diff --git a/logd/Android.bp b/logd/Android.bp
index 5e591d9..1f6ab34 100644
--- a/logd/Android.bp
+++ b/logd/Android.bp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         "LogStatistics.cpp",
         "LogWhiteBlackList.cpp",
         "LogTags.cpp",
+        "SimpleLogBuffer.cpp",
     ],
     logtags: ["event.logtags"],
 
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
     ] + event_flag,
 
     srcs: [
+        "ChattyLogBufferTest.cpp",
         "logd_test.cpp",
         "LogBufferTest.cpp",
     ],
diff --git a/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp b/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp
index fd2c236..0ba6025 100644
--- a/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.cpp
@@ -40,47 +40,15 @@
 #define __predict_false(exp) __builtin_expect((exp) != 0, 0)
 #endif
 
-// Default
-#define log_buffer_size(id) mMaxSize[id]
-
-void ChattyLogBuffer::Init() {
-    log_id_for_each(i) {
-        if (SetSize(i, __android_logger_get_buffer_size(i))) {
-            SetSize(i, LOG_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE);
-        }
-    }
-    // Release any sleeping reader threads to dump their current content.
-    auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list_->reader_threads_lock()};
-    for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list_->reader_threads()) {
-        reader_thread->triggerReader_Locked();
-    }
-}
-
 ChattyLogBuffer::ChattyLogBuffer(LogReaderList* reader_list, LogTags* tags, PruneList* prune,
                                  LogStatistics* stats)
-    : reader_list_(reader_list), tags_(tags), prune_(prune), stats_(stats) {
-    Init();
-}
+    : SimpleLogBuffer(reader_list, tags, stats), prune_(prune) {}
 
 ChattyLogBuffer::~ChattyLogBuffer() {}
 
-LogBufferElementCollection::iterator ChattyLogBuffer::GetOldest(log_id_t log_id) {
-    auto it = mLogElements.begin();
-    if (oldest_[log_id]) {
-        it = *oldest_[log_id];
-    }
-    while (it != mLogElements.end() && it->getLogId() != log_id) {
-        it++;
-    }
-    if (it != mLogElements.end()) {
-        oldest_[log_id] = it;
-    }
-    return it;
-}
-
 enum match_type { DIFFERENT, SAME, SAME_LIBLOG };
 
-static enum match_type identical(LogBufferElement* elem, LogBufferElement* last) {
+static enum match_type Identical(LogBufferElement* elem, LogBufferElement* last) {
     // is it mostly identical?
     //  if (!elem) return DIFFERENT;
     ssize_t lenl = elem->getMsgLen();
@@ -135,88 +103,44 @@
     return SAME;
 }
 
-bool ChattyLogBuffer::ShouldLog(log_id_t log_id, const char* msg, uint16_t len) {
-    if (log_id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    int prio = ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
-    const char* tag = nullptr;
-    size_t tag_len = 0;
-    if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS || log_id == LOG_ID_STATS) {
-        if (len < sizeof(android_event_header_t)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        int32_t numeric_tag = reinterpret_cast<const android_event_header_t*>(msg)->tag;
-        tag = tags_->tagToName(numeric_tag);
-        if (tag) {
-            tag_len = strlen(tag);
-        }
-    } else {
-        prio = *msg;
-        tag = msg + 1;
-        tag_len = strnlen(tag, len - 1);
-    }
-    return __android_log_is_loggable_len(prio, tag, tag_len, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE);
-}
-
-int ChattyLogBuffer::Log(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid, pid_t tid,
-                         const char* msg, uint16_t len) {
-    if (log_id >= LOG_ID_MAX) {
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
-    if (!ShouldLog(log_id, msg, len)) {
-        // Log traffic received to total
-        stats_->AddTotal(log_id, len);
-        return -EACCES;
-    }
-
-    // Slip the time by 1 nsec if the incoming lands on xxxxxx000 ns.
-    // This prevents any chance that an outside source can request an
-    // exact entry with time specified in ms or us precision.
-    if ((realtime.tv_nsec % 1000) == 0) ++realtime.tv_nsec;
-
-    LogBufferElement elem(log_id, realtime, uid, pid, tid, msg, len);
-
+void ChattyLogBuffer::LogInternal(LogBufferElement&& elem) {
     // b/137093665: don't coalesce security messages.
-    if (log_id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
-        auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
-        Log(std::move(elem));
-        return len;
+    if (elem.getLogId() == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(elem));
+        return;
     }
+    int log_id = elem.getLogId();
 
-    auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
     // Initialize last_logged_elements_ to a copy of elem if logging the first element for a log_id.
     if (!last_logged_elements_[log_id]) {
         last_logged_elements_[log_id].emplace(elem);
-        Log(std::move(elem));
-        return len;
+        SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(elem));
+        return;
     }
 
     LogBufferElement& current_last = *last_logged_elements_[log_id];
-    enum match_type match = identical(&elem, &current_last);
+    enum match_type match = Identical(&elem, &current_last);
 
     if (match == DIFFERENT) {
         if (duplicate_elements_[log_id]) {
             // If we previously had 3+ identical messages, log the chatty message.
             if (duplicate_elements_[log_id]->getDropped() > 0) {
-                Log(std::move(*duplicate_elements_[log_id]));
+                SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(*duplicate_elements_[log_id]));
             }
             duplicate_elements_[log_id].reset();
             // Log the saved copy of the last identical message seen.
-            Log(std::move(current_last));
+            SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(current_last));
         }
         last_logged_elements_[log_id].emplace(elem);
-        Log(std::move(elem));
-        return len;
+        SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(elem));
+        return;
     }
 
     // 2 identical message: set duplicate_elements_ appropriately.
     if (!duplicate_elements_[log_id]) {
         duplicate_elements_[log_id].emplace(std::move(current_last));
         last_logged_elements_[log_id].emplace(std::move(elem));
-        return len;
+        return;
     }
 
     // 3+ identical LIBLOG event messages: coalesce them into last_logged_elements_.
@@ -230,47 +154,31 @@
 
         int64_t total = current_last_count + elem_count;
         if (total > std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()) {
-            Log(std::move(current_last));
+            SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(current_last));
             last_logged_elements_[log_id].emplace(std::move(elem));
-            return len;
+            return;
         }
-        stats_->AddTotal(current_last.getLogId(), current_last.getMsgLen());
+        stats()->AddTotal(current_last.getLogId(), current_last.getMsgLen());
         elem_event->payload.data = total;
         last_logged_elements_[log_id].emplace(std::move(elem));
-        return len;
+        return;
     }
 
     // 3+ identical messages (not LIBLOG) messages: increase the drop count.
     uint16_t dropped_count = duplicate_elements_[log_id]->getDropped();
     if (dropped_count == std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()) {
-        Log(std::move(*duplicate_elements_[log_id]));
+        SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(std::move(*duplicate_elements_[log_id]));
         dropped_count = 0;
     }
     // We're dropping the current_last log so add its stats to the total.
-    stats_->AddTotal(current_last.getLogId(), current_last.getMsgLen());
+    stats()->AddTotal(current_last.getLogId(), current_last.getMsgLen());
     // Use current_last for tracking the dropped count to always use the latest timestamp.
     current_last.setDropped(dropped_count + 1);
     duplicate_elements_[log_id].emplace(std::move(current_last));
     last_logged_elements_[log_id].emplace(std::move(elem));
-    return len;
 }
 
-void ChattyLogBuffer::Log(LogBufferElement&& elem) {
-    log_id_t log_id = elem.getLogId();
-    mLogElements.push_back(std::move(elem));
-    stats_->Add(&mLogElements.back());
-    maybePrune(log_id);
-    reader_list_->NotifyNewLog(1 << log_id);
-}
-
-void ChattyLogBuffer::maybePrune(log_id_t id) {
-    unsigned long prune_rows;
-    if (stats_->ShouldPrune(id, log_buffer_size(id), &prune_rows)) {
-        prune(id, prune_rows);
-    }
-}
-
-LogBufferElementCollection::iterator ChattyLogBuffer::erase(LogBufferElementCollection::iterator it,
+LogBufferElementCollection::iterator ChattyLogBuffer::Erase(LogBufferElementCollection::iterator it,
                                                             bool coalesce) {
     LogBufferElement& element = *it;
     log_id_t id = element.getLogId();
@@ -297,9 +205,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    bool setLast[LOG_ID_MAX];
-    bool doSetLast = false;
-    log_id_for_each(i) { doSetLast |= setLast[i] = oldest_[i] && it == *oldest_[i]; }
 #ifdef DEBUG_CHECK_FOR_STALE_ENTRIES
     LogBufferElementCollection::iterator bad = it;
     int key =
@@ -307,25 +212,13 @@
 #endif
 
     if (coalesce) {
-        stats_->Erase(&element);
+        stats()->Erase(&element);
     } else {
-        stats_->Subtract(&element);
+        stats()->Subtract(&element);
     }
 
-    it = mLogElements.erase(it);
+    it = SimpleLogBuffer::Erase(it);
 
-    if (doSetLast) {
-        log_id_for_each(i) {
-            if (setLast[i]) {
-                if (__predict_false(it == mLogElements.end())) {
-                    oldest_[i] = std::nullopt;
-                } else {
-                    oldest_[i] = it;  // Store the next iterator even if it does not correspond to
-                                      // the same log_id, as a starting point for GetOldest().
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 #ifdef DEBUG_CHECK_FOR_STALE_ENTRIES
     log_id_for_each(i) {
         for (auto b : mLastWorst[i]) {
@@ -393,27 +286,6 @@
     }
 };
 
-// If the selected reader is blocking our pruning progress, decide on
-// what kind of mitigation is necessary to unblock the situation.
-void ChattyLogBuffer::kickMe(LogReaderThread* me, log_id_t id, unsigned long pruneRows) {
-    if (stats_->Sizes(id) > (2 * log_buffer_size(id))) {  // +100%
-        // A misbehaving or slow reader has its connection
-        // dropped if we hit too much memory pressure.
-        android::prdebug("Kicking blocked reader, %s, from ChattyLogBuffer::kickMe()\n",
-                         me->name().c_str());
-        me->release_Locked();
-    } else if (me->deadline().time_since_epoch().count() != 0) {
-        // Allow a blocked WRAP deadline reader to trigger and start reporting the log data.
-        me->triggerReader_Locked();
-    } else {
-        // tell slow reader to skip entries to catch up
-        android::prdebug(
-                "Skipping %lu entries from slow reader, %s, from ChattyLogBuffer::kickMe()\n",
-                pruneRows, me->name().c_str());
-        me->triggerSkip_Locked(id, pruneRows);
-    }
-}
-
 // prune "pruneRows" of type "id" from the buffer.
 //
 // This garbage collection task is used to expire log entries. It is called to
@@ -459,15 +331,15 @@
 // The third thread is optional, and only gets hit if there was a whitelist
 // and more needs to be pruned against the backstop of the region lock.
 //
-bool ChattyLogBuffer::prune(log_id_t id, unsigned long pruneRows, uid_t caller_uid) {
+bool ChattyLogBuffer::Prune(log_id_t id, unsigned long pruneRows, uid_t caller_uid) {
     LogReaderThread* oldest = nullptr;
     bool busy = false;
     bool clearAll = pruneRows == ULONG_MAX;
 
-    auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list_->reader_threads_lock()};
+    auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list()->reader_threads_lock()};
 
     // Region locked?
-    for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list_->reader_threads()) {
+    for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list()->reader_threads()) {
         if (!reader_thread->IsWatching(id)) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -484,7 +356,7 @@
         // Only here if clear all request from non system source, so chatty
         // filter logistics is not required.
         it = GetOldest(id);
-        while (it != mLogElements.end()) {
+        while (it != logs().end()) {
             LogBufferElement& element = *it;
 
             if (element.getLogId() != id || element.getUid() != caller_uid) {
@@ -494,11 +366,11 @@
 
             if (oldest && oldest->start() <= element.getSequence()) {
                 busy = true;
-                kickMe(oldest, id, pruneRows);
+                KickReader(oldest, id, pruneRows);
                 break;
             }
 
-            it = erase(it);
+            it = Erase(it);
             if (--pruneRows == 0) {
                 break;
             }
@@ -517,16 +389,16 @@
 
         if (worstUidEnabledForLogid(id) && prune_->worstUidEnabled()) {
             // Calculate threshold as 12.5% of available storage
-            size_t threshold = log_buffer_size(id) / 8;
+            size_t threshold = max_size(id) / 8;
 
             if (id == LOG_ID_EVENTS || id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
-                stats_->WorstTwoTags(threshold, &worst, &worst_sizes, &second_worst_sizes);
+                stats()->WorstTwoTags(threshold, &worst, &worst_sizes, &second_worst_sizes);
                 // per-pid filter for AID_SYSTEM sources is too complex
             } else {
-                stats_->WorstTwoUids(id, threshold, &worst, &worst_sizes, &second_worst_sizes);
+                stats()->WorstTwoUids(id, threshold, &worst, &worst_sizes, &second_worst_sizes);
 
                 if (worst == AID_SYSTEM && prune_->worstPidOfSystemEnabled()) {
-                    stats_->WorstTwoSystemPids(id, worst_sizes, &worstPid, &second_worst_sizes);
+                    stats()->WorstTwoSystemPids(id, worst_sizes, &worstPid, &second_worst_sizes);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -547,7 +419,7 @@
         if (!gc && (worst != -1)) {
             {  // begin scope for worst found iterator
                 LogBufferIteratorMap::iterator found = mLastWorst[id].find(worst);
-                if (found != mLastWorst[id].end() && found->second != mLogElements.end()) {
+                if (found != mLastWorst[id].end() && found->second != logs().end()) {
                     leading = false;
                     it = found->second;
                 }
@@ -556,8 +428,7 @@
                 // FYI: worstPid only set if !LOG_ID_EVENTS and
                 //      !LOG_ID_SECURITY, not going to make that assumption ...
                 LogBufferPidIteratorMap::iterator found = mLastWorstPidOfSystem[id].find(worstPid);
-                if (found != mLastWorstPidOfSystem[id].end() &&
-                    found->second != mLogElements.end()) {
+                if (found != mLastWorstPidOfSystem[id].end() && found->second != logs().end()) {
                     leading = false;
                     it = found->second;
                 }
@@ -568,10 +439,10 @@
         }
         static const log_time too_old{EXPIRE_HOUR_THRESHOLD * 60 * 60, 0};
         LogBufferElementCollection::iterator lastt;
-        lastt = mLogElements.end();
+        lastt = logs().end();
         --lastt;
         LogBufferElementLast last;
-        while (it != mLogElements.end()) {
+        while (it != logs().end()) {
             LogBufferElement& element = *it;
 
             if (oldest && oldest->start() <= element.getSequence()) {
@@ -590,12 +461,12 @@
 
             // remove any leading drops
             if (leading && dropped) {
-                it = erase(it);
+                it = Erase(it);
                 continue;
             }
 
             if (dropped && last.coalesce(&element, dropped)) {
-                it = erase(it, true);
+                it = Erase(it, true);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -604,7 +475,7 @@
 
             if (hasBlacklist && prune_->naughty(&element)) {
                 last.clear(&element);
-                it = erase(it);
+                it = Erase(it);
                 if (dropped) {
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -667,12 +538,12 @@
 
             // do not create any leading drops
             if (leading) {
-                it = erase(it);
+                it = Erase(it);
             } else {
-                stats_->Drop(&element);
+                stats()->Drop(&element);
                 element.setDropped(1);
                 if (last.coalesce(&element, 1)) {
-                    it = erase(it, true);
+                    it = Erase(it, true);
                 } else {
                     last.add(&element);
                     if (worstPid && (!gc || mLastWorstPidOfSystem[id].find(worstPid) ==
@@ -703,7 +574,7 @@
     bool whitelist = false;
     bool hasWhitelist = (id != LOG_ID_SECURITY) && prune_->nice() && !clearAll;
     it = GetOldest(id);
-    while ((pruneRows > 0) && (it != mLogElements.end())) {
+    while ((pruneRows > 0) && (it != logs().end())) {
         LogBufferElement& element = *it;
 
         if (element.getLogId() != id) {
@@ -713,7 +584,7 @@
 
         if (oldest && oldest->start() <= element.getSequence()) {
             busy = true;
-            if (!whitelist) kickMe(oldest, id, pruneRows);
+            if (!whitelist) KickReader(oldest, id, pruneRows);
             break;
         }
 
@@ -724,14 +595,14 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        it = erase(it);
+        it = Erase(it);
         pruneRows--;
     }
 
     // Do not save the whitelist if we are reader range limited
     if (whitelist && (pruneRows > 0)) {
         it = GetOldest(id);
-        while ((it != mLogElements.end()) && (pruneRows > 0)) {
+        while ((it != logs().end()) && (pruneRows > 0)) {
             LogBufferElement& element = *it;
 
             if (element.getLogId() != id) {
@@ -741,146 +612,14 @@
 
             if (oldest && oldest->start() <= element.getSequence()) {
                 busy = true;
-                kickMe(oldest, id, pruneRows);
+                KickReader(oldest, id, pruneRows);
                 break;
             }
 
-            it = erase(it);
+            it = Erase(it);
             pruneRows--;
         }
     }
 
     return (pruneRows > 0) && busy;
 }
-
-// clear all rows of type "id" from the buffer.
-bool ChattyLogBuffer::Clear(log_id_t id, uid_t uid) {
-    bool busy = true;
-    // If it takes more than 4 tries (seconds) to clear, then kill reader(s)
-    for (int retry = 4;;) {
-        if (retry == 1) {  // last pass
-            // Check if it is still busy after the sleep, we say prune
-            // one entry, not another clear run, so we are looking for
-            // the quick side effect of the return value to tell us if
-            // we have a _blocked_ reader.
-            {
-                auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
-                busy = prune(id, 1, uid);
-            }
-            // It is still busy, blocked reader(s), lets kill them all!
-            // otherwise, lets be a good citizen and preserve the slow
-            // readers and let the clear run (below) deal with determining
-            // if we are still blocked and return an error code to caller.
-            if (busy) {
-                auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list_->reader_threads_lock()};
-                for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list_->reader_threads()) {
-                    if (reader_thread->IsWatching(id)) {
-                        android::prdebug(
-                                "Kicking blocked reader, %s, from ChattyLogBuffer::clear()\n",
-                                reader_thread->name().c_str());
-                        reader_thread->release_Locked();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        {
-            auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
-            busy = prune(id, ULONG_MAX, uid);
-        }
-        if (!busy || !--retry) {
-            break;
-        }
-        sleep(1);  // Let reader(s) catch up after notification
-    }
-    return busy;
-}
-
-// set the total space allocated to "id"
-int ChattyLogBuffer::SetSize(log_id_t id, unsigned long size) {
-    // Reasonable limits ...
-    if (!__android_logger_valid_buffer_size(size)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
-    log_buffer_size(id) = size;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-// get the total space allocated to "id"
-unsigned long ChattyLogBuffer::GetSize(log_id_t id) {
-    auto shared_lock = SharedLock{lock_};
-    size_t retval = log_buffer_size(id);
-    return retval;
-}
-
-uint64_t ChattyLogBuffer::FlushTo(
-        LogWriter* writer, uint64_t start, pid_t* lastTid,
-        const std::function<FlushToResult(const LogBufferElement* element)>& filter) {
-    LogBufferElementCollection::iterator it;
-    uid_t uid = writer->uid();
-
-    auto shared_lock = SharedLock{lock_};
-
-    if (start <= 1) {
-        // client wants to start from the beginning
-        it = mLogElements.begin();
-    } else {
-        // Client wants to start from some specified time. Chances are
-        // we are better off starting from the end of the time sorted list.
-        for (it = mLogElements.end(); it != mLogElements.begin();
-             /* do nothing */) {
-            --it;
-            if (it->getSequence() <= start) {
-                it++;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    uint64_t curr = start;
-
-    for (; it != mLogElements.end(); ++it) {
-        LogBufferElement& element = *it;
-
-        if (!writer->privileged() && element.getUid() != uid) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (!writer->can_read_security_logs() && element.getLogId() == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // NB: calling out to another object with wrlock() held (safe)
-        if (filter) {
-            FlushToResult ret = filter(&element);
-            if (ret == FlushToResult::kSkip) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (ret == FlushToResult::kStop) {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        bool sameTid = false;
-        if (lastTid) {
-            sameTid = lastTid[element.getLogId()] == element.getTid();
-            // Dropped (chatty) immediately following a valid log from the
-            // same source in the same log buffer indicates we have a
-            // multiple identical squash.  chatty that differs source
-            // is due to spam filter.  chatty to chatty of different
-            // source is also due to spam filter.
-            lastTid[element.getLogId()] = (element.getDropped() && !sameTid) ? 0 : element.getTid();
-        }
-
-        shared_lock.unlock();
-
-        curr = element.getSequence();
-        // range locking in LastLogTimes looks after us
-        if (!element.FlushTo(writer, stats_, sameTid)) {
-            return FLUSH_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        shared_lock.lock_shared();
-    }
-    return curr;
-}
diff --git a/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.h b/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.h
index 08c4bff..6f60272 100644
--- a/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.h
+++ b/logd/ChattyLogBuffer.h
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@
 #include "LogTags.h"
 #include "LogWhiteBlackList.h"
 #include "LogWriter.h"
+#include "SimpleLogBuffer.h"
 #include "rwlock.h"
 
 typedef std::list<LogBufferElement> LogBufferElementCollection;
 
-class ChattyLogBuffer : public LogBuffer {
-    LogBufferElementCollection mLogElements GUARDED_BY(lock_);
-
+class ChattyLogBuffer : public SimpleLogBuffer {
     // watermark of any worst/chatty uid processing
     typedef std::unordered_map<uid_t, LogBufferElementCollection::iterator> LogBufferIteratorMap;
     LogBufferIteratorMap mLastWorst[LOG_ID_MAX] GUARDED_BY(lock_);
@@ -49,48 +48,20 @@
     typedef std::unordered_map<pid_t, LogBufferElementCollection::iterator> LogBufferPidIteratorMap;
     LogBufferPidIteratorMap mLastWorstPidOfSystem[LOG_ID_MAX] GUARDED_BY(lock_);
 
-    unsigned long mMaxSize[LOG_ID_MAX] GUARDED_BY(lock_);
-
   public:
     ChattyLogBuffer(LogReaderList* reader_list, LogTags* tags, PruneList* prune,
                     LogStatistics* stats);
     ~ChattyLogBuffer();
-    void Init() override;
 
-    int Log(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid, pid_t tid, const char* msg,
-            uint16_t len) override;
-    uint64_t FlushTo(
-            LogWriter* writer, uint64_t start, pid_t* lastTid,
-            const std::function<FlushToResult(const LogBufferElement* element)>& filter) override;
-
-    bool Clear(log_id_t id, uid_t uid = AID_ROOT) override;
-    unsigned long GetSize(log_id_t id) override;
-    int SetSize(log_id_t id, unsigned long size) override;
+  protected:
+    bool Prune(log_id_t id, unsigned long pruneRows, uid_t uid) REQUIRES(lock_) override;
+    void LogInternal(LogBufferElement&& elem) REQUIRES(lock_) override;
 
   private:
-    void maybePrune(log_id_t id) REQUIRES(lock_);
-    void kickMe(LogReaderThread* me, log_id_t id, unsigned long pruneRows) REQUIRES_SHARED(lock_);
-
-    bool prune(log_id_t id, unsigned long pruneRows, uid_t uid = AID_ROOT) REQUIRES(lock_);
-    LogBufferElementCollection::iterator erase(LogBufferElementCollection::iterator it,
+    LogBufferElementCollection::iterator Erase(LogBufferElementCollection::iterator it,
                                                bool coalesce = false) REQUIRES(lock_);
-    bool ShouldLog(log_id_t log_id, const char* msg, uint16_t len);
-    void Log(LogBufferElement&& elem) REQUIRES(lock_);
 
-    // Returns an iterator to the oldest element for a given log type, or mLogElements.end() if
-    // there are no logs for the given log type. Requires mLogElementsLock to be held.
-    LogBufferElementCollection::iterator GetOldest(log_id_t log_id) REQUIRES(lock_);
-
-    LogReaderList* reader_list_;
-    LogTags* tags_;
     PruneList* prune_;
-    LogStatistics* stats_;
-
-    // Keeps track of the iterator to the oldest log message of a given log type, as an
-    // optimization when pruning logs.  Use GetOldest() to retrieve.
-    std::optional<LogBufferElementCollection::iterator> oldest_[LOG_ID_MAX];
-
-    RwLock lock_;
 
     // This always contains a copy of the last message logged, for deduplication.
     std::optional<LogBufferElement> last_logged_elements_[LOG_ID_MAX] GUARDED_BY(lock_);
diff --git a/logd/ChattyLogBufferTest.cpp b/logd/ChattyLogBufferTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e0c947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logd/ChattyLogBufferTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 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.
+ */
+
+#include "LogBufferTest.h"
+
+class ChattyLogBufferTest : public LogBufferTest {};
+
+TEST_P(ChattyLogBufferTest, deduplication_simple) {
+    auto make_message = [&](uint32_t sec, const char* tag, const char* msg,
+                            bool regex = false) -> LogMessage {
+        logger_entry entry = {
+                .pid = 1, .tid = 1, .sec = sec, .nsec = 1, .lid = LOG_ID_MAIN, .uid = 0};
+        std::string message;
+        message.push_back(ANDROID_LOG_INFO);
+        message.append(tag);
+        message.push_back('\0');
+        message.append(msg);
+        message.push_back('\0');
+        return {entry, message, regex};
+    };
+
+    // clang-format off
+    std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
+            make_message(0, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(1, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(2, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            make_message(3, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(4, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(5, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            make_message(6, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(7, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(8, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(9, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            make_message(10, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(11, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(12, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(13, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(14, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(15, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(16, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            make_message(100, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(200, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(300, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+    };
+    // clang-format on
+    FixupMessages(&log_messages);
+    LogMessages(log_messages);
+
+    std::vector<LogMessage> read_log_messages;
+    std::unique_ptr<LogWriter> test_writer(new TestWriter(&read_log_messages, nullptr));
+    log_buffer_->FlushTo(test_writer.get(), 1, nullptr, nullptr);
+
+    std::vector<LogMessage> expected_log_messages = {
+            make_message(0, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(1, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(2, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            make_message(3, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(4, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(5, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            // 3 duplicate logs together print the first, a 1 count chatty message, then the last.
+            make_message(6, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(7, "chatty", "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 1 line", true),
+            make_message(8, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(9, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            // 6 duplicate logs together print the first, a 4 count chatty message, then the last.
+            make_message(10, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(14, "chatty", "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 4 lines", true),
+            make_message(15, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(16, "test_tag", "not_same"),
+            // duplicate logs > 1 minute apart are not deduplicated.
+            make_message(100, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(200, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(300, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+    };
+    FixupMessages(&expected_log_messages);
+    CompareLogMessages(expected_log_messages, read_log_messages);
+};
+
+TEST_P(ChattyLogBufferTest, deduplication_overflow) {
+    auto make_message = [&](uint32_t sec, const char* tag, const char* msg,
+                            bool regex = false) -> LogMessage {
+        logger_entry entry = {
+                .pid = 1, .tid = 1, .sec = sec, .nsec = 1, .lid = LOG_ID_MAIN, .uid = 0};
+        std::string message;
+        message.push_back(ANDROID_LOG_INFO);
+        message.append(tag);
+        message.push_back('\0');
+        message.append(msg);
+        message.push_back('\0');
+        return {entry, message, regex};
+    };
+
+    uint32_t sec = 0;
+    std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
+            make_message(sec++, "test_tag", "normal"),
+    };
+    size_t expired_per_chatty_message = std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < expired_per_chatty_message + 3; ++i) {
+        log_messages.emplace_back(make_message(sec++, "test_tag", "duplicate"));
+    }
+    log_messages.emplace_back(make_message(sec++, "test_tag", "normal"));
+    FixupMessages(&log_messages);
+    LogMessages(log_messages);
+
+    std::vector<LogMessage> read_log_messages;
+    std::unique_ptr<LogWriter> test_writer(new TestWriter(&read_log_messages, nullptr));
+    log_buffer_->FlushTo(test_writer.get(), 1, nullptr, nullptr);
+
+    std::vector<LogMessage> expected_log_messages = {
+            make_message(0, "test_tag", "normal"),
+            make_message(1, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 1, "chatty",
+                         "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 65535 lines", true),
+            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 2, "chatty",
+                         "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 1 line", true),
+            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 3, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
+            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 4, "test_tag", "normal"),
+    };
+    FixupMessages(&expected_log_messages);
+    CompareLogMessages(expected_log_messages, read_log_messages);
+}
+
+TEST_P(ChattyLogBufferTest, deduplication_liblog) {
+    auto make_message = [&](uint32_t sec, int32_t tag, int32_t count) -> LogMessage {
+        logger_entry entry = {
+                .pid = 1, .tid = 1, .sec = sec, .nsec = 1, .lid = LOG_ID_EVENTS, .uid = 0};
+        android_log_event_int_t liblog_event = {
+                .header.tag = tag, .payload.type = EVENT_TYPE_INT, .payload.data = count};
+        return {entry, std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&liblog_event), sizeof(liblog_event)),
+                false};
+    };
+
+    // LIBLOG_LOG_TAG
+    std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
+            make_message(0, 1234, 1),
+            make_message(1, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(2, 1234, 2),
+            make_message(3, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(4, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 4),
+            make_message(5, 1234, 223),
+            make_message(6, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
+            make_message(7, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(8, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 4),
+            make_message(9, 1234, 227),
+            make_message(10, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 1),
+            make_message(11, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(12, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
+            make_message(13, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(14, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 5),
+            make_message(15, 1234, 227),
+            make_message(16, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
+            make_message(17, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
+            make_message(18, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(19, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 5),
+            make_message(20, 1234, 227),
+    };
+    FixupMessages(&log_messages);
+    LogMessages(log_messages);
+
+    std::vector<LogMessage> read_log_messages;
+    std::unique_ptr<LogWriter> test_writer(new TestWriter(&read_log_messages, nullptr));
+    log_buffer_->FlushTo(test_writer.get(), 1, nullptr, nullptr);
+
+    std::vector<LogMessage> expected_log_messages = {
+            make_message(0, 1234, 1),
+            make_message(1, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(2, 1234, 2),
+            make_message(3, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
+            make_message(4, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 4),
+            make_message(5, 1234, 223),
+            // More than 2 liblog events (3 here), sum their value into the third message.
+            make_message(6, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
+            make_message(8, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 7),
+            make_message(9, 1234, 227),
+            // More than 2 liblog events (5 here), sum their value into the third message.
+            make_message(10, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 1),
+            make_message(14, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 13),
+            make_message(15, 1234, 227),
+            // int32_t max is the max for a chatty message, beyond that we must use new messages.
+            make_message(16, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
+            make_message(17, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
+            make_message(19, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 8),
+            make_message(20, 1234, 227),
+    };
+    FixupMessages(&expected_log_messages);
+    CompareLogMessages(expected_log_messages, read_log_messages);
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(ChattyLogBufferTests, ChattyLogBufferTest, testing::Values("chatty"));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logd/LogBuffer.h b/logd/LogBuffer.h
index 6274051..7f1e128 100644
--- a/logd/LogBuffer.h
+++ b/logd/LogBuffer.h
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@
     virtual bool Clear(log_id_t id, uid_t uid) = 0;
     virtual unsigned long GetSize(log_id_t id) = 0;
     virtual int SetSize(log_id_t id, unsigned long size) = 0;
+
+    virtual uint64_t sequence() const = 0;
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp b/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp
index 3bcf11d..c6dbda8 100644
--- a/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBufferElement.cpp
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@
 #include "LogStatistics.h"
 #include "LogUtils.h"
 
-atomic_int_fast64_t LogBufferElement::sequence(1);
-
 LogBufferElement::LogBufferElement(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid,
-                                   pid_t tid, const char* msg, uint16_t len)
+                                   pid_t tid, uint64_t sequence, const char* msg, uint16_t len)
     : mUid(uid),
       mPid(pid),
       mTid(tid),
-      mSequence(sequence.fetch_add(1, memory_order_relaxed)),
+      mSequence(sequence),
       mRealTime(realtime),
       mMsgLen(len),
       mLogId(log_id),
diff --git a/logd/LogBufferElement.h b/logd/LogBufferElement.h
index a777970..35252f9 100644
--- a/logd/LogBufferElement.h
+++ b/logd/LogBufferElement.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <stdatomic.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -51,14 +50,12 @@
     const uint8_t mLogId;
     bool mDropped;
 
-    static atomic_int_fast64_t sequence;
-
     // assumption: mDropped == true
     size_t populateDroppedMessage(char*& buffer, LogStatistics* parent, bool lastSame);
 
   public:
-    LogBufferElement(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid,
-                     pid_t tid, const char* msg, uint16_t len);
+    LogBufferElement(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid, pid_t tid,
+                     uint64_t sequence, const char* msg, uint16_t len);
     LogBufferElement(const LogBufferElement& elem);
     LogBufferElement(LogBufferElement&& elem);
     ~LogBufferElement();
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@
         return mDropped ? nullptr : mMsg;
     }
     uint64_t getSequence() const { return mSequence; }
-    static uint64_t getCurrentSequence() { return sequence.load(memory_order_relaxed); }
     log_time getRealTime(void) const {
         return mRealTime;
     }
diff --git a/logd/LogBufferTest.cpp b/logd/LogBufferTest.cpp
index b52ce8f..334d57b 100644
--- a/logd/LogBufferTest.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBufferTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ * Copyright (C) 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.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#include "LogBuffer.h"
+#include "LogBufferTest.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -25,14 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-#include "ChattyLogBuffer.h"
-#include "LogReaderList.h"
 #include "LogReaderThread.h"
-#include "LogStatistics.h"
-#include "LogTags.h"
-#include "LogWhiteBlackList.h"
 #include "LogWriter.h"
 
 using android::base::Join;
@@ -61,15 +55,8 @@
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-struct LogMessage {
-    logger_entry entry;
-    std::string message;
-    bool regex_compare = false;  // Only set for expected messages, when true 'message' should be
-                                 // interpretted as a regex.
-};
-
-std::vector<std::string> CompareLoggerEntries(const logger_entry& expected,
-                                              const logger_entry& result, bool ignore_len) {
+static std::vector<std::string> CompareLoggerEntries(const logger_entry& expected,
+                                                     const logger_entry& result, bool ignore_len) {
     std::vector<std::string> errors;
     if (!ignore_len && expected.len != result.len) {
         errors.emplace_back(
@@ -106,7 +93,7 @@
     return errors;
 }
 
-std::string MakePrintable(std::string in) {
+static std::string MakePrintable(std::string in) {
     if (in.size() > 80) {
         in = in.substr(0, 80) + "...";
     }
@@ -121,7 +108,7 @@
     return result;
 }
 
-std::string CompareMessages(const std::string& expected, const std::string& result) {
+static std::string CompareMessages(const std::string& expected, const std::string& result) {
     if (expected == result) {
         return {};
     }
@@ -145,7 +132,7 @@
                         result_short.c_str());
 }
 
-std::string CompareRegexMessages(const std::string& expected, const std::string& result) {
+static std::string CompareRegexMessages(const std::string& expected, const std::string& result) {
     auto expected_pieces = Split(expected, std::string("\0", 1));
     auto result_pieces = Split(result, std::string("\0", 1));
 
@@ -197,54 +184,14 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(0U, num_errors);
 }
 
-class TestWriter : public LogWriter {
-  public:
-    TestWriter(std::vector<LogMessage>* msgs, bool* released)
-        : LogWriter(0, true, true), msgs_(msgs), released_(released) {}
-    bool Write(const logger_entry& entry, const char* message) override {
-        msgs_->emplace_back(LogMessage{entry, std::string(message, entry.len), false});
-        return true;
+void FixupMessages(std::vector<LogMessage>* messages) {
+    for (auto& [entry, message, _] : *messages) {
+        entry.hdr_size = sizeof(logger_entry);
+        entry.len = message.size();
     }
+}
 
-    void Release() {
-        if (released_) *released_ = true;
-    }
-
-    std::string name() const override { return "test_writer"; }
-
-  private:
-    std::vector<LogMessage>* msgs_;
-    bool* released_;
-};
-
-class LogBufferTest : public testing::Test {
-  protected:
-    void SetUp() override {
-        log_buffer_.reset(new ChattyLogBuffer(&reader_list_, &tags_, &prune_, &stats_));
-    }
-
-    void FixupMessages(std::vector<LogMessage>* messages) {
-        for (auto& [entry, message, _] : *messages) {
-            entry.hdr_size = sizeof(logger_entry);
-            entry.len = message.size();
-        }
-    }
-
-    void LogMessages(const std::vector<LogMessage>& messages) {
-        for (auto& [entry, message, _] : messages) {
-            log_buffer_->Log(static_cast<log_id_t>(entry.lid), log_time(entry.sec, entry.nsec),
-                             entry.uid, entry.pid, entry.tid, message.c_str(), message.size());
-        }
-    }
-
-    LogReaderList reader_list_;
-    LogTags tags_;
-    PruneList prune_;
-    LogStatistics stats_{false};
-    std::unique_ptr<LogBuffer> log_buffer_;
-};
-
-TEST_F(LogBufferTest, smoke) {
+TEST_P(LogBufferTest, smoke) {
     std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
             {{
                      .pid = 1,
@@ -266,7 +213,7 @@
     CompareLogMessages(log_messages, read_log_messages);
 }
 
-TEST_F(LogBufferTest, smoke_with_reader_thread) {
+TEST_P(LogBufferTest, smoke_with_reader_thread) {
     std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
             {{.pid = 1, .tid = 2, .sec = 10000, .nsec = 20001, .lid = LOG_ID_MAIN, .uid = 0},
              "first"},
@@ -358,7 +305,7 @@
     return {entry, message};
 }
 
-TEST_F(LogBufferTest, random_messages) {
+TEST_P(LogBufferTest, random_messages) {
     srand(1);
     std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
@@ -388,183 +335,4 @@
     CompareLogMessages(log_messages, read_log_messages);
 }
 
-TEST_F(LogBufferTest, deduplication_simple) {
-    auto make_message = [&](uint32_t sec, const char* tag, const char* msg,
-                            bool regex = false) -> LogMessage {
-        logger_entry entry = {
-                .pid = 1, .tid = 1, .sec = sec, .nsec = 1, .lid = LOG_ID_MAIN, .uid = 0};
-        std::string message;
-        message.push_back(ANDROID_LOG_INFO);
-        message.append(tag);
-        message.push_back('\0');
-        message.append(msg);
-        message.push_back('\0');
-        return {entry, message, regex};
-    };
-
-    // clang-format off
-    std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
-            make_message(0, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(1, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(2, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            make_message(3, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(4, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(5, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            make_message(6, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(7, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(8, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(9, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            make_message(10, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(11, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(12, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(13, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(14, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(15, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(16, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            make_message(100, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(200, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(300, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-    };
-    // clang-format on
-    FixupMessages(&log_messages);
-    LogMessages(log_messages);
-
-    std::vector<LogMessage> read_log_messages;
-    std::unique_ptr<LogWriter> test_writer(new TestWriter(&read_log_messages, nullptr));
-    log_buffer_->FlushTo(test_writer.get(), 1, nullptr, nullptr);
-
-    std::vector<LogMessage> expected_log_messages = {
-            make_message(0, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(1, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(2, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            make_message(3, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(4, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(5, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            // 3 duplicate logs together print the first, a 1 count chatty message, then the last.
-            make_message(6, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(7, "chatty", "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 1 line", true),
-            make_message(8, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(9, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            // 6 duplicate logs together print the first, a 4 count chatty message, then the last.
-            make_message(10, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(14, "chatty", "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 4 lines", true),
-            make_message(15, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(16, "test_tag", "not_same"),
-            // duplicate logs > 1 minute apart are not deduplicated.
-            make_message(100, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(200, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(300, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-    };
-    FixupMessages(&expected_log_messages);
-    CompareLogMessages(expected_log_messages, read_log_messages);
-};
-
-TEST_F(LogBufferTest, deduplication_overflow) {
-    auto make_message = [&](uint32_t sec, const char* tag, const char* msg,
-                            bool regex = false) -> LogMessage {
-        logger_entry entry = {
-                .pid = 1, .tid = 1, .sec = sec, .nsec = 1, .lid = LOG_ID_MAIN, .uid = 0};
-        std::string message;
-        message.push_back(ANDROID_LOG_INFO);
-        message.append(tag);
-        message.push_back('\0');
-        message.append(msg);
-        message.push_back('\0');
-        return {entry, message, regex};
-    };
-
-    uint32_t sec = 0;
-    std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
-            make_message(sec++, "test_tag", "normal"),
-    };
-    size_t expired_per_chatty_message = std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max();
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < expired_per_chatty_message + 3; ++i) {
-        log_messages.emplace_back(make_message(sec++, "test_tag", "duplicate"));
-    }
-    log_messages.emplace_back(make_message(sec++, "test_tag", "normal"));
-    FixupMessages(&log_messages);
-    LogMessages(log_messages);
-
-    std::vector<LogMessage> read_log_messages;
-    std::unique_ptr<LogWriter> test_writer(new TestWriter(&read_log_messages, nullptr));
-    log_buffer_->FlushTo(test_writer.get(), 1, nullptr, nullptr);
-
-    std::vector<LogMessage> expected_log_messages = {
-            make_message(0, "test_tag", "normal"),
-            make_message(1, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 1, "chatty",
-                         "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 65535 lines", true),
-            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 2, "chatty",
-                         "uid=0\\([^\\)]+\\) [^ ]+ expire 1 line", true),
-            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 3, "test_tag", "duplicate"),
-            make_message(expired_per_chatty_message + 4, "test_tag", "normal"),
-    };
-    FixupMessages(&expected_log_messages);
-    CompareLogMessages(expected_log_messages, read_log_messages);
-}
-
-TEST_F(LogBufferTest, deduplication_liblog) {
-    auto make_message = [&](uint32_t sec, int32_t tag, int32_t count) -> LogMessage {
-        logger_entry entry = {
-                .pid = 1, .tid = 1, .sec = sec, .nsec = 1, .lid = LOG_ID_EVENTS, .uid = 0};
-        android_log_event_int_t liblog_event = {
-                .header.tag = tag, .payload.type = EVENT_TYPE_INT, .payload.data = count};
-        return {entry, std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&liblog_event), sizeof(liblog_event)),
-                false};
-    };
-
-    // LIBLOG_LOG_TAG
-    std::vector<LogMessage> log_messages = {
-            make_message(0, 1234, 1),
-            make_message(1, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(2, 1234, 2),
-            make_message(3, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(4, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 4),
-            make_message(5, 1234, 223),
-            make_message(6, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
-            make_message(7, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(8, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 4),
-            make_message(9, 1234, 227),
-            make_message(10, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 1),
-            make_message(11, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(12, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
-            make_message(13, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(14, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 5),
-            make_message(15, 1234, 227),
-            make_message(16, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
-            make_message(17, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
-            make_message(18, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(19, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 5),
-            make_message(20, 1234, 227),
-    };
-    FixupMessages(&log_messages);
-    LogMessages(log_messages);
-
-    std::vector<LogMessage> read_log_messages;
-    std::unique_ptr<LogWriter> test_writer(new TestWriter(&read_log_messages, nullptr));
-    log_buffer_->FlushTo(test_writer.get(), 1, nullptr, nullptr);
-
-    std::vector<LogMessage> expected_log_messages = {
-            make_message(0, 1234, 1),
-            make_message(1, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(2, 1234, 2),
-            make_message(3, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 3),
-            make_message(4, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 4),
-            make_message(5, 1234, 223),
-            // More than 2 liblog events (3 here), sum their value into the third message.
-            make_message(6, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
-            make_message(8, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 7),
-            make_message(9, 1234, 227),
-            // More than 2 liblog events (5 here), sum their value into the third message.
-            make_message(10, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 1),
-            make_message(14, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 13),
-            make_message(15, 1234, 227),
-            // int32_t max is the max for a chatty message, beyond that we must use new messages.
-            make_message(16, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 2),
-            make_message(17, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
-            make_message(19, LIBLOG_LOG_TAG, 8),
-            make_message(20, 1234, 227),
-    };
-    FixupMessages(&expected_log_messages);
-    CompareLogMessages(expected_log_messages, read_log_messages);
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(LogBufferTests, LogBufferTest, testing::Values("chatty", "simple"));
diff --git a/logd/LogBufferTest.h b/logd/LogBufferTest.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1659f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logd/LogBufferTest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "ChattyLogBuffer.h"
+#include "LogReaderList.h"
+#include "LogStatistics.h"
+#include "LogTags.h"
+#include "LogWhiteBlackList.h"
+#include "SimpleLogBuffer.h"
+
+struct LogMessage {
+    logger_entry entry;
+    std::string message;
+    bool regex_compare = false;  // Only set for expected messages, when true 'message' should be
+                                 // interpretted as a regex.
+};
+
+// Compares the ordered list of expected and result, causing a test failure with appropriate
+// information on failure.
+void CompareLogMessages(const std::vector<LogMessage>& expected,
+                        const std::vector<LogMessage>& result);
+// Sets hdr_size and len parameters appropriately.
+void FixupMessages(std::vector<LogMessage>* messages);
+
+class TestWriter : public LogWriter {
+  public:
+    TestWriter(std::vector<LogMessage>* msgs, bool* released)
+        : LogWriter(0, true, true), msgs_(msgs), released_(released) {}
+    bool Write(const logger_entry& entry, const char* message) override {
+        msgs_->emplace_back(LogMessage{entry, std::string(message, entry.len), false});
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void Release() {
+        if (released_) *released_ = true;
+    }
+
+    std::string name() const override { return "test_writer"; }
+
+  private:
+    std::vector<LogMessage>* msgs_;
+    bool* released_;
+};
+
+class LogBufferTest : public testing::TestWithParam<std::string> {
+  protected:
+    void SetUp() override {
+        if (GetParam() == "chatty") {
+            log_buffer_.reset(new ChattyLogBuffer(&reader_list_, &tags_, &prune_, &stats_));
+        } else if (GetParam() == "simple") {
+            log_buffer_.reset(new SimpleLogBuffer(&reader_list_, &tags_, &stats_));
+        } else {
+            FAIL() << "Unknown buffer type selected for test";
+        }
+    }
+
+    void LogMessages(const std::vector<LogMessage>& messages) {
+        for (auto& [entry, message, _] : messages) {
+            log_buffer_->Log(static_cast<log_id_t>(entry.lid), log_time(entry.sec, entry.nsec),
+                             entry.uid, entry.pid, entry.tid, message.c_str(), message.size());
+        }
+    }
+
+    LogReaderList reader_list_;
+    LogTags tags_;
+    PruneList prune_;
+    LogStatistics stats_{false};
+    std::unique_ptr<LogBuffer> log_buffer_;
+};
diff --git a/logd/LogReader.cpp b/logd/LogReader.cpp
index 89562a4..234ddc7 100644
--- a/logd/LogReader.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogReader.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
             if (nonBlock) {
                 return false;
             }
-            sequence = LogBufferElement::getCurrentSequence();
+            sequence = log_buffer_->sequence();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/logd/LogTags.h b/logd/LogTags.h
index e4d165a..cce700c 100644
--- a/logd/LogTags.h
+++ b/logd/LogTags.h
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef _LOGD_LOG_TAGS_H__
-#define _LOGD_LOG_TAGS_H__
+#pragma once
 
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 #include <utils/RWLock.h>
 
 class LogTags {
@@ -120,5 +120,3 @@
     std::string formatGetEventTag(uid_t uid, const char* name,
                                   const char* format);
 };
-
-#endif  // _LOGD_LOG_TAGS_H__
diff --git a/logd/SimpleLogBuffer.cpp b/logd/SimpleLogBuffer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c83428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logd/SimpleLogBuffer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 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.
+ */
+
+#include "SimpleLogBuffer.h"
+
+#include "LogBufferElement.h"
+
+SimpleLogBuffer::SimpleLogBuffer(LogReaderList* reader_list, LogTags* tags, LogStatistics* stats)
+    : reader_list_(reader_list), tags_(tags), stats_(stats) {
+    Init();
+}
+
+SimpleLogBuffer::~SimpleLogBuffer() {}
+
+void SimpleLogBuffer::Init() {
+    log_id_for_each(i) {
+        if (SetSize(i, __android_logger_get_buffer_size(i))) {
+            SetSize(i, LOG_BUFFER_MIN_SIZE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Release any sleeping reader threads to dump their current content.
+    auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list_->reader_threads_lock()};
+    for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list_->reader_threads()) {
+        reader_thread->triggerReader_Locked();
+    }
+}
+
+std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator SimpleLogBuffer::GetOldest(log_id_t log_id) {
+    auto it = logs().begin();
+    if (oldest_[log_id]) {
+        it = *oldest_[log_id];
+    }
+    while (it != logs().end() && it->getLogId() != log_id) {
+        it++;
+    }
+    if (it != logs().end()) {
+        oldest_[log_id] = it;
+    }
+    return it;
+}
+
+bool SimpleLogBuffer::ShouldLog(log_id_t log_id, const char* msg, uint16_t len) {
+    if (log_id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    int prio = ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
+    const char* tag = nullptr;
+    size_t tag_len = 0;
+    if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS || log_id == LOG_ID_STATS) {
+        if (len < sizeof(android_event_header_t)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        int32_t numeric_tag = reinterpret_cast<const android_event_header_t*>(msg)->tag;
+        tag = tags_->tagToName(numeric_tag);
+        if (tag) {
+            tag_len = strlen(tag);
+        }
+    } else {
+        prio = *msg;
+        tag = msg + 1;
+        tag_len = strnlen(tag, len - 1);
+    }
+    return __android_log_is_loggable_len(prio, tag, tag_len, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE);
+}
+
+int SimpleLogBuffer::Log(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid, pid_t tid,
+                         const char* msg, uint16_t len) {
+    if (log_id >= LOG_ID_MAX) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (!ShouldLog(log_id, msg, len)) {
+        // Log traffic received to total
+        stats_->AddTotal(log_id, len);
+        return -EACCES;
+    }
+
+    // Slip the time by 1 nsec if the incoming lands on xxxxxx000 ns.
+    // This prevents any chance that an outside source can request an
+    // exact entry with time specified in ms or us precision.
+    if ((realtime.tv_nsec % 1000) == 0) ++realtime.tv_nsec;
+
+    auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
+    auto sequence = sequence_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    LogInternal(LogBufferElement(log_id, realtime, uid, pid, tid, sequence, msg, len));
+    return len;
+}
+
+void SimpleLogBuffer::LogInternal(LogBufferElement&& elem) {
+    log_id_t log_id = elem.getLogId();
+
+    logs_.emplace_back(std::move(elem));
+    stats_->Add(&logs_.back());
+    MaybePrune(log_id);
+    reader_list_->NotifyNewLog(1 << log_id);
+}
+
+uint64_t SimpleLogBuffer::FlushTo(
+        LogWriter* writer, uint64_t start, pid_t* last_tid,
+        const std::function<FlushToResult(const LogBufferElement* element)>& filter) {
+    auto shared_lock = SharedLock{lock_};
+
+    std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator it;
+    if (start <= 1) {
+        // client wants to start from the beginning
+        it = logs_.begin();
+    } else {
+        // Client wants to start from some specified time. Chances are
+        // we are better off starting from the end of the time sorted list.
+        for (it = logs_.end(); it != logs_.begin();
+             /* do nothing */) {
+            --it;
+            if (it->getSequence() <= start) {
+                it++;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    uint64_t curr = start;
+
+    for (; it != logs_.end(); ++it) {
+        LogBufferElement& element = *it;
+
+        if (!writer->privileged() && element.getUid() != writer->uid()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (!writer->can_read_security_logs() && element.getLogId() == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (filter) {
+            FlushToResult ret = filter(&element);
+            if (ret == FlushToResult::kSkip) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (ret == FlushToResult::kStop) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool same_tid = false;
+        if (last_tid) {
+            same_tid = last_tid[element.getLogId()] == element.getTid();
+            // Dropped (chatty) immediately following a valid log from the
+            // same source in the same log buffer indicates we have a
+            // multiple identical squash.  chatty that differs source
+            // is due to spam filter.  chatty to chatty of different
+            // source is also due to spam filter.
+            last_tid[element.getLogId()] =
+                    (element.getDropped() && !same_tid) ? 0 : element.getTid();
+        }
+
+        shared_lock.unlock();
+
+        // We never prune logs equal to or newer than any LogReaderThreads' `start` value, so the
+        // `element` pointer is safe here without the lock
+        curr = element.getSequence();
+        if (!element.FlushTo(writer, stats_, same_tid)) {
+            return FLUSH_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        shared_lock.lock_shared();
+    }
+
+    return curr;
+}
+
+// clear all rows of type "id" from the buffer.
+bool SimpleLogBuffer::Clear(log_id_t id, uid_t uid) {
+    bool busy = true;
+    // If it takes more than 4 tries (seconds) to clear, then kill reader(s)
+    for (int retry = 4;;) {
+        if (retry == 1) {  // last pass
+            // Check if it is still busy after the sleep, we say prune
+            // one entry, not another clear run, so we are looking for
+            // the quick side effect of the return value to tell us if
+            // we have a _blocked_ reader.
+            {
+                auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
+                busy = Prune(id, 1, uid);
+            }
+            // It is still busy, blocked reader(s), lets kill them all!
+            // otherwise, lets be a good citizen and preserve the slow
+            // readers and let the clear run (below) deal with determining
+            // if we are still blocked and return an error code to caller.
+            if (busy) {
+                auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list_->reader_threads_lock()};
+                for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list_->reader_threads()) {
+                    if (reader_thread->IsWatching(id)) {
+                        android::prdebug("Kicking blocked reader, %s, from LogBuffer::clear()\n",
+                                         reader_thread->name().c_str());
+                        reader_thread->release_Locked();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        {
+            auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
+            busy = Prune(id, ULONG_MAX, uid);
+        }
+
+        if (!busy || !--retry) {
+            break;
+        }
+        sleep(1);  // Let reader(s) catch up after notification
+    }
+    return busy;
+}
+
+// get the total space allocated to "id"
+unsigned long SimpleLogBuffer::GetSize(log_id_t id) {
+    auto lock = SharedLock{lock_};
+    size_t retval = max_size_[id];
+    return retval;
+}
+
+// set the total space allocated to "id"
+int SimpleLogBuffer::SetSize(log_id_t id, unsigned long size) {
+    // Reasonable limits ...
+    if (!__android_logger_valid_buffer_size(size)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    auto lock = std::lock_guard{lock_};
+    max_size_[id] = size;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void SimpleLogBuffer::MaybePrune(log_id_t id) {
+    unsigned long prune_rows;
+    if (stats_->ShouldPrune(id, max_size_[id], &prune_rows)) {
+        Prune(id, prune_rows, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+bool SimpleLogBuffer::Prune(log_id_t id, unsigned long prune_rows, uid_t caller_uid) {
+    auto reader_threads_lock = std::lock_guard{reader_list_->reader_threads_lock()};
+
+    // Don't prune logs that are newer than the point at which any reader threads are reading from.
+    LogReaderThread* oldest = nullptr;
+    for (const auto& reader_thread : reader_list_->reader_threads()) {
+        if (!reader_thread->IsWatching(id)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (!oldest || oldest->start() > reader_thread->start() ||
+            (oldest->start() == reader_thread->start() &&
+             reader_thread->deadline().time_since_epoch().count() != 0)) {
+            oldest = reader_thread.get();
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto it = GetOldest(id);
+
+    while (it != logs_.end()) {
+        LogBufferElement& element = *it;
+
+        if (element.getLogId() != id) {
+            ++it;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (caller_uid != 0 && element.getUid() != caller_uid) {
+            ++it;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (oldest && oldest->start() <= element.getSequence()) {
+            KickReader(oldest, id, prune_rows);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        stats_->Subtract(&element);
+        it = Erase(it);
+        if (--prune_rows == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator SimpleLogBuffer::Erase(
+        std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator it) {
+    bool oldest_is_it[LOG_ID_MAX];
+    log_id_for_each(i) { oldest_is_it[i] = oldest_[i] && it == *oldest_[i]; }
+
+    it = logs_.erase(it);
+
+    log_id_for_each(i) {
+        if (oldest_is_it[i]) {
+            if (__predict_false(it == logs().end())) {
+                oldest_[i] = std::nullopt;
+            } else {
+                oldest_[i] = it;  // Store the next iterator even if it does not correspond to
+                                  // the same log_id, as a starting point for GetOldest().
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return it;
+}
+
+// If the selected reader is blocking our pruning progress, decide on
+// what kind of mitigation is necessary to unblock the situation.
+void SimpleLogBuffer::KickReader(LogReaderThread* reader, log_id_t id, unsigned long prune_rows) {
+    if (stats_->Sizes(id) > (2 * max_size_[id])) {  // +100%
+        // A misbehaving or slow reader has its connection
+        // dropped if we hit too much memory pressure.
+        android::prdebug("Kicking blocked reader, %s, from LogBuffer::kickMe()\n",
+                         reader->name().c_str());
+        reader->release_Locked();
+    } else if (reader->deadline().time_since_epoch().count() != 0) {
+        // Allow a blocked WRAP deadline reader to trigger and start reporting the log data.
+        reader->triggerReader_Locked();
+    } else {
+        // tell slow reader to skip entries to catch up
+        android::prdebug("Skipping %lu entries from slow reader, %s, from LogBuffer::kickMe()\n",
+                         prune_rows, reader->name().c_str());
+        reader->triggerSkip_Locked(id, prune_rows);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/logd/SimpleLogBuffer.h b/logd/SimpleLogBuffer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a2d01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logd/SimpleLogBuffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <list>
+#include <mutex>
+
+#include "LogBuffer.h"
+#include "LogBufferElement.h"
+#include "LogReaderList.h"
+#include "LogStatistics.h"
+#include "LogTags.h"
+#include "rwlock.h"
+
+class SimpleLogBuffer : public LogBuffer {
+  public:
+    SimpleLogBuffer(LogReaderList* reader_list, LogTags* tags, LogStatistics* stats);
+    ~SimpleLogBuffer();
+    void Init() override;
+
+    int Log(log_id_t log_id, log_time realtime, uid_t uid, pid_t pid, pid_t tid, const char* msg,
+            uint16_t len) override;
+    uint64_t FlushTo(
+            LogWriter* writer, uint64_t start, pid_t* lastTid,
+            const std::function<FlushToResult(const LogBufferElement* element)>& filter) override;
+
+    bool Clear(log_id_t id, uid_t uid) override;
+    unsigned long GetSize(log_id_t id) override;
+    int SetSize(log_id_t id, unsigned long size) override;
+
+    uint64_t sequence() const override { return sequence_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); }
+
+  protected:
+    virtual bool Prune(log_id_t id, unsigned long prune_rows, uid_t uid) REQUIRES(lock_);
+    virtual void LogInternal(LogBufferElement&& elem) REQUIRES(lock_);
+
+    // Returns an iterator to the oldest element for a given log type, or logs_.end() if
+    // there are no logs for the given log type. Requires logs_lock_ to be held.
+    std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator GetOldest(log_id_t log_id) REQUIRES(lock_);
+    std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator Erase(std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator it)
+            REQUIRES(lock_);
+    void KickReader(LogReaderThread* reader, log_id_t id, unsigned long prune_rows)
+            REQUIRES_SHARED(lock_);
+
+    LogStatistics* stats() { return stats_; }
+    LogReaderList* reader_list() { return reader_list_; }
+    unsigned long max_size(log_id_t id) REQUIRES_SHARED(lock_) { return max_size_[id]; }
+    std::list<LogBufferElement>& logs() { return logs_; }
+
+    RwLock lock_;
+
+  private:
+    bool ShouldLog(log_id_t log_id, const char* msg, uint16_t len);
+    void MaybePrune(log_id_t id) REQUIRES(lock_);
+
+    LogReaderList* reader_list_;
+    LogTags* tags_;
+    LogStatistics* stats_;
+
+    std::atomic<uint64_t> sequence_ = 1;
+
+    unsigned long max_size_[LOG_ID_MAX] GUARDED_BY(lock_);
+    std::list<LogBufferElement> logs_ GUARDED_BY(lock_);
+    // Keeps track of the iterator to the oldest log message of a given log type, as an
+    // optimization when pruning logs.  Use GetOldest() to retrieve.
+    std::optional<std::list<LogBufferElement>::iterator> oldest_[LOG_ID_MAX] GUARDED_BY(lock_);
+};
diff --git a/logd/main.cpp b/logd/main.cpp
index 1deca72..c2b5a1d 100644
--- a/logd/main.cpp
+++ b/logd/main.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "LogStatistics.h"
 #include "LogTags.h"
 #include "LogUtils.h"
+#include "SimpleLogBuffer.h"
 
 #define KMSG_PRIORITY(PRI)                                 \
     '<', '0' + LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_DAEMON, LOG_PRI(PRI)) / 10, \
@@ -287,9 +288,13 @@
     // entries.
     LogReaderList reader_list;
 
-    // LogBuffer is the object which is responsible for holding all
-    // log entries.
-    LogBuffer* logBuf = new ChattyLogBuffer(&reader_list, &log_tags, &prune_list, &log_statistics);
+    // LogBuffer is the object which is responsible for holding all log entries.
+    LogBuffer* logBuf;
+    if (true) {
+        logBuf = new ChattyLogBuffer(&reader_list, &log_tags, &prune_list, &log_statistics);
+    } else {
+        logBuf = new SimpleLogBuffer(&reader_list, &log_tags, &log_statistics);
+    }
 
     // LogReader listens on /dev/socket/logdr. When a client
     // connects, log entries in the LogBuffer are written to the client.