diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerCreationArgs.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerCreationArgs.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 "LayerCreationArgs.h"
+#include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include "Client.h"
+#include "gui/LayerMetadata.h"
+
+namespace android::surfaceflinger {
+
+std::atomic<uint32_t> LayerCreationArgs::sSequence{1};
+
+LayerCreationArgs::LayerCreationArgs(SurfaceFlinger* flinger, sp<Client> client, std::string name,
+                                     uint32_t flags, gui::LayerMetadata metadataArg,
+                                     std::optional<uint32_t> id)
+      : flinger(flinger),
+        client(std::move(client)),
+        name(std::move(name)),
+        flags(flags),
+        metadata(std::move(metadataArg)) {
+    IPCThreadState* ipc = IPCThreadState::self();
+    ownerPid = ipc->getCallingPid();
+    uid_t callingUid = ipc->getCallingUid();
+    metadata.setInt32(gui::METADATA_CALLING_UID, static_cast<int32_t>(callingUid));
+    ownerUid = callingUid;
+    if (ownerUid == AID_GRAPHICS || ownerUid == AID_SYSTEM) {
+        // System can override the calling UID/PID since it can create layers on behalf of apps.
+        ownerPid = metadata.getInt32(gui::METADATA_OWNER_PID, ownerPid);
+        ownerUid = static_cast<uid_t>(
+                metadata.getInt32(gui::METADATA_OWNER_UID, static_cast<int32_t>(ownerUid)));
+    }
+
+    if (id) {
+        sequence = *id;
+        sSequence = *id + 1;
+    } else {
+        sequence = sSequence++;
+        if (sequence == UNASSIGNED_LAYER_ID) {
+            ALOGW("Layer sequence id rolled over.");
+            sequence = sSequence++;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+LayerCreationArgs::LayerCreationArgs(const LayerCreationArgs& args)
+      : LayerCreationArgs(args.flinger, args.client, args.name, args.flags, args.metadata) {}
+
+} // namespace android::surfaceflinger
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerCreationArgs.h b/services/surfaceflinger/FrontEnd/LayerCreationArgs.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 <gui/LayerMetadata.h>
+#include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <limits>
+#include <optional>
+constexpr uint32_t UNASSIGNED_LAYER_ID = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max();
+
+namespace android {
+class SurfaceFlinger;
+class Client;
+} // namespace android
+
+namespace android::surfaceflinger {
+
+struct LayerCreationArgs {
+    static std::atomic<uint32_t> sSequence;
+
+    LayerCreationArgs(android::SurfaceFlinger*, sp<android::Client>, std::string name,
+                      uint32_t flags, gui::LayerMetadata,
+                      std::optional<uint32_t> id = std::nullopt);
+    LayerCreationArgs(const LayerCreationArgs&);
+
+    android::SurfaceFlinger* flinger;
+    sp<android::Client> client;
+    std::string name;
+    uint32_t flags; // ISurfaceComposerClient flags
+    gui::LayerMetadata metadata;
+    pid_t ownerPid;
+    uid_t ownerUid;
+    uint32_t textureName;
+    uint32_t sequence;
+    bool addToRoot = true;
+    wp<IBinder> parentHandle = nullptr;
+    wp<IBinder> mirrorLayerHandle = nullptr;
+};
+
+} // namespace android::surfaceflinger