diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerHandle.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerHandle.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 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 "LayerHandle.h"
+#include <cstdint>
+#include "Layer.h"
+#include "LayerCreationArgs.h"
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+
+namespace android::surfaceflinger {
+
+LayerHandle::LayerHandle(const sp<android::SurfaceFlinger>& flinger,
+                         const sp<android::Layer>& layer)
+      : mFlinger(flinger), mLayer(layer), mLayerId(static_cast<uint32_t>(layer->getSequence())) {}
+
+LayerHandle::~LayerHandle() {
+    if (mFlinger) {
+        mFlinger->onHandleDestroyed(this, mLayer, mLayerId);
+    }
+}
+
+const String16 LayerHandle::kDescriptor = String16("android.Layer.LayerHandle");
+
+sp<LayerHandle> LayerHandle::fromIBinder(const sp<IBinder>& binder) {
+    if (binder == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    BBinder* b = binder->localBinder();
+    if (b == nullptr || b->getInterfaceDescriptor() != LayerHandle::kDescriptor) {
+        ALOGD("handle does not have a valid descriptor");
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    // We can safely cast this binder since its local and we verified its interface descriptor.
+    return sp<LayerHandle>::cast(binder);
+}
+
+sp<android::Layer> LayerHandle::getLayer(const sp<IBinder>& binder) {
+    sp<LayerHandle> handle = LayerHandle::fromIBinder(binder);
+    return handle ? handle->mLayer : nullptr;
+}
+
+uint32_t LayerHandle::getLayerId(const sp<IBinder>& binder) {
+    sp<LayerHandle> handle = LayerHandle::fromIBinder(binder);
+    return handle ? handle->mLayerId : UNASSIGNED_LAYER_ID;
+}
+
+} // namespace android::surfaceflinger
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerHandle.h b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerHandle.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <binder/Binder.h>
+#include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+class SurfaceFlinger;
+class Layer;
+} // namespace android
+
+namespace android::surfaceflinger {
+
+/*
+ * The layer handle is just a BBinder object passed to the client
+ * (remote process) -- we don't keep any reference on our side such that
+ * the dtor is called when the remote side let go of its reference.
+ *
+ * ~LayerHandle ensures that mFlinger->onLayerDestroyed() is called for
+ * this layer when the handle is destroyed.
+ */
+class LayerHandle : public BBinder {
+public:
+    LayerHandle(const sp<android::SurfaceFlinger>& flinger, const sp<android::Layer>& layer);
+    // for testing
+    LayerHandle(uint32_t layerId) : mFlinger(nullptr), mLayer(nullptr), mLayerId(layerId) {}
+    ~LayerHandle();
+
+    // Static functions to access the layer and layer id safely from an incoming binder.
+    static sp<LayerHandle> fromIBinder(const sp<IBinder>& handle);
+    static sp<android::Layer> getLayer(const sp<IBinder>& handle);
+    static uint32_t getLayerId(const sp<IBinder>& handle);
+    static const String16 kDescriptor;
+
+    const String16& getInterfaceDescriptor() const override { return kDescriptor; }
+
+private:
+    sp<android::SurfaceFlinger> mFlinger;
+    sp<android::Layer> mLayer;
+    const uint32_t mLayerId;
+};
+
+} // namespace android::surfaceflinger