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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 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 <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+TEST(atexit, combined_test) {
+  std::string atexit_call_sequence;
+  bool valid_this_in_static_dtor = false;
+  void* handle = dlopen("libtest_atexit.so", RTLD_NOW);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handle != NULL);
+
+  void* sym = dlsym(handle, "register_atexit");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(sym != NULL);
+  reinterpret_cast<void (*)(std::string*, bool*)>(sym)(&atexit_call_sequence, &valid_this_in_static_dtor);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, dlclose(handle));
+  // this test verifies atexit call from atexit handler. as well as the order of calls
+  ASSERT_EQ("Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall", atexit_call_sequence);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(valid_this_in_static_dtor);
+}
+
+// TODO: test for static dtor calls from from exit(.) -> __cxa_finalize(NULL)
+