diff --git a/cycle_breaker_unittest.cc b/cycle_breaker_unittest.cc
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+// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <set>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "chromeos/obsolete_logging.h"
+#include "update_engine/cycle_breaker.h"
+#include "update_engine/graph_types.h"
+#include "update_engine/utils.h"
+
+using std::make_pair;
+using std::pair;
+using std::set;
+using std::string;
+using std::vector;
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+class CycleBreakerTest : public ::testing::Test {};
+
+TEST(CycleBreakerTest, SimpleTest) {
+  int counter = 0;
+  const Vertex::Index n_a = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_b = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_c = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_d = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_e = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_f = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_g = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_h = counter++;
+  const Graph::size_type kNodeCount = counter++;
+
+  Graph graph(kNodeCount);
+
+  graph[n_a].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_e, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_a].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_f, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_b].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_a, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_c].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_d, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_d].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_e, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_d].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_f, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_e].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_b, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_e].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_c, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_e].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_f, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_f].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_g, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_g].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_h, EdgeProperties()));
+  graph[n_h].out_edges.insert(make_pair(n_g, EdgeProperties()));
+
+  CycleBreaker breaker;
+  
+  set<Edge> broken_edges;
+  breaker.BreakCycles(graph, &broken_edges);
+  
+  // The following cycles must be cut:
+  // A->E->B
+  // C->D->E
+  // G->H
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_a, n_e)) ||
+              utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_e, n_b)) ||
+              utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_b, n_a)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_c, n_d)) ||
+              utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_d, n_e)) ||
+              utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_e, n_c)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_g, n_h)) ||
+              utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_h, n_g)));
+  EXPECT_EQ(3, broken_edges.size());
+}
+
+namespace {
+pair<Vertex::Index, EdgeProperties> EdgeWithWeight(Vertex::Index dest,
+uint64 weight) {
+  EdgeProperties props;
+  props.extents.resize(1);
+  props.extents[0].set_num_blocks(weight);
+  return make_pair(dest, props);
+}
+}  // namespace {}
+
+TEST(CycleBreakerTest, WeightTest) {
+  int counter = 0;
+  const Vertex::Index n_a = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_b = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_c = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_d = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_e = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_f = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_g = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_h = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_i = counter++;
+  const Vertex::Index n_j = counter++;
+  const Graph::size_type kNodeCount = counter++;
+
+  Graph graph(kNodeCount);
+
+  graph[n_a].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_b, 4));
+  graph[n_a].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_f, 3));
+  graph[n_a].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_h, 2));
+  graph[n_b].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_a, 3));
+  graph[n_b].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_c, 4));
+  graph[n_c].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_b, 5));
+  graph[n_c].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_d, 3));
+  graph[n_d].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_a, 6));
+  graph[n_d].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_e, 3));
+  graph[n_e].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_d, 4));
+  graph[n_e].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_g, 5));
+  graph[n_f].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_g, 2));
+  graph[n_g].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_f, 3));
+  graph[n_g].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_d, 5));
+  graph[n_h].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_i, 8));
+  graph[n_i].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_e, 4));
+  graph[n_i].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_h, 9));
+  graph[n_i].out_edges.insert(EdgeWithWeight(n_j, 6));
+
+  CycleBreaker breaker;
+  
+  set<Edge> broken_edges;
+  breaker.BreakCycles(graph, &broken_edges);
+
+  // These are required to be broken:
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_b, n_a)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_b, n_c)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_d, n_e)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_f, n_g)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::SetContainsKey(broken_edges, make_pair(n_h, n_i)));
+}
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine