diff --git a/media/libmedia/MediaUtils.cpp b/media/libmedia/MediaUtils.cpp
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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.
+ */
+
+// for property functions below
+#define __STDINT_LIMITS
+#include <stdint.h>
+#define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+
+#define LOG_TAG "MediaUtils"
+#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+#include <cutils/properties.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "MediaUtils.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+// following property functions borrowed from lmp properties.c
+static intmax_t property_get_imax(const char *key, intmax_t lower_bound, intmax_t upper_bound,
+        intmax_t default_value) {
+    if (!key) {
+        return default_value;
+    }
+
+    intmax_t result = default_value;
+    char buf[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX] = {'\0',};
+    char *end = NULL;
+
+    int len = property_get(key, buf, "");
+    if (len > 0) {
+        int tmp = errno;
+        errno = 0;
+
+        // Infer base automatically
+        result = strtoimax(buf, &end, /*base*/0);
+        if ((result == INTMAX_MIN || result == INTMAX_MAX) && errno == ERANGE) {
+            // Over or underflow
+            result = default_value;
+            ALOGV("%s(%s,%" PRIdMAX ") - overflow", __FUNCTION__, key, default_value);
+        } else if (result < lower_bound || result > upper_bound) {
+            // Out of range of requested bounds
+            result = default_value;
+            ALOGV("%s(%s,%" PRIdMAX ") - out of range", __FUNCTION__, key, default_value);
+        } else if (end == buf) {
+            // Numeric conversion failed
+            result = default_value;
+            ALOGV("%s(%s,%" PRIdMAX ") - numeric conversion failed",
+                    __FUNCTION__, key, default_value);
+        }
+
+        errno = tmp;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+static int64_t property_get_int64(const char *key, int64_t default_value) {
+    return (int64_t)property_get_imax(key, INT64_MIN, INT64_MAX, default_value);
+}
+
+void limitProcessMemory(
+    const char *property,
+    size_t numberOfBytes,
+    size_t percentageOfTotalMem) {
+
+    long pageSize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+    long numPages = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
+    size_t maxMem = SIZE_MAX;
+
+    if (pageSize > 0 && numPages > 0) {
+        if (size_t(numPages) < SIZE_MAX / size_t(pageSize)) {
+            maxMem = size_t(numPages) * size_t(pageSize);
+        }
+        ALOGV("physMem: %zu", maxMem);
+        if (percentageOfTotalMem > 100) {
+            ALOGW("requested %zu%% of total memory, using 100%%", percentageOfTotalMem);
+            percentageOfTotalMem = 100;
+        }
+        maxMem = maxMem / 100 * percentageOfTotalMem;
+        if (numberOfBytes < maxMem) {
+            maxMem = numberOfBytes;
+        }
+        ALOGV("requested limit: %zu", maxMem);
+    } else {
+        ALOGW("couldn't determine total RAM");
+    }
+
+    int64_t propVal = property_get_int64(property, maxMem);
+    if (propVal > 0 && uint64_t(propVal) <= SIZE_MAX) {
+        maxMem = propVal;
+    }
+    ALOGV("actual limit: %zu", maxMem);
+
+    struct rlimit limit;
+    getrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, &limit);
+    ALOGV("original limits: %lld/%lld", (long long)limit.rlim_cur, (long long)limit.rlim_max);
+    limit.rlim_cur = maxMem;
+    setrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, &limit);
+    limit.rlim_cur = -1;
+    limit.rlim_max = -1;
+    getrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, &limit);
+    ALOGV("new limits: %lld/%lld", (long long)limit.rlim_cur, (long long)limit.rlim_max);
+
+}
+
+
+} // namespace android