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+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "android.hardware.keymint1-service"
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android/binder_manager.h>
+#include <android/binder_process.h>
+
+#include <AndroidKeyMint1Device.h>
+#include <keymaster/soft_keymaster_logger.h>
+
+using aidl::android::hardware::keymint::SecurityLevel;
+using aidl::android::hardware::keymint::V1_0::AndroidKeyMint1Device;
+
+int main() {
+    // Zero threads seems like a useless pool, but below we'll join this thread to it, increasing
+    // the pool size to 1.
+    ABinderProcess_setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(0);
+    std::shared_ptr<AndroidKeyMint1Device> km5 =
+            ndk::SharedRefBase::make<AndroidKeyMint1Device>(SecurityLevel::SOFTWARE);
+
+    keymaster::SoftKeymasterLogger logger;
+    const auto instanceName = std::string(AndroidKeyMint1Device::descriptor) + "/default";
+    LOG(INFO) << "instance: " << instanceName;
+    binder_status_t status =
+            AServiceManager_addService(km5->asBinder().get(), instanceName.c_str());
+    CHECK(status == STATUS_OK);
+
+    ABinderProcess_joinThreadPool();
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;  // should not reach
+}