diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/clz.h b/services/surfaceflinger/clz.h
index ca44555..a4c5262 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/clz.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/clz.h
@@ -24,6 +24,41 @@
     return __builtin_clz(x);
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+static inline T min(T a, T b) {
+    return a<b ? a : b;
+}
+template <typename T>
+static inline T min(T a, T b, T c) {
+    return min(a, min(b, c));
+}
+template <typename T>
+static inline T min(T a, T b, T c, T d) {
+    return min(a, b, min(c, d));
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline T max(T a, T b) {
+    return a>b ? a : b;
+}
+template <typename T>
+static inline T max(T a, T b, T c) {
+    return max(a, max(b, c));
+}
+template <typename T>
+static inline T max(T a, T b, T c, T d) {
+    return max(a, b, max(c, d));
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline
+void swap(T& a, T& b) {
+    T t(a);
+    a = b;
+    b = t;
+}
+
+
 }; // namespace android
 
 #endif /* ANDROID_SURFACE_FLINGER_CLZ_H */