[automerger skipped] audio: Add some utility methods, improve logging am: d5536d9ac6 am: 1c812122aa am: bfb7cb9459 -s ours

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Original change: https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/hardware/interfaces/+/2515523

Change-Id: I02bf42bef0bf14f5347ae1e029bca485ab85aba7
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