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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 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.
+ */
+
+#include "properties.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Determine if the "Present Not Reliable" property is enabled.
+ *
+ * @return boolean
+ */
+auto Properties::IsPresentFenceNotReliable() -> bool {
+  return (property_get_bool("ro.vendor.hwc.drm.present_fence_not_reliable",
+                            0) != 0);
+}