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+// Copyright 2015, 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 <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
+
+#include <libminijail.h>
+#include <scoped_minijail.h>
+
+#include "minijail.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+int SetUpMinijail(const std::string& seccomp_policy_path)
+{
+    // No seccomp policy defined for this architecture.
+    if (access(seccomp_policy_path.c_str(), R_OK) == -1) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "No seccomp policy defined for this architecture.";
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    int policy_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(seccomp_policy_path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+    if (policy_fd == -1) {
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "Failed to open seccomp policy file '" << seccomp_policy_path << "'";
+    }
+
+    ScopedMinijail jail{minijail_new()};
+    if (!jail) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to create minijail.";
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    minijail_no_new_privs(jail.get());
+    minijail_log_seccomp_filter_failures(jail.get());
+    minijail_use_seccomp_filter(jail.get());
+    // This closes |policy_fd|.
+    minijail_parse_seccomp_filters_from_fd(jail.get(), policy_fd);
+    minijail_enter(jail.get());
+    return 0;
+}
+}