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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.commonizer.utils
+
+import java.io.Writer
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+
+/**
+ * Internal tool for tracking the memory used by the commonizer.
+ */
+@Suppress("unused")
+internal object CommonizerMemoryTracker {
+    private class CommonizerMemoryTrackerRunner(
+        phaseName: String,
+        private val intervalMillis: Long,
+        private val forceGC: Boolean,
+        private val writerFactory: () -> Writer
+    ) : Thread("CommonizerMemoryTrackerRunner") {
+        private val runtime = Runtime.getRuntime()
+        private val phaseName = AtomicReference(phaseName)
+
+        fun updatePhase(phaseName: String) {
+            this.phaseName.set(phaseName)
+        }
+
+        override fun run() {
+            writerFactory().use { writer ->
+                writer.writeHeader()
+
+                val startTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
+
+                try {
+                    while (!interrupted()) {
+                        if (forceGC) {
+                            runtime.gc()
+                        }
+
+                        val currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime
+
+                        val free = runtime.freeMemory()
+                        val total = runtime.totalMemory()
+                        val used = total - free
+                        val max = runtime.maxMemory()
+
+                        writer.writeRow(currentTime, phaseName.get(), used, free, total, max)
+
+                        sleep(intervalMillis)
+                    }
+                } catch (_: InterruptedException) {
+                    // do nothing, just leave the loop
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private val activeRunner = AtomicReference<CommonizerMemoryTrackerRunner>()
+
+    fun startTracking(phaseName: String, intervalMillis: Long, forceGC: Boolean) {
+        val runner = CommonizerMemoryTrackerRunner(phaseName, intervalMillis, forceGC) {
+            System.out.writer() // TODO: add ability to supply custom writer here
+        }
+
+        check(activeRunner.compareAndSet(null, runner)) { "There is another active runner" }
+
+        runner.start()
+    }
+
+    fun updatePhase(phaseName: String) {
+        activeRunner.get()?.updatePhase(phaseName) ?: error("No active runner")
+    }
+
+    fun stopTracking() {
+        val runner = activeRunner.getAndSet(null) ?: error("No active runner")
+        runner.interrupt()
+    }
+
+    private fun Writer.writeHeader() {
+        write("time;phase;used;free;total;max\n")
+    }
+
+    private fun Writer.writeRow(time: Long, phaseName: String, used: Long, free: Long, total: Long, max: Long) {
+        fun Long.toMBs() = (this / 1024 / 1024).toString()
+
+        write(time.toString())
+        write(";")
+        write(phaseName)
+        write(";")
+        write(used.toMBs())
+        write(";")
+        write(free.toMBs())
+        write(";")
+        write(total.toMBs())
+        write(";")
+        write(max.toMBs())
+        write("\n")
+    }
+}