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+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+// TODO(b/183120308): This file is a copy of f/b/libs/hwui/utils/TraceUtils.h
+//  It should be migrated to a common place where both SF and hwui could use it.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cutils/trace.h>
+#include <utils/Trace.h>
+
+#define ATRACE_FORMAT(fmt, ...)           \
+    TraceUtils::TraceEnder __traceEnder = \
+            (TraceUtils::atraceFormatBegin(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__), TraceUtils::TraceEnder())
+
+#define ATRACE_FORMAT_BEGIN(fmt, ...) TraceUtils::atraceFormatBegin(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+namespace android {
+
+class TraceUtils {
+public:
+    class TraceEnder {
+    public:
+        ~TraceEnder() { ATRACE_END(); }
+    };
+
+    static void atraceFormatBegin(const char* fmt, ...) {
+        if (CC_LIKELY(!ATRACE_ENABLED())) return;
+
+        const int BUFFER_SIZE = 256;
+        va_list ap;
+        char buf[BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        vsnprintf(buf, BUFFER_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+
+        ATRACE_BEGIN(buf);
+    }
+
+}; // class TraceUtils
+
+} /* namespace android */