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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 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 <binder/PermissionCache.h>
+
+#include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+
+#include "Client.h"
+#include "LayerBase.h"
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const String16 sAccessSurfaceFlinger("android.permission.ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER");
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Client::Client(const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger)
+    : mFlinger(flinger), mNameGenerator(1)
+{
+}
+
+Client::~Client()
+{
+    const size_t count = mLayers.size();
+    for (size_t i=0 ; i<count ; i++) {
+        sp<LayerBaseClient> layer(mLayers.valueAt(i).promote());
+        if (layer != 0) {
+            mFlinger->removeLayer(layer);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+status_t Client::initCheck() const {
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+size_t Client::attachLayer(const sp<LayerBaseClient>& layer)
+{
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    size_t name = mNameGenerator++;
+    mLayers.add(name, layer);
+    return name;
+}
+
+void Client::detachLayer(const LayerBaseClient* layer)
+{
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    // we do a linear search here, because this doesn't happen often
+    const size_t count = mLayers.size();
+    for (size_t i=0 ; i<count ; i++) {
+        if (mLayers.valueAt(i) == layer) {
+            mLayers.removeItemsAt(i, 1);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+sp<LayerBaseClient> Client::getLayerUser(int32_t i) const
+{
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    sp<LayerBaseClient> lbc;
+    wp<LayerBaseClient> layer(mLayers.valueFor(i));
+    if (layer != 0) {
+        lbc = layer.promote();
+        ALOGE_IF(lbc==0, "getLayerUser(name=%d) is dead", int(i));
+    }
+    return lbc;
+}
+
+
+status_t Client::onTransact(
+    uint32_t code, const Parcel& data, Parcel* reply, uint32_t flags)
+{
+    // these must be checked
+     IPCThreadState* ipc = IPCThreadState::self();
+     const int pid = ipc->getCallingPid();
+     const int uid = ipc->getCallingUid();
+     const int self_pid = getpid();
+     if (CC_UNLIKELY(pid != self_pid && uid != AID_GRAPHICS && uid != 0)) {
+         // we're called from a different process, do the real check
+         if (!PermissionCache::checkCallingPermission(sAccessSurfaceFlinger))
+         {
+             ALOGE("Permission Denial: "
+                     "can't openGlobalTransaction pid=%d, uid=%d", pid, uid);
+             return PERMISSION_DENIED;
+         }
+     }
+     return BnSurfaceComposerClient::onTransact(code, data, reply, flags);
+}
+
+
+sp<ISurface> Client::createSurface(
+        ISurfaceComposerClient::surface_data_t* params,
+        const String8& name,
+        DisplayID display, uint32_t w, uint32_t h, PixelFormat format,
+        uint32_t flags)
+{
+    /*
+     * createSurface must be called from the GL thread so that it can
+     * have access to the GL context.
+     */
+
+    class MessageCreateSurface : public MessageBase {
+        sp<ISurface> result;
+        SurfaceFlinger* flinger;
+        ISurfaceComposerClient::surface_data_t* params;
+        Client* client;
+        const String8& name;
+        DisplayID display;
+        uint32_t w, h;
+        PixelFormat format;
+        uint32_t flags;
+    public:
+        MessageCreateSurface(SurfaceFlinger* flinger,
+                ISurfaceComposerClient::surface_data_t* params,
+                const String8& name, Client* client,
+                DisplayID display, uint32_t w, uint32_t h, PixelFormat format,
+                uint32_t flags)
+            : flinger(flinger), params(params), client(client), name(name),
+              display(display), w(w), h(h), format(format), flags(flags)
+        {
+        }
+        sp<ISurface> getResult() const { return result; }
+        virtual bool handler() {
+            result = flinger->createSurface(params, name, client,
+                    display, w, h, format, flags);
+            return true;
+        }
+    };
+
+    sp<MessageBase> msg = new MessageCreateSurface(mFlinger.get(),
+            params, name, this, display, w, h, format, flags);
+    mFlinger->postMessageSync(msg);
+    return static_cast<MessageCreateSurface*>( msg.get() )->getResult();
+}
+status_t Client::destroySurface(SurfaceID sid) {
+    return mFlinger->removeSurface(this, sid);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android