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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMD_DUMPSTATE_INTERNAL_H_
+#define FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMD_DUMPSTATE_INTERNAL_H_
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+// TODO: rename macros to DUMPSTATE_LOGXXX
+#ifndef MYLOGD
+#define MYLOGD(...)               \
+    fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); \
+    ALOGD(__VA_ARGS__);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MYLOGI
+#define MYLOGI(...)               \
+    fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); \
+    ALOGI(__VA_ARGS__);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MYLOGE
+#define MYLOGE(...)               \
+    fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); \
+    ALOGE(__VA_ARGS__);
+#endif
+
+// Internal functions used by .cpp files on multiple build targets.
+// TODO: move to android::os::dumpstate::internal namespace
+
+// TODO: use functions from <chrono> instead
+const uint64_t NANOS_PER_SEC = 1000000000;
+uint64_t Nanotime();
+
+// Switches to non-root user and group.
+bool DropRootUser();
+
+// TODO: move to .cpp as static once is not used by utils.cpp anymore.
+int DumpFileFromFdToFd(const std::string& title, const std::string& path_string, int fd, int out_fd,
+                       bool dry_run = false);
+
+#endif  // FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMD_DUMPSTATE_INTERNAL_H_