diff --git a/src/devtools/adb_tcp/load_file.c b/src/devtools/adb_tcp/load_file.c
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+/* libs/cutils/load_file.c
+**
+** Copyright 2006, 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 <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+void *load_file(const char *fn, unsigned *_sz)
+{
+    char *data;
+    int sz;
+    int fd;
+
+    data = 0;
+    fd = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
+    if(fd < 0) return 0;
+
+    sz = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+    if(sz < 0) goto oops;
+
+    if(lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) goto oops;
+
+    data = (char*) malloc(sz + 1);
+    if(data == 0) goto oops;
+
+    if(read(fd, data, sz) != sz) goto oops;
+    close(fd);
+    data[sz] = 0;
+
+    if(_sz) *_sz = sz;
+    return data;
+
+oops:
+    close(fd);
+    if(data != 0) free(data);
+    return 0;
+}