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+// Copyright 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.
+
+//! Logger for vmbase.
+//!
+//! Internally uses the println! vmbase macro, which prints to crosvm's UART.
+//! Note: may not work if the VM is in an inconsistent state. Exception handlers
+//! should avoid using this logger and instead print with eprintln!.
+
+extern crate log;
+
+use super::println;
+use log::{LevelFilter, Log, Metadata, Record, SetLoggerError};
+
+struct Logger;
+static LOGGER: Logger = Logger;
+
+impl Log for Logger {
+    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
+        println!("[{}] {}", record.level(), record.args());
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {}
+}
+
+/// Initialize vmbase logger with a given max logging level.
+pub fn init(max_level: LevelFilter) -> Result<(), SetLoggerError> {
+    log::set_logger(&LOGGER)?;
+    log::set_max_level(max_level);
+    Ok(())
+}