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+// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// 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
+//
+//      https://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 "absl/synchronization/notification.h"
+
+#include <thread>  // NOLINT(build/c++11)
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
+
+namespace absl {
+
+// A thread-safe class that holds a counter.
+class ThreadSafeCounter {
+ public:
+  ThreadSafeCounter() : count_(0) {}
+
+  void Increment() {
+    MutexLock lock(&mutex_);
+    ++count_;
+  }
+
+  int Get() const {
+    MutexLock lock(&mutex_);
+    return count_;
+  }
+
+  void WaitUntilGreaterOrEqual(int n) {
+    MutexLock lock(&mutex_);
+    auto cond = [this, n]() { return count_ >= n; };
+    mutex_.Await(Condition(&cond));
+  }
+
+ private:
+  mutable Mutex mutex_;
+  int count_;
+};
+
+// Runs the |i|'th worker thread for the tests in BasicTests().  Increments the
+// |ready_counter|, waits on the |notification|, and then increments the
+// |done_counter|.
+static void RunWorker(int i, ThreadSafeCounter* ready_counter,
+                      Notification* notification,
+                      ThreadSafeCounter* done_counter) {
+  ready_counter->Increment();
+  notification->WaitForNotification();
+  done_counter->Increment();
+}
+
+// Tests that the |notification| properly blocks and awakens threads.  Assumes
+// that the |notification| is not yet triggered.  If |notify_before_waiting| is
+// true, the |notification| is triggered before any threads are created, so the
+// threads never block in WaitForNotification().  Otherwise, the |notification|
+// is triggered at a later point when most threads are likely to be blocking in
+// WaitForNotification().
+static void BasicTests(bool notify_before_waiting, Notification* notification) {
+  EXPECT_FALSE(notification->HasBeenNotified());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      notification->WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(absl::Milliseconds(0)));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(notification->WaitForNotificationWithDeadline(absl::Now()));
+
+  const absl::Duration delay = absl::Milliseconds(50);
+  const absl::Time start = absl::Now();
+  EXPECT_FALSE(notification->WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(delay));
+  const absl::Duration elapsed = absl::Now() - start;
+
+  // Allow for a slight early return, to account for quality of implementation
+  // issues on various platforms.
+  const absl::Duration slop = absl::Microseconds(200);
+  EXPECT_LE(delay - slop, elapsed)
+      << "WaitForNotificationWithTimeout returned " << delay - elapsed
+      << " early (with " << slop << " slop), start time was " << start;
+
+  ThreadSafeCounter ready_counter;
+  ThreadSafeCounter done_counter;
+
+  if (notify_before_waiting) {
+    notification->Notify();
+  }
+
+  // Create a bunch of threads that increment the |done_counter| after being
+  // notified.
+  const int kNumThreads = 10;
+  std::vector<std::thread> workers;
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumThreads; ++i) {
+    workers.push_back(std::thread(&RunWorker, i, &ready_counter, notification,
+                                  &done_counter));
+  }
+
+  if (!notify_before_waiting) {
+    ready_counter.WaitUntilGreaterOrEqual(kNumThreads);
+
+    // Workers have not been notified yet, so the |done_counter| should be
+    // unmodified.
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, done_counter.Get());
+
+    notification->Notify();
+  }
+
+  // After notifying and then joining the workers, both counters should be
+  // fully incremented.
+  notification->WaitForNotification();  // should exit immediately
+  EXPECT_TRUE(notification->HasBeenNotified());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(notification->WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(absl::Seconds(0)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(notification->WaitForNotificationWithDeadline(absl::Now()));
+  for (std::thread& worker : workers) {
+    worker.join();
+  }
+  EXPECT_EQ(kNumThreads, ready_counter.Get());
+  EXPECT_EQ(kNumThreads, done_counter.Get());
+}
+
+TEST(NotificationTest, SanityTest) {
+  Notification local_notification1, local_notification2;
+  BasicTests(false, &local_notification1);
+  BasicTests(true, &local_notification2);
+}
+
+}  // namespace absl