auto import from //depot/cupcake/@135843
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+/* cutils/ashmem.h
+ **
+ ** Copyright 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ **
+ ** This file is dual licensed. It may be redistributed and/or modified
+ ** under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License OR version 2 of the GNU
+ ** General Public License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CUTILS_ASHMEM_H
+#define _CUTILS_ASHMEM_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+int ashmem_create_region(const char *name, size_t size);
+int ashmem_set_prot_region(int fd, int prot);
+int ashmem_pin_region(int fd, size_t offset, size_t len);
+int ashmem_unpin_region(int fd, size_t offset, size_t len);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __ASHMEMIOC /* in case someone included <linux/ashmem.h> too */
+
+#define ASHMEM_NAME_LEN 256
+
+#define ASHMEM_NAME_DEF "dev/ashmem"
+
+/* Return values from ASHMEM_PIN: Was the mapping purged while unpinned? */
+#define ASHMEM_NOT_PURGED 0
+#define ASHMEM_WAS_PURGED 1
+
+/* Return values from ASHMEM_UNPIN: Is the mapping now pinned or unpinned? */
+#define ASHMEM_IS_UNPINNED 0
+#define ASHMEM_IS_PINNED 1
+
+#endif /* ! __ASHMEMIOC */
+
+#endif /* _CUTILS_ASHMEM_H */