diff --git a/services/utils/Android.bp b/services/utils/Android.bp
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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.
+
+//
+// Static library used in testing and executables
+//
+cc_library_static {
+    name: "libserviceutils",
+
+    cflags: [
+        "-Wall",
+        "-Wno-unused-parameter",
+        "-Werror",
+    ],
+
+    srcs: [
+        "PriorityDumper.cpp",
+    ],
+
+    clang: true,
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+}
+
+subdirs = ["tests"]
diff --git a/services/utils/PriorityDumper.cpp b/services/utils/PriorityDumper.cpp
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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 "include/PriorityDumper.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+static void getStrippedArgs(Vector<String16>& dest, const Vector<String16>& source,
+                            std::size_t numArgsToStrip) {
+    for (auto it = source.begin() + numArgsToStrip; it != source.end(); it++) {
+        dest.add(*it);
+    }
+}
+
+void priorityDump(PriorityDumper& dumper, int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) {
+    if (args.size() >= 2 && args[0] == PRIORITY_ARG) {
+        String16 priority = args[1];
+        Vector<String16> strippedArgs;
+        getStrippedArgs(strippedArgs, args, 2);
+        if (priority == PRIORITY_ARG_CRITICAL) {
+            dumper.dumpCritical(fd, strippedArgs);
+        } else if (priority == PRIORITY_ARG_HIGH) {
+            dumper.dumpHigh(fd, strippedArgs);
+        } else if (priority == PRIORITY_ARG_NORMAL) {
+            dumper.dumpNormal(fd, strippedArgs);
+        } else {
+            dumper.dump(fd, args);
+        }
+    } else {
+        dumper.dump(fd, args);
+    }
+}
+} // namespace android
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diff --git a/services/utils/include/PriorityDumper.h b/services/utils/include/PriorityDumper.h
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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_UTILS_PRIORITYDUMP_H
+#define ANDROID_UTILS_PRIORITYDUMP_H
+
+#include <utils/String16.h>
+#include <utils/Vector.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+constexpr const char16_t PRIORITY_ARG[] = u"--dump-priority";
+constexpr const char16_t PRIORITY_ARG_CRITICAL[] = u"CRITICAL";
+constexpr const char16_t PRIORITY_ARG_HIGH[] = u"HIGH";
+constexpr const char16_t PRIORITY_ARG_NORMAL[] = u"NORMAL";
+
+// Helper class to split dumps into various priority buckets.
+class PriorityDumper {
+public:
+    // Dumps CRITICAL priority sections.
+    virtual void dumpCritical(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) {}
+
+    // Dumps HIGH priority sections.
+    virtual void dumpHigh(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) {}
+
+    // Dumps normal priority sections.
+    virtual void dumpNormal(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) {}
+
+    // Dumps all sections.
+    // This method is called when priorityDump is called without priority
+    // arguments. By default, it calls all three dump methods.
+    virtual void dump(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) {
+        dumpCritical(fd, args);
+        dumpHigh(fd, args);
+        dumpNormal(fd, args);
+    }
+    virtual ~PriorityDumper() = default;
+};
+
+// Parses the argument list checking if the first argument is --dump_priority and
+// the second argument is the priority type (HIGH, CRITICAL or NORMAL). If the
+// arguments are found, they are stripped and the appropriate PriorityDumper
+// method is called.
+// If --dump_priority argument is not passed, all supported sections are dumped.
+void priorityDump(PriorityDumper& dumper, int fd, const Vector<String16>& args);
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_UTILS_PRIORITYDUMP_H
diff --git a/services/utils/tests/Android.bp b/services/utils/tests/Android.bp
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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.
+
+// Build unit tests.
+
+cc_test {
+    name: "prioritydumper_test",
+    test_suites: ["device-tests"],
+    srcs: [ "PriorityDumper_test.cpp"],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libutils",
+    ],
+    cflags: [
+        "-Wno-unused-parameter",
+    ],
+    static_libs = [
+        "libgmock",
+        "libserviceutils"
+    ],
+    clang: true,
+}
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diff --git a/services/utils/tests/AndroidTest.xml b/services/utils/tests/AndroidTest.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- 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.
+-->
+<configuration description="Config for prioritydumper_test">
+  <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.PushFilePreparer">
+    <option name="cleanup" value="true" />
+    <option name="push" value="prioritydumper_test->/data/local/tmp/prioritydumper_test" />
+  </target_preparer>
+  <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct" />
+  <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.GTest" >
+    <option name="native-test-device-path" value="/data/local/tmp" />
+    <option name="module-name" value="prioritydumper_test" />
+  </test>
+</configuration>
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diff --git a/services/utils/tests/PriorityDumper_test.cpp b/services/utils/tests/PriorityDumper_test.cpp
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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 "PriorityDumper.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <utils/String16.h>
+#include <utils/Vector.h>
+
+using namespace android;
+
+using ::testing::ElementsAreArray;
+using ::testing::Mock;
+using ::testing::Test;
+
+class PriorityDumperMock : public PriorityDumper {
+public:
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dumpCritical, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dumpHigh, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dumpNormal, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dump, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+};
+
+class DumpAllMock : public PriorityDumper {
+public:
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dumpCritical, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dumpHigh, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+    MOCK_METHOD2(dumpNormal, void(int, const Vector<String16>&));
+};
+
+class PriorityDumperTest : public Test {
+public:
+    PriorityDumperTest() : dumper_(), dumpAlldumper_(), fd(1) {}
+    PriorityDumperMock dumper_;
+    DumpAllMock dumpAlldumper_;
+    int fd;
+};
+
+static void addAll(Vector<String16>& av, const std::vector<std::string>& v) {
+    for (auto element : v) {
+        av.add(String16(element.c_str()));
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, noArgsPassed) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dump(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, noPriorityArgsPassed) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"bunch", "of", "args"});
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dump(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, priorityArgsOnly) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"--dump-priority", "CRITICAL"});
+    Vector<String16> strippedArgs;
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dumpCritical(fd, ElementsAreArray(strippedArgs)));
+
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, dumpCritical) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"--dump-priority", "CRITICAL", "args", "left", "behind"});
+    Vector<String16> strippedArgs;
+    addAll(strippedArgs, {"args", "left", "behind"});
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dumpCritical(fd, ElementsAreArray(strippedArgs)));
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, dumpHigh) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"--dump-priority", "HIGH", "args", "left", "behind"});
+    Vector<String16> strippedArgs;
+    addAll(strippedArgs, {"args", "left", "behind"});
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dumpHigh(fd, ElementsAreArray(strippedArgs)));
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, dumpNormal) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"--dump-priority", "NORMAL", "args", "left", "behind"});
+    Vector<String16> strippedArgs;
+    addAll(strippedArgs, {"args", "left", "behind"});
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dumpNormal(fd, ElementsAreArray(strippedArgs)));
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, dumpAll) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"args", "left", "behind"});
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumpAlldumper_, dumpCritical(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumpAlldumper_, dumpHigh(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumpAlldumper_, dumpNormal(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+
+    priorityDump(dumpAlldumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, priorityArgWithPriorityMissing) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"--dump-priority"});
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dump(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PriorityDumperTest, priorityArgWithInvalidPriority) {
+    Vector<String16> args;
+    addAll(args, {"--dump-priority", "REALLY_HIGH"});
+    EXPECT_CALL(dumper_, dump(fd, ElementsAreArray(args)));
+
+    priorityDump(dumper_, fd, args);
+}
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