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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 <android/log.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+static const char myFilename[] = "/data/misc/recovery/inject.txt";
+static const char 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_EQ(0, NULL == strstr(myFilename,filename));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, strcmp(myContent, buf));
+    EXPECT_EQ(sizeof(myContent), len);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, NULL != 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, NULL);
+    if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+        EXPECT_LT(0, __android_log_pmsg_file_write(
+            LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
+            myFilename, myContent, sizeof(myContent)));
+        fprintf(stderr, "injected test data, "
+                        "requires two intervening reboots "
+                        "to check for replication\n");
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ((ssize_t)sizeof(myContent), 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, NULL);
+    if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+        EXPECT_LT(0, __android_log_pmsg_file_write(
+            LOG_ID_SYSTEM, ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
+            myFilename, myContent, sizeof(myContent)));
+        fprintf(stderr, "injected test data, "
+                        "requires intervening reboot "
+                        "to check for storage\n");
+    }
+
+    int fd = open(myFilename, O_RDONLY);
+    EXPECT_LE(0, fd);
+
+    char buf[sizeof(myContent) + 32];
+    ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+    close(fd);
+    EXPECT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)sizeof(myContent));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, strcmp(myContent, buf));
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Removing persistent test data, "
+                        "check if reconstructed on reboot\n");
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, unlink(myFilename));
+}