diff --git a/libnl_2/handlers.c b/libnl_2/handlers.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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.
+ */
+
+/* NOTICE: This is a clean room re-implementation of libnl */
+
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include "netlink-types.h"
+#include "netlink/handlers.h"
+
+/* Allocate a new callback handle. */
+struct nl_cb *nl_cb_alloc(enum nl_cb_kind kind)
+{
+	struct nl_cb *cb;
+
+	cb = (struct nl_cb *) malloc(sizeof(struct nl_cb));
+	if (cb == NULL)
+		goto fail;
+	memset(cb, 0, sizeof(*cb));
+
+	return nl_cb_get(cb);
+fail:
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Clone an existing callback handle */
+struct nl_cb *nl_cb_clone(struct nl_cb *orig)
+{
+	struct nl_cb *new_cb;
+	int new_refcnt;
+
+	new_cb = nl_cb_alloc(NL_CB_DEFAULT);
+	if (new_cb == NULL)
+		goto fail;
+
+	/* Preserve reference count and copy original */
+	new_refcnt = new_cb->cb_refcnt;
+	memcpy(new_cb, orig, sizeof(*orig));
+	new_cb->cb_refcnt = new_refcnt;
+
+	return new_cb;
+fail:
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Set up a callback. */
+int nl_cb_set(struct nl_cb *cb, enum nl_cb_type type, enum nl_cb_kind kind, \
+	nl_recvmsg_msg_cb_t func, void *arg)
+{
+	cb->cb_set[type] = func;
+	cb->cb_args[type] = arg;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+/* Set up an error callback. */
+int nl_cb_err(struct nl_cb *cb, enum nl_cb_kind kind, \
+	nl_recvmsg_err_cb_t func, void *arg)
+{
+	cb->cb_err = func;
+	cb->cb_err_arg = arg;
+	return 0;
+
+}
+
+struct nl_cb *nl_cb_get(struct nl_cb *cb)
+{
+	cb->cb_refcnt++;
+	return cb;
+}
+
+void nl_cb_put(struct nl_cb *cb)
+{
+	cb->cb_refcnt--;
+	if (cb->cb_refcnt <= 0)
+		free(cb);
+
+}
+