diff --git a/libs/gui/FrameTimelineInfo.cpp b/libs/gui/FrameTimelineInfo.cpp
index f400774..9231a57 100644
--- a/libs/gui/FrameTimelineInfo.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/FrameTimelineInfo.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <android/os/IInputConstants.h>
 #include <gui/FrameTimelineInfo.h>
 #include <gui/LayerState.h>
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
 #include <utils/Errors.h>
 
 #include <cmath>
diff --git a/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp b/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
index 989abd9..f44f10a 100644
--- a/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposerClient.h>
 #include <gui/LayerDebugInfo.h>
 #include <gui/LayerState.h>
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <system/graphics.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/ITransactionCompletedListener.cpp b/libs/gui/ITransactionCompletedListener.cpp
index 0ded936..2579f50 100644
--- a/libs/gui/ITransactionCompletedListener.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/ITransactionCompletedListener.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "ITransactionCompletedListener"
 //#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
 
-#include <gui/LayerState.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
 #include <gui/ITransactionCompletedListener.h>
+#include <gui/LayerState.h>
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
 
 namespace android {
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp b/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp
index 6bb8bf2..04a8785 100644
--- a/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <gui/IGraphicBufferProducer.h>
 #include <gui/ISurfaceComposerClient.h>
 #include <gui/LayerState.h>
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
 #include <utils/Errors.h>
 
 #include <cmath>
diff --git a/libs/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.cpp b/libs/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.cpp
index f3849bc..e91f74f 100644
--- a/libs/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include <gui/ScreenCaptureResults.h>
 
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
+
 namespace android::gui {
 
 status_t ScreenCaptureResults::writeToParcel(android::Parcel* parcel) const {
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
index f565789..18a0cbd 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <gui/LayerState.h>
 #include <gui/Surface.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
 #include <ui/DisplayMode.h>
 #include <ui/DynamicDisplayInfo.h>
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceControl.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceControl.cpp
index 1dcfe2e..7e2f8f9 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <gui/Surface.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceControl.h>
+#include <private/gui/ParcelUtils.h>
 
 namespace android {
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h
index 183ec40..f7a6698 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h
@@ -16,23 +16,7 @@
 
 #ifndef ANDROID_SF_LAYER_STATE_H
 #define ANDROID_SF_LAYER_STATE_H
-#define SAFE_PARCEL(FUNC, ...)                                                            \
-    {                                                                                     \
-        status_t error = FUNC(__VA_ARGS__);                                               \
-        if (error) {                                                                      \
-            ALOGE("ERROR(%d). Failed to call parcel %s(%s)", error, #FUNC, #__VA_ARGS__); \
-            return error;                                                                 \
-        }                                                                                 \
-    }
 
-#define SAFE_PARCEL_READ_SIZE(FUNC, COUNT, SIZE)                             \
-    {                                                                        \
-        SAFE_PARCEL(FUNC, COUNT);                                            \
-        if (static_cast<unsigned int>(*COUNT) > SIZE) {                      \
-            ALOGE("ERROR(BAD_VALUE). %s was greater than dataSize", #COUNT); \
-            return BAD_VALUE;                                                \
-        }                                                                    \
-    }
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.h
index 0ccc6e8..99c35c1 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/ScreenCaptureResults.h
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define SAFE_PARCEL(FUNC, ...)                                                            \
-    {                                                                                     \
-        status_t error = FUNC(__VA_ARGS__);                                               \
-        if (error) {                                                                      \
-            ALOGE("ERROR(%d). Failed to call parcel %s(%s)", error, #FUNC, #__VA_ARGS__); \
-            return error;                                                                 \
-        }                                                                                 \
-    }
-
 #include <binder/Parcel.h>
 #include <binder/Parcelable.h>
 #include <ui/Fence.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/private/gui/ParcelUtils.h b/libs/gui/include/private/gui/ParcelUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cdd07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/gui/include/private/gui/ParcelUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 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 <cstring>
+
+#define SAFE_PARCEL(FUNC, ...)                                                                   \
+    {                                                                                            \
+        status_t error = FUNC(__VA_ARGS__);                                                      \
+        if (error) {                                                                             \
+            ALOGE("ERROR(%s, %d). Failed to call parcel %s(%s)", strerror(-error), error, #FUNC, \
+                  #__VA_ARGS__);                                                                 \
+            return error;                                                                        \
+        }                                                                                        \
+    }
+
+#define SAFE_PARCEL_READ_SIZE(FUNC, COUNT, SIZE)                             \
+    {                                                                        \
+        SAFE_PARCEL(FUNC, COUNT);                                            \
+        if (static_cast<unsigned int>(*COUNT) > SIZE) {                      \
+            ALOGE("ERROR(BAD_VALUE). %s was greater than dataSize", #COUNT); \
+            return BAD_VALUE;                                                \
+        }                                                                    \
+    }
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