diff --git a/include/android-base/cmsg.h b/include/android-base/cmsg.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <android-base/collections.h>
+#include <android-base/macros.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+
+// Helpers for sending and receiving file descriptors across Unix domain sockets.
+//
+// The cmsg(3) API is very hard to get right, with multiple landmines that can
+// lead to death. Almost all of the uses of cmsg in Android make at least one of
+// the following mistakes:
+//
+//   - not aligning the cmsg buffer
+//   - leaking fds if more fds are received than expected
+//   - blindly dereferencing CMSG_DATA without checking the header
+//   - using CMSG_SPACE instead of CMSG_LEN for .cmsg_len
+//   - using CMSG_LEN instead of CMSG_SPACE for .msg_controllen
+//   - using a length specified in number of fds instead of bytes
+//
+// These functions wrap the hard-to-use cmsg API with an easier to use abstraction.
+
+// Send file descriptors across a Unix domain socket.
+//
+// Note that the write can return short if the socket type is SOCK_STREAM. When
+// this happens, file descriptors are still sent to the other end, but with
+// truncated data. For this reason, using SOCK_SEQPACKET or SOCK_DGRAM is recommended.
+ssize_t SendFileDescriptorVector(int sock, const void* data, size_t len,
+                                 const std::vector<int>& fds);
+
+// Receive file descriptors from a Unix domain socket.
+//
+// If more FDs (or bytes, for datagram sockets) are received than expected,
+// -1 is returned with errno set to EMSGSIZE, and all received FDs are thrown away.
+ssize_t ReceiveFileDescriptorVector(int sock, void* data, size_t len, size_t max_fds,
+                                    std::vector<android::base::unique_fd>* fds);
+
+// Helper for SendFileDescriptorVector that constructs a std::vector for you, e.g.:
+//   SendFileDescriptors(sock, "foo", 3, std::move(fd1), std::move(fd2))
+template <typename... Args>
+ssize_t SendFileDescriptors(int sock, const void* data, size_t len, Args&&... sent_fds) {
+  // Do not allow implicit conversion to int: people might try to do something along the lines of:
+  //   SendFileDescriptors(..., std::move(a_unique_fd))
+  // and be surprised when the unique_fd isn't closed afterwards.
+  AssertType<int>(std::forward<Args>(sent_fds)...);
+  std::vector<int> fds;
+  Append(fds, std::forward<Args>(sent_fds)...);
+  return SendFileDescriptorVector(sock, data, len, fds);
+}
+
+// Helper for ReceiveFileDescriptorVector that receives an exact number of file descriptors.
+// If more file descriptors are received than requested, -1 is returned with errno set to EMSGSIZE.
+// If fewer file descriptors are received than requested, -1 is returned with errno set to ENOMSG.
+// In both cases, all arguments are cleared and any received FDs are thrown away.
+template <typename... Args>
+ssize_t ReceiveFileDescriptors(int sock, void* data, size_t len, Args&&... received_fds) {
+  std::vector<unique_fd*> fds;
+  Append(fds, std::forward<Args>(received_fds)...);
+
+  std::vector<unique_fd> result;
+  ssize_t rc = ReceiveFileDescriptorVector(sock, data, len, fds.size(), &result);
+  if (rc == -1 || result.size() != fds.size()) {
+    int err = rc == -1 ? errno : ENOMSG;
+    for (unique_fd* fd : fds) {
+      fd->reset();
+    }
+    errno = err;
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < fds.size(); ++i) {
+    *fds[i] = std::move(result[i]);
+  }
+  return rc;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/include/android-base/collections.h b/include/android-base/collections.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+// Helpers for converting a variadic template parameter pack to a homogeneous collection.
+// Parameters must be implictly convertible to the contained type (including via move/copy ctors).
+//
+// Use as follows:
+//
+//   template <typename... Args>
+//   std::vector<int> CreateVector(Args&&... args) {
+//     std::vector<int> result;
+//     Append(result, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+//     return result;
+//   }
+template <typename CollectionType, typename T>
+void Append(CollectionType& collection, T&& arg) {
+  collection.push_back(std::forward<T>(arg));
+}
+
+template <typename CollectionType, typename T, typename... Args>
+void Append(CollectionType& collection, T&& arg, Args&&... args) {
+  collection.push_back(std::forward<T>(arg));
+  return Append(collection, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+// Assert that all of the arguments in a variadic template parameter pack are of a given type
+// after std::decay.
+template <typename T, typename Arg, typename... Args>
+void AssertType(Arg&&) {
+  static_assert(std::is_same<T, typename std::decay<Arg>::type>::value);
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename Arg, typename... Args>
+void AssertType(Arg&&, Args&&... args) {
+  static_assert(std::is_same<T, typename std::decay<Arg>::type>::value);
+  AssertType<T>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+}
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android