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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BIONIC_TESTS_BIONIC_DEATH_TEST_H_
+#define BIONIC_TESTS_BIONIC_DEATH_TEST_H_
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+class BionicDeathTest : public testing::Test {
+ protected:
+  virtual void SetUp() {
+    // Suppress debuggerd stack traces. Too slow.
+    old_dumpable_ = prctl(PR_GET_DUMPABLE, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+    ::testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style = "threadsafe";
+  }
+
+  virtual void TearDown() {
+    prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, old_dumpable_, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  int old_dumpable_;
+};
+
+#endif // BIONIC_TESTS_BIONIC_DEATH_TEST_H_