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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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.
+ */
+
+// All static variables go here, to control initialization and
+// destruction order in the library.
+
+#include <utils/threads.h>
+#include <hidl/IServiceManager.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+
+// For IServiceManager.cpp
+extern Mutex gDefaultServiceManagerLock;
+extern sp<IServiceManager> gDefaultServiceManager;
+
+}   // namespace hardware
+}   // namespace android