diff --git a/libs/dumputils/Android.bp b/libs/dumputils/Android.bp
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+// Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+
+cc_library {
+    name: "libdumputils",
+
+    shared_libs: [
+        "libbase",
+        "libbinder",
+        "libhidlbase",
+        "libhidltransport",
+        "liblog",
+        "libutils",
+    ],
+
+    srcs: ["dump_utils.cpp"],
+
+    cflags: ["-Wall", "-Werror"],
+
+    export_include_dirs: [
+        "include",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/libs/dumputils/dump_utils.cpp b/libs/dumputils/dump_utils.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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 <set>
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android/hidl/manager/1.0/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <dumputils/dump_utils.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+
+/* list of native processes to include in the native dumps */
+// This matches the /proc/pid/exe link instead of /proc/pid/cmdline.
+static const char* native_processes_to_dump[] = {
+        "/system/bin/audioserver",
+        "/system/bin/cameraserver",
+        "/system/bin/drmserver",
+        "/system/bin/mediadrmserver",
+        "/system/bin/mediaextractor", // media.extractor
+        "/system/bin/mediametrics", // media.metrics
+        "/system/bin/mediaserver",
+        "/system/bin/sdcard",
+        "/system/bin/statsd",
+        "/system/bin/surfaceflinger",
+        "/system/bin/vehicle_network_service",
+        "/vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.media.omx@1.0-service", // media.codec
+        NULL,
+};
+
+/* list of hal interface to dump containing process during native dumps */
+static const char* hal_interfaces_to_dump[] {
+        "android.hardware.audio@2.0::IDevicesFactory",
+        "android.hardware.bluetooth@1.0::IBluetoothHci",
+        "android.hardware.camera.provider@2.4::ICameraProvider",
+        "android.hardware.graphics.composer@2.1::IComposer",
+        "android.hardware.media.omx@1.0::IOmx",
+        "android.hardware.sensors@1.0::ISensors",
+        "android.hardware.vr@1.0::IVr",
+        NULL,
+};
+
+bool should_dump_hal_interface(const char* interface) {
+    for (const char** i = hal_interfaces_to_dump; *i; i++) {
+        if (!strcmp(*i, interface)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool should_dump_native_traces(const char* path) {
+    for (const char** p = native_processes_to_dump; *p; p++) {
+        if (!strcmp(*p, path)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+std::set<int> get_interesting_hal_pids() {
+    using android::hidl::manager::V1_0::IServiceManager;
+    using android::sp;
+    using android::hardware::Return;
+
+    sp<IServiceManager> manager = IServiceManager::getService();
+    std::set<int> pids;
+
+    Return<void> ret = manager->debugDump([&](auto& hals) {
+        for (const auto &info : hals) {
+            if (info.pid == static_cast<int>(IServiceManager::PidConstant::NO_PID)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (!should_dump_hal_interface(info.interfaceName.c_str())) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            pids.insert(info.pid);
+        }
+    });
+
+    if (!ret.isOk()) {
+        ALOGE("Could not get list of HAL PIDs: %s\n", ret.description().c_str());
+    }
+
+    return pids; // whether it was okay or not
+}
+
+bool IsZygote(int pid) {
+    static const std::string kZygotePrefix = "zygote";
+
+    std::string cmdline;
+    if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(android::base::StringPrintf("/proc/%d/cmdline", pid),
+                                         &cmdline)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return (cmdline.find(kZygotePrefix) == 0);
+}
diff --git a/libs/dumputils/include/dumputils/dump_utils.h b/libs/dumputils/include/dumputils/dump_utils.h
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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef DUMPUTILS_H_
+#define DUMPUTILS_H_
+
+#include <set>
+
+bool should_dump_native_traces(const char* path);
+
+std::set<int> get_interesting_hal_pids();
+
+bool IsZygote(int pid);
+
+#endif  // DUMPUTILS_H_