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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
+#include <android/binder_manager.h>
+#include <android/binder_process.h>
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+
+class AudioHalBinderServiceUtil {
+  public:
+    ndk::SpAIBinder connectToService(const std::string& serviceName) {
+        mServiceName = serviceName;
+        mBinder = ndk::SpAIBinder(AServiceManager_getService(serviceName.c_str()));
+        if (mBinder == nullptr) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to get service " << serviceName;
+        } else {
+            LOG(DEBUG) << "succeed to get service " << serviceName;
+        }
+        return mBinder;
+    }
+
+    ndk::SpAIBinder restartService(
+            std::chrono::milliseconds timeoutMs = std::chrono::milliseconds(3000)) {
+        mDeathHandler.reset(new AidlDeathRecipient(mBinder));
+        if (STATUS_OK != mDeathHandler->linkToDeath()) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "linkToDeath failed";
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        if (!android::base::SetProperty("sys.audio.restart.hal", "1")) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "SetProperty failed";
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        if (!mDeathHandler->waitForFired(timeoutMs)) {
+            LOG(ERROR) << "Timeout wait for death";
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        mDeathHandler.reset();
+        return connectToService(mServiceName);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    class AidlDeathRecipient {
+      public:
+        explicit AidlDeathRecipient(const ndk::SpAIBinder& binder)
+            : binder(binder), recipient(AIBinder_DeathRecipient_new(&binderDiedCallbackAidl)) {}
+
+        binder_status_t linkToDeath() {
+            return AIBinder_linkToDeath(binder.get(), recipient.get(), this);
+        }
+
+        bool waitForFired(std::chrono::milliseconds timeoutMs) {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+            condition.wait_for(lock, timeoutMs, [this]() { return fired; });
+            return fired;
+        }
+
+      private:
+        const ndk::SpAIBinder binder;
+        const ndk::ScopedAIBinder_DeathRecipient recipient;
+        std::mutex mutex;
+        std::condition_variable condition;
+        bool fired = false;
+
+        void binderDied() {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+            fired = true;
+            condition.notify_one();
+        };
+
+        static void binderDiedCallbackAidl(void* cookie) {
+            AidlDeathRecipient* self = static_cast<AidlDeathRecipient*>(cookie);
+            self->binderDied();
+        }
+    };
+
+    std::string mServiceName;
+    ndk::SpAIBinder mBinder;
+    std::unique_ptr<AidlDeathRecipient> mDeathHandler;
+};