diff --git a/logd/FlushCommand.cpp b/logd/FlushCommand.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 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 <stdlib.h>
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include "FlushCommand.h"
+#include "LogBufferElement.h"
+#include "LogTimes.h"
+#include "LogReader.h"
+
+FlushCommand::FlushCommand(LogReader &reader,
+                           bool nonBlock,
+                           unsigned long tail,
+                           unsigned int logMask,
+                           pid_t pid)
+        : mReader(reader)
+        , mNonBlock(nonBlock)
+        , mTail(tail)
+        , mLogMask(logMask)
+        , mPid(pid)
+{ }
+
+// runSocketCommand is called once for every open client on the
+// log reader socket. Here we manage and associated the reader
+// client tracking and log region locks LastLogTimes list of
+// LogTimeEntrys, and spawn a transitory per-client thread to
+// work at filing data to the  socket.
+//
+// global LogTimeEntry::lock() is used to protect access,
+// reference counts are used to ensure that individual
+// LogTimeEntry lifetime is managed when not protected.
+void FlushCommand::runSocketCommand(SocketClient *client) {
+    LogTimeEntry *entry = NULL;
+    LastLogTimes &times = mReader.logbuf().mTimes;
+
+    LogTimeEntry::lock();
+    LastLogTimes::iterator it = times.begin();
+    while(it != times.end()) {
+        entry = (*it);
+        if (entry->mClient == client) {
+            entry->triggerReader_Locked();
+            if (entry->runningReader_Locked()) {
+                LogTimeEntry::unlock();
+                return;
+            }
+            entry->incRef_Locked();
+            break;
+        }
+        it++;
+    }
+
+    if (it == times.end()) {
+        /* Create LogTimeEntry in notifyNewLog() ? */
+        if (mTail == (unsigned long) -1) {
+            LogTimeEntry::unlock();
+            return;
+        }
+        entry = new LogTimeEntry(mReader, client, mNonBlock, mTail, mLogMask, mPid);
+        times.push_back(entry);
+    }
+
+    client->incRef();
+
+    /* release client and entry reference counts once done */
+    entry->startReader_Locked();
+    LogTimeEntry::unlock();
+}
+
+bool FlushCommand::hasReadLogs(SocketClient *client) {
+    return (client->getUid() == AID_ROOT)
+            || (client->getGid() == AID_ROOT)
+            || (client->getGid() == AID_LOG);
+}