diff --git a/adb/adb_utils.h b/adb/adb_utils.h
index cf42067..cd6717d 100644
--- a/adb/adb_utils.h
+++ b/adb/adb_utils.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 
 void close_stdin();
 
@@ -50,6 +51,14 @@
 extern int adb_close(int fd);
 
 // Helper to automatically close an FD when it goes out of scope.
+struct AdbCloser {
+    static void Close(int fd) {
+        adb_close(fd);
+    }
+};
+
+using unique_fd = android::base::unique_fd_impl<AdbCloser>;
+
 class ScopedFd {
   public:
     ScopedFd() {
diff --git a/adb/shell_service.cpp b/adb/shell_service.cpp
index f58af9f..f98394d 100644
--- a/adb/shell_service.cpp
+++ b/adb/shell_service.cpp
@@ -160,9 +160,14 @@
     pid_t pid() const { return pid_; }
 
     // Sets up FDs, forks a subprocess, starts the subprocess manager thread,
-    // and exec's the child. Returns false on failure.
+    // and exec's the child. Returns false and sets error on failure.
     bool ForkAndExec(std::string* _Nonnull error);
 
+    // Start the subprocess manager thread. Consumes the subprocess, regardless of success.
+    // Returns false and sets error on failure.
+    static bool StartThread(std::unique_ptr<Subprocess> subprocess,
+                            std::string* _Nonnull error);
+
   private:
     // Opens the file at |pts_name|.
     int OpenPtyChildFd(const char* pts_name, ScopedFd* error_sfd);
@@ -391,14 +396,19 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (!adb_thread_create(ThreadHandler, this)) {
+    D("subprocess parent: completed");
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Subprocess::StartThread(std::unique_ptr<Subprocess> subprocess, std::string* error) {
+    Subprocess* raw = subprocess.release();
+    if (!adb_thread_create(ThreadHandler, raw)) {
         *error =
             android::base::StringPrintf("failed to create subprocess thread: %s", strerror(errno));
-        kill(pid_, SIGKILL);
+        kill(raw->pid_, SIGKILL);
         return false;
     }
 
-    D("subprocess parent: completed");
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -442,6 +452,7 @@
     adb_thread_setname(android::base::StringPrintf(
             "shell srvc %d", subprocess->local_socket_fd()));
 
+    D("passing data streams for PID %d", subprocess->pid());
     subprocess->PassDataStreams();
 
     D("deleting Subprocess for PID %d", subprocess->pid());
@@ -738,7 +749,7 @@
       protocol == SubprocessProtocol::kNone ? "none" : "shell",
       terminal_type, name);
 
-    Subprocess* subprocess = new Subprocess(name, terminal_type, type, protocol);
+    auto subprocess = std::make_unique<Subprocess>(name, terminal_type, type, protocol);
     if (!subprocess) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "failed to allocate new subprocess";
         return ReportError(protocol, "failed to allocate new subprocess");
@@ -747,11 +758,17 @@
     std::string error;
     if (!subprocess->ForkAndExec(&error)) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "failed to start subprocess: " << error;
-        delete subprocess;
         return ReportError(protocol, error);
     }
 
-    D("subprocess creation successful: local_socket_fd=%d, pid=%d",
-      subprocess->local_socket_fd(), subprocess->pid());
-    return subprocess->local_socket_fd();
+    unique_fd local_socket(dup(subprocess->local_socket_fd()));
+    D("subprocess creation successful: local_socket_fd=%d, pid=%d", local_socket.get(),
+      subprocess->pid());
+
+    if (!Subprocess::StartThread(std::move(subprocess), &error)) {
+        LOG(ERROR) << "failed to start subprocess management thread: " << error;
+        return ReportError(protocol, error);
+    }
+
+    return local_socket.release();
 }
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps.h b/adb/sysdeps.h
index 81d201e..75dcc86 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps.h
+++ b/adb/sysdeps.h
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-// Include this before open/unlink are defined as macros below.
+// Include this before open/close/unlink are defined as macros below.
 #include <android-base/errors.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <android-base/utf8.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/errors.h b/base/include/android-base/errors.h
index ca621fa..04c299c 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/errors.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/errors.h
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 // special handling to get the error string. Refer to Microsoft documentation
 // to determine which error code to check for each function.
 
-#ifndef BASE_ERRORS_H
-#define BASE_ERRORS_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_ERRORS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_ERRORS_H
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_ERRORS_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_ERRORS_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/file.h b/base/include/android-base/file.h
index 5342d98..aa18ea7 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/file.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/file.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_FILE_H
-#define BASE_FILE_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_FILE_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_FILE_H
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_FILE_H
+#endif // ANDROID_BASE_FILE_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/logging.h b/base/include/android-base/logging.h
index c82f858..d3f9d0c 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/logging.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/logging.h
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-#ifndef BASE_LOGGING_H
-#define BASE_LOGGING_H
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_LOGGING_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_LOGGING_H
 
 // NOTE: For Windows, you must include logging.h after windows.h to allow the
 // following code to suppress the evil ERROR macro:
@@ -334,4 +335,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_LOGGING_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_LOGGING_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/macros.h b/base/include/android-base/macros.h
index b1ce7c6..913a9a0 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/macros.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/macros.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef UTILS_MACROS_H
-#define UTILS_MACROS_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_MACROS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_MACROS_H
 
 #include <stddef.h>  // for size_t
 #include <unistd.h>  // for TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY
@@ -185,4 +185,4 @@
   } while (0)
 #endif
 
-#endif  // UTILS_MACROS_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_MACROS_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/memory.h b/base/include/android-base/memory.h
index 882582f..3a2f8fa 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/memory.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/memory.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_MEMORY_H
-#define BASE_MEMORY_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_MEMORY_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_MEMORY_H
 
 namespace android {
 namespace base {
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
 } // namespace base
 } // namespace android
 
-#endif // BASE_MEMORY_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_MEMORY_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/parseint.h b/base/include/android-base/parseint.h
index 0543795..ed75e2d 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/parseint.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/parseint.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_PARSEINT_H
-#define BASE_PARSEINT_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_PARSEINT_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_PARSEINT_H
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_PARSEINT_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_PARSEINT_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/parsenetaddress.h b/base/include/android-base/parsenetaddress.h
index 2de5ac9..b4ac025 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/parsenetaddress.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/parsenetaddress.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_PARSENETADDRESS_H
-#define BASE_PARSENETADDRESS_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_PARSENETADDRESS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_PARSENETADDRESS_H
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_PARSENETADDRESS_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_PARSENETADDRESS_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h b/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h
index d68af87..cf666ab 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_STRINGPRINTF_H
-#define BASE_STRINGPRINTF_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_STRINGPRINTF_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_STRINGPRINTF_H
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_STRINGPRINTF_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_STRINGPRINTF_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/strings.h b/base/include/android-base/strings.h
index 20da144..69781cd 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/strings.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/strings.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_STRINGS_H
-#define BASE_STRINGS_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_STRINGS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_STRINGS_H
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_STRINGS_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_STRINGS_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/test_utils.h b/base/include/android-base/test_utils.h
index 3f6872c..4ea3c8e 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/test_utils.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/test_utils.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef TEST_UTILS_H
-#define TEST_UTILS_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_TEST_UTILS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_TEST_UTILS_H
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TemporaryDir);
 };
 
-#endif // TEST_UTILS_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_TEST_UTILS_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/thread_annotations.h b/base/include/android-base/thread_annotations.h
index 90979df..2422102 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/thread_annotations.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/thread_annotations.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef UTILS_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H
-#define UTILS_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H
 
 #if defined(__SUPPORT_TS_ANNOTATION__) || defined(__clang__)
 #define THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(x)   __attribute__((x))
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@
 #define NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS \
       THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(no_thread_safety_analysis)
 
-#endif  // UTILS_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/unique_fd.h b/base/include/android-base/unique_fd.h
index d3b27ca..869e60f 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/unique_fd.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/unique_fd.h
@@ -19,39 +19,54 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <android-base/macros.h>
+// DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER LIBBASE HEADERS!
+// This file gets used in libbinder, and libbinder is used everywhere.
+// Including other headers from libbase frequently results in inclusion of
+// android-base/macros.h, which causes macro collisions.
 
-/* Container for a file descriptor that automatically closes the descriptor as
- * it goes out of scope.
- *
- *      unique_fd ufd(open("/some/path", "r"));
- *
- *      if (ufd.get() < 0) // invalid descriptor
- *          return error;
- *
- *      // Do something useful
- *
- *      return 0; // descriptor is closed here
- */
+// Container for a file descriptor that automatically closes the descriptor as
+// it goes out of scope.
+//
+//      unique_fd ufd(open("/some/path", "r"));
+//      if (ufd.get() == -1) return error;
+//
+//      // Do something useful, possibly including 'return'.
+//
+//      return 0; // Descriptor is closed for you.
+//
+// unique_fd is also known as ScopedFd/ScopedFD/scoped_fd; mentioned here to help
+// you find this class if you're searching for one of those names.
 namespace android {
 namespace base {
 
-class unique_fd final {
+struct DefaultCloser {
+  static void Close(int fd) {
+    // Even if close(2) fails with EINTR, the fd will have been closed.
+    // Using TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY will either lead to EBADF or closing someone
+    // else's fd.
+    // http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0509.1/0877.html
+    ::close(fd);
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename Closer>
+class unique_fd_impl final {
  public:
-  unique_fd() : value_(-1) {}
+  unique_fd_impl() : value_(-1) {}
 
-  explicit unique_fd(int value) : value_(value) {}
-  ~unique_fd() { clear(); }
+  explicit unique_fd_impl(int value) : value_(value) {}
+  ~unique_fd_impl() { clear(); }
 
-  unique_fd(unique_fd&& other) : value_(other.release()) {}
-  unique_fd& operator = (unique_fd&& s) {
+  unique_fd_impl(unique_fd_impl&& other) : value_(other.release()) {}
+  unique_fd_impl& operator=(unique_fd_impl&& s) {
     reset(s.release());
     return *this;
   }
 
   void reset(int new_value) {
-    if (value_ >= 0)
-      close(value_);
+    if (value_ != -1) {
+      Closer::Close(value_);
+    }
     value_ = new_value;
   }
 
@@ -60,8 +75,9 @@
   }
 
   int get() const { return value_; }
+  operator int() const { return get(); }
 
-  int release() {
+  int release() __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) {
     int ret = value_;
     value_ = -1;
     return ret;
@@ -70,10 +86,13 @@
  private:
   int value_;
 
-  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(unique_fd);
+  unique_fd_impl(const unique_fd_impl&);
+  void operator=(const unique_fd_impl&);
 };
 
+using unique_fd = unique_fd_impl<DefaultCloser>;
+
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif // ANDROID_BASE_UNIQUE_FD_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_UNIQUE_FD_H
diff --git a/base/include/android-base/utf8.h b/base/include/android-base/utf8.h
index 3b0ed0a..2d5a6f6 100755
--- a/base/include/android-base/utf8.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/utf8.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef BASE_UTF8_H
-#define BASE_UTF8_H
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_UTF8_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_UTF8_H
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <string>
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
 
-#endif  // BASE_UTF8_H
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_UTF8_H
diff --git a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
index b7dd9ba..01c2cc1 100644
--- a/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/boot_event_record_store_test.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 // the value of the record.
 bool CreateEmptyBootEventRecord(const std::string& record_path, int32_t value) {
   android::base::unique_fd record_fd(creat(record_path.c_str(), S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR));
-  if (record_fd.get() == -1) {
+  if (record_fd == -1) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   // ensure the validity of the file mtime value, i.e., to check that the record
   // file mtime values are not changed once set.
   // TODO(jhawkins): Remove this block.
-  if (!android::base::WriteStringToFd(std::to_string(value), record_fd.get())) {
+  if (!android::base::WriteStringToFd(std::to_string(value), record_fd)) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/libmemunreachable/ProcessMappings.cpp b/libmemunreachable/ProcessMappings.cpp
index 7cca7c1..57b2321 100644
--- a/libmemunreachable/ProcessMappings.cpp
+++ b/libmemunreachable/ProcessMappings.cpp
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
 bool ProcessMappings(pid_t pid, allocator::vector<Mapping>& mappings) {
   char map_buffer[1024];
   snprintf(map_buffer, sizeof(map_buffer), "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
-  int fd = open(map_buffer, O_RDONLY);
-  if (fd < 0) {
+  android::base::unique_fd fd(open(map_buffer, O_RDONLY));
+  if (fd == -1) {
     return false;
   }
-  android::base::unique_fd fd_guard{fd};
 
   LineBuffer line_buf(fd, map_buffer, sizeof(map_buffer));
   char* line;
diff --git a/libmemunreachable/ThreadCapture.cpp b/libmemunreachable/ThreadCapture.cpp
index e8a8392..9155c29 100644
--- a/libmemunreachable/ThreadCapture.cpp
+++ b/libmemunreachable/ThreadCapture.cpp
@@ -108,12 +108,11 @@
   strlcat(path, pid_str, sizeof(path));
   strlcat(path, "/task", sizeof(path));
 
-  int fd = open(path, O_CLOEXEC | O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
-  if (fd < 0) {
+  android::base::unique_fd fd(open(path, O_CLOEXEC | O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY));
+  if (fd == -1) {
     ALOGE("failed to open %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
     return false;
   }
-  android::base::unique_fd fd_guard{fd};
 
   struct linux_dirent64 {
     uint64_t  d_ino;
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@
   char dirent_buf[4096];
   ssize_t nread;
   do {
-    nread = syscall(SYS_getdents64, fd, dirent_buf, sizeof(dirent_buf));
+    nread = syscall(SYS_getdents64, fd.get(), dirent_buf, sizeof(dirent_buf));
     if (nread < 0) {
       ALOGE("failed to get directory entries from %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
       return false;
diff --git a/libmemunreachable/tests/ThreadCapture_test.cpp b/libmemunreachable/tests/ThreadCapture_test.cpp
index cefe94e..41ed84e 100644
--- a/libmemunreachable/tests/ThreadCapture_test.cpp
+++ b/libmemunreachable/tests/ThreadCapture_test.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
-
 #include "Allocator.h"
 #include "ScopedDisableMalloc.h"
 #include "ScopedPipe.h"