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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android/log.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+static const std::string myFilename = "/data/misc/recovery/inject.txt";
+static const std::string myContent = "Hello World\nWelcome to my recovery\n";
+
+// Failure is expected on systems that do not deliver either the
+// recovery-persist or recovery-refresh executables. Tests also require
+// a reboot sequence of test to truly verify.
+
+static ssize_t __pmsg_fn(log_id_t logId, char prio, const char *filename,
+                         const char *buf, size_t len, void *arg) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(LOG_ID_SYSTEM, logId);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, prio);
+  EXPECT_NE(std::string::npos, myFilename.find(filename));
+  EXPECT_EQ(myContent, buf);
+  EXPECT_EQ(myContent.size(), len);
+  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, arg);
+  return len;
+}
+
+// recovery.refresh - May fail. Requires recovery.inject, two reboots,
+//                    then expect success after second reboot.
+TEST(recovery, refresh) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, access("/system/bin/recovery-refresh", F_OK));
+
+  ssize_t ret = __android_log_pmsg_file_read(
+      LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "recovery/", __pmsg_fn, nullptr);
+  if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+    EXPECT_LT(0, __android_log_pmsg_file_write(LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
+        myFilename.c_str(), myContent.c_str(), myContent.size()));
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "injected test data, requires two intervening reboots "
+        "to check for replication\n");
+  }
+  EXPECT_EQ(static_cast<ssize_t>(myContent.size()), ret);
+}
+
+// recovery.persist - Requires recovery.inject, then a reboot, then
+//                    expect success after for this test on that boot.
+TEST(recovery, persist) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, access("/system/bin/recovery-persist", F_OK));
+
+  ssize_t ret = __android_log_pmsg_file_read(
+      LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "recovery/", __pmsg_fn, nullptr);
+  if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+    EXPECT_LT(0, __android_log_pmsg_file_write(LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
+        myFilename.c_str(), myContent.c_str(), myContent.size()));
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "injected test data, requires intervening reboot "
+        "to check for storage\n");
+  }
+
+  std::string buf;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(android::base::ReadFileToString(myFilename, &buf));
+  EXPECT_EQ(myContent, buf);
+  if (access(myFilename.c_str(), O_RDONLY) == 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Removing persistent test data, "
+        "check if reconstructed on reboot\n");
+  }
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, unlink(myFilename.c_str()));
+}