingPermission(String16(permission), &pid, &uid)) {
+        return Exception(binder::Status::EX_SECURITY,
+                         StringPrintf("UID %d / PID %d lacks permission %s", uid, pid, permission));
+    }
+
+    String16 packageName{package};
+
+    // Caller must also have op granted.
+    PermissionController pc;
+    if (auto packageUid = pc.getPackageUid(packageName, 0); packageUid != uid) {
+        return Exception(binder::Status::EX_SECURITY,
+                         StringPrintf("UID %d / PID %d does not own package %s", uid, pid,
+                                      package));
+    }
+    switch (auto result = pc.noteOp(String16(operation), uid, packageName); result) {
+        case PermissionController::MODE_ALLOWED:
+        case PermissionController::MODE_DEFAULT:
+            return binder::Status::ok();
+        default:
+            return Exception(binder::Status::EX_SECURITY,
+                             StringPrintf("UID %d / PID %d / package %s lacks app-op %s, error %d",
+                                          uid, pid, package, operation, result));
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace android::incremental