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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
+
+using android::base::Split;
+using std::string;
+using std::vector;
+
+static string pathToFilename(string path, bool noext = false) {
+    vector<string> spath = android::base::Split(path, "/");
+    string ret = spath.back();
+
+    if (noext) {
+        size_t lastindex = ret.find_last_of(".");
+        return ret.substr(0, lastindex);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int getMachineKvers(void) {
+    struct utsname un;
+    char* unameOut;
+    int nums[3];  // maj, min, sub
+
+    if (uname(&un)) return -1;
+    unameOut = un.release;
+
+    string s = unameOut;
+    string token;
+    size_t pos = 0;
+    int cur_num = 0;
+
+    while ((pos = s.find(".")) != string::npos && cur_num < 3) {
+        token = s.substr(0, pos);
+        s.erase(0, pos + 1);
+
+        if ((pos = token.find("-")) != string::npos) token = token.substr(0, pos);
+
+        nums[cur_num++] = stoi(token);
+    }
+
+    if ((pos = s.find("-")) != string::npos)
+        token = s.substr(0, pos);
+    else
+        token = s;
+
+    if (token.length() > 0 && cur_num < 3) {
+        nums[cur_num++] = stoi(token);
+    }
+
+    if (cur_num != 3)
+        return -1;
+    else
+        return (65536 * nums[0] + 256 * nums[1] + nums[2]);
+}
+
+static void deslash(string& s) {
+    std::replace(s.begin(), s.end(), '/', '_');
+}