diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Android.mk b/services/audioflinger/Android.mk
index aa2cd95..0c620f4 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Android.mk
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Android.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
     Effects.cpp                 \
     PatchPanel.cpp              \
     StateQueue.cpp              \
-    BufLog.cpp
+    BufLog.cpp                  \
+    TypedLogger.cpp
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
     $(TOPDIR)frameworks/av/services/audiopolicy \
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
index a248912..8aaa388 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/AudioFlinger.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 //#define BUFLOG_NDEBUG 0
 #include <BufLog.h>
 
+#include "TypedLogger.h"
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Note: the following macro is used for extremely verbose logging message.  In
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
index e025316..b40d51c 100644
--- a/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
+++ b/services/audioflinger/Threads.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 
 #include "AutoPark.h"
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "TypedLogger.h"
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Note: the following macro is used for extremely verbose logging message.  In
@@ -2903,6 +2906,8 @@
 
 bool AudioFlinger::PlaybackThread::threadLoop()
 {
+    logWriterTLS = mNBLogWriter.get();
+
     Vector< sp<Track> > tracksToRemove;
 
     mStandbyTimeNs = systemTime();
@@ -2934,7 +2939,9 @@
     const char *logString = NULL;
 
     checkSilentMode_l();
-
+#if 0
+    int z = 0; // used in logFormat example
+#endif
     while (!exitPending())
     {
         cpuStats.sample(myName);
@@ -3023,7 +3030,17 @@
                     }
                 }
             }
-
+#if 0
+            // logFormat example
+            if (!(z % 100)) {
+                timespec ts;
+                clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+                LOGF("This is an integer %d, this is a float %f, this is my "
+                    "pid %p %% %s %t", 42, 3.14, "and this is a timestamp", ts);
+                LOGF("A deceptive null-terminated string %\0");
+            }
+            ++z;
+#endif
             saveOutputTracks();
             if (mSignalPending) {
                 // A signal was raised while we were unlocked
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/TypedLogger.cpp b/services/audioflinger/TypedLogger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5b1bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/audioflinger/TypedLogger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+*
+* Copyright 2017, 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.
+*/
+
+#define LOG_TAG "AudioFlinger"
+//#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "TypedLogger.h"
+
+thread_local android::NBLog::Writer *logWriterTLS;
diff --git a/services/audioflinger/TypedLogger.h b/services/audioflinger/TypedLogger.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d71ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/audioflinger/TypedLogger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+*
+* Copyright 2017, 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 TYPED_LOGGER_H
+#define TYPED_LOGGER_H
+
+#include <media/nbaio/NBLog.h>
+
+extern "C" {
+    extern thread_local android::NBLog::Writer *logWriterTLS;
+}
+
+#define LOGF(fmt, ...) logWriterTLS->logFormat(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#endif
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