diff --git a/liblog/Android.bp b/liblog/Android.bp
index 607d667..59c696b 100644
--- a/liblog/Android.bp
+++ b/liblog/Android.bp
@@ -15,20 +15,29 @@
 //
 
 liblog_sources = [
-    "logd_write.c",
     "log_event_list.c",
     "log_event_write.c",
+    "logger_write.c",
+    "config_write.c",
+    "logger_name.c",
+    "logger_lock.c",
 ]
 liblog_host_sources = [
     "fake_log_device.c",
     //"event.logtags",
+    "fake_writer.c",
 ]
 liblog_target_sources = [
     "event_tag_map.c",
+    "config_read.c",
     "log_time.cpp",
     "log_is_loggable.c",
     "logprint.c",
-    "log_read.c",
+    "pmsg_reader.c",
+    "pmsg_writer.c",
+    "logd_reader.c",
+    "logd_writer.c",
+    "logger_read.c",
 ]
 
 // Shared and static library for host and device
diff --git a/liblog/Android.mk b/liblog/Android.mk
index 6d53a4a..01c8e77 100644
--- a/liblog/Android.mk
+++ b/liblog/Android.mk
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@
 # so make sure we do not regret hard-coding it as follows:
 liblog_cflags := -DLIBLOG_LOG_TAG=1005
 
-liblog_sources := logd_write.c log_event_list.c log_event_write.c
+liblog_sources := log_event_list.c log_event_write.c logger_write.c
+liblog_sources += config_write.c logger_name.c logger_lock.c
 liblog_host_sources := $(liblog_sources) fake_log_device.c event.logtags
+liblog_host_sources += fake_writer.c
 liblog_target_sources := $(liblog_sources) event_tag_map.c
-liblog_target_sources += log_time.cpp log_is_loggable.c logprint.c log_read.c
+liblog_target_sources += config_read.c log_time.cpp log_is_loggable.c logprint.c
+liblog_target_sources += pmsg_reader.c pmsg_writer.c
+liblog_target_sources += logd_reader.c logd_writer.c logger_read.c
 
 # Shared and static library for host
 # ========================================================
diff --git a/liblog/config_read.c b/liblog/config_read.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f54152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/config_read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "config_read.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_transport_read =
+    { &__android_log_transport_read, &__android_log_transport_read };
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_persist_read =
+    { &__android_log_persist_read, &__android_log_persist_read };
+
+static void __android_log_add_transport(
+        struct listnode *list, struct android_log_transport_read *transport) {
+    size_t i;
+
+    /* Try to keep one functioning transport for each log buffer id */
+    for (i = LOG_ID_MIN; i < LOG_ID_MAX; i++) {
+        struct android_log_transport_read *transp;
+
+        if (list_empty(list)) {
+            if (!transport->available || ((*transport->available)(i) >= 0)) {
+                list_add_tail(list, &transport->node);
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            read_transport_for_each(transp, list) {
+                if (!transp->available) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (((*transp->available)(i) < 0) &&
+                        (!transport->available ||
+                            ((*transport->available)(i) >= 0))) {
+                    list_add_tail(list, &transport->node);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_config_read() {
+#if (FAKE_LOG_DEVICE == 0)
+    extern struct android_log_transport_read logdLoggerRead;
+    extern struct android_log_transport_read pmsgLoggerRead;
+
+    __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_transport_read, &logdLoggerRead);
+    __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_persist_read, &pmsgLoggerRead);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/liblog/config_read.h b/liblog/config_read.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67f4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/config_read.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LIBLOG_CONFIG_READ_H__
+#define _LIBLOG_CONFIG_READ_H__
+
+#include <cutils/list.h>
+
+#include "log_portability.h"
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+extern LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_transport_read;
+extern LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_persist_read;
+
+#define read_transport_for_each(transp, transports)                         \
+    for (transp = node_to_item((transports)->next,                          \
+                               struct android_log_transport_read, node);    \
+         (transp != node_to_item(transports,                                \
+                                 struct android_log_transport_read, node)); \
+         transp = node_to_item(transp->node.next,                           \
+                               struct android_log_transport_read, node))    \
+
+#define read_transport_for_each_safe(transp, n, transports)                 \
+    for (transp = node_to_item((transports)->next,                          \
+                               struct android_log_transport_read, node),    \
+         n = transp->node.next;                                             \
+         (transp != node_to_item(transports,                                \
+                                 struct android_log_transport_read, node)); \
+         transp = node_to_item(n, struct android_log_transport_read, node), \
+         n = transp->node.next)
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_config_read();
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _LIBLOG_CONFIG_READ_H__ */
diff --git a/liblog/config_write.c b/liblog/config_write.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d689f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/config_write.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "config_write.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_transport_write =
+    { &__android_log_transport_write, &__android_log_transport_write };
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_persist_write =
+    { &__android_log_persist_write, &__android_log_persist_write};
+
+static void __android_log_add_transport(
+        struct listnode *list, struct android_log_transport_write *transport) {
+    size_t i;
+
+    /* Try to keep one functioning transport for each log buffer id */
+    for (i = LOG_ID_MIN; i < LOG_ID_MAX; i++) {
+        struct android_log_transport_write *transp;
+
+        if (list_empty(list)) {
+            if (!transport->available || ((*transport->available)(i) >= 0)) {
+                list_add_tail(list, &transport->node);
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            write_transport_for_each(transp, list) {
+                if (!transp->available) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (((*transp->available)(i) < 0) &&
+                        (!transport->available ||
+                            ((*transport->available)(i) >= 0))) {
+                    list_add_tail(list, &transport->node);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_config_write() {
+#if (FAKE_LOG_DEVICE == 0)
+    extern struct android_log_transport_write logdLoggerWrite;
+    extern struct android_log_transport_write pmsgLoggerWrite;
+
+    __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_transport_write, &logdLoggerWrite);
+    __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_persist_write, &pmsgLoggerWrite);
+#else
+    extern struct android_log_transport_write fakeLoggerWrite;
+
+    __android_log_add_transport(&__android_log_transport_write, &fakeLoggerWrite);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/liblog/config_write.h b/liblog/config_write.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a02a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/config_write.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LIBLOG_CONFIG_WRITE_H__
+#define _LIBLOG_CONFIG_WRITE_H__
+
+#include <cutils/list.h>
+
+#include "log_portability.h"
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+extern LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_transport_write;
+extern LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_persist_write;
+
+#define write_transport_for_each(transp, transports)                         \
+    for (transp = node_to_item((transports)->next,                           \
+                               struct android_log_transport_write, node);    \
+         (transp != node_to_item(transports,                                 \
+                                 struct android_log_transport_write, node)); \
+         transp = node_to_item(transp->node.next,                            \
+                               struct android_log_transport_write, node))    \
+
+#define write_transport_for_each_safe(transp, n, transports)                 \
+    for (transp = node_to_item((transports)->next,                           \
+                               struct android_log_transport_write, node),    \
+         n = transp->node.next;                                              \
+         (transp != node_to_item(transports,                                 \
+                                 struct android_log_transport_write, node)); \
+         transp = node_to_item(n, struct android_log_transport_write, node), \
+         n = transp->node.next)
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_config_write();
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _LIBLOG_CONFIG_WRITE_H__ */
diff --git a/liblog/event_tag_map.c b/liblog/event_tag_map.c
index 870c69a..64d872a 100644
--- a/liblog/event_tag_map.c
+++ b/liblog/event_tag_map.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 #define OUT_TAG "EventTagMap"
 
diff --git a/liblog/fake_log_device.c b/liblog/fake_log_device.c
index c73e03e..cc67f3e 100644
--- a/liblog/fake_log_device.c
+++ b/liblog/fake_log_device.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <log/logd.h>
 
 #include "fake_log_device.h"
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 #define kMaxTagLen  16      /* from the long-dead utils/Log.cpp */
 
diff --git a/liblog/fake_log_device.h b/liblog/fake_log_device.h
index 672b446..4529b5d 100644
--- a/liblog/fake_log_device.h
+++ b/liblog/fake_log_device.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 struct iovec;
 
diff --git a/liblog/fake_writer.c b/liblog/fake_writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dab8bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/fake_writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+
+#include "config_write.h"
+#include "fake_log_device.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+static int fakeOpen();
+static void fakeClose();
+static int fakeWrite(log_id_t log_id, struct timespec *ts,
+                     struct iovec *vec, size_t nr);
+
+static int logFds[(int)LOG_ID_MAX] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 };
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct android_log_transport_write fakeLoggerWrite = {
+    .node = { &fakeLoggerWrite.node, &fakeLoggerWrite.node },
+    .context.private = &logFds,
+    .name = "fake",
+    .available = NULL,
+    .open = fakeOpen,
+    .close = fakeClose,
+    .write = fakeWrite,
+};
+
+static int fakeOpen() {
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < LOG_ID_MAX; i++) {
+        char buf[sizeof("/dev/log_security")];
+        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/dev/log_%s", android_log_id_to_name(i));
+        logFds[i] = fakeLogOpen(buf, O_WRONLY);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void fakeClose() {
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < LOG_ID_MAX; i++) {
+        fakeLogClose(logFds[i]);
+        logFds[i] = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static int fakeWrite(log_id_t log_id, struct timespec *ts __unused,
+                      struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
+{
+    ssize_t ret;
+    int logFd;
+
+    if (/*(int)log_id >= 0 &&*/ (int)log_id >= (int)LOG_ID_MAX) {
+        return -EBADF;
+    }
+
+    logFd = logFds[(int)log_id];
+    ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(fakeLogWritev(logFd, vec, nr));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        ret = -errno;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/liblog/log_event_list.c b/liblog/log_event_list.c
index a77c56e..64d9024 100644
--- a/liblog/log_event_list.c
+++ b/liblog/log_event_list.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <log/logger.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 #define MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD (LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD - sizeof(int32_t))
 
diff --git a/liblog/log_event_write.c b/liblog/log_event_write.c
index 3535b94..b9827a1 100644
--- a/liblog/log_event_write.c
+++ b/liblog/log_event_write.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <log/log.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 #define MAX_SUBTAG_LEN 32
 
diff --git a/liblog/log_is_loggable.c b/liblog/log_is_loggable.c
index 47fde20..551fa76 100644
--- a/liblog/log_is_loggable.c
+++ b/liblog/log_is_loggable.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <android/log.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 static pthread_mutex_t lock_loggable = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
diff --git a/liblog/log_cdefs.h b/liblog/log_portability.h
similarity index 65%
rename from liblog/log_cdefs.h
rename to liblog/log_portability.h
index 3a52625..3ad2060 100644
--- a/liblog/log_cdefs.h
+++ b/liblog/log_portability.h
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef _LIBLOG_CDEFS_H__
-#define _LIBLOG_CDEFS_H__
+#ifndef _LIBLOG_PORTABILITY_H__
+#define _LIBLOG_PORTABILITY_H__
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Helpful private sys/cdefs.h like definitions */
 
 /* Declare this library function hidden and internal */
 #if defined(_WIN32)
@@ -46,9 +49,34 @@
 #define LIBLOG_WEAK __attribute__((weak,visibility("default")))
 #endif
 
+/* possible missing definitions in sys/cdefs.h */
+
+/* DECLS */
+#ifndef __BEGIN_DECLS
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+#define __BEGIN_DECLS           extern "C" {
+#define __END_DECLS             }
+#else
+#define __BEGIN_DECLS
+#define __END_DECLS
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* Unused argument. For C code only, remove symbol name for C++ */
 #ifndef __unused
 #define __unused        __attribute__((__unused__))
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _LIBLOG_CDEFS_H__ */
+/* possible missing definitions in unistd.h */
+
+#ifndef TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY
+/* Used to retry syscalls that can return EINTR. */
+#define TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(exp) ({         \
+    __typeof__(exp) _rc;                   \
+    do {                                   \
+        _rc = (exp);                       \
+    } while (_rc == -1 && errno == EINTR); \
+    _rc; })
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LIBLOG_PORTABILITY_H__ */
diff --git a/liblog/log_read.c b/liblog/log_read.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b83944..0000000
--- a/liblog/log_read.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,917 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** Copyright 2013-2014, 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.
-*/
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#define NOMINMAX /* for windows to suppress definition of min in stdlib.h */
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <cutils/list.h>
-#include <cutils/sockets.h>
-#include <log/log.h>
-#include <log/logger.h>
-#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
-#include <private/android_logger.h>
-
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
-
-/* branchless on many architectures. */
-#define min(x,y) ((y) ^ (((x) ^ (y)) & -((x) < (y))))
-
-/* Private copy of ../libcutils/socket_local_client.c prevent library loops */
-
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-
-LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_local_client(const char *name, int namespaceId, int type)
-{
-    errno = ENOSYS;
-    return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
-#else /* !_WIN32 */
-
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-/* Private copy of ../libcutils/socket_local.h prevent library loops */
-#define FILESYSTEM_SOCKET_PREFIX "/tmp/"
-#define ANDROID_RESERVED_SOCKET_PREFIX "/dev/socket/"
-/* End of ../libcutils/socket_local.h */
-
-#define LISTEN_BACKLOG 4
-
-/* Documented in header file. */
-LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_make_sockaddr_un(const char *name, int namespaceId,
-                                        struct sockaddr_un *p_addr,
-                                        socklen_t *alen)
-{
-    memset (p_addr, 0, sizeof (*p_addr));
-    size_t namelen;
-
-    switch (namespaceId) {
-    case ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_ABSTRACT:
-#if defined(__linux__)
-        namelen  = strlen(name);
-
-        /* Test with length +1 for the *initial* '\0'. */
-        if ((namelen + 1) > sizeof(p_addr->sun_path)) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * Note: The path in this case is *not* supposed to be
-         * '\0'-terminated. ("man 7 unix" for the gory details.)
-         */
-
-        p_addr->sun_path[0] = 0;
-        memcpy(p_addr->sun_path + 1, name, namelen);
-#else
-        /* this OS doesn't have the Linux abstract namespace */
-
-        namelen = strlen(name) + strlen(FILESYSTEM_SOCKET_PREFIX);
-        /* unix_path_max appears to be missing on linux */
-        if (namelen > sizeof(*p_addr)
-                - offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) - 1) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-
-        strcpy(p_addr->sun_path, FILESYSTEM_SOCKET_PREFIX);
-        strcat(p_addr->sun_path, name);
-#endif
-        break;
-
-    case ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED:
-        namelen = strlen(name) + strlen(ANDROID_RESERVED_SOCKET_PREFIX);
-        /* unix_path_max appears to be missing on linux */
-        if (namelen > sizeof(*p_addr)
-                - offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) - 1) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-
-        strcpy(p_addr->sun_path, ANDROID_RESERVED_SOCKET_PREFIX);
-        strcat(p_addr->sun_path, name);
-        break;
-
-    case ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_FILESYSTEM:
-        namelen = strlen(name);
-        /* unix_path_max appears to be missing on linux */
-        if (namelen > sizeof(*p_addr)
-                - offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) - 1) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-
-        strcpy(p_addr->sun_path, name);
-        break;
-
-    default:
-        /* invalid namespace id */
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    p_addr->sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
-    *alen = namelen + offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + 1;
-    return 0;
-error:
-    return -1;
-}
-
-/**
- * connect to peer named "name" on fd
- * returns same fd or -1 on error.
- * fd is not closed on error. that's your job.
- *
- * Used by AndroidSocketImpl
- */
-LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_local_client_connect(int fd, const char *name,
-                                            int namespaceId, int type __unused)
-{
-    struct sockaddr_un addr;
-    socklen_t alen;
-    int err;
-
-    err = socket_make_sockaddr_un(name, namespaceId, &addr, &alen);
-
-    if (err < 0) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-
-    if(connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, alen) < 0) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-
-    return fd;
-
-error:
-    return -1;
-}
-
-/**
- * connect to peer named "name"
- * returns fd or -1 on error
- */
-LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_local_client(const char *name, int namespaceId, int type)
-{
-    int s;
-
-    s = socket(AF_LOCAL, type, 0);
-    if(s < 0) return -1;
-
-    if ( 0 > socket_local_client_connect(s, name, namespaceId, type)) {
-        close(s);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return s;
-}
-
-#endif /* !_WIN32 */
-/* End of ../libcutils/socket_local_client.c */
-
-#define logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) \
-    for (logger = node_to_item((logger_list)->node.next, struct logger, node); \
-         logger != node_to_item(&(logger_list)->node, struct logger, node); \
-         logger = node_to_item((logger)->node.next, struct logger, node))
-
-/* In the future, we would like to make this list extensible */
-static const char *LOG_NAME[LOG_ID_MAX] = {
-    [LOG_ID_MAIN] = "main",
-    [LOG_ID_RADIO] = "radio",
-    [LOG_ID_EVENTS] = "events",
-    [LOG_ID_SYSTEM] = "system",
-    [LOG_ID_CRASH] = "crash",
-    [LOG_ID_SECURITY] = "security",
-    [LOG_ID_KERNEL] = "kernel",
-};
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC const char *android_log_id_to_name(log_id_t log_id)
-{
-    if (log_id >= LOG_ID_MAX) {
-        log_id = LOG_ID_MAIN;
-    }
-    return LOG_NAME[log_id];
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC log_id_t android_name_to_log_id(const char *logName)
-{
-    const char *b;
-    int ret;
-
-    if (!logName) {
-        return -1; /* NB: log_id_t is unsigned */
-    }
-    b = strrchr(logName, '/');
-    if (!b) {
-        b = logName;
-    } else {
-        ++b;
-    }
-
-    for(ret = LOG_ID_MIN; ret < LOG_ID_MAX; ++ret) {
-        const char *l = LOG_NAME[ret];
-        if (l && !strcmp(b, l)) {
-            return ret;
-        }
-    }
-    return -1;   /* should never happen */
-}
-
-struct logger_list {
-    struct listnode node;
-    int mode;
-    unsigned int tail;
-    log_time start;
-    pid_t pid;
-    int sock;
-};
-
-struct logger {
-    struct listnode node;
-    struct logger_list *top;
-    log_id_t id;
-};
-
-/* android_logger_alloc unimplemented, no use case */
-/* android_logger_free not exported */
-static void android_logger_free(struct logger *logger)
-{
-    if (!logger) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    list_remove(&logger->node);
-
-    free(logger);
-}
-
-/* android_logger_alloc unimplemented, no use case */
-
-/* method for getting the associated sublog id */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC log_id_t android_logger_get_id(struct logger *logger)
-{
-    return logger->id;
-}
-
-/* worker for sending the command to the logger */
-static ssize_t send_log_msg(struct logger *logger,
-                            const char *msg, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
-{
-    ssize_t ret;
-    size_t len;
-    char *cp;
-    int errno_save = 0;
-    int sock = socket_local_client("logd", ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED,
-                                   SOCK_STREAM);
-    if (sock < 0) {
-        return sock;
-    }
-
-    if (msg) {
-        snprintf(buf, buf_size, msg, logger ? logger->id : (unsigned) -1);
-    }
-
-    len = strlen(buf) + 1;
-    ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(sock, buf, len));
-    if (ret <= 0) {
-        goto done;
-    }
-
-    len = buf_size;
-    cp = buf;
-    while ((ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(sock, cp, len))) > 0) {
-        struct pollfd p;
-
-        if (((size_t)ret == len) || (buf_size < PAGE_SIZE)) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        len -= ret;
-        cp += ret;
-
-        memset(&p, 0, sizeof(p));
-        p.fd = sock;
-        p.events = POLLIN;
-
-        /* Give other side 20ms to refill pipe */
-        ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(poll(&p, 1, 20));
-
-        if (ret <= 0) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        if (!(p.revents & POLLIN)) {
-            ret = 0;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (ret >= 0) {
-        ret += buf_size - len;
-    }
-
-done:
-    if ((ret == -1) && errno) {
-        errno_save = errno;
-    }
-    close(sock);
-    if (errno_save) {
-        errno = errno_save;
-    }
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static int check_log_success(char *buf, ssize_t ret)
-{
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    if (strncmp(buf, "success", 7)) {
-        errno = EINVAL;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* Determine the credentials of the caller */
-static bool uid_has_log_permission(uid_t uid)
-{
-    return (uid == AID_SYSTEM) || (uid == AID_LOG) || (uid == AID_ROOT);
-}
-
-static uid_t get_best_effective_uid()
-{
-    uid_t euid;
-    uid_t uid;
-    gid_t gid;
-    ssize_t i;
-    static uid_t last_uid = (uid_t) -1;
-
-    if (last_uid != (uid_t) -1) {
-        return last_uid;
-    }
-    uid = getuid();
-    if (uid_has_log_permission(uid)) {
-        return last_uid = uid;
-    }
-    euid = geteuid();
-    if (uid_has_log_permission(euid)) {
-        return last_uid = euid;
-    }
-    gid = getgid();
-    if (uid_has_log_permission(gid)) {
-        return last_uid = gid;
-    }
-    gid = getegid();
-    if (uid_has_log_permission(gid)) {
-        return last_uid = gid;
-    }
-    i = getgroups((size_t) 0, NULL);
-    if (i > 0) {
-        gid_t list[i];
-
-        getgroups(i, list);
-        while (--i >= 0) {
-            if (uid_has_log_permission(list[i])) {
-                return last_uid = list[i];
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return last_uid = uid;
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_clear(struct logger *logger)
-{
-    char buf[512];
-
-    if (logger->top->mode & ANDROID_LOG_PSTORE) {
-        if (uid_has_log_permission(get_best_effective_uid())) {
-            return unlink("/sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-ramoops-0");
-        }
-        errno = EPERM;
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return check_log_success(buf,
-        send_log_msg(logger, "clear %d", buf, sizeof(buf)));
-}
-
-/* returns the total size of the log's ring buffer */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC long android_logger_get_log_size(struct logger *logger)
-{
-    char buf[512];
-
-    ssize_t ret = send_log_msg(logger, "getLogSize %d", buf, sizeof(buf));
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    if ((buf[0] < '0') || ('9' < buf[0])) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return atol(buf);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_set_log_size(struct logger *logger,
-                                                  unsigned long size)
-{
-    char buf[512];
-
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "setLogSize %d %lu",
-        logger ? logger->id : (unsigned) -1, size);
-
-    return check_log_success(buf, send_log_msg(NULL, NULL, buf, sizeof(buf)));
-}
-
-/*
- * returns the readable size of the log's ring buffer (that is, amount of the
- * log consumed)
- */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC long android_logger_get_log_readable_size(
-        struct logger *logger)
-{
-    char buf[512];
-
-    ssize_t ret = send_log_msg(logger, "getLogSizeUsed %d", buf, sizeof(buf));
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    if ((buf[0] < '0') || ('9' < buf[0])) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return atol(buf);
-}
-
-/*
- * returns the logger version
- */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_get_log_version(
-        struct logger *logger __unused)
-{
-    return 4;
-}
-
-/*
- * returns statistics
- */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC ssize_t android_logger_get_statistics(
-        struct logger_list *logger_list,
-        char *buf, size_t len)
-{
-    struct logger *logger;
-    char *cp = buf;
-    size_t remaining = len;
-    size_t n;
-
-    n = snprintf(cp, remaining, "getStatistics");
-    n = min(n, remaining);
-    remaining -= n;
-    cp += n;
-
-    logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
-        n = snprintf(cp, remaining, " %d", logger->id);
-        n = min(n, remaining);
-        remaining -= n;
-        cp += n;
-    }
-
-    if (logger_list->pid) {
-        snprintf(cp, remaining, " pid=%u", logger_list->pid);
-    }
-
-    return send_log_msg(NULL, NULL, buf, len);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC ssize_t android_logger_get_prune_list(
-        struct logger_list *logger_list __unused,
-        char *buf, size_t len)
-{
-    return send_log_msg(NULL, "getPruneList", buf, len);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_set_prune_list(
-        struct logger_list *logger_list __unused,
-        char *buf, size_t len)
-{
-    const char cmd[] = "setPruneList ";
-    const size_t cmdlen = sizeof(cmd) - 1;
-
-    if (strlen(buf) > (len - cmdlen)) {
-        return -ENOMEM; /* KISS */
-    }
-    memmove(buf + cmdlen, buf, len - cmdlen);
-    buf[len - 1] = '\0';
-    memcpy(buf, cmd, cmdlen);
-
-    return check_log_success(buf, send_log_msg(NULL, NULL, buf, len));
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger_list *android_logger_list_alloc(
-        int mode,
-        unsigned int tail,
-        pid_t pid)
-{
-    struct logger_list *logger_list;
-
-    logger_list = calloc(1, sizeof(*logger_list));
-    if (!logger_list) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    list_init(&logger_list->node);
-    logger_list->mode = mode;
-    logger_list->start.tv_sec = 0;
-    logger_list->start.tv_nsec = 0;
-    logger_list->tail = tail;
-    logger_list->pid = pid;
-    logger_list->sock = -1;
-
-    return logger_list;
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger_list *android_logger_list_alloc_time(
-        int mode,
-        log_time start,
-        pid_t pid)
-{
-    struct logger_list *logger_list;
-
-    logger_list = calloc(1, sizeof(*logger_list));
-    if (!logger_list) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    list_init(&logger_list->node);
-    logger_list->mode = mode;
-    logger_list->start = start;
-    logger_list->tail = 0;
-    logger_list->pid = pid;
-    logger_list->sock = -1;
-
-    return logger_list;
-}
-
-/* android_logger_list_register unimplemented, no use case */
-/* android_logger_list_unregister unimplemented, no use case */
-
-/* Open the named log and add it to the logger list */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger *android_logger_open(
-        struct logger_list *logger_list,
-        log_id_t id)
-{
-    struct logger *logger;
-
-    if (!logger_list || (id >= LOG_ID_MAX)) {
-        goto err;
-    }
-
-    logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
-        if (logger->id == id) {
-            goto ok;
-        }
-    }
-
-    logger = calloc(1, sizeof(*logger));
-    if (!logger) {
-        goto err;
-    }
-
-    logger->id = id;
-    list_add_tail(&logger_list->node, &logger->node);
-    logger->top = logger_list;
-    goto ok;
-
-err:
-    logger = NULL;
-ok:
-    return logger;
-}
-
-/* Open the single named log and make it part of a new logger list */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger_list *android_logger_list_open(
-        log_id_t id,
-        int mode,
-        unsigned int tail,
-        pid_t pid)
-{
-    struct logger_list *logger_list = android_logger_list_alloc(mode, tail, pid);
-    if (!logger_list) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!android_logger_open(logger_list, id)) {
-        android_logger_list_free(logger_list);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return logger_list;
-}
-
-static int android_logger_list_read_pstore(struct logger_list *logger_list,
-                                           struct log_msg *log_msg)
-{
-    ssize_t ret;
-    off_t current, next;
-    uid_t uid;
-    struct logger *logger;
-    struct __attribute__((__packed__)) {
-        android_pmsg_log_header_t p;
-        android_log_header_t l;
-    } buf;
-    static uint8_t preread_count;
-    bool is_system;
-
-    memset(log_msg, 0, sizeof(*log_msg));
-
-    if (logger_list->sock < 0) {
-        int fd = open("/sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-ramoops-0", O_RDONLY);
-
-        if (fd < 0) {
-            return -errno;
-        }
-        logger_list->sock = fd;
-        preread_count = 0;
-    }
-
-    while(1) {
-        if (preread_count < sizeof(buf)) {
-            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(logger_list->sock,
-                                          &buf.p.magic + preread_count,
-                                          sizeof(buf) - preread_count));
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                return -errno;
-            }
-            preread_count += ret;
-        }
-        if (preread_count != sizeof(buf)) {
-            return preread_count ? -EIO : -EAGAIN;
-        }
-        if ((buf.p.magic != LOGGER_MAGIC)
-         || (buf.p.len <= sizeof(buf))
-         || (buf.p.len > (sizeof(buf) + LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD))
-         || (buf.l.id >= LOG_ID_MAX)
-         || (buf.l.realtime.tv_nsec >= NS_PER_SEC)) {
-            do {
-                memmove(&buf.p.magic, &buf.p.magic + 1, --preread_count);
-            } while (preread_count && (buf.p.magic != LOGGER_MAGIC));
-            continue;
-        }
-        preread_count = 0;
-
-        logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
-            if (buf.l.id != logger->id) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if ((logger_list->start.tv_sec || logger_list->start.tv_nsec)
-             && ((logger_list->start.tv_sec > buf.l.realtime.tv_sec)
-              || ((logger_list->start.tv_sec == buf.l.realtime.tv_sec)
-               && (logger_list->start.tv_nsec > buf.l.realtime.tv_nsec)))) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (logger_list->pid && (logger_list->pid != buf.p.pid)) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            uid = get_best_effective_uid();
-            is_system = uid_has_log_permission(uid);
-            if (!is_system && (uid != buf.p.uid)) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(logger_list->sock,
-                                          is_system ?
-                                              log_msg->entry_v4.msg :
-                                              log_msg->entry_v3.msg,
-                                          buf.p.len - sizeof(buf)));
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                return -errno;
-            }
-            if (ret != (ssize_t)(buf.p.len - sizeof(buf))) {
-                return -EIO;
-            }
-
-            log_msg->entry_v4.len = buf.p.len - sizeof(buf);
-            log_msg->entry_v4.hdr_size = is_system ?
-                sizeof(log_msg->entry_v4) :
-                sizeof(log_msg->entry_v3);
-            log_msg->entry_v4.pid = buf.p.pid;
-            log_msg->entry_v4.tid = buf.l.tid;
-            log_msg->entry_v4.sec = buf.l.realtime.tv_sec;
-            log_msg->entry_v4.nsec = buf.l.realtime.tv_nsec;
-            log_msg->entry_v4.lid = buf.l.id;
-            if (is_system) {
-                log_msg->entry_v4.uid = buf.p.uid;
-            }
-
-            return ret;
-        }
-
-        current = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lseek(logger_list->sock,
-                                           (off_t)0, SEEK_CUR));
-        if (current < 0) {
-            return -errno;
-        }
-        next = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lseek(logger_list->sock,
-                                        (off_t)(buf.p.len - sizeof(buf)),
-                                        SEEK_CUR));
-        if (next < 0) {
-            return -errno;
-        }
-        if ((next - current) != (ssize_t)(buf.p.len - sizeof(buf))) {
-            return -EIO;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void caught_signal(int signum __unused)
-{
-}
-
-/* Read from the selected logs */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_list_read(
-        struct logger_list *logger_list,
-        struct log_msg *log_msg)
-{
-    int ret, e;
-    struct logger *logger;
-    struct sigaction ignore;
-    struct sigaction old_sigaction;
-    unsigned int old_alarm = 0;
-
-    if (!logger_list) {
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
-    if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_PSTORE) {
-        return android_logger_list_read_pstore(logger_list, log_msg);
-    }
-
-    if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
-        memset(&ignore, 0, sizeof(ignore));
-        ignore.sa_handler = caught_signal;
-        sigemptyset(&ignore.sa_mask);
-    }
-
-    if (logger_list->sock < 0) {
-        char buffer[256], *cp, c;
-
-        int sock = socket_local_client("logdr",
-                                       ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED,
-                                       SOCK_SEQPACKET);
-        if (sock < 0) {
-            if ((sock == -1) && errno) {
-                return -errno;
-            }
-            return sock;
-        }
-
-        strcpy(buffer,
-               (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) ? "dumpAndClose" : "stream");
-        cp = buffer + strlen(buffer);
-
-        strcpy(cp, " lids");
-        cp += 5;
-        c = '=';
-        int remaining = sizeof(buffer) - (cp - buffer);
-        logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
-            ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, "%c%u", c, logger->id);
-            ret = min(ret, remaining);
-            remaining -= ret;
-            cp += ret;
-            c = ',';
-        }
-
-        if (logger_list->tail) {
-            ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " tail=%u", logger_list->tail);
-            ret = min(ret, remaining);
-            remaining -= ret;
-            cp += ret;
-        }
-
-        if (logger_list->start.tv_sec || logger_list->start.tv_nsec) {
-            if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_WRAP) {
-                // ToDo: alternate API to allow timeout to be adjusted.
-                ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " timeout=%u",
-                               ANDROID_LOG_WRAP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
-                ret = min(ret, remaining);
-                remaining -= ret;
-                cp += ret;
-            }
-            ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " start=%" PRIu32 ".%09" PRIu32,
-                           logger_list->start.tv_sec,
-                           logger_list->start.tv_nsec);
-            ret = min(ret, remaining);
-            remaining -= ret;
-            cp += ret;
-        }
-
-        if (logger_list->pid) {
-            ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " pid=%u", logger_list->pid);
-            ret = min(ret, remaining);
-            cp += ret;
-        }
-
-        if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
-            /* Deal with an unresponsive logd */
-            sigaction(SIGALRM, &ignore, &old_sigaction);
-            old_alarm = alarm(30);
-        }
-        ret = write(sock, buffer, cp - buffer);
-        e = errno;
-        if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
-            if (e == EINTR) {
-                e = ETIMEDOUT;
-            }
-            alarm(old_alarm);
-            sigaction(SIGALRM, &old_sigaction, NULL);
-        }
-
-        if (ret <= 0) {
-            close(sock);
-            if ((ret == -1) && e) {
-                return -e;
-            }
-            if (ret == 0) {
-                return -EIO;
-            }
-            return ret;
-        }
-
-        logger_list->sock = sock;
-    }
-
-    while(1) {
-        memset(log_msg, 0, sizeof(*log_msg));
-
-        if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
-            /* particularily useful if tombstone is reporting for logd */
-            sigaction(SIGALRM, &ignore, &old_sigaction);
-            old_alarm = alarm(30);
-        }
-        /* NOTE: SOCK_SEQPACKET guarantees we read exactly one full entry */
-        ret = recv(logger_list->sock, log_msg, LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_LEN, 0);
-        e = errno;
-        if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
-            if ((ret == 0) || (e == EINTR)) {
-                e = EAGAIN;
-                ret = -1;
-            }
-            alarm(old_alarm);
-            sigaction(SIGALRM, &old_sigaction, NULL);
-        }
-
-        if ((ret == -1) && e) {
-            return -e;
-        }
-        return ret;
-    }
-    /* NOTREACH */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/* Close all the logs */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC void android_logger_list_free(
-        struct logger_list *logger_list)
-{
-    if (logger_list == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    while (!list_empty(&logger_list->node)) {
-        struct listnode *node = list_head(&logger_list->node);
-        struct logger *logger = node_to_item(node, struct logger, node);
-        android_logger_free(logger);
-    }
-
-    if (logger_list->sock >= 0) {
-        close (logger_list->sock);
-    }
-
-    free(logger_list);
-}
diff --git a/liblog/log_time.cpp b/liblog/log_time.cpp
index b6af222..d2bf181 100644
--- a/liblog/log_time.cpp
+++ b/liblog/log_time.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <log/log_read.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 LIBLOG_ABI_PRIVATE const char log_time::default_format[] = "%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%q";
 LIBLOG_ABI_PRIVATE const timespec log_time::EPOCH = { 0, 0 };
diff --git a/liblog/logd_reader.c b/liblog/logd_reader.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d844104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logd_reader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,670 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <cutils/sockets.h>
+#include <log/logd.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+#include <log/log_read.h>
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+#include "config_read.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+/* branchless on many architectures. */
+#define min(x,y) ((y) ^ (((x) ^ (y)) & -((x) < (y))))
+
+static int logdAvailable(log_id_t LogId);
+static int logdVersion(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                       struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static int logdRead(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                    struct log_msg *log_msg);
+static int logdPoll(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static void logdClose(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static int logdClear(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                     struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static ssize_t logdSetSize(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                           struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                           size_t size);
+static ssize_t logdGetSize(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                           struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static ssize_t logdGetReadableSize(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                                   struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static ssize_t logdGetPrune(struct android_log_logger_list *logger,
+                            struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                            char *buf, size_t len);
+static ssize_t logdSetPrune(struct android_log_logger_list *logger,
+                            struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                            char *buf, size_t len);
+static ssize_t logdGetStats(struct android_log_logger_list *logger,
+                            struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                            char *buf, size_t len);
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct android_log_transport_read logdLoggerRead = {
+    .node = { &logdLoggerRead.node, &logdLoggerRead.node },
+    .name = "logd",
+    .available = logdAvailable,
+    .version = logdVersion,
+    .read = logdRead,
+    .poll = logdPoll,
+    .close = logdClose,
+    .clear = logdClear,
+    .getSize = logdGetSize,
+    .setSize = logdSetSize,
+    .getReadableSize = logdGetSize,
+    .getPrune = logdGetPrune,
+    .setPrune = logdSetPrune,
+    .getStats = logdGetStats,
+};
+
+static int logdAvailable(log_id_t logId)
+{
+    if (logId > LOG_ID_KERNEL) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    if (logId == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        uid_t uid = __android_log_uid();
+        if (uid != AID_SYSTEM) {
+            return -EPERM;
+        }
+    }
+    if (access("/dev/socket/logdw", W_OK) == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return -EBADF;
+}
+
+/* Private copy of ../libcutils/socket_local_client.c prevent library loops */
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+
+LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_local_client(const char *name, int namespaceId, int type)
+{
+    errno = ENOSYS;
+    return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+#else /* !_WIN32 */
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+/* Private copy of ../libcutils/socket_local.h prevent library loops */
+#define FILESYSTEM_SOCKET_PREFIX "/tmp/"
+#define ANDROID_RESERVED_SOCKET_PREFIX "/dev/socket/"
+/* End of ../libcutils/socket_local.h */
+
+#define LISTEN_BACKLOG 4
+
+/* Documented in header file. */
+LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_make_sockaddr_un(const char *name, int namespaceId,
+                                        struct sockaddr_un *p_addr,
+                                        socklen_t *alen)
+{
+    memset (p_addr, 0, sizeof (*p_addr));
+    size_t namelen;
+
+    switch (namespaceId) {
+    case ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_ABSTRACT:
+#if defined(__linux__)
+        namelen  = strlen(name);
+
+        /* Test with length +1 for the *initial* '\0'. */
+        if ((namelen + 1) > sizeof(p_addr->sun_path)) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Note: The path in this case is *not* supposed to be
+         * '\0'-terminated. ("man 7 unix" for the gory details.)
+         */
+
+        p_addr->sun_path[0] = 0;
+        memcpy(p_addr->sun_path + 1, name, namelen);
+#else
+        /* this OS doesn't have the Linux abstract namespace */
+
+        namelen = strlen(name) + strlen(FILESYSTEM_SOCKET_PREFIX);
+        /* unix_path_max appears to be missing on linux */
+        if (namelen > sizeof(*p_addr)
+                - offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) - 1) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        strcpy(p_addr->sun_path, FILESYSTEM_SOCKET_PREFIX);
+        strcat(p_addr->sun_path, name);
+#endif
+        break;
+
+    case ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED:
+        namelen = strlen(name) + strlen(ANDROID_RESERVED_SOCKET_PREFIX);
+        /* unix_path_max appears to be missing on linux */
+        if (namelen > sizeof(*p_addr)
+                - offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) - 1) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        strcpy(p_addr->sun_path, ANDROID_RESERVED_SOCKET_PREFIX);
+        strcat(p_addr->sun_path, name);
+        break;
+
+    case ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_FILESYSTEM:
+        namelen = strlen(name);
+        /* unix_path_max appears to be missing on linux */
+        if (namelen > sizeof(*p_addr)
+                - offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) - 1) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        strcpy(p_addr->sun_path, name);
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        /* invalid namespace id */
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    p_addr->sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+    *alen = namelen + offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + 1;
+    return 0;
+error:
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * connect to peer named "name" on fd
+ * returns same fd or -1 on error.
+ * fd is not closed on error. that's your job.
+ *
+ * Used by AndroidSocketImpl
+ */
+LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_local_client_connect(int fd, const char *name,
+                                            int namespaceId, int type __unused)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    socklen_t alen;
+    int err;
+
+    err = socket_make_sockaddr_un(name, namespaceId, &addr, &alen);
+
+    if (err < 0) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    if(connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, alen) < 0) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    return fd;
+
+error:
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * connect to peer named "name"
+ * returns fd or -1 on error
+ */
+LIBLOG_WEAK int socket_local_client(const char *name, int namespaceId, int type)
+{
+    int s;
+
+    s = socket(AF_LOCAL, type, 0);
+    if(s < 0) return -1;
+
+    if ( 0 > socket_local_client_connect(s, name, namespaceId, type)) {
+        close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+#endif /* !_WIN32 */
+/* End of ../libcutils/socket_local_client.c */
+
+/* worker for sending the command to the logger */
+static ssize_t send_log_msg(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                            const char *msg, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
+{
+    ssize_t ret;
+    size_t len;
+    char *cp;
+    int errno_save = 0;
+    int sock = socket_local_client("logd", ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED,
+                                   SOCK_STREAM);
+    if (sock < 0) {
+        return sock;
+    }
+
+    if (msg) {
+        snprintf(buf, buf_size, msg, logger ? logger->logId : (unsigned) -1);
+    }
+
+    len = strlen(buf) + 1;
+    ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(sock, buf, len));
+    if (ret <= 0) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    len = buf_size;
+    cp = buf;
+    while ((ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(sock, cp, len))) > 0) {
+        struct pollfd p;
+
+        if (((size_t)ret == len) || (buf_size < PAGE_SIZE)) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        len -= ret;
+        cp += ret;
+
+        memset(&p, 0, sizeof(p));
+        p.fd = sock;
+        p.events = POLLIN;
+
+        /* Give other side 20ms to refill pipe */
+        ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(poll(&p, 1, 20));
+
+        if (ret <= 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (!(p.revents & POLLIN)) {
+            ret = 0;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ret >= 0) {
+        ret += buf_size - len;
+    }
+
+done:
+    if ((ret == -1) && errno) {
+        errno_save = errno;
+    }
+    close(sock);
+    if (errno_save) {
+        errno = errno_save;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int check_log_success(char *buf, ssize_t ret)
+{
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if (strncmp(buf, "success", 7)) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int logdClear(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                     struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused)
+{
+    char buf[512];
+
+    return check_log_success(buf,
+        send_log_msg(logger, "clear %d", buf, sizeof(buf)));
+}
+
+/* returns the total size of the log's ring buffer */
+static ssize_t logdGetSize(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                           struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused)
+{
+    char buf[512];
+
+    ssize_t ret = send_log_msg(logger, "getLogSize %d", buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if ((buf[0] < '0') || ('9' < buf[0])) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return atol(buf);
+}
+
+static ssize_t logdSetSize(
+        struct android_log_logger *logger,
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused,
+        size_t size)
+{
+    char buf[512];
+
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "setLogSize %d %zu", logger->logId, size);
+
+    return check_log_success(buf, send_log_msg(NULL, NULL, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns the readable size of the log's ring buffer (that is, amount of the
+ * log consumed)
+ */
+static ssize_t logdGetReadableSize(
+       struct android_log_logger *logger,
+       struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused)
+{
+    char buf[512];
+
+    ssize_t ret = send_log_msg(logger, "getLogSizeUsed %d", buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if ((buf[0] < '0') || ('9' < buf[0])) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return atol(buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns the logger version
+ */
+static int logdVersion(
+        struct android_log_logger *logger __unused,
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused)
+{
+    uid_t uid = __android_log_uid();
+    return ((uid != AID_ROOT) && (uid != AID_LOG) && (uid != AID_SYSTEM)) ? 3 : 4;
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns statistics
+ */
+static ssize_t logdGetStats(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                            struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused,
+                            char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger *logger;
+    char *cp = buf;
+    size_t remaining = len;
+    size_t n;
+
+    n = snprintf(cp, remaining, "getStatistics");
+    n = min(n, remaining);
+    remaining -= n;
+    cp += n;
+
+    logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
+        n = snprintf(cp, remaining, " %d", logger->logId);
+        n = min(n, remaining);
+        remaining -= n;
+        cp += n;
+    }
+
+    if (logger_list->pid) {
+        snprintf(cp, remaining, " pid=%u", logger_list->pid);
+    }
+
+    return send_log_msg(NULL, NULL, buf, len);
+}
+
+static ssize_t logdGetPrune(
+        struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list __unused,
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused,
+        char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    return send_log_msg(NULL, "getPruneList", buf, len);
+}
+
+static ssize_t logdSetPrune(
+        struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list __unused,
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused,
+        char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    const char cmd[] = "setPruneList ";
+    const size_t cmdlen = sizeof(cmd) - 1;
+
+    if (strlen(buf) > (len - cmdlen)) {
+        return -ENOMEM; /* KISS */
+    }
+    memmove(buf + cmdlen, buf, len - cmdlen);
+    buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+    memcpy(buf, cmd, cmdlen);
+
+    return check_log_success(buf, send_log_msg(NULL, NULL, buf, len));
+}
+
+
+static void caught_signal(int signum __unused)
+{
+}
+
+static int logdOpen(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger *logger;
+    struct sigaction ignore;
+    struct sigaction old_sigaction;
+    unsigned int old_alarm = 0;
+    char buffer[256], *cp, c;
+    int e, ret, remaining;
+
+    int sock = transp->context.sock;
+    if (sock > 0) {
+        return sock;
+    }
+
+    if (!logger_list) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    sock = socket_local_client("logdr",
+                               ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED,
+                               SOCK_SEQPACKET);
+    if (sock == 0) {
+        /* Guarantee not file descriptor zero */
+        int newsock = socket_local_client("logdr",
+                                   ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_RESERVED,
+                                   SOCK_SEQPACKET);
+        close(sock);
+        sock = newsock;
+    }
+    if (sock <= 0) {
+        if ((sock == -1) && errno) {
+            return -errno;
+        }
+        return sock;
+    }
+
+    strcpy(buffer, (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) ?
+            "dumpAndClose" : "stream");
+    cp = buffer + strlen(buffer);
+
+    strcpy(cp, " lids");
+    cp += 5;
+    c = '=';
+    remaining = sizeof(buffer) - (cp - buffer);
+    logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
+        ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, "%c%u", c, logger->logId);
+        ret = min(ret, remaining);
+        remaining -= ret;
+        cp += ret;
+        c = ',';
+    }
+
+    if (logger_list->tail) {
+        ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " tail=%u", logger_list->tail);
+        ret = min(ret, remaining);
+        remaining -= ret;
+        cp += ret;
+    }
+
+    if (logger_list->start.tv_sec || logger_list->start.tv_nsec) {
+        if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_WRAP) {
+            // ToDo: alternate API to allow timeout to be adjusted.
+            ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " timeout=%u",
+                           ANDROID_LOG_WRAP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
+            ret = min(ret, remaining);
+            remaining -= ret;
+            cp += ret;
+        }
+        ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " start=%" PRIu32 ".%09" PRIu32,
+                       logger_list->start.tv_sec,
+                       logger_list->start.tv_nsec);
+        ret = min(ret, remaining);
+        remaining -= ret;
+        cp += ret;
+    }
+
+    if (logger_list->pid) {
+        ret = snprintf(cp, remaining, " pid=%u", logger_list->pid);
+        ret = min(ret, remaining);
+        cp += ret;
+    }
+
+    if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
+        /* Deal with an unresponsive logd */
+        memset(&ignore, 0, sizeof(ignore));
+        ignore.sa_handler = caught_signal;
+        sigemptyset(&ignore.sa_mask);
+        /* particularily useful if tombstone is reporting for logd */
+        sigaction(SIGALRM, &ignore, &old_sigaction);
+        old_alarm = alarm(30);
+    }
+    ret = write(sock, buffer, cp - buffer);
+    e = errno;
+    if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
+        if (e == EINTR) {
+            e = ETIMEDOUT;
+        }
+        alarm(old_alarm);
+        sigaction(SIGALRM, &old_sigaction, NULL);
+    }
+
+    if (ret <= 0) {
+        close(sock);
+        if ((ret == -1) && e) {
+            return -e;
+        }
+        if (ret == 0) {
+            return -EIO;
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    return transp->context.sock = sock;
+}
+
+/* Read from the selected logs */
+static int logdRead(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                    struct log_msg *log_msg)
+{
+    int ret, e;
+    struct sigaction ignore;
+    struct sigaction old_sigaction;
+    unsigned int old_alarm = 0;
+
+    ret = logdOpen(logger_list, transp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    memset(log_msg, 0, sizeof(*log_msg));
+
+    if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
+        memset(&ignore, 0, sizeof(ignore));
+        ignore.sa_handler = caught_signal;
+        sigemptyset(&ignore.sa_mask);
+        /* particularily useful if tombstone is reporting for logd */
+        sigaction(SIGALRM, &ignore, &old_sigaction);
+        old_alarm = alarm(30);
+    }
+
+    /* NOTE: SOCK_SEQPACKET guarantees we read exactly one full entry */
+    ret = recv(ret, log_msg, LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_LEN, 0);
+    e = errno;
+
+    if (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) {
+        if ((ret == 0) || (e == EINTR)) {
+            e = EAGAIN;
+            ret = -1;
+        }
+        alarm(old_alarm);
+        sigaction(SIGALRM, &old_sigaction, NULL);
+    }
+
+    if ((ret == -1) && e) {
+        return -e;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int logdPoll(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp)
+{
+    struct pollfd p;
+
+    int ret = logdOpen(logger_list, transp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    memset(&p, 0, sizeof(p));
+    p.fd = ret;
+    p.events = POLLIN;
+    ret = poll(&p, 1, 20);
+    if ((ret > 0) && !(p.revents & POLLIN)) {
+        ret = 0;
+    }
+    if ((ret == -1) && errno) {
+        return -errno;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/* Close all the logs */
+static void logdClose(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list __unused,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp)
+{
+    if (transp->context.sock > 0) {
+        close (transp->context.sock);
+        transp->context.sock = -1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/liblog/logd_write.c b/liblog/logd_write.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 85a4aab..0000000
--- a/liblog/logd_write.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,724 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2014 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.
- */
-#if (FAKE_LOG_DEVICE == 0)
-#include <endian.h>
-#endif
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-#include <pthread.h>
-#endif
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdatomic.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#if (FAKE_LOG_DEVICE == 0)
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#endif
-#include <time.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#ifdef __BIONIC__
-#include <android/set_abort_message.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <log/event_tag_map.h>
-#include <log/logd.h>
-#include <log/logger.h>
-#include <log/log_read.h>
-#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
-#include <private/android_logger.h>
-
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
-
-#define LOG_BUF_SIZE 1024
-
-#if FAKE_LOG_DEVICE
-/* This will be defined when building for the host. */
-#include "fake_log_device.h"
-#endif
-
-static int __write_to_log_init(log_id_t, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr);
-static int (*write_to_log)(log_id_t, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr) = __write_to_log_init;
-
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-static pthread_mutex_t log_init_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-
-static void lock()
-{
-    /*
-     * If we trigger a signal handler in the middle of locked activity and the
-     * signal handler logs a message, we could get into a deadlock state.
-     */
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&log_init_lock);
-}
-
-static int trylock()
-{
-    return pthread_mutex_trylock(&log_init_lock);
-}
-
-static void unlock()
-{
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&log_init_lock);
-}
-
-#else   /* !defined(_WIN32) */
-
-#define lock() ((void)0)
-#define trylock() (0) /* success */
-#define unlock() ((void)0)
-
-#endif  /* !defined(_WIN32) */
-
-#if FAKE_LOG_DEVICE
-static int log_fds[(int)LOG_ID_MAX] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 };
-#else
-static int logd_fd = -1;
-static int pstore_fd = -1;
-#endif
-
-/*
- * This is used by the C++ code to decide if it should write logs through
- * the C code.  Basically, if /dev/socket/logd is available, we're running in
- * the simulator rather than a desktop tool and want to use the device.
- */
-static enum {
-    kLogUninitialized, kLogNotAvailable, kLogAvailable
-} g_log_status = kLogUninitialized;
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_dev_available()
-{
-    if (g_log_status == kLogUninitialized) {
-        if (access("/dev/socket/logdw", W_OK) == 0)
-            g_log_status = kLogAvailable;
-        else
-            g_log_status = kLogNotAvailable;
-    }
-
-    return (g_log_status == kLogAvailable);
-}
-
-/* log_init_lock assumed */
-static int __write_to_log_initialize()
-{
-    int i, ret = 0;
-
-#if FAKE_LOG_DEVICE
-    for (i = 0; i < LOG_ID_MAX; i++) {
-        char buf[sizeof("/dev/log_security")];
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/dev/log_%s", android_log_id_to_name(i));
-        log_fds[i] = fakeLogOpen(buf, O_WRONLY);
-    }
-#else
-    if (pstore_fd < 0) {
-        pstore_fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open("/dev/pmsg0", O_WRONLY));
-    }
-
-    if (logd_fd < 0) {
-        i = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0));
-        if (i < 0) {
-            ret = -errno;
-        } else if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(fcntl(i, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) {
-            ret = -errno;
-            close(i);
-        } else {
-            struct sockaddr_un un;
-            memset(&un, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
-            un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-            strcpy(un.sun_path, "/dev/socket/logdw");
-
-            if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(connect(i, (struct sockaddr *)&un,
-                                           sizeof(struct sockaddr_un))) < 0) {
-                ret = -errno;
-                close(i);
-            } else {
-                logd_fd = i;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static int __write_to_log_daemon(log_id_t log_id, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
-{
-    ssize_t ret;
-#if FAKE_LOG_DEVICE
-    int log_fd;
-
-    if (/*(int)log_id >= 0 &&*/ (int)log_id < (int)LOG_ID_MAX) {
-        log_fd = log_fds[(int)log_id];
-    } else {
-        return -EBADF;
-    }
-    do {
-        ret = fakeLogWritev(log_fd, vec, nr);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            ret = -errno;
-        }
-    } while (ret == -EINTR);
-#else
-    static const unsigned header_length = 2;
-    struct iovec newVec[nr + header_length];
-    android_log_header_t header;
-    android_pmsg_log_header_t pmsg_header;
-    struct timespec ts;
-    size_t i, payload_size;
-    static uid_t last_uid = AID_ROOT; /* logd *always* starts up as AID_ROOT */
-    static pid_t last_pid = (pid_t) -1;
-    static atomic_int_fast32_t dropped;
-    static atomic_int_fast32_t dropped_security;
-
-    if (!nr) {
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
-    if (last_uid == AID_ROOT) { /* have we called to get the UID yet? */
-        last_uid = getuid();
-    }
-    if (last_pid == (pid_t) -1) {
-        last_pid = getpid();
-    }
-    if (log_id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
-        if (vec[0].iov_len < 4) {
-            return -EINVAL;
-        }
-        /* Matches clientHasLogCredentials() in logd */
-        if ((last_uid != AID_SYSTEM) && (last_uid != AID_ROOT) && (last_uid != AID_LOG)) {
-            uid_t uid = geteuid();
-            if ((uid != AID_SYSTEM) && (uid != AID_ROOT) && (uid != AID_LOG)) {
-                gid_t gid = getgid();
-                if ((gid != AID_SYSTEM) && (gid != AID_ROOT) && (gid != AID_LOG)) {
-                    gid = getegid();
-                    if ((gid != AID_SYSTEM) && (gid != AID_ROOT) && (gid != AID_LOG)) {
-                        int num_groups;
-                        gid_t *groups;
-
-                        num_groups = getgroups(0, NULL);
-                        if (num_groups <= 0) {
-                            return -EPERM;
-                        }
-                        groups = calloc(num_groups, sizeof(gid_t));
-                        if (!groups) {
-                            return -ENOMEM;
-                        }
-                        num_groups = getgroups(num_groups, groups);
-                        while (num_groups > 0) {
-                            if (groups[num_groups - 1] == AID_LOG) {
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            --num_groups;
-                        }
-                        free(groups);
-                        if (num_groups <= 0) {
-                            return -EPERM;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (!__android_log_security()) {
-            atomic_store(&dropped_security, 0);
-            return -EPERM;
-        }
-    } else if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS) {
-        static atomic_uintptr_t map;
-        int ret;
-        const char *tag;
-        EventTagMap *m, *f;
-
-        if (vec[0].iov_len < 4) {
-            return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
-        tag = NULL;
-        f = NULL;
-        m = (EventTagMap *)atomic_load(&map);
-
-        if (!m) {
-            ret = trylock();
-            m = (EventTagMap *)atomic_load(&map); /* trylock flush cache */
-            if (!m) {
-                m = android_openEventTagMap(EVENT_TAG_MAP_FILE);
-                if (ret) { /* trylock failed, use local copy, mark for close */
-                    f = m;
-                } else {
-                    if (!m) { /* One chance to open map file */
-                        m = (EventTagMap *)(uintptr_t)-1LL;
-                    }
-                    atomic_store(&map, (uintptr_t)m);
-                }
-            }
-            if (!ret) { /* trylock succeeded, unlock */
-                unlock();
-            }
-        }
-        if (m && (m != (EventTagMap *)(uintptr_t)-1LL)) {
-            tag = android_lookupEventTag(
-                                    m,
-                                    htole32(((uint32_t *)vec[0].iov_base)[0]));
-        }
-        ret = __android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
-                                        tag,
-                                        ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE);
-        if (f) { /* local copy marked for close */
-            android_closeEventTagMap(f);
-        }
-        if (!ret) {
-            return -EPERM;
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* Validate the incoming tag, tag content can not split across iovec */
-        char prio = ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE;
-        const char *tag = vec[0].iov_base;
-        size_t len = vec[0].iov_len;
-        if (!tag) {
-            len = 0;
-        }
-        if (len > 0) {
-            prio = *tag;
-            if (len > 1) {
-                --len;
-                ++tag;
-            } else {
-                len = vec[1].iov_len;
-                tag = ((const char *)vec[1].iov_base);
-                if (!tag) {
-                    len = 0;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        /* tag must be nul terminated */
-        if (strnlen(tag, len) >= len) {
-            tag = NULL;
-        }
-
-        if (!__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
-            return -EPERM;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     *  struct {
-     *      // what we provide to pstore
-     *      android_pmsg_log_header_t pmsg_header;
-     *      // what we provide to socket
-     *      android_log_header_t header;
-     *      // caller provides
-     *      union {
-     *          struct {
-     *              char     prio;
-     *              char     payload[];
-     *          } string;
-     *          struct {
-     *              uint32_t tag
-     *              char     payload[];
-     *          } binary;
-     *      };
-     *  };
-     */
-
-    clock_gettime(android_log_clockid(), &ts);
-
-    pmsg_header.magic = LOGGER_MAGIC;
-    pmsg_header.len = sizeof(pmsg_header) + sizeof(header);
-    pmsg_header.uid = last_uid;
-    pmsg_header.pid = last_pid;
-
-    header.tid = gettid();
-    header.realtime.tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
-    header.realtime.tv_nsec = ts.tv_nsec;
-
-    newVec[0].iov_base   = (unsigned char *) &pmsg_header;
-    newVec[0].iov_len    = sizeof(pmsg_header);
-    newVec[1].iov_base   = (unsigned char *) &header;
-    newVec[1].iov_len    = sizeof(header);
-
-    if (logd_fd > 0) {
-        int32_t snapshot = atomic_exchange_explicit(&dropped_security, 0,
-                                                    memory_order_relaxed);
-        if (snapshot) {
-            android_log_event_int_t buffer;
-
-            header.id = LOG_ID_SECURITY;
-            buffer.header.tag = htole32(LIBLOG_LOG_TAG);
-            buffer.payload.type = EVENT_TYPE_INT;
-            buffer.payload.data = htole32(snapshot);
-
-            newVec[2].iov_base = &buffer;
-            newVec[2].iov_len  = sizeof(buffer);
-
-            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logd_fd, newVec + 1, 2));
-            if (ret != (ssize_t)(sizeof(header) + sizeof(buffer))) {
-                atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&dropped_security, snapshot,
-                                          memory_order_relaxed);
-            }
-        }
-        snapshot = atomic_exchange_explicit(&dropped, 0, memory_order_relaxed);
-        if (snapshot && __android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
-                                                  "liblog",
-                                                  ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
-            android_log_event_int_t buffer;
-
-            header.id = LOG_ID_EVENTS;
-            buffer.header.tag = htole32(LIBLOG_LOG_TAG);
-            buffer.payload.type = EVENT_TYPE_INT;
-            buffer.payload.data = htole32(snapshot);
-
-            newVec[2].iov_base = &buffer;
-            newVec[2].iov_len  = sizeof(buffer);
-
-            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logd_fd, newVec + 1, 2));
-            if (ret != (ssize_t)(sizeof(header) + sizeof(buffer))) {
-                atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&dropped, snapshot,
-                                          memory_order_relaxed);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    header.id = log_id;
-
-    for (payload_size = 0, i = header_length; i < nr + header_length; i++) {
-        newVec[i].iov_base = vec[i - header_length].iov_base;
-        payload_size += newVec[i].iov_len = vec[i - header_length].iov_len;
-
-        if (payload_size > LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD) {
-            newVec[i].iov_len -= payload_size - LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD;
-            if (newVec[i].iov_len) {
-                ++i;
-            }
-            payload_size = LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    pmsg_header.len += payload_size;
-
-    if (pstore_fd >= 0) {
-        TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(pstore_fd, newVec, i));
-    }
-
-    if (last_uid == AID_LOGD) { /* logd, after initialization and priv drop */
-        /*
-         * ignore log messages we send to ourself (logd).
-         * Such log messages are often generated by libraries we depend on
-         * which use standard Android logging.
-         */
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (logd_fd < 0) {
-        return -EBADF;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * The write below could be lost, but will never block.
-     *
-     * To logd, we drop the pmsg_header
-     *
-     * ENOTCONN occurs if logd dies.
-     * EAGAIN occurs if logd is overloaded.
-     */
-    ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logd_fd, newVec + 1, i - 1));
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        ret = -errno;
-        if (ret == -ENOTCONN) {
-            lock();
-            close(logd_fd);
-            logd_fd = -1;
-            ret = __write_to_log_initialize();
-            unlock();
-
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                return ret;
-            }
-
-            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logd_fd, newVec + 1, i - 1));
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                ret = -errno;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (ret > (ssize_t)sizeof(header)) {
-        ret -= sizeof(header);
-    } else if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
-        atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&dropped, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
-        if (log_id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
-            atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&dropped_security, 1,
-                                      memory_order_relaxed);
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-#if FAKE_LOG_DEVICE
-static const char *LOG_NAME[LOG_ID_MAX] = {
-    [LOG_ID_MAIN] = "main",
-    [LOG_ID_RADIO] = "radio",
-    [LOG_ID_EVENTS] = "events",
-    [LOG_ID_SYSTEM] = "system",
-    [LOG_ID_CRASH] = "crash",
-    [LOG_ID_SECURITY] = "security",
-    [LOG_ID_KERNEL] = "kernel",
-};
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC const char *android_log_id_to_name(log_id_t log_id)
-{
-    if (log_id >= LOG_ID_MAX) {
-        log_id = LOG_ID_MAIN;
-    }
-    return LOG_NAME[log_id];
-}
-#endif
-
-static int __write_to_log_init(log_id_t log_id, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
-{
-    lock();
-
-    if (write_to_log == __write_to_log_init) {
-        int ret;
-
-        ret = __write_to_log_initialize();
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            unlock();
-#if (FAKE_LOG_DEVICE == 0)
-            if (pstore_fd >= 0) {
-                __write_to_log_daemon(log_id, vec, nr);
-            }
-#endif
-            return ret;
-        }
-
-        write_to_log = __write_to_log_daemon;
-    }
-
-    unlock();
-
-    return write_to_log(log_id, vec, nr);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_write(int prio, const char *tag,
-                                          const char *msg)
-{
-    return __android_log_buf_write(LOG_ID_MAIN, prio, tag, msg);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_buf_write(int bufID, int prio,
-                                              const char *tag, const char *msg)
-{
-    struct iovec vec[3];
-    char tmp_tag[32];
-
-    if (!tag)
-        tag = "";
-
-    /* XXX: This needs to go! */
-    if ((bufID != LOG_ID_RADIO) &&
-         (!strcmp(tag, "HTC_RIL") ||
-        !strncmp(tag, "RIL", 3) || /* Any log tag with "RIL" as the prefix */
-        !strncmp(tag, "IMS", 3) || /* Any log tag with "IMS" as the prefix */
-        !strcmp(tag, "AT") ||
-        !strcmp(tag, "GSM") ||
-        !strcmp(tag, "STK") ||
-        !strcmp(tag, "CDMA") ||
-        !strcmp(tag, "PHONE") ||
-        !strcmp(tag, "SMS"))) {
-            bufID = LOG_ID_RADIO;
-            /* Inform third party apps/ril/radio.. to use Rlog or RLOG */
-            snprintf(tmp_tag, sizeof(tmp_tag), "use-Rlog/RLOG-%s", tag);
-            tag = tmp_tag;
-    }
-
-#if __BIONIC__
-    if (prio == ANDROID_LOG_FATAL) {
-        android_set_abort_message(msg);
-    }
-#endif
-
-    vec[0].iov_base   = (unsigned char *) &prio;
-    vec[0].iov_len    = 1;
-    vec[1].iov_base   = (void *) tag;
-    vec[1].iov_len    = strlen(tag) + 1;
-    vec[2].iov_base   = (void *) msg;
-    vec[2].iov_len    = strlen(msg) + 1;
-
-    return write_to_log(bufID, vec, 3);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_vprint(int prio, const char *tag,
-                                           const char *fmt, va_list ap)
-{
-    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
-
-    vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
-
-    return __android_log_write(prio, tag, buf);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_print(int prio, const char *tag,
-                                          const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    va_list ap;
-    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
-
-    va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
-    va_end(ap);
-
-    return __android_log_write(prio, tag, buf);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_buf_print(int bufID, int prio,
-                                              const char *tag,
-                                              const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    va_list ap;
-    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
-
-    va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
-    va_end(ap);
-
-    return __android_log_buf_write(bufID, prio, tag, buf);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC void __android_log_assert(
-        const char *cond,
-        const char *tag,
-        const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
-
-    if (fmt) {
-        va_list ap;
-        va_start(ap, fmt);
-        vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
-        va_end(ap);
-    } else {
-        /* Msg not provided, log condition.  N.B. Do not use cond directly as
-         * format string as it could contain spurious '%' syntax (e.g.
-         * "%d" in "blocks%devs == 0").
-         */
-        if (cond)
-            snprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, "Assertion failed: %s", cond);
-        else
-            strcpy(buf, "Unspecified assertion failed");
-    }
-
-    __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, tag, buf);
-    abort(); /* abort so we have a chance to debug the situation */
-    /* NOTREACHED */
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_bwrite(int32_t tag,
-                                           const void *payload, size_t len)
-{
-    struct iovec vec[2];
-
-    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
-    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
-    vec[1].iov_base = (void*)payload;
-    vec[1].iov_len = len;
-
-    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_EVENTS, vec, 2);
-}
-
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_security_bwrite(int32_t tag,
-                                                    const void *payload,
-                                                    size_t len)
-{
-    struct iovec vec[2];
-
-    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
-    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
-    vec[1].iov_base = (void*)payload;
-    vec[1].iov_len = len;
-
-    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_SECURITY, vec, 2);
-}
-
-/*
- * Like __android_log_bwrite, but takes the type as well.  Doesn't work
- * for the general case where we're generating lists of stuff, but very
- * handy if we just want to dump an integer into the log.
- */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_btwrite(int32_t tag, char type,
-                                            const void *payload, size_t len)
-{
-    struct iovec vec[3];
-
-    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
-    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
-    vec[1].iov_base = &type;
-    vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
-    vec[2].iov_base = (void*)payload;
-    vec[2].iov_len = len;
-
-    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_EVENTS, vec, 3);
-}
-
-/*
- * Like __android_log_bwrite, but used for writing strings to the
- * event log.
- */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_bswrite(int32_t tag, const char *payload)
-{
-    struct iovec vec[4];
-    char type = EVENT_TYPE_STRING;
-    uint32_t len = strlen(payload);
-
-    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
-    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
-    vec[1].iov_base = &type;
-    vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
-    vec[2].iov_base = &len;
-    vec[2].iov_len = sizeof(len);
-    vec[3].iov_base = (void*)payload;
-    vec[3].iov_len = len;
-
-    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_EVENTS, vec, 4);
-}
-
-/*
- * Like __android_log_security_bwrite, but used for writing strings to the
- * security log.
- */
-LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_security_bswrite(int32_t tag,
-                                                     const char *payload)
-{
-    struct iovec vec[4];
-    char type = EVENT_TYPE_STRING;
-    uint32_t len = strlen(payload);
-
-    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
-    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
-    vec[1].iov_base = &type;
-    vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
-    vec[2].iov_base = &len;
-    vec[2].iov_len = sizeof(len);
-    vec[3].iov_base = (void*)payload;
-    vec[3].iov_len = len;
-
-    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_SECURITY, vec, 4);
-}
diff --git a/liblog/logd_writer.c b/liblog/logd_writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..696237d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logd_writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <cutils/sockets.h>
+#include <log/logd.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+#include <log/log_read.h>
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+#include "config_write.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+/* branchless on many architectures. */
+#define min(x,y) ((y) ^ (((x) ^ (y)) & -((x) < (y))))
+
+static int logdAvailable(log_id_t LogId);
+static int logdOpen();
+static void logdClose();
+static int logdWrite(log_id_t logId, struct timespec *ts,
+                     struct iovec *vec, size_t nr);
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct android_log_transport_write logdLoggerWrite = {
+    .node = { &logdLoggerWrite.node, &logdLoggerWrite.node },
+    .context.sock = -1,
+    .name = "logd",
+    .available = logdAvailable,
+    .open = logdOpen,
+    .close = logdClose,
+    .write = logdWrite,
+};
+
+/* log_init_lock assumed */
+static int logdOpen()
+{
+    int i, ret = 0;
+
+    if (logdLoggerWrite.context.sock < 0) {
+        i = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0));
+        if (i < 0) {
+            ret = -errno;
+        } else if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(fcntl(i, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) {
+            ret = -errno;
+            close(i);
+        } else {
+            struct sockaddr_un un;
+            memset(&un, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+            un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+            strcpy(un.sun_path, "/dev/socket/logdw");
+
+            if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(connect(i, (struct sockaddr *)&un,
+                                           sizeof(struct sockaddr_un))) < 0) {
+                ret = -errno;
+                close(i);
+            } else {
+                logdLoggerWrite.context.sock = i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void logdClose()
+{
+    if (logdLoggerWrite.context.sock >= 0) {
+        close(logdLoggerWrite.context.sock);
+        logdLoggerWrite.context.sock = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static int logdAvailable(log_id_t logId)
+{
+    if (logId > LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    if (logId == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        uid_t uid = __android_log_uid();
+        if ((uid != AID_LOG) && (uid != AID_ROOT) && (uid != AID_SYSTEM)) {
+            return -EPERM;
+        }
+    }
+    if (logdLoggerWrite.context.sock < 0) {
+        if (access("/dev/socket/logdw", W_OK) == 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return -EBADF;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static int logdWrite(log_id_t logId, struct timespec *ts,
+                     struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
+{
+    ssize_t ret;
+    static const unsigned headerLength = 1;
+    struct iovec newVec[nr + headerLength];
+    android_log_header_t header;
+    size_t i, payloadSize;
+    static atomic_int_fast32_t dropped;
+    static atomic_int_fast32_t droppedSecurity;
+
+    if (logdLoggerWrite.context.sock < 0) {
+        return -EBADF;
+    }
+
+    /* logd, after initialization and priv drop */
+    if (__android_log_uid() == AID_LOGD) {
+        /*
+         * ignore log messages we send to ourself (logd).
+         * Such log messages are often generated by libraries we depend on
+         * which use standard Android logging.
+         */
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     *  struct {
+     *      // what we provide to socket
+     *      android_log_header_t header;
+     *      // caller provides
+     *      union {
+     *          struct {
+     *              char     prio;
+     *              char     payload[];
+     *          } string;
+     *          struct {
+     *              uint32_t tag
+     *              char     payload[];
+     *          } binary;
+     *      };
+     *  };
+     */
+
+    header.tid = gettid();
+    header.realtime.tv_sec = ts->tv_sec;
+    header.realtime.tv_nsec = ts->tv_nsec;
+
+    newVec[0].iov_base = (unsigned char *)&header;
+    newVec[0].iov_len  = sizeof(header);
+
+    if (logdLoggerWrite.context.sock > 0) {
+        int32_t snapshot = atomic_exchange_explicit(&droppedSecurity, 0,
+                                                    memory_order_relaxed);
+        if (snapshot) {
+            android_log_event_int_t buffer;
+
+            header.id = LOG_ID_SECURITY;
+            buffer.header.tag = htole32(LIBLOG_LOG_TAG);
+            buffer.payload.type = EVENT_TYPE_INT;
+            buffer.payload.data = htole32(snapshot);
+
+            newVec[headerLength].iov_base = &buffer;
+            newVec[headerLength].iov_len  = sizeof(buffer);
+
+            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logdLoggerWrite.context.sock, newVec, 2));
+            if (ret != (ssize_t)(sizeof(header) + sizeof(buffer))) {
+                atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&droppedSecurity, snapshot,
+                                          memory_order_relaxed);
+            }
+        }
+        snapshot = atomic_exchange_explicit(&dropped, 0, memory_order_relaxed);
+        if (snapshot && __android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
+                                                  "liblog",
+                                                  ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
+            android_log_event_int_t buffer;
+
+            header.id = LOG_ID_EVENTS;
+            buffer.header.tag = htole32(LIBLOG_LOG_TAG);
+            buffer.payload.type = EVENT_TYPE_INT;
+            buffer.payload.data = htole32(snapshot);
+
+            newVec[headerLength].iov_base = &buffer;
+            newVec[headerLength].iov_len  = sizeof(buffer);
+
+            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logdLoggerWrite.context.sock, newVec, 2));
+            if (ret != (ssize_t)(sizeof(header) + sizeof(buffer))) {
+                atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&dropped, snapshot,
+                                          memory_order_relaxed);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    header.id = logId;
+
+    for (payloadSize = 0, i = headerLength; i < nr + headerLength; i++) {
+        newVec[i].iov_base = vec[i - headerLength].iov_base;
+        payloadSize += newVec[i].iov_len = vec[i - headerLength].iov_len;
+
+        if (payloadSize > LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD) {
+            newVec[i].iov_len -= payloadSize - LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD;
+            if (newVec[i].iov_len) {
+                ++i;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The write below could be lost, but will never block.
+     *
+     * ENOTCONN occurs if logd dies.
+     * EAGAIN occurs if logd is overloaded.
+     */
+    ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logdLoggerWrite.context.sock, newVec, i));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        ret = -errno;
+        if (ret == -ENOTCONN) {
+            __android_log_lock();
+            logdClose();
+            ret = logdOpen();
+            __android_log_unlock();
+
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                return ret;
+            }
+
+            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(logdLoggerWrite.context.sock, newVec, i));
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                ret = -errno;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ret > (ssize_t)sizeof(header)) {
+        ret -= sizeof(header);
+    } else if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+        atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&dropped, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
+        if (logId == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+            atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&droppedSecurity, 1,
+                                      memory_order_relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/liblog/logger.h b/liblog/logger.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61bc396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LIBLOG_LOGGER_H__
+#define _LIBLOG_LOGGER_H__
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <log/uio.h>
+
+#include <cutils/list.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <log/log_read.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+
+#include "log_portability.h"
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Union, sock or fd of zero is not allowed unless static initialized */
+union android_log_context {
+  void *private;
+  int sock;
+  int fd;
+  struct listnode *node;
+};
+
+struct android_log_transport_write {
+  struct listnode node;
+  const char *name;
+  union android_log_context context; /* Initialized by static allocation */
+
+  int (*available)(log_id_t logId);
+  int (*open)();
+  void (*close)();
+  int (*write)(log_id_t logId, struct timespec *ts, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr);
+};
+
+struct android_log_logger_list;
+struct android_log_transport_context;
+struct android_log_logger;
+
+struct android_log_transport_read {
+  struct listnode node;
+  const char *name;
+
+  int (*available)(log_id_t logId);
+  int (*version)(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                 struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+  void (*close)(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+
+  /*
+   * Expect all to instantiate open on any call, so we do not have
+   * an expicit open call
+   */
+  int (*read)(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+              struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+              struct log_msg *log_msg);
+  /* Assumption is only called if not ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK */
+  int (*poll)(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+              struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+
+  int (*clear)(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+               struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+  ssize_t (*setSize)(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                     struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                     size_t size);
+  ssize_t (*getSize)(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                     struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+  ssize_t (*getReadableSize)(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                             struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+
+  ssize_t (*getPrune)(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                      char *buf, size_t len);
+  ssize_t (*setPrune)(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                      char *buf, size_t len);
+  ssize_t (*getStats)(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                      char *buf, size_t len);
+};
+
+struct android_log_logger_list {
+  struct listnode logger;
+  struct listnode transport;
+  int mode;
+  unsigned int tail;
+  log_time start;
+  pid_t pid;
+};
+
+struct android_log_logger {
+  struct listnode node;
+  struct android_log_logger_list *parent;
+
+  log_id_t logId;
+};
+
+struct android_log_transport_context {
+  struct listnode node;
+  union android_log_context context; /* zero init per-transport context */
+  struct android_log_logger_list *parent;
+
+  struct android_log_transport_read *transport;
+  unsigned logMask;
+  int ret;
+  struct log_msg logMsg; /* valid is logMsg.len != 0 */
+};
+
+/* assumes caller has structures read-locked, single threaded, or fenced */
+#define transport_context_for_each(transp, logger_list)              \
+  for (transp = node_to_item((logger_list)->transport.next,          \
+                             struct android_log_transport_context,   \
+                             node);                                  \
+       (transp != node_to_item(&(logger_list)->transport,            \
+                               struct android_log_transport_context, \
+                               node)) &&                             \
+           (transp->parent == (logger_list));                        \
+       transp = node_to_item(transp->node.next,                      \
+                             struct android_log_transport_context, node))
+
+#define logger_for_each(logp, logger_list)                          \
+    for (logp = node_to_item((logger_list)->logger.next,            \
+                             struct android_log_logger, node);      \
+         (logp != node_to_item(&(logger_list)->logger,              \
+                               struct android_log_logger, node)) && \
+             (logp->parent == (logger_list));                       \
+         logp = node_to_item((logp)->node.next,                     \
+                             struct android_log_logger, node))
+
+/* OS specific dribs and drabs */
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+typedef uint32_t uid_t;
+#endif
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN uid_t __android_log_uid();
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN pid_t __android_log_pid();
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_lock();
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN int __android_log_trylock();
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_unlock();
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _LIBLOG_LOGGER_H__ */
diff --git a/liblog/logger_lock.c b/liblog/logger_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee979bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logger_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Some OS specific dribs and drabs (locking etc).
+ */
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+#include <pthread.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+
+#include "logger.h"
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN uid_t __android_log_uid()
+{
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    return AID_SYSTEM;
+#else
+    static uid_t last_uid = AID_ROOT; /* logd *always* starts up as AID_ROOT */
+
+    if (last_uid == AID_ROOT) { /* have we called to get the UID yet? */
+        last_uid = getuid();
+    }
+    return last_uid;
+#endif
+}
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN pid_t __android_log_pid()
+{
+    static pid_t last_pid = (pid_t) -1;
+
+    if (last_pid == (pid_t) -1) {
+        last_pid = getpid();
+    }
+    return last_pid;
+}
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+static pthread_mutex_t log_init_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+#endif
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_lock()
+{
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    /*
+     * If we trigger a signal handler in the middle of locked activity and the
+     * signal handler logs a message, we could get into a deadlock state.
+     */
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&log_init_lock);
+#endif
+}
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN int __android_log_trylock()
+{
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    return pthread_mutex_trylock(&log_init_lock);
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN void __android_log_unlock()
+{
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&log_init_lock);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/liblog/logger_name.c b/liblog/logger_name.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7ccac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logger_name.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+** Copyright 2013-2014, 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.
+*/
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+
+#include "log_portability.h"
+
+/* In the future, we would like to make this list extensible */
+static const char *LOG_NAME[LOG_ID_MAX] = {
+    [LOG_ID_MAIN] = "main",
+    [LOG_ID_RADIO] = "radio",
+    [LOG_ID_EVENTS] = "events",
+    [LOG_ID_SYSTEM] = "system",
+    [LOG_ID_CRASH] = "crash",
+    [LOG_ID_SECURITY] = "security",
+    [LOG_ID_KERNEL] = "kernel",
+};
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC const char *android_log_id_to_name(log_id_t log_id)
+{
+    if (log_id >= LOG_ID_MAX) {
+        log_id = LOG_ID_MAIN;
+    }
+    return LOG_NAME[log_id];
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC log_id_t android_name_to_log_id(const char *logName)
+{
+    const char *b;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (!logName) {
+        return -1; /* NB: log_id_t is unsigned */
+    }
+    b = strrchr(logName, '/');
+    if (!b) {
+        b = logName;
+    } else {
+        ++b;
+    }
+
+    for(ret = LOG_ID_MIN; ret < LOG_ID_MAX; ++ret) {
+        const char *l = LOG_NAME[ret];
+        if (l && !strcmp(b, l)) {
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;   /* should never happen */
+}
diff --git a/liblog/logger_read.c b/liblog/logger_read.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f15c7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logger_read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,474 @@
+/*
+** Copyright 2013-2014, 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.
+*/
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <cutils/list.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+
+#include "config_read.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+/* android_logger_alloc unimplemented, no use case */
+/* android_logger_free not exported */
+static void android_logger_free(struct logger *logger)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger *logger_internal =
+            (struct android_log_logger *)logger;
+
+    if (!logger_internal) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    list_remove(&logger_internal->node);
+
+    free(logger_internal);
+}
+
+/* android_logger_alloc unimplemented, no use case */
+
+/* method for getting the associated sublog id */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC log_id_t android_logger_get_id(struct logger *logger)
+{
+    return ((struct android_log_logger *)logger)->logId;
+}
+
+static int init_transport_context(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list)
+{
+    struct android_log_transport_read *transport;
+    struct listnode *node;
+
+    if (!logger_list) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (list_empty(&logger_list->logger)) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (!list_empty(&logger_list->transport)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    __android_log_lock();
+    /* mini __write_to_log_initialize() to populate transports */
+    if (list_empty(&__android_log_transport_read) &&
+            list_empty(&__android_log_persist_read)) {
+        __android_log_config_read();
+    }
+    __android_log_unlock();
+
+    node = (logger_list->mode & ANDROID_LOG_PSTORE) ?
+            &__android_log_persist_read : &__android_log_transport_read;
+
+    read_transport_for_each(transport, node) {
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp;
+        struct android_log_logger *logger;
+        unsigned logMask = 0;
+
+        logger_for_each(logger, logger_list) {
+            log_id_t logId = logger->logId;
+
+            if (transport->read &&
+                    (!transport->available ||
+                        (transport->available(logId) >= 0))) {
+                logMask |= 1 << logId;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!logMask) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        transp = calloc(1, sizeof(*transp));
+        if (!transp) {
+            return -ENOMEM;
+        }
+        transp->parent = logger_list;
+        transp->transport = transport;
+        transp->logMask = logMask;
+        transp->ret = 1;
+        list_add_tail(&logger_list->transport, &transp->node);
+    }
+    if (list_empty(&logger_list->transport)) {
+        return -ENODEV;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#define LOGGER_FUNCTION(logger, def, func, args...)                           \
+    ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;                                                    \
+    struct android_log_transport_context *transp;                             \
+    struct android_log_logger *logger_internal =                              \
+            (struct android_log_logger *)logger;                              \
+                                                                              \
+    if (!logger_internal) {                                                   \
+        return ret;                                                           \
+    }                                                                         \
+    ret = init_transport_context(logger_internal->parent);                    \
+    if (ret < 0) {                                                            \
+        return ret;                                                           \
+    }                                                                         \
+                                                                              \
+    ret = (def);                                                              \
+    transport_context_for_each(transp, logger_internal->parent) {             \
+        if ((transp->logMask & (1 << logger_internal->logId)) &&              \
+                transp->transport && transp->transport->func) {               \
+            ssize_t retval = (transp->transport->func)(logger_internal,       \
+                                                       transp, ## args);      \
+            if ((ret >= 0) || (ret == (def))) {                               \
+                ret = retval;                                                 \
+            }                                                                 \
+        }                                                                     \
+    }                                                                         \
+    return ret
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_clear(struct logger *logger)
+{
+    LOGGER_FUNCTION(logger, -ENODEV, clear);
+}
+
+/* returns the total size of the log's ring buffer */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC long android_logger_get_log_size(struct logger *logger)
+{
+    LOGGER_FUNCTION(logger, -ENODEV, getSize);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_set_log_size(struct logger *logger,
+                                                  unsigned long size)
+{
+    LOGGER_FUNCTION(logger, -ENODEV, setSize, size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns the readable size of the log's ring buffer (that is, amount of the
+ * log consumed)
+ */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC long android_logger_get_log_readable_size(
+        struct logger *logger)
+{
+    LOGGER_FUNCTION(logger, -ENODEV, getReadableSize);
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns the logger version
+ */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_get_log_version(struct logger *logger)
+{
+    LOGGER_FUNCTION(logger, 4, version);
+}
+
+#define LOGGER_LIST_FUNCTION(logger_list, def, func, args...)                 \
+    struct android_log_transport_context *transp;                             \
+    struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list_internal =                    \
+            (struct android_log_logger_list *)logger_list;                    \
+                                                                              \
+    ssize_t ret = init_transport_context(logger_list_internal);               \
+    if (ret < 0) {                                                            \
+        return ret;                                                           \
+    }                                                                         \
+                                                                              \
+    ret = (def);                                                              \
+    transport_context_for_each(transp, logger_list_internal) {                \
+        if (transp->transport && (transp->transport->func)) {                 \
+            ssize_t retval = (transp->transport->func)(logger_list_internal,  \
+                                                       transp, ## args);      \
+            if ((ret >= 0) || (ret == (def))) {                               \
+                ret = retval;                                                 \
+            }                                                                 \
+        }                                                                     \
+    }                                                                         \
+    return ret
+
+/*
+ * returns statistics
+ */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC ssize_t android_logger_get_statistics(
+        struct logger_list *logger_list,
+        char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    LOGGER_LIST_FUNCTION(logger_list, -ENODEV, getStats, buf, len);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC ssize_t android_logger_get_prune_list(
+        struct logger_list *logger_list,
+        char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    LOGGER_LIST_FUNCTION(logger_list, -ENODEV, getPrune, buf, len);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_set_prune_list(
+        struct logger_list *logger_list,
+        char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    LOGGER_LIST_FUNCTION(logger_list, -ENODEV, setPrune, buf, len);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger_list *android_logger_list_alloc(
+        int mode,
+        unsigned int tail,
+        pid_t pid)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list;
+
+    logger_list = calloc(1, sizeof(*logger_list));
+    if (!logger_list) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    list_init(&logger_list->logger);
+    list_init(&logger_list->transport);
+    logger_list->mode = mode;
+    logger_list->tail = tail;
+    logger_list->pid = pid;
+
+    return (struct logger_list *)logger_list;
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger_list *android_logger_list_alloc_time(
+        int mode,
+        log_time start,
+        pid_t pid)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list;
+
+    logger_list = calloc(1, sizeof(*logger_list));
+    if (!logger_list) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    list_init(&logger_list->logger);
+    list_init(&logger_list->transport);
+    logger_list->mode = mode;
+    logger_list->start = start;
+    logger_list->pid = pid;
+
+    return (struct logger_list *)logger_list;
+}
+
+/* android_logger_list_register unimplemented, no use case */
+/* android_logger_list_unregister unimplemented, no use case */
+
+/* Open the named log and add it to the logger list */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger *android_logger_open(
+        struct logger_list *logger_list,
+        log_id_t logId)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list_internal =
+            (struct android_log_logger_list *)logger_list;
+    struct android_log_logger *logger;
+
+    if (!logger_list_internal || (logId >= LOG_ID_MAX)) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    logger_for_each(logger, logger_list_internal) {
+        if (logger->logId == logId) {
+            goto ok;
+        }
+    }
+
+    logger = calloc(1, sizeof(*logger));
+    if (!logger) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    logger->logId = logId;
+    list_add_tail(&logger_list_internal->logger, &logger->node);
+    logger->parent = logger_list_internal;
+
+    /* Reset known transports to re-evaluate, we just added one */
+    while (!list_empty(&logger_list_internal->transport)) {
+        struct listnode *node = list_head(&logger_list_internal->transport);
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp =
+                node_to_item(node, struct android_log_transport_context, node);
+
+        list_remove(&transp->node);
+        free(transp);
+    }
+    goto ok;
+
+err:
+    logger = NULL;
+ok:
+    return (struct logger *)logger;
+}
+
+/* Open the single named log and make it part of a new logger list */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC struct logger_list *android_logger_list_open(
+        log_id_t logId,
+        int mode,
+        unsigned int tail,
+        pid_t pid)
+{
+    struct logger_list *logger_list =
+            android_logger_list_alloc(mode, tail, pid);
+
+    if (!logger_list) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!android_logger_open(logger_list, logId)) {
+        android_logger_list_free(logger_list);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return logger_list;
+}
+
+/* Read from the selected logs */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int android_logger_list_read(struct logger_list *logger_list,
+                                               struct log_msg *log_msg)
+{
+    struct android_log_transport_context *transp;
+    struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list_internal =
+            (struct android_log_logger_list *)logger_list;
+
+    int ret = init_transport_context(logger_list_internal);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /* at least one transport */
+    transp = node_to_item(logger_list_internal->transport.next,
+                          struct android_log_transport_context, node);
+
+    /* more than one transport? */
+    if (transp->node.next != &logger_list_internal->transport) {
+        /* Poll and merge sort the entries if from multiple transports */
+        struct android_log_transport_context *oldest = NULL;
+        int ret;
+        int polled = 0;
+        do {
+            if (polled) {
+                sched_yield();
+            }
+            ret = -1000;
+            polled = 0;
+            do {
+                int retval = transp->ret;
+                if ((retval > 0) && !transp->logMsg.entry.len) {
+                    if (!transp->transport->read) {
+                        retval = transp->ret = 0;
+                    } else if ((logger_list_internal->mode &
+                                ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK) ||
+                            !transp->transport->poll) {
+                        retval = transp->ret = (*transp->transport->read)(
+                                logger_list_internal,
+                                transp,
+                                &transp->logMsg);
+                    } else {
+                        int pollval = (*transp->transport->poll)(
+                                logger_list_internal, transp);
+                        if (pollval <= 0) {
+                            sched_yield();
+                            pollval = (*transp->transport->poll)(
+                                    logger_list_internal, transp);
+                        }
+                        polled = 1;
+                        if (pollval < 0) {
+                            if ((pollval == -EINTR) || (pollval == -EAGAIN)) {
+                                return -EAGAIN;
+                            }
+                            retval = transp->ret = pollval;
+                        } else if (pollval > 0) {
+                            retval = transp->ret = (*transp->transport->read)(
+                                    logger_list_internal,
+                                    transp,
+                                    &transp->logMsg);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                if (ret < retval) {
+                    ret = retval;
+                }
+                if ((transp->ret > 0) && transp->logMsg.entry.len &&
+                        (!oldest ||
+                            (oldest->logMsg.entry.sec >
+                                transp->logMsg.entry.sec) ||
+                            ((oldest->logMsg.entry.sec ==
+                                    transp->logMsg.entry.sec) &&
+                                (oldest->logMsg.entry.nsec >
+                                    transp->logMsg.entry.nsec)))) {
+                    oldest = transp;
+                }
+                transp = node_to_item(transp->node.next,
+                                      struct android_log_transport_context,
+                                      node);
+            } while (transp != node_to_item(
+                    &logger_list_internal->transport,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context,
+                    node));
+            if (!oldest &&
+                    (logger_list_internal->mode & ANDROID_LOG_NONBLOCK)) {
+                return (ret < 0) ? ret : -EAGAIN;
+            }
+            transp = node_to_item(logger_list_internal->transport.next,
+                                  struct android_log_transport_context, node);
+        } while (!oldest && (ret > 0));
+        if (!oldest) {
+            return ret;
+        }
+        memcpy(log_msg, &oldest->logMsg, oldest->logMsg.entry.len +
+                    (oldest->logMsg.entry.hdr_size ?
+                        oldest->logMsg.entry.hdr_size :
+                        sizeof(struct logger_entry)));
+        oldest->logMsg.entry.len = 0; /* Mark it as copied */
+        return oldest->ret;
+    }
+
+    /* if only one, no need to copy into transport_context and merge-sort */
+    return (transp->transport->read)(logger_list_internal, transp, log_msg);
+}
+
+/* Close all the logs */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC void android_logger_list_free(struct logger_list *logger_list)
+{
+    struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list_internal =
+            (struct android_log_logger_list *)logger_list;
+
+    if (logger_list_internal == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (!list_empty(&logger_list_internal->transport)) {
+        struct listnode *node = list_head(&logger_list_internal->transport);
+        struct android_log_transport_context *transp =
+                node_to_item(node, struct android_log_transport_context, node);
+
+        if (transp->transport && transp->transport->close) {
+            (*transp->transport->close)(logger_list_internal, transp);
+        }
+        list_remove(&transp->node);
+        free(transp);
+    }
+
+    while (!list_empty(&logger_list_internal->logger)) {
+        struct listnode *node = list_head(&logger_list_internal->logger);
+        struct android_log_logger *logger =
+                node_to_item(node, struct android_log_logger, node);
+        android_logger_free((struct logger *)logger);
+    }
+
+    free(logger_list_internal);
+}
diff --git a/liblog/logger_write.c b/liblog/logger_write.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4155e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/logger_write.c
@@ -0,0 +1,509 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#ifdef __BIONIC__
+#include <android/set_abort_message.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <log/event_tag_map.h>
+#include <log/logd.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+#include <log/log_read.h>
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+#include "config_write.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+#define LOG_BUF_SIZE 1024
+
+static int __write_to_log_init(log_id_t, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr);
+static int (*write_to_log)(log_id_t, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr) = __write_to_log_init;
+
+/*
+ * This is used by the C++ code to decide if it should write logs through
+ * the C code.  Basically, if /dev/socket/logd is available, we're running in
+ * the simulator rather than a desktop tool and want to use the device.
+ */
+static enum {
+    kLogUninitialized, kLogNotAvailable, kLogAvailable
+} g_log_status = kLogUninitialized;
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_dev_available()
+{
+    struct android_log_transport_write *node;
+    size_t i;
+
+    if (list_empty(&__android_log_transport_write)) {
+        return kLogUninitialized;
+    }
+    for (i = LOG_ID_MIN; i < LOG_ID_MAX; ++i) {
+        write_transport_for_each(node, &__android_log_transport_write) {
+            if (node->write &&
+                    (!node->available || ((*node->available)(i) >= 0))) {
+                return kLogAvailable;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return kLogNotAvailable;
+}
+
+/* log_init_lock assumed */
+static int __write_to_log_initialize()
+{
+    struct android_log_transport_write *transport;
+    struct listnode *n;
+    int i = 0, ret = 0;
+
+    __android_log_config_write();
+    write_transport_for_each_safe(transport, n, &__android_log_transport_write) {
+        if (!transport->open || ((*transport->open)() < 0)) {
+            if (transport->close) {
+                (*transport->close)();
+            }
+            list_remove(&transport->node);
+            continue;
+        }
+        ++ret;
+    }
+    write_transport_for_each_safe(transport, n, &__android_log_persist_write) {
+        if (!transport->open || ((*transport->open)() < 0)) {
+            if (transport->close) {
+                (*transport->close)();
+            }
+            list_remove(&transport->node);
+            continue;
+        }
+        ++i;
+    }
+    if (!ret && !i) {
+        return -ENODEV;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extract a 4-byte value from a byte stream. le32toh open coded
+ */
+static inline uint32_t get4LE(const uint8_t* src)
+{
+    return src[0] | (src[1] << 8) | (src[2] << 16) | (src[3] << 24);
+}
+
+static int __write_to_log_daemon(log_id_t log_id, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
+{
+    struct android_log_transport_write *node;
+    int ret;
+    struct timespec ts;
+    size_t len, i;
+
+    for (len = i = 0; i < nr; ++i) {
+        len += vec[i].iov_len;
+    }
+    if (!len) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+    if (log_id == LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        uid_t uid;
+
+        if (vec[0].iov_len < 4) {
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
+        uid = __android_log_uid();
+        /* Matches clientHasLogCredentials() in logd */
+        if ((uid != AID_SYSTEM) && (uid != AID_ROOT) && (uid != AID_LOG)) {
+            uid = geteuid();
+            if ((uid != AID_SYSTEM) && (uid != AID_ROOT) && (uid != AID_LOG)) {
+                gid_t gid = getgid();
+                if ((gid != AID_SYSTEM) &&
+                        (gid != AID_ROOT) &&
+                        (gid != AID_LOG)) {
+                    gid = getegid();
+                    if ((gid != AID_SYSTEM) &&
+                            (gid != AID_ROOT) &&
+                            (gid != AID_LOG)) {
+                        int num_groups;
+                        gid_t *groups;
+
+                        num_groups = getgroups(0, NULL);
+                        if (num_groups <= 0) {
+                            return -EPERM;
+                        }
+                        groups = calloc(num_groups, sizeof(gid_t));
+                        if (!groups) {
+                            return -ENOMEM;
+                        }
+                        num_groups = getgroups(num_groups, groups);
+                        while (num_groups > 0) {
+                            if (groups[num_groups - 1] == AID_LOG) {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            --num_groups;
+                        }
+                        free(groups);
+                        if (num_groups <= 0) {
+                            return -EPERM;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!__android_log_security()) {
+            /* If only we could reset downstream logd counter */
+            return -EPERM;
+        }
+    } else if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS) {
+        static atomic_uintptr_t map;
+        const char *tag;
+        EventTagMap *m, *f;
+
+        if (vec[0].iov_len < 4) {
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
+        tag = NULL;
+        f = NULL;
+        m = (EventTagMap *)atomic_load(&map);
+
+        if (!m) {
+            ret = __android_log_trylock();
+            m = (EventTagMap *)atomic_load(&map); /* trylock flush cache */
+            if (!m) {
+                m = android_openEventTagMap(EVENT_TAG_MAP_FILE);
+                if (ret) { /* trylock failed, use local copy, mark for close */
+                    f = m;
+                } else {
+                    if (!m) { /* One chance to open map file */
+                        m = (EventTagMap *)(uintptr_t)-1LL;
+                    }
+                    atomic_store(&map, (uintptr_t)m);
+                }
+            }
+            if (!ret) { /* trylock succeeded, unlock */
+                __android_log_unlock();
+            }
+        }
+        if (m && (m != (EventTagMap *)(uintptr_t)-1LL)) {
+            tag = android_lookupEventTag(m, get4LE(vec[0].iov_base));
+        }
+        ret = __android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_INFO,
+                                        tag,
+                                        ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE);
+        if (f) { /* local copy marked for close */
+            android_closeEventTagMap(f);
+        }
+        if (!ret) {
+            return -EPERM;
+        }
+    } else {
+        /* Validate the incoming tag, tag content can not split across iovec */
+        char prio = ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE;
+        const char *tag = vec[0].iov_base;
+        size_t len = vec[0].iov_len;
+        if (!tag) {
+            len = 0;
+        }
+        if (len > 0) {
+            prio = *tag;
+            if (len > 1) {
+                --len;
+                ++tag;
+            } else {
+                len = vec[1].iov_len;
+                tag = ((const char *)vec[1].iov_base);
+                if (!tag) {
+                    len = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        /* tag must be nul terminated */
+        if (strnlen(tag, len) >= len) {
+            tag = NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (!__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
+            return -EPERM;
+        }
+    }
+
+    clock_gettime(android_log_clockid(), &ts);
+#else
+    /* simulate clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts); */
+    {
+        struct timeval tv;
+        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+        ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+        ts.tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    ret = 0;
+    write_transport_for_each(node, &__android_log_transport_write) {
+        if (node->write) {
+            ssize_t retval;
+            retval = (*node->write)(log_id, &ts, vec, nr);
+            if (ret >= 0) {
+                ret = retval;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    write_transport_for_each(node, &__android_log_persist_write) {
+        if (node->write) {
+            (void)(*node->write)(log_id, &ts, vec, nr);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int __write_to_log_init(log_id_t log_id, struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
+{
+    __android_log_lock();
+
+    if (write_to_log == __write_to_log_init) {
+        int ret;
+
+        ret = __write_to_log_initialize();
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            __android_log_unlock();
+            if (!list_empty(&__android_log_persist_write)) {
+                __write_to_log_daemon(log_id, vec, nr);
+            }
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        write_to_log = __write_to_log_daemon;
+    }
+
+    __android_log_unlock();
+
+    return write_to_log(log_id, vec, nr);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_write(int prio, const char *tag,
+                                          const char *msg)
+{
+    return __android_log_buf_write(LOG_ID_MAIN, prio, tag, msg);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_buf_write(int bufID, int prio,
+                                              const char *tag, const char *msg)
+{
+    struct iovec vec[3];
+    char tmp_tag[32];
+
+    if (!tag)
+        tag = "";
+
+    /* XXX: This needs to go! */
+    if ((bufID != LOG_ID_RADIO) &&
+         (!strcmp(tag, "HTC_RIL") ||
+        !strncmp(tag, "RIL", 3) || /* Any log tag with "RIL" as the prefix */
+        !strncmp(tag, "IMS", 3) || /* Any log tag with "IMS" as the prefix */
+        !strcmp(tag, "AT") ||
+        !strcmp(tag, "GSM") ||
+        !strcmp(tag, "STK") ||
+        !strcmp(tag, "CDMA") ||
+        !strcmp(tag, "PHONE") ||
+        !strcmp(tag, "SMS"))) {
+            bufID = LOG_ID_RADIO;
+            /* Inform third party apps/ril/radio.. to use Rlog or RLOG */
+            snprintf(tmp_tag, sizeof(tmp_tag), "use-Rlog/RLOG-%s", tag);
+            tag = tmp_tag;
+    }
+
+#if __BIONIC__
+    if (prio == ANDROID_LOG_FATAL) {
+        android_set_abort_message(msg);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    vec[0].iov_base   = (unsigned char *) &prio;
+    vec[0].iov_len    = 1;
+    vec[1].iov_base   = (void *) tag;
+    vec[1].iov_len    = strlen(tag) + 1;
+    vec[2].iov_base   = (void *) msg;
+    vec[2].iov_len    = strlen(msg) + 1;
+
+    return write_to_log(bufID, vec, 3);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_vprint(int prio, const char *tag,
+                                           const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+
+    vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+
+    return __android_log_write(prio, tag, buf);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_print(int prio, const char *tag,
+                                          const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    return __android_log_write(prio, tag, buf);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_buf_print(int bufID, int prio,
+                                              const char *tag,
+                                              const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    return __android_log_buf_write(bufID, prio, tag, buf);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC void __android_log_assert(const char *cond, const char *tag,
+                                            const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    char buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
+
+    if (fmt) {
+        va_list ap;
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        vsnprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+    } else {
+        /* Msg not provided, log condition.  N.B. Do not use cond directly as
+         * format string as it could contain spurious '%' syntax (e.g.
+         * "%d" in "blocks%devs == 0").
+         */
+        if (cond)
+            snprintf(buf, LOG_BUF_SIZE, "Assertion failed: %s", cond);
+        else
+            strcpy(buf, "Unspecified assertion failed");
+    }
+
+    __android_log_write(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, tag, buf);
+    abort(); /* abort so we have a chance to debug the situation */
+    /* NOTREACHED */
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_bwrite(int32_t tag,
+                                           const void *payload, size_t len)
+{
+    struct iovec vec[2];
+
+    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
+    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
+    vec[1].iov_base = (void*)payload;
+    vec[1].iov_len = len;
+
+    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_EVENTS, vec, 2);
+}
+
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_security_bwrite(int32_t tag,
+                                                    const void *payload,
+                                                    size_t len)
+{
+    struct iovec vec[2];
+
+    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
+    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
+    vec[1].iov_base = (void*)payload;
+    vec[1].iov_len = len;
+
+    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_SECURITY, vec, 2);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like __android_log_bwrite, but takes the type as well.  Doesn't work
+ * for the general case where we're generating lists of stuff, but very
+ * handy if we just want to dump an integer into the log.
+ */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_btwrite(int32_t tag, char type,
+                                            const void *payload, size_t len)
+{
+    struct iovec vec[3];
+
+    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
+    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
+    vec[1].iov_base = &type;
+    vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
+    vec[2].iov_base = (void*)payload;
+    vec[2].iov_len = len;
+
+    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_EVENTS, vec, 3);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like __android_log_bwrite, but used for writing strings to the
+ * event log.
+ */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_bswrite(int32_t tag, const char *payload)
+{
+    struct iovec vec[4];
+    char type = EVENT_TYPE_STRING;
+    uint32_t len = strlen(payload);
+
+    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
+    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
+    vec[1].iov_base = &type;
+    vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
+    vec[2].iov_base = &len;
+    vec[2].iov_len = sizeof(len);
+    vec[3].iov_base = (void*)payload;
+    vec[3].iov_len = len;
+
+    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_EVENTS, vec, 4);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Like __android_log_security_bwrite, but used for writing strings to the
+ * security log.
+ */
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_security_bswrite(int32_t tag,
+                                                     const char *payload)
+{
+    struct iovec vec[4];
+    char type = EVENT_TYPE_STRING;
+    uint32_t len = strlen(payload);
+
+    vec[0].iov_base = &tag;
+    vec[0].iov_len = sizeof(tag);
+    vec[1].iov_base = &type;
+    vec[1].iov_len = sizeof(type);
+    vec[2].iov_base = &len;
+    vec[2].iov_len = sizeof(len);
+    vec[3].iov_base = (void*)payload;
+    vec[3].iov_len = len;
+
+    return write_to_log(LOG_ID_SECURITY, vec, 4);
+}
diff --git a/liblog/logprint.c b/liblog/logprint.c
index 02df8dd..d7de864 100644
--- a/liblog/logprint.c
+++ b/liblog/logprint.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <log/logprint.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 #define MS_PER_NSEC 1000000
 #define US_PER_NSEC 1000
diff --git a/liblog/pmsg_reader.c b/liblog/pmsg_reader.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de435f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/pmsg_reader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+#include "config_read.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+static int pmsgAvailable(log_id_t logId);
+static int pmsgVersion(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                       struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static int pmsgRead(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                    struct log_msg *log_msg);
+static void pmsgClose(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+static int pmsgClear(struct android_log_logger *logger,
+                     struct android_log_transport_context *transp);
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct android_log_transport_read pmsgLoggerRead = {
+    .node = { &pmsgLoggerRead.node, &pmsgLoggerRead.node },
+    .name = "pmsg",
+    .available = pmsgAvailable,
+    .version = pmsgVersion,
+    .read = pmsgRead,
+    .poll = NULL,
+    .close = pmsgClose,
+    .clear = pmsgClear,
+    .setSize = NULL,
+    .getSize = NULL,
+    .getReadableSize = NULL,
+    .getPrune = NULL,
+    .setPrune = NULL,
+    .getStats = NULL,
+};
+
+static int pmsgAvailable(log_id_t logId)
+{
+    if (logId > LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    if (access("/dev/pmsg0", W_OK) == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return -EBADF;
+}
+
+/* Determine the credentials of the caller */
+static bool uid_has_log_permission(uid_t uid)
+{
+    return (uid == AID_SYSTEM) || (uid == AID_LOG) || (uid == AID_ROOT);
+}
+
+static uid_t get_best_effective_uid()
+{
+    uid_t euid;
+    uid_t uid;
+    gid_t gid;
+    ssize_t i;
+    static uid_t last_uid = (uid_t) -1;
+
+    if (last_uid != (uid_t) -1) {
+        return last_uid;
+    }
+    uid = __android_log_uid();
+    if (uid_has_log_permission(uid)) {
+        return last_uid = uid;
+    }
+    euid = geteuid();
+    if (uid_has_log_permission(euid)) {
+        return last_uid = euid;
+    }
+    gid = getgid();
+    if (uid_has_log_permission(gid)) {
+        return last_uid = gid;
+    }
+    gid = getegid();
+    if (uid_has_log_permission(gid)) {
+        return last_uid = gid;
+    }
+    i = getgroups((size_t) 0, NULL);
+    if (i > 0) {
+        gid_t list[i];
+
+        getgroups(i, list);
+        while (--i >= 0) {
+            if (uid_has_log_permission(list[i])) {
+                return last_uid = list[i];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return last_uid = uid;
+}
+
+static int pmsgClear(struct android_log_logger *logger __unused,
+                     struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused)
+{
+    if (uid_has_log_permission(get_best_effective_uid())) {
+        return unlink("/sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-ramoops-0");
+    }
+    errno = EPERM;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns the logger version
+ */
+static int pmsgVersion(struct android_log_logger *logger __unused,
+                       struct android_log_transport_context *transp __unused)
+{
+    return 4;
+}
+
+static int pmsgRead(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list,
+                    struct android_log_transport_context *transp,
+                    struct log_msg *log_msg)
+{
+    ssize_t ret;
+    off_t current, next;
+    uid_t uid;
+    struct android_log_logger *logger;
+    struct __attribute__((__packed__)) {
+        android_pmsg_log_header_t p;
+        android_log_header_t l;
+    } buf;
+    static uint8_t preread_count;
+    bool is_system;
+
+    memset(log_msg, 0, sizeof(*log_msg));
+
+    if (transp->context.fd <= 0) {
+        int fd = open("/sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-ramoops-0", O_RDONLY);
+
+        if (fd < 0) {
+            return -errno;
+        }
+        if (fd == 0) { /* Argggg */
+            fd = open("/sys/fs/pstore/pmsg-ramoops-0", O_RDONLY);
+            close(0);
+            if (fd < 0) {
+                return -errno;
+            }
+        }
+        transp->context.fd = fd;
+        preread_count = 0;
+    }
+
+    while(1) {
+        if (preread_count < sizeof(buf)) {
+            ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(transp->context.fd,
+                                          &buf.p.magic + preread_count,
+                                          sizeof(buf) - preread_count));
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                return -errno;
+            }
+            preread_count += ret;
+        }
+        if (preread_count != sizeof(buf)) {
+            return preread_count ? -EIO : -EAGAIN;
+        }
+        if ((buf.p.magic != LOGGER_MAGIC)
+         || (buf.p.len <= sizeof(buf))
+         || (buf.p.len > (sizeof(buf) + LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD))
+         || (buf.l.id >= LOG_ID_MAX)
+         || (buf.l.realtime.tv_nsec >= NS_PER_SEC)) {
+            do {
+                memmove(&buf.p.magic, &buf.p.magic + 1, --preread_count);
+            } while (preread_count && (buf.p.magic != LOGGER_MAGIC));
+            continue;
+        }
+        preread_count = 0;
+
+        if ((transp->logMask & (1 << buf.l.id)) &&
+                ((!logger_list->start.tv_sec && !logger_list->start.tv_nsec) ||
+                    ((logger_list->start.tv_sec <= buf.l.realtime.tv_sec) &&
+                        ((logger_list->start.tv_sec != buf.l.realtime.tv_sec) ||
+                            (logger_list->start.tv_nsec <=
+                                buf.l.realtime.tv_nsec)))) &&
+                (!logger_list->pid || (logger_list->pid == buf.p.pid))) {
+            uid = get_best_effective_uid();
+            is_system = uid_has_log_permission(uid);
+            if (is_system || (uid == buf.p.uid)) {
+                ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(transp->context.fd,
+                                          is_system ?
+                                              log_msg->entry_v4.msg :
+                                              log_msg->entry_v3.msg,
+                                          buf.p.len - sizeof(buf)));
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    return -errno;
+                }
+                if (ret != (ssize_t)(buf.p.len - sizeof(buf))) {
+                    return -EIO;
+                }
+
+                log_msg->entry_v4.len = buf.p.len - sizeof(buf);
+                log_msg->entry_v4.hdr_size = is_system ?
+                    sizeof(log_msg->entry_v4) :
+                    sizeof(log_msg->entry_v3);
+                log_msg->entry_v4.pid = buf.p.pid;
+                log_msg->entry_v4.tid = buf.l.tid;
+                log_msg->entry_v4.sec = buf.l.realtime.tv_sec;
+                log_msg->entry_v4.nsec = buf.l.realtime.tv_nsec;
+                log_msg->entry_v4.lid = buf.l.id;
+                if (is_system) {
+                    log_msg->entry_v4.uid = buf.p.uid;
+                }
+
+                return ret;
+            }
+        }
+
+        current = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lseek(transp->context.fd,
+                                           (off_t)0, SEEK_CUR));
+        if (current < 0) {
+            return -errno;
+        }
+        next = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lseek(transp->context.fd,
+                                        (off_t)(buf.p.len - sizeof(buf)),
+                                        SEEK_CUR));
+        if (next < 0) {
+            return -errno;
+        }
+        if ((next - current) != (ssize_t)(buf.p.len - sizeof(buf))) {
+            return -EIO;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void pmsgClose(struct android_log_logger_list *logger_list __unused,
+                      struct android_log_transport_context *transp) {
+    if (transp->context.fd > 0) {
+        close (transp->context.fd);
+    }
+    transp->context.fd = 0;
+}
diff --git a/liblog/pmsg_writer.c b/liblog/pmsg_writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a89e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/pmsg_writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2016 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * pmsg write handler
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <private/android_logger.h>
+
+#include "config_write.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+
+static int pmsgOpen();
+static void pmsgClose();
+static int pmsgAvailable(log_id_t logId);
+static int pmsgWrite(log_id_t logId, struct timespec *ts,
+                      struct iovec *vec, size_t nr);
+
+LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct android_log_transport_write pmsgLoggerWrite = {
+    .node = { &pmsgLoggerWrite.node, &pmsgLoggerWrite.node },
+    .context.fd = -1,
+    .name = "pmsg",
+    .available = pmsgAvailable,
+    .open = pmsgOpen,
+    .close = pmsgClose,
+    .write = pmsgWrite,
+};
+
+static int pmsgOpen()
+{
+    if (pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd < 0) {
+        pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open("/dev/pmsg0", O_WRONLY));
+    }
+
+    return pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd;
+}
+
+static void pmsgClose()
+{
+    if (pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd >= 0) {
+        close(pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd);
+        pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static int pmsgAvailable(log_id_t logId)
+{
+    if (logId > LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    if (pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd < 0) {
+        if (access("/dev/pmsg0", W_OK) == 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return -EBADF;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static int pmsgWrite(log_id_t logId, struct timespec *ts,
+                      struct iovec *vec, size_t nr)
+{
+    static const unsigned headerLength = 2;
+    struct iovec newVec[nr + headerLength];
+    android_log_header_t header;
+    android_pmsg_log_header_t pmsgHeader;
+    size_t i, payloadSize;
+    ssize_t ret;
+
+    if (pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd < 0) {
+        return -EBADF;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     *  struct {
+     *      // what we provide to pstore
+     *      android_pmsg_log_header_t pmsgHeader;
+     *      // what we provide to file
+     *      android_log_header_t header;
+     *      // caller provides
+     *      union {
+     *          struct {
+     *              char     prio;
+     *              char     payload[];
+     *          } string;
+     *          struct {
+     *              uint32_t tag
+     *              char     payload[];
+     *          } binary;
+     *      };
+     *  };
+     */
+
+    pmsgHeader.magic = LOGGER_MAGIC;
+    pmsgHeader.len = sizeof(pmsgHeader) + sizeof(header);
+    pmsgHeader.uid = __android_log_uid();
+    pmsgHeader.pid = __android_log_pid();
+
+    header.id = logId;
+    header.tid = gettid();
+    header.realtime.tv_sec = ts->tv_sec;
+    header.realtime.tv_nsec = ts->tv_nsec;
+
+    newVec[0].iov_base   = (unsigned char *)&pmsgHeader;
+    newVec[0].iov_len    = sizeof(pmsgHeader);
+    newVec[1].iov_base   = (unsigned char *)&header;
+    newVec[1].iov_len    = sizeof(header);
+
+    for (payloadSize = 0, i = headerLength; i < nr + headerLength; i++) {
+        newVec[i].iov_base = vec[i - headerLength].iov_base;
+        payloadSize += newVec[i].iov_len = vec[i - headerLength].iov_len;
+
+        if (payloadSize > LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD) {
+            newVec[i].iov_len -= payloadSize - LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD;
+            if (newVec[i].iov_len) {
+                ++i;
+            }
+            payloadSize = LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    pmsgHeader.len += payloadSize;
+
+    ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(writev(pmsgLoggerWrite.context.fd, newVec, i));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        ret = errno ? -errno : -ENOTCONN;
+    }
+
+    if (ret > (ssize_t)(sizeof(header) + sizeof(pmsgHeader))) {
+        ret -= sizeof(header) - sizeof(pmsgHeader);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/liblog/uio.c b/liblog/uio.c
index d0184dc..ac0558f 100644
--- a/liblog/uio.c
+++ b/liblog/uio.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <log/uio.h>
 
-#include "log_cdefs.h"
+#include "log_portability.h"
 
 LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int readv(int fd, struct iovec *vecs, int count)
 {