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+// Copyright 2015 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef LIBCHROMEOS_BRILLO_MAKE_UNIQUE_PTR_H_
+#define LIBCHROMEOS_BRILLO_MAKE_UNIQUE_PTR_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace brillo {
+
+// A function to convert T* into unique_ptr<T>
+// Doing e.g. make_unique_ptr(new FooBarBaz<type>(arg)) is a shorter notation
+// for unique_ptr<FooBarBaz<type>>(new FooBarBaz<type>(arg))
+// Basically the same as Chromium's make_scoped_ptr().
+// Deliberately not named "make_unique" to avoid conflicting with the similar,
+// but more complex and semantically different C++14 function.
+template <typename T>
+std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique_ptr(T* ptr) {
+  return std::unique_ptr<T>(ptr);
+}
+
+}  // namespace brillo
+
+#endif  // LIBCHROMEOS_BRILLO_MAKE_UNIQUE_PTR_H_