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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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_INCLUDE_HARDWARE_HARDWAREPROPERTIES_H
+#define ANDROID_INCLUDE_HARDWARE_HARDWAREPROPERTIES_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <hardware/hardware.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define HARDWARE_PROPERTIES_HARDWARE_MODULE_API_VERSION_0_1 HARDWARE_MODULE_API_VERSION(0, 1)
+
+/**
+ * The id of this module
+ */
+#define HARDWARE_PROPERTIES_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID "hardware_properties"
+
+/**
+ * Every hardware module must have a data structure named HAL_MODULE_INFO_SYM
+ * and the fields of this data structure must begin with hw_module_t
+ * followed by module specific information.
+ */
+typedef struct hardware_properties_module {
+    struct hw_module_t common;
+
+    /*
+     * (*getCpuTemperatures) is called to get CPU temperatures in Celsius of
+     * each core.
+     *
+     * Returns number of cores or negative value on error.
+     *
+     */
+    ssize_t (*getCpuTemperatures)(struct hardware_properties_module *module, float **temps);
+
+    /*
+     * (*getGpuTemperatures) is called to get GPU temperatures in Celsius of
+     * each GPU.
+     *
+     * Returns number of GPUs or negative value on error.
+     *
+     */
+    ssize_t (*getGpuTemperatures)(struct hardware_properties_module *module, float **temps);
+
+    /*
+     * (*getBatteryTemperatures) is called to get battery temperatures in
+     * Celsius.
+     *
+     * Returns number of battery temperatures or negative value on error.
+     *
+     */
+    ssize_t (*getBatteryTemperatures)(struct hardware_properties_module *module, float **temps);
+
+    /*
+     * (*getCpuUsages) is called to get CPU usage information of each core:
+     * active and total times in ms since first boot.
+     *
+     * Returns number of cores or negative value on error.
+     *
+     */
+    ssize_t (*getCpuUsages)(struct hardware_properties_module *module,
+                            int64_t **active_times, int64_t **total_times);
+
+    /*
+     * (*getFanSpeeds) is called to get the fan speeds in RPM of each fan.
+     *
+     * Returns number of fans or negative value on error.
+     *
+     */
+    ssize_t (*getFanSpeeds)(struct hardware_properties_module *module,
+                        float **fan_speeds);
+} hardware_properties_module_t;
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_INCLUDE_HARDWARE_HARDWAREPROPERTIES_H