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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_VRAM_HEAP_H
+#define ANDROID_VRAM_HEAP_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <utils/MemoryDealer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class PMemHeap;
+class MemoryHeapPmem;
+class SurfaceFlinger; 
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class SurfaceHeapManager  : public RefBase
+{
+public:
+    SurfaceHeapManager(const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger, size_t clientHeapSize);
+    virtual ~SurfaceHeapManager();
+    virtual void onFirstRef();
+    /* use ISurfaceComposer flags eGPU|eHArdware|eSecure */
+    sp<MemoryDealer> createHeap(uint32_t flags=0, pid_t client_pid = 0,
+            const sp<MemoryDealer>& defaultAllocator = 0);
+    
+    // used for debugging only...
+    sp<SimpleBestFitAllocator> getAllocator(int type) const;
+
+private:
+    sp<PMemHeap> getHeap(int type) const;
+
+    sp<SurfaceFlinger> mFlinger;
+    mutable Mutex   mLock;
+    size_t          mClientHeapSize;
+    sp<PMemHeap>    mPMemHeap;
+    static int global_pmem_heap;
+};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class PMemHeap : public MemoryHeapBase
+{
+public:
+                PMemHeap(const char* const vram,
+                        size_t size=0, size_t reserved=0);
+    virtual     ~PMemHeap();
+    
+    virtual const sp<SimpleBestFitAllocator>& getAllocator() const {
+        return mAllocator; 
+    }
+    virtual sp<MemoryHeapPmem> createClientHeap();
+    
+private:
+    sp<SimpleBestFitAllocator>  mAllocator;
+};
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_VRAM_HEAP_H