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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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 "LayerRejecter.h"
+
+#include "clz.h"
+
+#define DEBUG_RESIZE 0
+
+namespace android {
+
+LayerRejecter::LayerRejecter(Layer::State& front,
+                             Layer::State& current,
+                             bool& recomputeVisibleRegions,
+                             bool stickySet,
+                             const char* name,
+                             int32_t overrideScalingMode,
+                             bool& freezePositionUpdates)
+  : mFront(front),
+    mCurrent(current),
+    mRecomputeVisibleRegions(recomputeVisibleRegions),
+    mStickyTransformSet(stickySet),
+    mName(name),
+    mOverrideScalingMode(overrideScalingMode),
+    mFreezePositionUpdates(freezePositionUpdates) {}
+
+bool LayerRejecter::reject(const sp<GraphicBuffer>& buf, const BufferItem& item) {
+    if (buf == NULL) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t bufWidth = buf->getWidth();
+    uint32_t bufHeight = buf->getHeight();
+
+    // check that we received a buffer of the right size
+    // (Take the buffer's orientation into account)
+    if (item.mTransform & Transform::ROT_90) {
+        swap(bufWidth, bufHeight);
+    }
+
+    int actualScalingMode = mOverrideScalingMode >= 0 ? mOverrideScalingMode : item.mScalingMode;
+    bool isFixedSize = actualScalingMode != NATIVE_WINDOW_SCALING_MODE_FREEZE;
+    if (mFront.active != mFront.requested) {
+        if (isFixedSize || (bufWidth == mFront.requested.w && bufHeight == mFront.requested.h)) {
+            // Here we pretend the transaction happened by updating the
+            // current and drawing states. Drawing state is only accessed
+            // in this thread, no need to have it locked
+            mFront.active = mFront.requested;
+
+            // We also need to update the current state so that
+            // we don't end-up overwriting the drawing state with
+            // this stale current state during the next transaction
+            //
+            // NOTE: We don't need to hold the transaction lock here
+            // because State::active is only accessed from this thread.
+            mCurrent.active = mFront.active;
+            mCurrent.modified = true;
+
+            // recompute visible region
+            mRecomputeVisibleRegions = true;
+        }
+
+        ALOGD_IF(DEBUG_RESIZE,
+                 "[%s] latchBuffer/reject: buffer (%ux%u, tr=%02x), scalingMode=%d\n"
+                 "  drawing={ active   ={ wh={%4u,%4u} crop={%4d,%4d,%4d,%4d} (%4d,%4d) "
+                 "}\n"
+                 "            requested={ wh={%4u,%4u} }}\n",
+                 mName, bufWidth, bufHeight, item.mTransform, item.mScalingMode, mFront.active.w,
+                 mFront.active.h, mFront.crop.left, mFront.crop.top, mFront.crop.right,
+                 mFront.crop.bottom, mFront.crop.getWidth(), mFront.crop.getHeight(),
+                 mFront.requested.w, mFront.requested.h);
+    }
+
+    if (!isFixedSize && !mStickyTransformSet) {
+        if (mFront.active.w != bufWidth || mFront.active.h != bufHeight) {
+            // reject this buffer
+            ALOGE("[%s] rejecting buffer: "
+                  "bufWidth=%d, bufHeight=%d, front.active.{w=%d, h=%d}",
+                  mName, bufWidth, bufHeight, mFront.active.w, mFront.active.h);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // if the transparent region has changed (this test is
+    // conservative, but that's fine, worst case we're doing
+    // a bit of extra work), we latch the new one and we
+    // trigger a visible-region recompute.
+    if (!mFront.activeTransparentRegion.isTriviallyEqual(mFront.requestedTransparentRegion)) {
+        mFront.activeTransparentRegion = mFront.requestedTransparentRegion;
+
+        // We also need to update the current state so that
+        // we don't end-up overwriting the drawing state with
+        // this stale current state during the next transaction
+        //
+        // NOTE: We don't need to hold the transaction lock here
+        // because State::active is only accessed from this thread.
+        mCurrent.activeTransparentRegion = mFront.activeTransparentRegion;
+
+        // recompute visible region
+        mRecomputeVisibleRegions = true;
+    }
+
+    if (mFront.crop != mFront.requestedCrop) {
+        mFront.crop = mFront.requestedCrop;
+        mCurrent.crop = mFront.requestedCrop;
+        mRecomputeVisibleRegions = true;
+    }
+    mFreezePositionUpdates = false;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+}  // namespace android
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