diff --git a/media/utils/include/mediautils/EventLog.h b/media/utils/include/mediautils/EventLog.h
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+++ b/media/utils/include/mediautils/EventLog.h
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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.
+ */
+#ifndef ANDROID_AUDIO_EVENT_LOG_H_
+#define ANDROID_AUDIO_EVENT_LOG_H_
+
+namespace android {
+
+// keep values in sync with frameworks/av/media/utils/EventLogTags.logtags
+enum {
+  LOGTAG_AUDIO_BINDER_TIMEOUT = 61000,
+};
+
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_AUDIO_EVENT_LOG_H_
diff --git a/media/utils/include/mediautils/TimeCheck.h b/media/utils/include/mediautils/TimeCheck.h
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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.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_TIME_CHECK_H
+#define ANDROID_TIME_CHECK_H
+
+#include <utils/KeyedVector.h>
+#include <utils/Thread.h>
+
+
+namespace android {
+
+// A class monitoring execution time for a code block (scoped variable) and causing an assert
+// if it exceeds a certain time
+
+class TimeCheck {
+public:
+
+    // The default timeout is chosen to be less than system server watchdog timeout
+    static constexpr uint32_t kDefaultTimeOutMs = 5000;
+
+            TimeCheck(const char *tag, uint32_t timeoutMs = kDefaultTimeOutMs);
+            ~TimeCheck();
+
+private:
+
+    class TimeCheckThread : public Thread {
+    public:
+
+                            TimeCheckThread() {}
+        virtual             ~TimeCheckThread() override;
+
+                nsecs_t     startMonitoring(const char *tag, uint32_t timeoutMs);
+                void        stopMonitoring(nsecs_t endTimeNs);
+
+    private:
+
+                // RefBase
+        virtual void        onFirstRef() override { run("TimeCheckThread", PRIORITY_URGENT_AUDIO); }
+
+                // Thread
+        virtual bool        threadLoop() override;
+
+                Condition           mCond;
+                Mutex               mMutex;
+                // using the end time in ns as key is OK given the risk is low that two entries
+                // are added in such a way that <add time> + <timeout> are the same for both.
+                KeyedVector< nsecs_t, const char*>  mMonitorRequests;
+    };
+
+    static sp<TimeCheckThread> getTimeCheckThread();
+
+    const           nsecs_t mEndTimeNs;
+};
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_TIME_CHECK_H