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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "hwc-backend"
+
+#include "backendmanager.h"
+#include "backend.h"
+#include "drmhwctwo.h"
+
+#include <cutils/properties.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+const std::vector<std::string> BackendManager::client_devices_ = {
+    "kirin",
+};
+
+BackendManager &BackendManager::GetInstance() {
+  static BackendManager backend_manager;
+
+  return backend_manager;
+}
+
+int BackendManager::RegisterBackend(const std::string &name,
+                                    backend_constructor_t backend_constructor) {
+  available_backends_[name] = std::move(backend_constructor);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int BackendManager::SetBackendForDisplay(DrmHwcTwo::HwcDisplay *display) {
+  std::string driver_name(display->drm()->GetName());
+  char backend_override[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+  property_get("vendor.hwc.backend_override", backend_override,
+               driver_name.c_str());
+  std::string backend_name(std::move(backend_override));
+
+  display->set_backend(GetBackendByName(backend_name));
+  if (!display->backend()) {
+    ALOGE("Failed to set backend '%s' for '%s' and driver '%s'",
+          backend_name.c_str(), display->connector()->name().c_str(),
+          driver_name.c_str());
+    return -EINVAL;
+  }
+
+  ALOGI("Backend '%s' for '%s' and driver '%s' was successfully set",
+        backend_name.c_str(), display->connector()->name().c_str(),
+        driver_name.c_str());
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Backend> BackendManager::GetBackendByName(std::string &name) {
+  if (!available_backends_.size()) {
+    ALOGE("No backends are specified");
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  auto it = available_backends_.find(name);
+  if (it == available_backends_.end()) {
+    auto it = std::find(client_devices_.begin(), client_devices_.end(), name);
+    name = it == client_devices_.end() ? "generic" : "client";
+  }
+
+  return available_backends_[name]();
+}
+}  // namespace android