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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 <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <gui/IDisplayEventConnection.h>
+#include <gui/DisplayEventReceiver.h>
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+
+#include "DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h"
+#include "DisplayEventConnection.h"
+#include "EventThread.h"
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+EventThread::EventThread(const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger)
+    : mFlinger(flinger),
+      mHw(flinger->graphicPlane(0).displayHardware()),
+      mDeliveredEvents(0)
+{
+}
+
+void EventThread::onFirstRef() {
+    run("EventThread", PRIORITY_URGENT_DISPLAY + PRIORITY_MORE_FAVORABLE);
+}
+
+status_t EventThread::registerDisplayEventConnection(
+        const sp<DisplayEventConnection>& connection) {
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    mDisplayEventConnections.add(connection);
+    mCondition.signal();
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+status_t EventThread::unregisterDisplayEventConnection(
+        const wp<DisplayEventConnection>& connection) {
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    mDisplayEventConnections.remove(connection);
+    mCondition.signal();
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+bool EventThread::threadLoop() {
+
+    nsecs_t timestamp;
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    do {
+        // wait for listeners
+        while (!mDisplayEventConnections.size()) {
+            mCondition.wait(mLock);
+        }
+
+        // wait for vsync
+        mLock.unlock();
+        timestamp = mHw.waitForVSync();
+        mLock.lock();
+
+        // make sure we still have some listeners
+    } while (!mDisplayEventConnections.size());
+
+
+    // dispatch vsync events to listeners...
+    mDeliveredEvents++;
+    const size_t count = mDisplayEventConnections.size();
+
+    DisplayEventReceiver::Event vsync;
+    vsync.header.type = DisplayEventReceiver::DISPLAY_EVENT_VSYNC;
+    vsync.header.timestamp = timestamp;
+    vsync.vsync.count = mDeliveredEvents;
+
+    for (size_t i=0 ; i<count ; i++) {
+        sp<DisplayEventConnection> conn(mDisplayEventConnections.itemAt(i).promote());
+        // make sure the connection didn't die
+        if (conn != NULL) {
+            status_t err = conn->postEvent(vsync);
+            if (err == -EAGAIN || err == -EWOULDBLOCK) {
+                // The destination doesn't accept events anymore, it's probably
+                // full. For now, we just drop the events on the floor.
+                // Note that some events cannot be dropped and would have to be
+                // re-sent later. Right-now we don't have the ability to do
+                // this, but it doesn't matter for VSYNC.
+            } else if (err < 0) {
+                // handle any other error on the pipe as fatal. the only
+                // reasonable thing to do is to clean-up this connection.
+                // The most common error we'll get here is -EPIPE.
+                mDisplayEventConnections.remove(conn);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+status_t EventThread::readyToRun() {
+    LOGI("EventThread ready to run.");
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+void EventThread::dump(String8& result, char* buffer, size_t SIZE) const {
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    result.append("VSYNC state:\n");
+    snprintf(buffer, SIZE, "  numListeners=%u, events-delivered: %u\n",
+            mDisplayEventConnections.size(), mDeliveredEvents);
+    result.append(buffer);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}; // namespace android