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diff --git a/compiler_wrapper/kernel_bug.go b/compiler_wrapper/kernel_bug.go
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+// Copyright 2021 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.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// crbug.com/1166017
+
+const kernelBugRetryLimit = 25
+
+// GCC will sometimes fail to wait on subprocesses due to this kernel bug. It always fails the
+// compilation and prints "Unknown error 512" in that case.
+func containsTracesOfKernelBug(buf []byte) bool {
+	return bytes.Contains(buf, []byte("Unknown error 512"))
+}
+
+func errorContainsTracesOfKernelBug(err error) bool {
+	// We'll get errors that look like "waitid: errno 512." Presumably, this isn't specific to
+	// waitid, so just try to match the "errno 512" ending.
+	return err != nil && strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "errno 512")
+}