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+# python3
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# 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.
+"""Benchmark helpers."""
+
+import datetime
+from benchmarks.harness import machine
+
+
+class Timer:
+  """Helper to time runtime of some call.
+
+  Usage:
+
+    with Timer as t:
+        # do something.
+        t.get_time_in_seconds()
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self):
+    self._start = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+  def __enter__(self):
+    self.start()
+    return self
+
+  def start(self):
+    """Starts the timer."""
+    self._start = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+  def elapsed(self) -> float:
+    """Returns the elapsed time in seconds."""
+    return (datetime.datetime.now() - self._start).total_seconds()
+
+  def __exit__(self, exception_type, exception_value, exception_traceback):
+    pass
+
+
+def drop_caches(target: machine.Machine):
+  """Drops caches on the machine.
+
+  Args:
+    target: A machine object.
+  """
+  target.run("sudo sync")
+  target.run("sudo sysctl vm.drop_caches=3")
+  target.run("sudo sysctl vm.drop_caches=3")