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tools/binary_size/libsupersize/helpers.py

Index: tools/binary_size/libsupersize/helpers.py
diff --git a/tools/binary_size/libsupersize/helpers.py b/tools/binary_size/libsupersize/helpers.py
index bddcd76479f26e71ea8ea3bcd867eb72bcca4b9d..bfeef034e13c4c44534180ad6bc2b255748b1586 100644
--- a/tools/binary_size/libsupersize/helpers.py
+++ b/tools/binary_size/libsupersize/helpers.py
@@ -4,8 +4,21 @@
 
 """Utility methods."""
 
+import multiprocessing
 import os
 
 
 SRC_ROOT = os.path.dirname(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))))
+
+
+def ForkAndCall(func, *args, **kwargs):
+  """Uses multiprocessing to run the given function in a fork'ed process.
+
+  Returns:
+    A Result object (call .get() to get the return value)
+  """
+  pool_of_one = multiprocessing.Pool(1)
+  result = pool_of_one.apply_async(func, args=args, kwds=kwargs)
+  pool_of_one.close()
+  return result