diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceTracing.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceTracing.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 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.
+ */
+#undef LOG_TAG
+#define LOG_TAG "SurfaceTracing"
+#define ATRACE_TAG ATRACE_TAG_GRAPHICS
+
+#include "SurfaceTracing.h"
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <utils/SystemClock.h>
+#include <utils/Trace.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+void SurfaceTracing::enable() {
+    if (mEnabled) {
+        return;
+    }
+    ATRACE_CALL();
+    mEnabled = true;
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> protoGuard(mTraceMutex);
+
+    mTrace.set_magic_number(uint64_t(LayersTraceFileProto_MagicNumber_MAGIC_NUMBER_H) << 32 |
+                            LayersTraceFileProto_MagicNumber_MAGIC_NUMBER_L);
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceTracing::disable() {
+    if (!mEnabled) {
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
+    ATRACE_CALL();
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> protoGuard(mTraceMutex);
+    mEnabled = false;
+    status_t err(writeProtoFileLocked());
+    ALOGE_IF(err == PERMISSION_DENIED, "Could not save the proto file! Permission denied");
+    ALOGE_IF(err == NOT_ENOUGH_DATA, "Could not save the proto file! There are missing fields");
+    mTrace.Clear();
+    return err;
+}
+
+bool SurfaceTracing::isEnabled() {
+    return mEnabled;
+}
+
+void SurfaceTracing::traceLayers(const char* where, LayersProto layers) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> protoGuard(mTraceMutex);
+
+    LayersTraceProto* entry = mTrace.add_entry();
+    entry->set_elapsed_realtime_nanos(elapsedRealtimeNano());
+    entry->set_where(where);
+    entry->mutable_layers()->Swap(&layers);
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceTracing::writeProtoFileLocked() {
+    ATRACE_CALL();
+
+    if (!mTrace.IsInitialized()) {
+        return NOT_ENOUGH_DATA;
+    }
+    std::string output;
+    if (!mTrace.SerializeToString(&output)) {
+        return PERMISSION_DENIED;
+    }
+    if (!android::base::WriteStringToFile(output, mOutputFileName, true)) {
+        return PERMISSION_DENIED;
+    }
+
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+} // namespace android