diff --git a/poky/bitbake/lib/hashserv/client.py b/poky/bitbake/lib/hashserv/client.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2019 Garmin Ltd.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+
+from contextlib import closing
+import json
+import logging
+import socket
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('hashserv.client')
+
+
+class HashConnectionError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class Client(object):
+    MODE_NORMAL = 0
+    MODE_GET_STREAM = 1
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._socket = None
+        self.reader = None
+        self.writer = None
+        self.mode = self.MODE_NORMAL
+
+    def connect_tcp(self, address, port):
+        def connect_sock():
+            s = socket.create_connection((address, port))
+
+            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, 1)
+            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_QUICKACK, 1)
+            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+            return s
+
+        self._connect_sock = connect_sock
+
+    def connect_unix(self, path):
+        def connect_sock():
+            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            # AF_UNIX has path length issues so chdir here to workaround
+            cwd = os.getcwd()
+            try:
+                os.chdir(os.path.dirname(path))
+                s.connect(os.path.basename(path))
+            finally:
+                os.chdir(cwd)
+            return s
+
+        self._connect_sock = connect_sock
+
+    def connect(self):
+        if self._socket is None:
+            self._socket = self._connect_sock()
+
+            self.reader = self._socket.makefile('r', encoding='utf-8')
+            self.writer = self._socket.makefile('w', encoding='utf-8')
+
+            self.writer.write('OEHASHEQUIV 1.0\n\n')
+            self.writer.flush()
+
+            # Restore mode if the socket is being re-created
+            cur_mode = self.mode
+            self.mode = self.MODE_NORMAL
+            self._set_mode(cur_mode)
+
+        return self._socket
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self._socket is not None:
+            self._socket.close()
+            self._socket = None
+            self.reader = None
+            self.writer = None
+
+    def _send_wrapper(self, proc):
+        count = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                self.connect()
+                return proc()
+            except (OSError, HashConnectionError, json.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
+                logger.warning('Error talking to server: %s' % e)
+                if count >= 3:
+                    if not isinstance(e, HashConnectionError):
+                        raise HashConnectionError(str(e))
+                    raise e
+                self.close()
+                count += 1
+
+    def send_message(self, msg):
+        def proc():
+            self.writer.write('%s\n' % json.dumps(msg))
+            self.writer.flush()
+
+            l = self.reader.readline()
+            if not l:
+                raise HashConnectionError('Connection closed')
+
+            if not l.endswith('\n'):
+                raise HashConnectionError('Bad message %r' % message)
+
+            return json.loads(l)
+
+        return self._send_wrapper(proc)
+
+    def send_stream(self, msg):
+        def proc():
+            self.writer.write("%s\n" % msg)
+            self.writer.flush()
+            l = self.reader.readline()
+            if not l:
+                raise HashConnectionError('Connection closed')
+            return l.rstrip()
+
+        return self._send_wrapper(proc)
+
+    def _set_mode(self, new_mode):
+        if new_mode == self.MODE_NORMAL and self.mode == self.MODE_GET_STREAM:
+            r = self.send_stream('END')
+            if r != 'ok':
+                raise HashConnectionError('Bad response from server %r' % r)
+        elif new_mode == self.MODE_GET_STREAM and self.mode == self.MODE_NORMAL:
+            r = self.send_message({'get-stream': None})
+            if r != 'ok':
+                raise HashConnectionError('Bad response from server %r' % r)
+        elif new_mode != self.mode:
+            raise Exception('Undefined mode transition %r -> %r' % (self.mode, new_mode))
+
+        self.mode = new_mode
+
+    def get_unihash(self, method, taskhash):
+        self._set_mode(self.MODE_GET_STREAM)
+        r = self.send_stream('%s %s' % (method, taskhash))
+        if not r:
+            return None
+        return r
+
+    def report_unihash(self, taskhash, method, outhash, unihash, extra={}):
+        self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
+        m = extra.copy()
+        m['taskhash'] = taskhash
+        m['method'] = method
+        m['outhash'] = outhash
+        m['unihash'] = unihash
+        return self.send_message({'report': m})
+
+    def get_stats(self):
+        self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
+        return self.send_message({'get-stats': None})
+
+    def reset_stats(self):
+        self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
+        return self.send_message({'reset-stats': None})