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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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 "runtime_callbacks.h"
+
+#include "jni.h"
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "art_method-inl.h"
+#include "base/mutex.h"
+#include "mirror/class-inl.h"
+#include "common_runtime_test.h"
+#include "mem_map.h"
+#include "obj_ptr.h"
+#include "runtime.h"
+#include "ScopedLocalRef.h"
+#include "thread-inl.h"
+#include "well_known_classes.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+class RuntimeCallbacksTest : public CommonRuntimeTest {
+ protected:
+  void SetUp() OVERRIDE {
+    CommonRuntimeTest::SetUp();
+
+    WriterMutexLock mu(Thread::Current(), *Locks::runtime_callbacks_lock_);
+    AddListener();
+  }
+
+  void TearDown() OVERRIDE {
+    {
+      WriterMutexLock mu(Thread::Current(), *Locks::runtime_callbacks_lock_);
+      RemoveListener();
+    }
+
+    CommonRuntimeTest::TearDown();
+  }
+
+  virtual void AddListener() REQUIRES(Locks::runtime_callbacks_lock_) = 0;
+  virtual void RemoveListener() REQUIRES(Locks::runtime_callbacks_lock_) = 0;
+
+  void MakeExecutable(ObjPtr<mirror::Class> klass) REQUIRES_SHARED(Locks::mutator_lock_) {
+    CHECK(klass != nullptr);
+    PointerSize pointer_size = class_linker_->GetImagePointerSize();
+    for (auto& m : klass->GetMethods(pointer_size)) {
+      if (!m.IsAbstract()) {
+        class_linker_->SetEntryPointsToInterpreter(&m);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+class ThreadLifecycleCallbackRuntimeCallbacksTest : public RuntimeCallbacksTest {
+ public:
+  static void* PthreadsCallback(void* arg ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+    // Attach.
+    Runtime* runtime = Runtime::Current();
+    CHECK(runtime->AttachCurrentThread("ThreadLifecycle test thread", true, nullptr, false));
+
+    // Detach.
+    runtime->DetachCurrentThread();
+
+    // Die...
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  void AddListener() OVERRIDE REQUIRES(Locks::runtime_callbacks_lock_) {
+    Runtime::Current()->GetRuntimeCallbacks().AddThreadLifecycleCallback(&cb_);
+  }
+  void RemoveListener() OVERRIDE REQUIRES(Locks::runtime_callbacks_lock_) {
+    Runtime::Current()->GetRuntimeCallbacks().RemoveThreadLifecycleCallback(&cb_);
+  }
+
+  enum CallbackState {
+    kBase,
+    kStarted,
+    kDied,
+    kWrongStart,
+    kWrongDeath,
+  };
+
+  struct Callback : public ThreadLifecycleCallback {
+    void ThreadStart(Thread* self) OVERRIDE {
+      if (state == CallbackState::kBase) {
+        state = CallbackState::kStarted;
+        stored_self = self;
+      } else {
+        state = CallbackState::kWrongStart;
+      }
+    }
+
+    void ThreadDeath(Thread* self) OVERRIDE {
+      if (state == CallbackState::kStarted && self == stored_self) {
+        state = CallbackState::kDied;
+      } else {
+        state = CallbackState::kWrongDeath;
+      }
+    }
+
+    Thread* stored_self;
+    CallbackState state = CallbackState::kBase;
+  };
+
+  Callback cb_;
+};
+
+
+TEST_F(ThreadLifecycleCallbackRuntimeCallbacksTest, ThreadLifecycleCallbackJava) {
+  Thread* self = Thread::Current();
+
+  self->TransitionFromSuspendedToRunnable();
+  bool started = runtime_->Start();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(started);
+
+  cb_.state = CallbackState::kBase;  // Ignore main thread attach.
+
+  {
+    ScopedObjectAccess soa(self);
+    MakeExecutable(soa.Decode<mirror::Class>(WellKnownClasses::java_lang_Thread));
+  }
+
+  JNIEnv* env = self->GetJniEnv();
+
+  ScopedLocalRef<jobject> thread_name(env,
+                                      env->NewStringUTF("ThreadLifecycleCallback test thread"));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(thread_name.get() != nullptr);
+
+  ScopedLocalRef<jobject> thread(env, env->AllocObject(WellKnownClasses::java_lang_Thread));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(thread.get() != nullptr);
+
+  env->CallNonvirtualVoidMethod(thread.get(),
+                                WellKnownClasses::java_lang_Thread,
+                                WellKnownClasses::java_lang_Thread_init,
+                                runtime_->GetMainThreadGroup(),
+                                thread_name.get(),
+                                kMinThreadPriority,
+                                JNI_FALSE);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(env->ExceptionCheck());
+
+  jmethodID start_id = env->GetMethodID(WellKnownClasses::java_lang_Thread, "start", "()V");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(start_id != nullptr);
+
+  env->CallVoidMethod(thread.get(), start_id);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(env->ExceptionCheck());
+
+  jmethodID join_id = env->GetMethodID(WellKnownClasses::java_lang_Thread, "join", "()V");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(join_id != nullptr);
+
+  env->CallVoidMethod(thread.get(), join_id);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(env->ExceptionCheck());
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cb_.state == CallbackState::kDied) << static_cast<int>(cb_.state);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ThreadLifecycleCallbackRuntimeCallbacksTest, ThreadLifecycleCallbackAttach) {
+  std::string error_msg;
+  std::unique_ptr<MemMap> stack(MemMap::MapAnonymous("ThreadLifecycleCallback Thread",
+                                                     nullptr,
+                                                     128 * kPageSize,  // Just some small stack.
+                                                     PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                                                     false,
+                                                     false,
+                                                     &error_msg));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(stack == nullptr) << error_msg;
+
+  const char* reason = "ThreadLifecycleCallback test thread";
+  pthread_attr_t attr;
+  CHECK_PTHREAD_CALL(pthread_attr_init, (&attr), reason);
+  CHECK_PTHREAD_CALL(pthread_attr_setstack, (&attr, stack->Begin(), stack->Size()), reason);
+  pthread_t pthread;
+  CHECK_PTHREAD_CALL(pthread_create,
+                     (&pthread,
+                         &attr,
+                         &ThreadLifecycleCallbackRuntimeCallbacksTest::PthreadsCallback,
+                         this),
+                         reason);
+  CHECK_PTHREAD_CALL(pthread_attr_destroy, (&attr), reason);
+
+  CHECK_PTHREAD_CALL(pthread_join, (pthread, nullptr), "ThreadLifecycleCallback test shutdown");
+
+  // Detach is not a ThreadDeath event, so we expect to be in state Started.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cb_.state == CallbackState::kStarted) << static_cast<int>(cb_.state);
+}
+
+}  // namespace art