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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.
+ */
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// TODO: figure out a way to use libbase_ndk. This is currently not working
+// because of missing apex availability. For now, we can use a copy of
+// ScopeGuard which is very lean compared to unique_fd. This code has been
+// copied verbatim from:
+// https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:system/libbase/include/android-base/scopeguard.h
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <utility> // for std::move, std::forward
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+// ScopeGuard ensures that the specified functor is executed no matter how the
+// current scope exits.
+template <typename F> class ScopeGuard {
+public:
+  ScopeGuard(F &&f) : f_(std::forward<F>(f)), active_(true) {}
+
+  ScopeGuard(ScopeGuard &&that) noexcept
+      : f_(std::move(that.f_)), active_(that.active_) {
+    that.active_ = false;
+  }
+
+  template <typename Functor>
+  ScopeGuard(ScopeGuard<Functor> &&that)
+      : f_(std::move(that.f_)), active_(that.active_) {
+    that.active_ = false;
+  }
+
+  ~ScopeGuard() {
+    if (active_)
+      f_();
+  }
+
+  ScopeGuard() = delete;
+  ScopeGuard(const ScopeGuard &) = delete;
+  void operator=(const ScopeGuard &) = delete;
+  void operator=(ScopeGuard &&that) = delete;
+
+  void Disable() { active_ = false; }
+
+  bool active() const { return active_; }
+
+private:
+  template <typename Functor> friend class ScopeGuard;
+
+  F f_;
+  bool active_;
+};
+
+template <typename F> ScopeGuard<F> make_scope_guard(F &&f) {
+  return ScopeGuard<F>(std::forward<F>(f));
+}
+
+} // namespace base
+} // namespace android