diff --git a/compiler/utils/assembler_test.h b/compiler/utils/assembler_test.h
index 3fe1a31..a339633 100644
--- a/compiler/utils/assembler_test.h
+++ b/compiler/utils/assembler_test.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "assembler.h"
 
+#include "assembler_test_base.h"
 #include "common_runtime_test.h"  // For ScratchFile
 
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -29,19 +30,11 @@
 
 namespace art {
 
-// If you want to take a look at the differences between the ART assembler and GCC, set this flag
-// to true. The disassembled files will then remain in the tmp directory.
-static constexpr bool kKeepDisassembledFiles = false;
-
 // Helper for a constexpr string length.
 constexpr size_t ConstexprStrLen(char const* str, size_t count = 0) {
   return ('\0' == str[0]) ? count : ConstexprStrLen(str+1, count+1);
 }
 
-// Use a glocal static variable to keep the same name for all test data. Else we'll just spam the
-// temp directory.
-static std::string tmpnam_;
-
 enum class RegisterView {  // private
   kUsePrimaryName,
   kUseSecondaryName,
@@ -59,12 +52,12 @@
   typedef std::string (*TestFn)(AssemblerTest* assembler_test, Ass* assembler);
 
   void DriverFn(TestFn f, std::string test_name) {
-    Driver(f(this, assembler_.get()), test_name);
+    DriverWrapper(f(this, assembler_.get()), test_name);
   }
 
   // This driver assumes the assembler has already been called.
   void DriverStr(std::string assembly_string, std::string test_name) {
-    Driver(assembly_string, test_name);
+    DriverWrapper(assembly_string, test_name);
   }
 
   std::string RepeatR(void (Ass::*f)(Reg), std::string fmt) {
@@ -212,28 +205,7 @@
 
   // This is intended to be run as a test.
   bool CheckTools() {
-    if (!FileExists(FindTool(GetAssemblerCmdName()))) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    LOG(INFO) << "Chosen assembler command: " << GetAssemblerCommand();
-
-    if (!FileExists(FindTool(GetObjdumpCmdName()))) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    LOG(INFO) << "Chosen objdump command: " << GetObjdumpCommand();
-
-    // Disassembly is optional.
-    std::string disassembler = GetDisassembleCommand();
-    if (disassembler.length() != 0) {
-      if (!FileExists(FindTool(GetDisassembleCmdName()))) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      LOG(INFO) << "Chosen disassemble command: " << GetDisassembleCommand();
-    } else {
-      LOG(INFO) << "No disassembler given.";
-    }
-
-    return true;
+    return test_helper_->CheckTools();
   }
 
   // The following functions are public so that TestFn can use them...
@@ -272,17 +244,21 @@
 
   void SetUp() OVERRIDE {
     assembler_.reset(new Ass());
-
-    // Fake a runtime test for ScratchFile
-    CommonRuntimeTest::SetUpAndroidData(android_data_);
+    test_helper_.reset(
+        new AssemblerTestInfrastructure(GetArchitectureString(),
+                                        GetAssemblerCmdName(),
+                                        GetAssemblerParameters(),
+                                        GetObjdumpCmdName(),
+                                        GetObjdumpParameters(),
+                                        GetDisassembleCmdName(),
+                                        GetDisassembleParameters(),
+                                        GetAssemblyHeader()));
 
     SetUpHelpers();
   }
 
   void TearDown() OVERRIDE {
-    // We leave temporaries in case this failed so we can debug issues.
-    CommonRuntimeTest::TearDownAndroidData(android_data_, false);
-    tmpnam_ = "";
+    test_helper_.reset();  // Clean up the helper.
   }
 
   // Override this to set up any architecture-specific things, e.g., register vectors.
@@ -301,23 +277,6 @@
     return "";
   }
 
-  // Return the host assembler command for this test.
-  virtual std::string GetAssemblerCommand() {
-    // Already resolved it once?
-    if (resolved_assembler_cmd_.length() != 0) {
-      return resolved_assembler_cmd_;
-    }
-
-    std::string line = FindTool(GetAssemblerCmdName());
-    if (line.length() == 0) {
-      return line;
-    }
-
-    resolved_assembler_cmd_ = line + GetAssemblerParameters();
-
-    return resolved_assembler_cmd_;
-  }
-
   // Get the name of the objdump, e.g., "objdump" by default.
   virtual std::string GetObjdumpCmdName() {
     return "objdump";
@@ -328,23 +287,6 @@
     return " -h";
   }
 
-  // Return the host objdump command for this test.
-  virtual std::string GetObjdumpCommand() {
-    // Already resolved it once?
-    if (resolved_objdump_cmd_.length() != 0) {
-      return resolved_objdump_cmd_;
-    }
-
-    std::string line = FindTool(GetObjdumpCmdName());
-    if (line.length() == 0) {
-      return line;
-    }
-
-    resolved_objdump_cmd_ = line + GetObjdumpParameters();
-
-    return resolved_objdump_cmd_;
-  }
-
   // Get the name of the objdump, e.g., "objdump" by default.
   virtual std::string GetDisassembleCmdName() {
     return "objdump";
@@ -354,23 +296,6 @@
   // such to objdump, so it's architecture-specific and there is no default.
   virtual std::string GetDisassembleParameters() = 0;
 
-  // Return the host disassembler command for this test.
-  virtual std::string GetDisassembleCommand() {
-    // Already resolved it once?
-    if (resolved_disassemble_cmd_.length() != 0) {
-      return resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
-    }
-
-    std::string line = FindTool(GetDisassembleCmdName());
-    if (line.length() == 0) {
-      return line;
-    }
-
-    resolved_disassemble_cmd_ = line + GetDisassembleParameters();
-
-    return resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
-  }
-
   // Create a couple of immediate values up to the number of bytes given.
   virtual std::vector<int64_t> CreateImmediateValues(size_t imm_bytes, bool as_uint = false) {
     std::vector<int64_t> res;
@@ -618,395 +543,18 @@
     return str;
   }
 
-  // Driver() assembles and compares the results. If the results are not equal and we have a
-  // disassembler, disassemble both and check whether they have the same mnemonics (in which case
-  // we just warn).
-  void Driver(std::string assembly_text, std::string test_name) {
-    EXPECT_NE(assembly_text.length(), 0U) << "Empty assembly";
-
-    NativeAssemblerResult res;
-    Compile(assembly_text, &res, test_name);
-
-    EXPECT_TRUE(res.ok) << res.error_msg;
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      // No way of continuing.
-      return;
-    }
-
+  void DriverWrapper(std::string assembly_text, std::string test_name) {
     size_t cs = assembler_->CodeSize();
     std::unique_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t>> data(new std::vector<uint8_t>(cs));
     MemoryRegion code(&(*data)[0], data->size());
     assembler_->FinalizeInstructions(code);
-
-    if (*data == *res.code) {
-      Clean(&res);
-    } else {
-      if (DisassembleBinaries(*data, *res.code, test_name)) {
-        if (data->size() > res.code->size()) {
-          // Fail this test with a fancy colored warning being printed.
-          EXPECT_TRUE(false) << "Assembly code is not identical, but disassembly of machine code "
-              "is equal: this implies sub-optimal encoding! Our code size=" << data->size() <<
-              ", gcc size=" << res.code->size();
-        } else {
-          // Otherwise just print an info message and clean up.
-          LOG(INFO) << "GCC chose a different encoding than ours, but the overall length is the "
-              "same.";
-          Clean(&res);
-        }
-      } else {
-        // This will output the assembly.
-        EXPECT_EQ(*res.code, *data) << "Outputs (and disassembly) not identical.";
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Structure to store intermediates and results.
-  struct NativeAssemblerResult {
-    bool ok;
-    std::string error_msg;
-    std::string base_name;
-    std::unique_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t>> code;
-    uintptr_t length;
-  };
-
-  // Compile the assembly file from_file to a binary file to_file. Returns true on success.
-  bool Assemble(const char* from_file, const char* to_file, std::string* error_msg) {
-    bool have_assembler = FileExists(FindTool(GetAssemblerCmdName()));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(have_assembler) << "Cannot find assembler:" << GetAssemblerCommand();
-    if (!have_assembler) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-
-    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
-    // the shell, so that GetAssemblerCommand() may contain arguments
-    // in addition to the program name.
-    args.push_back(GetAssemblerCommand());
-    args.push_back("-o");
-    args.push_back(to_file);
-    args.push_back(from_file);
-    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
-
-    args.clear();
-    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
-    args.push_back("-c");
-    args.push_back(cmd);
-
-    bool success = Exec(args, error_msg);
-    if (!success) {
-      LOG(INFO) << "Assembler command line:";
-      for (std::string arg : args) {
-        LOG(INFO) << arg;
-      }
-    }
-    return success;
-  }
-
-  // Runs objdump -h on the binary file and extracts the first line with .text.
-  // Returns "" on failure.
-  std::string Objdump(std::string file) {
-    bool have_objdump = FileExists(FindTool(GetObjdumpCmdName()));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(have_objdump) << "Cannot find objdump: " << GetObjdumpCommand();
-    if (!have_objdump) {
-      return "";
-    }
-
-    std::string error_msg;
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-
-    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
-    // the shell, so that GetObjdumpCommand() may contain arguments
-    // in addition to the program name.
-    args.push_back(GetObjdumpCommand());
-    args.push_back(file);
-    args.push_back(">");
-    args.push_back(file+".dump");
-    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
-
-    args.clear();
-    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
-    args.push_back("-c");
-    args.push_back(cmd);
-
-    if (!Exec(args, &error_msg)) {
-      EXPECT_TRUE(false) << error_msg;
-    }
-
-    std::ifstream dump(file+".dump");
-
-    std::string line;
-    bool found = false;
-    while (std::getline(dump, line)) {
-      if (line.find(".text") != line.npos) {
-        found = true;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-
-    dump.close();
-
-    if (found) {
-      return line;
-    } else {
-      return "";
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Disassemble both binaries and compare the text.
-  bool DisassembleBinaries(std::vector<uint8_t>& data, std::vector<uint8_t>& as,
-                           std::string test_name) {
-    std::string disassembler = GetDisassembleCommand();
-    if (disassembler.length() == 0) {
-      LOG(WARNING) << "No dissassembler command.";
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    std::string data_name = WriteToFile(data, test_name + ".ass");
-    std::string error_msg;
-    if (!DisassembleBinary(data_name, &error_msg)) {
-      LOG(INFO) << "Error disassembling: " << error_msg;
-      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    std::string as_name = WriteToFile(as, test_name + ".gcc");
-    if (!DisassembleBinary(as_name, &error_msg)) {
-      LOG(INFO) << "Error disassembling: " << error_msg;
-      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
-      std::remove((data_name + ".dis").c_str());
-      std::remove(as_name.c_str());
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    bool result = CompareFiles(data_name + ".dis", as_name + ".dis");
-
-    if (!kKeepDisassembledFiles) {
-      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
-      std::remove(as_name.c_str());
-      std::remove((data_name + ".dis").c_str());
-      std::remove((as_name + ".dis").c_str());
-    }
-
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  bool DisassembleBinary(std::string file, std::string* error_msg) {
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-
-    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
-    // the shell, so that GetDisassembleCommand() may contain arguments
-    // in addition to the program name.
-    args.push_back(GetDisassembleCommand());
-    args.push_back(file);
-    args.push_back("| sed -n \'/<.data>/,$p\' | sed -e \'s/.*://\'");
-    args.push_back(">");
-    args.push_back(file+".dis");
-    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
-
-    args.clear();
-    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
-    args.push_back("-c");
-    args.push_back(cmd);
-
-    return Exec(args, error_msg);
-  }
-
-  std::string WriteToFile(std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, std::string test_name) {
-    std::string file_name = GetTmpnam() + std::string("---") + test_name;
-    const char* data = reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer.data());
-    std::ofstream s_out(file_name + ".o");
-    s_out.write(data, buffer.size());
-    s_out.close();
-    return file_name + ".o";
-  }
-
-  bool CompareFiles(std::string f1, std::string f2) {
-    std::ifstream f1_in(f1);
-    std::ifstream f2_in(f2);
-
-    bool result = std::equal(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f1_in),
-                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(),
-                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f2_in));
-
-    f1_in.close();
-    f2_in.close();
-
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  // Compile the given assembly code and extract the binary, if possible. Put result into res.
-  bool Compile(std::string assembly_code, NativeAssemblerResult* res, std::string test_name) {
-    res->ok = false;
-    res->code.reset(nullptr);
-
-    res->base_name = GetTmpnam() + std::string("---") + test_name;
-
-    // TODO: Lots of error checking.
-
-    std::ofstream s_out(res->base_name + ".S");
-    const char* header = GetAssemblyHeader();
-    if (header != nullptr) {
-      s_out << header;
-    }
-    s_out << assembly_code;
-    s_out.close();
-
-    if (!Assemble((res->base_name + ".S").c_str(), (res->base_name + ".o").c_str(),
-                  &res->error_msg)) {
-      res->error_msg = "Could not compile.";
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    std::string odump = Objdump(res->base_name + ".o");
-    if (odump.length() == 0) {
-      res->error_msg = "Objdump failed.";
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    std::istringstream iss(odump);
-    std::istream_iterator<std::string> start(iss);
-    std::istream_iterator<std::string> end;
-    std::vector<std::string> tokens(start, end);
-
-    if (tokens.size() < OBJDUMP_SECTION_LINE_MIN_TOKENS) {
-      res->error_msg = "Objdump output not recognized: too few tokens.";
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    if (tokens[1] != ".text") {
-      res->error_msg = "Objdump output not recognized: .text not second token.";
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    std::string lengthToken = "0x" + tokens[2];
-    std::istringstream(lengthToken) >> std::hex >> res->length;
-
-    std::string offsetToken = "0x" + tokens[5];
-    uintptr_t offset;
-    std::istringstream(offsetToken) >> std::hex >> offset;
-
-    std::ifstream obj(res->base_name + ".o");
-    obj.seekg(offset);
-    res->code.reset(new std::vector<uint8_t>(res->length));
-    obj.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&(*res->code)[0]), res->length);
-    obj.close();
-
-    res->ok = true;
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  // Remove temporary files.
-  void Clean(const NativeAssemblerResult* res) {
-    std::remove((res->base_name + ".S").c_str());
-    std::remove((res->base_name + ".o").c_str());
-    std::remove((res->base_name + ".o.dump").c_str());
-  }
-
-  // Check whether file exists. Is used for commands, so strips off any parameters: anything after
-  // the first space. We skip to the last slash for this, so it should work with directories with
-  // spaces.
-  static bool FileExists(std::string file) {
-    if (file.length() == 0) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // Need to strip any options.
-    size_t last_slash = file.find_last_of('/');
-    if (last_slash == std::string::npos) {
-      // No slash, start looking at the start.
-      last_slash = 0;
-    }
-    size_t space_index = file.find(' ', last_slash);
-
-    if (space_index == std::string::npos) {
-      std::ifstream infile(file.c_str());
-      return infile.good();
-    } else {
-      std::string copy = file.substr(0, space_index - 1);
-
-      struct stat buf;
-      return stat(copy.c_str(), &buf) == 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  static std::string GetGCCRootPath() {
-    return "prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86";
-  }
-
-  static std::string GetRootPath() {
-    // 1) Check ANDROID_BUILD_TOP
-    char* build_top = getenv("ANDROID_BUILD_TOP");
-    if (build_top != nullptr) {
-      return std::string(build_top) + "/";
-    }
-
-    // 2) Do cwd
-    char temp[1024];
-    return getcwd(temp, 1024) ? std::string(temp) + "/" : std::string("");
-  }
-
-  std::string FindTool(std::string tool_name) {
-    // Find the current tool. Wild-card pattern is "arch-string*tool-name".
-    std::string gcc_path = GetRootPath() + GetGCCRootPath();
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-    args.push_back("find");
-    args.push_back(gcc_path);
-    args.push_back("-name");
-    args.push_back(GetArchitectureString() + "*" + tool_name);
-    args.push_back("|");
-    args.push_back("sort");
-    args.push_back("|");
-    args.push_back("tail");
-    args.push_back("-n");
-    args.push_back("1");
-    std::string tmp_file = GetTmpnam();
-    args.push_back(">");
-    args.push_back(tmp_file);
-    std::string sh_args = Join(args, ' ');
-
-    args.clear();
-    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
-    args.push_back("-c");
-    args.push_back(sh_args);
-
-    std::string error_msg;
-    if (!Exec(args, &error_msg)) {
-      EXPECT_TRUE(false) << error_msg;
-      return "";
-    }
-
-    std::ifstream in(tmp_file.c_str());
-    std::string line;
-    if (!std::getline(in, line)) {
-      in.close();
-      std::remove(tmp_file.c_str());
-      return "";
-    }
-    in.close();
-    std::remove(tmp_file.c_str());
-    return line;
-  }
-
-  // Use a consistent tmpnam, so store it.
-  std::string GetTmpnam() {
-    if (tmpnam_.length() == 0) {
-      ScratchFile tmp;
-      tmpnam_ = tmp.GetFilename() + "asm";
-    }
-    return tmpnam_;
+    test_helper_->Driver(*data, assembly_text, test_name);
   }
 
   static constexpr size_t kWarnManyCombinationsThreshold = 500;
-  static constexpr size_t OBJDUMP_SECTION_LINE_MIN_TOKENS = 6;
 
   std::unique_ptr<Ass> assembler_;
-
-  std::string resolved_assembler_cmd_;
-  std::string resolved_objdump_cmd_;
-  std::string resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
-
-  std::string android_data_;
+  std::unique_ptr<AssemblerTestInfrastructure> test_helper_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AssemblerTest);
 };
diff --git a/compiler/utils/assembler_test_base.h b/compiler/utils/assembler_test_base.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3341151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/utils/assembler_test_base.h
@@ -0,0 +1,544 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 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 ART_COMPILER_UTILS_ASSEMBLER_TEST_BASE_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_UTILS_ASSEMBLER_TEST_BASE_H_
+
+#include "common_runtime_test.h"  // For ScratchFile
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+namespace art {
+
+// If you want to take a look at the differences between the ART assembler and GCC, set this flag
+// to true. The disassembled files will then remain in the tmp directory.
+static constexpr bool kKeepDisassembledFiles = false;
+
+// Use a glocal static variable to keep the same name for all test data. Else we'll just spam the
+// temp directory.
+static std::string tmpnam_;
+
+// We put this into a class as gtests are self-contained, so this helper needs to be in an h-file.
+class AssemblerTestInfrastructure {
+ public:
+  AssemblerTestInfrastructure(std::string architecture,
+                              std::string as,
+                              std::string as_params,
+                              std::string objdump,
+                              std::string objdump_params,
+                              std::string disasm,
+                              std::string disasm_params,
+                              const char* asm_header) :
+      architecture_string_(architecture),
+      asm_header_(asm_header),
+      assembler_cmd_name_(as),
+      assembler_parameters_(as_params),
+      objdump_cmd_name_(objdump),
+      objdump_parameters_(objdump_params),
+      disassembler_cmd_name_(disasm),
+      disassembler_parameters_(disasm_params) {
+    // Fake a runtime test for ScratchFile
+    CommonRuntimeTest::SetUpAndroidData(android_data_);
+  }
+
+  virtual ~AssemblerTestInfrastructure() {
+    // We leave temporaries in case this failed so we can debug issues.
+    CommonRuntimeTest::TearDownAndroidData(android_data_, false);
+    tmpnam_ = "";
+  }
+
+  // This is intended to be run as a test.
+  bool CheckTools() {
+    if (!FileExists(FindTool(assembler_cmd_name_))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    LOG(INFO) << "Chosen assembler command: " << GetAssemblerCommand();
+
+    if (!FileExists(FindTool(objdump_cmd_name_))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    LOG(INFO) << "Chosen objdump command: " << GetObjdumpCommand();
+
+    // Disassembly is optional.
+    std::string disassembler = GetDisassembleCommand();
+    if (disassembler.length() != 0) {
+      if (!FileExists(FindTool(disassembler_cmd_name_))) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      LOG(INFO) << "Chosen disassemble command: " << GetDisassembleCommand();
+    } else {
+      LOG(INFO) << "No disassembler given.";
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Driver() assembles and compares the results. If the results are not equal and we have a
+  // disassembler, disassemble both and check whether they have the same mnemonics (in which case
+  // we just warn).
+  void Driver(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data, std::string assembly_text, std::string test_name) {
+    EXPECT_NE(assembly_text.length(), 0U) << "Empty assembly";
+
+    NativeAssemblerResult res;
+    Compile(assembly_text, &res, test_name);
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(res.ok) << res.error_msg;
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      // No way of continuing.
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (data == *res.code) {
+      Clean(&res);
+    } else {
+      if (DisassembleBinaries(data, *res.code, test_name)) {
+        if (data.size() > res.code->size()) {
+          // Fail this test with a fancy colored warning being printed.
+          EXPECT_TRUE(false) << "Assembly code is not identical, but disassembly of machine code "
+              "is equal: this implies sub-optimal encoding! Our code size=" << data.size() <<
+              ", gcc size=" << res.code->size();
+        } else {
+          // Otherwise just print an info message and clean up.
+          LOG(INFO) << "GCC chose a different encoding than ours, but the overall length is the "
+              "same.";
+          Clean(&res);
+        }
+      } else {
+        // This will output the assembly.
+        EXPECT_EQ(*res.code, data) << "Outputs (and disassembly) not identical.";
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  // Return the host assembler command for this test.
+  virtual std::string GetAssemblerCommand() {
+    // Already resolved it once?
+    if (resolved_assembler_cmd_.length() != 0) {
+      return resolved_assembler_cmd_;
+    }
+
+    std::string line = FindTool(assembler_cmd_name_);
+    if (line.length() == 0) {
+      return line;
+    }
+
+    resolved_assembler_cmd_ = line + assembler_parameters_;
+
+    return resolved_assembler_cmd_;
+  }
+
+  // Return the host objdump command for this test.
+  virtual std::string GetObjdumpCommand() {
+    // Already resolved it once?
+    if (resolved_objdump_cmd_.length() != 0) {
+      return resolved_objdump_cmd_;
+    }
+
+    std::string line = FindTool(objdump_cmd_name_);
+    if (line.length() == 0) {
+      return line;
+    }
+
+    resolved_objdump_cmd_ = line + objdump_parameters_;
+
+    return resolved_objdump_cmd_;
+  }
+
+  // Return the host disassembler command for this test.
+  virtual std::string GetDisassembleCommand() {
+    // Already resolved it once?
+    if (resolved_disassemble_cmd_.length() != 0) {
+      return resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
+    }
+
+    std::string line = FindTool(disassembler_cmd_name_);
+    if (line.length() == 0) {
+      return line;
+    }
+
+    resolved_disassemble_cmd_ = line + disassembler_parameters_;
+
+    return resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // Structure to store intermediates and results.
+  struct NativeAssemblerResult {
+    bool ok;
+    std::string error_msg;
+    std::string base_name;
+    std::unique_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t>> code;
+    uintptr_t length;
+  };
+
+  // Compile the assembly file from_file to a binary file to_file. Returns true on success.
+  bool Assemble(const char* from_file, const char* to_file, std::string* error_msg) {
+    bool have_assembler = FileExists(FindTool(assembler_cmd_name_));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(have_assembler) << "Cannot find assembler:" << GetAssemblerCommand();
+    if (!have_assembler) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
+    // the shell, so that GetAssemblerCommand() may contain arguments
+    // in addition to the program name.
+    args.push_back(GetAssemblerCommand());
+    args.push_back("-o");
+    args.push_back(to_file);
+    args.push_back(from_file);
+    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(cmd);
+
+    bool success = Exec(args, error_msg);
+    if (!success) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Assembler command line:";
+      for (std::string arg : args) {
+        LOG(INFO) << arg;
+      }
+    }
+    return success;
+  }
+
+  // Runs objdump -h on the binary file and extracts the first line with .text.
+  // Returns "" on failure.
+  std::string Objdump(std::string file) {
+    bool have_objdump = FileExists(FindTool(objdump_cmd_name_));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(have_objdump) << "Cannot find objdump: " << GetObjdumpCommand();
+    if (!have_objdump) {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    std::string error_msg;
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
+    // the shell, so that GetObjdumpCommand() may contain arguments
+    // in addition to the program name.
+    args.push_back(GetObjdumpCommand());
+    args.push_back(file);
+    args.push_back(">");
+    args.push_back(file+".dump");
+    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(cmd);
+
+    if (!Exec(args, &error_msg)) {
+      EXPECT_TRUE(false) << error_msg;
+    }
+
+    std::ifstream dump(file+".dump");
+
+    std::string line;
+    bool found = false;
+    while (std::getline(dump, line)) {
+      if (line.find(".text") != line.npos) {
+        found = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    dump.close();
+
+    if (found) {
+      return line;
+    } else {
+      return "";
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Disassemble both binaries and compare the text.
+  bool DisassembleBinaries(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data, const std::vector<uint8_t>& as,
+                           std::string test_name) {
+    std::string disassembler = GetDisassembleCommand();
+    if (disassembler.length() == 0) {
+      LOG(WARNING) << "No dissassembler command.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string data_name = WriteToFile(data, test_name + ".ass");
+    std::string error_msg;
+    if (!DisassembleBinary(data_name, &error_msg)) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Error disassembling: " << error_msg;
+      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string as_name = WriteToFile(as, test_name + ".gcc");
+    if (!DisassembleBinary(as_name, &error_msg)) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "Error disassembling: " << error_msg;
+      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
+      std::remove((data_name + ".dis").c_str());
+      std::remove(as_name.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    bool result = CompareFiles(data_name + ".dis", as_name + ".dis");
+
+    if (!kKeepDisassembledFiles) {
+      std::remove(data_name.c_str());
+      std::remove(as_name.c_str());
+      std::remove((data_name + ".dis").c_str());
+      std::remove((as_name + ".dis").c_str());
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  bool DisassembleBinary(std::string file, std::string* error_msg) {
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+
+    // Encaspulate the whole command line in a single string passed to
+    // the shell, so that GetDisassembleCommand() may contain arguments
+    // in addition to the program name.
+    args.push_back(GetDisassembleCommand());
+    args.push_back(file);
+    args.push_back("| sed -n \'/<.data>/,$p\' | sed -e \'s/.*://\'");
+    args.push_back(">");
+    args.push_back(file+".dis");
+    std::string cmd = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(cmd);
+
+    return Exec(args, error_msg);
+  }
+
+  std::string WriteToFile(const std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, std::string test_name) {
+    std::string file_name = GetTmpnam() + std::string("---") + test_name;
+    const char* data = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buffer.data());
+    std::ofstream s_out(file_name + ".o");
+    s_out.write(data, buffer.size());
+    s_out.close();
+    return file_name + ".o";
+  }
+
+  bool CompareFiles(std::string f1, std::string f2) {
+    std::ifstream f1_in(f1);
+    std::ifstream f2_in(f2);
+
+    bool result = std::equal(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f1_in),
+                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(),
+                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(f2_in));
+
+    f1_in.close();
+    f2_in.close();
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // Compile the given assembly code and extract the binary, if possible. Put result into res.
+  bool Compile(std::string assembly_code, NativeAssemblerResult* res, std::string test_name) {
+    res->ok = false;
+    res->code.reset(nullptr);
+
+    res->base_name = GetTmpnam() + std::string("---") + test_name;
+
+    // TODO: Lots of error checking.
+
+    std::ofstream s_out(res->base_name + ".S");
+    if (asm_header_ != nullptr) {
+      s_out << asm_header_;
+    }
+    s_out << assembly_code;
+    s_out.close();
+
+    if (!Assemble((res->base_name + ".S").c_str(), (res->base_name + ".o").c_str(),
+                  &res->error_msg)) {
+      res->error_msg = "Could not compile.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string odump = Objdump(res->base_name + ".o");
+    if (odump.length() == 0) {
+      res->error_msg = "Objdump failed.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::istringstream iss(odump);
+    std::istream_iterator<std::string> start(iss);
+    std::istream_iterator<std::string> end;
+    std::vector<std::string> tokens(start, end);
+
+    if (tokens.size() < OBJDUMP_SECTION_LINE_MIN_TOKENS) {
+      res->error_msg = "Objdump output not recognized: too few tokens.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (tokens[1] != ".text") {
+      res->error_msg = "Objdump output not recognized: .text not second token.";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    std::string lengthToken = "0x" + tokens[2];
+    std::istringstream(lengthToken) >> std::hex >> res->length;
+
+    std::string offsetToken = "0x" + tokens[5];
+    uintptr_t offset;
+    std::istringstream(offsetToken) >> std::hex >> offset;
+
+    std::ifstream obj(res->base_name + ".o");
+    obj.seekg(offset);
+    res->code.reset(new std::vector<uint8_t>(res->length));
+    obj.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&(*res->code)[0]), res->length);
+    obj.close();
+
+    res->ok = true;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Remove temporary files.
+  void Clean(const NativeAssemblerResult* res) {
+    std::remove((res->base_name + ".S").c_str());
+    std::remove((res->base_name + ".o").c_str());
+    std::remove((res->base_name + ".o.dump").c_str());
+  }
+
+  // Check whether file exists. Is used for commands, so strips off any parameters: anything after
+  // the first space. We skip to the last slash for this, so it should work with directories with
+  // spaces.
+  static bool FileExists(std::string file) {
+    if (file.length() == 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Need to strip any options.
+    size_t last_slash = file.find_last_of('/');
+    if (last_slash == std::string::npos) {
+      // No slash, start looking at the start.
+      last_slash = 0;
+    }
+    size_t space_index = file.find(' ', last_slash);
+
+    if (space_index == std::string::npos) {
+      std::ifstream infile(file.c_str());
+      return infile.good();
+    } else {
+      std::string copy = file.substr(0, space_index - 1);
+
+      struct stat buf;
+      return stat(copy.c_str(), &buf) == 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  static std::string GetGCCRootPath() {
+    return "prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86";
+  }
+
+  static std::string GetRootPath() {
+    // 1) Check ANDROID_BUILD_TOP
+    char* build_top = getenv("ANDROID_BUILD_TOP");
+    if (build_top != nullptr) {
+      return std::string(build_top) + "/";
+    }
+
+    // 2) Do cwd
+    char temp[1024];
+    return getcwd(temp, 1024) ? std::string(temp) + "/" : std::string("");
+  }
+
+  std::string FindTool(std::string tool_name) {
+    // Find the current tool. Wild-card pattern is "arch-string*tool-name".
+    std::string gcc_path = GetRootPath() + GetGCCRootPath();
+    std::vector<std::string> args;
+    args.push_back("find");
+    args.push_back(gcc_path);
+    args.push_back("-name");
+    args.push_back(architecture_string_ + "*" + tool_name);
+    args.push_back("|");
+    args.push_back("sort");
+    args.push_back("|");
+    args.push_back("tail");
+    args.push_back("-n");
+    args.push_back("1");
+    std::string tmp_file = GetTmpnam();
+    args.push_back(">");
+    args.push_back(tmp_file);
+    std::string sh_args = Join(args, ' ');
+
+    args.clear();
+    args.push_back("/bin/sh");
+    args.push_back("-c");
+    args.push_back(sh_args);
+
+    std::string error_msg;
+    if (!Exec(args, &error_msg)) {
+      EXPECT_TRUE(false) << error_msg;
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    std::ifstream in(tmp_file.c_str());
+    std::string line;
+    if (!std::getline(in, line)) {
+      in.close();
+      std::remove(tmp_file.c_str());
+      return "";
+    }
+    in.close();
+    std::remove(tmp_file.c_str());
+    return line;
+  }
+
+  // Use a consistent tmpnam, so store it.
+  std::string GetTmpnam() {
+    if (tmpnam_.length() == 0) {
+      ScratchFile tmp;
+      tmpnam_ = tmp.GetFilename() + "asm";
+    }
+    return tmpnam_;
+  }
+
+  static constexpr size_t OBJDUMP_SECTION_LINE_MIN_TOKENS = 6;
+
+  std::string architecture_string_;
+  const char* asm_header_;
+
+  std::string assembler_cmd_name_;
+  std::string assembler_parameters_;
+
+  std::string objdump_cmd_name_;
+  std::string objdump_parameters_;
+
+  std::string disassembler_cmd_name_;
+  std::string disassembler_parameters_;
+
+  std::string resolved_assembler_cmd_;
+  std::string resolved_objdump_cmd_;
+  std::string resolved_disassemble_cmd_;
+
+  std::string android_data_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AssemblerTestInfrastructure);
+};
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_UTILS_ASSEMBLER_TEST_BASE_H_