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+//
+// Copyright (C) 2013 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 "update_engine/hardware_chromeos.h"
+
+#include <base/files/file_util.h>
+#include <base/logging.h>
+#include <base/strings/string_number_conversions.h>
+#include <base/strings/string_util.h>
+#include <brillo/make_unique_ptr.h>
+#include <vboot/crossystem.h>
+
+extern "C" {
+#include "vboot/vboot_host.h"
+}
+
+#include "update_engine/common/hardware.h"
+#include "update_engine/common/hwid_override.h"
+#include "update_engine/common/platform_constants.h"
+#include "update_engine/common/subprocess.h"
+#include "update_engine/common/utils.h"
+
+using std::string;
+using std::vector;
+
+namespace {
+
+const char kOOBECompletedMarker[] = "/home/chronos/.oobe_completed";
+
+// The stateful directory used by update_engine to store powerwash-safe files.
+// The files stored here must be whitelisted in the powerwash scripts.
+const char kPowerwashSafeDirectory[] =
+    "/mnt/stateful_partition/unencrypted/preserve";
+
+// The powerwash_count marker file contains the number of times the device was
+// powerwashed. This value is incremented by the clobber-state script when
+// a powerwash is performed.
+const char kPowerwashCountMarker[] = "powerwash_count";
+
+}  // namespace
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+namespace hardware {
+
+// Factory defined in hardware.h.
+std::unique_ptr<HardwareInterface> CreateHardware() {
+  return brillo::make_unique_ptr(new HardwareChromeOS());
+}
+
+}  // namespace hardware
+
+bool HardwareChromeOS::IsOfficialBuild() const {
+  return VbGetSystemPropertyInt("debug_build") == 0;
+}
+
+bool HardwareChromeOS::IsNormalBootMode() const {
+  bool dev_mode = VbGetSystemPropertyInt("devsw_boot") != 0;
+  return !dev_mode;
+}
+
+bool HardwareChromeOS::IsOOBEComplete(base::Time* out_time_of_oobe) const {
+  struct stat statbuf;
+  if (stat(kOOBECompletedMarker, &statbuf) != 0) {
+    if (errno != ENOENT) {
+      PLOG(ERROR) << "Error getting information about "
+                  << kOOBECompletedMarker;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (out_time_of_oobe != nullptr)
+    *out_time_of_oobe = base::Time::FromTimeT(statbuf.st_mtime);
+  return true;
+}
+
+static string ReadValueFromCrosSystem(const string& key) {
+  char value_buffer[VB_MAX_STRING_PROPERTY];
+
+  const char* rv = VbGetSystemPropertyString(key.c_str(), value_buffer,
+                                             sizeof(value_buffer));
+  if (rv != nullptr) {
+    string return_value(value_buffer);
+    base::TrimWhitespaceASCII(return_value, base::TRIM_ALL, &return_value);
+    return return_value;
+  }
+
+  LOG(ERROR) << "Unable to read crossystem key " << key;
+  return "";
+}
+
+string HardwareChromeOS::GetHardwareClass() const {
+  if (USE_HWID_OVERRIDE) {
+    return HwidOverride::Read(base::FilePath("/"));
+  }
+  return ReadValueFromCrosSystem("hwid");
+}
+
+string HardwareChromeOS::GetFirmwareVersion() const {
+  return ReadValueFromCrosSystem("fwid");
+}
+
+string HardwareChromeOS::GetECVersion() const {
+  string input_line;
+  int exit_code = 0;
+  vector<string> cmd = {"/usr/sbin/mosys", "-k", "ec", "info"};
+
+  bool success = Subprocess::SynchronousExec(cmd, &exit_code, &input_line);
+  if (!success || exit_code) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "Unable to read ec info from mosys (" << exit_code << ")";
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return utils::ParseECVersion(input_line);
+}
+
+int HardwareChromeOS::GetPowerwashCount() const {
+  int powerwash_count;
+  base::FilePath marker_path = base::FilePath(kPowerwashSafeDirectory).Append(
+      kPowerwashCountMarker);
+  string contents;
+  if (!utils::ReadFile(marker_path.value(), &contents))
+    return -1;
+  base::TrimWhitespaceASCII(contents, base::TRIM_TRAILING, &contents);
+  if (!base::StringToInt(contents, &powerwash_count))
+    return -1;
+  return powerwash_count;
+}
+
+bool HardwareChromeOS::GetNonVolatileDirectory(base::FilePath* path) const {
+  *path = base::FilePath(constants::kNonVolatileDirectory);
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool HardwareChromeOS::GetPowerwashSafeDirectory(base::FilePath* path) const {
+  *path = base::FilePath(kPowerwashSafeDirectory);
+  return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine