Made linter more robust to non-utf8 files (#190012)

Fixing a problem a ran into locally.

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diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/lib/src/command.dart b/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/lib/src/command.dart
index a371965..fb60831 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/lib/src/command.dart
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/lib/src/command.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import 'dart:convert' show LineSplitter, utf8;
+import 'dart:convert' show LineSplitter, Utf8Decoder;
 import 'dart:io' as io;
 
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     }
     final Stream<String> lines = file
         .openRead()
-        .transform(utf8.decoder)
+        .transform(const Utf8Decoder(allowMalformed: true))
         .transform(const LineSplitter());
     return lintActionFromContents(lines);
   }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/test/clang_tidy_test.dart b/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/test/clang_tidy_test.dart
index 4889df3..c767363 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/test/clang_tidy_test.dart
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/clang_tidy/test/clang_tidy_test.dart
@@ -532,6 +532,18 @@
     expect(lintAction, equals(LintAction.skipMissing));
   });
 
+  test('Command getLintAction handles non-UTF8 files without throwing', () async {
+    final io.Directory tempDir = io.Directory.systemTemp.createTempSync('clang_tidy_test_');
+    final tempFile = io.File(path.join(tempDir.path, 'non_utf8_file.cc'));
+    tempFile.writeAsBytesSync(<int>[0x80, 0x81, 0xFE, 0xFF, 0x0A]);
+    try {
+      final LintAction lintAction = await Command.getLintAction(tempFile.path);
+      expect(lintAction, equals(LintAction.lint));
+    } finally {
+      tempDir.deleteSync(recursive: true);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('Command getLintActionFromContents flags FLUTTER_NOLINT', () async {
     final LintAction lintAction = await Command.lintActionFromContents(
       Stream<String>.fromIterable(<String>[