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+/*
+ * Adapted from drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
+ * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_ION_NEW_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_ION_NEW_H
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define ION_NUM_HEAP_IDS (sizeof(unsigned int) * 8)
+
+/**
+ * DOC: Ion Userspace API
+ *
+ * create a client by opening /dev/ion
+ * most operations handled via following ioctls
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * struct ion_new_allocation_data - metadata passed from userspace for allocations
+ * @len:		size of the allocation
+ * @heap_id_mask:	mask of heap ids to allocate from
+ * @flags:		flags passed to heap
+ * @handle:		pointer that will be populated with a cookie to use to
+ *			refer to this allocation
+ *
+ * Provided by userspace as an argument to the ioctl - added _new to denote
+ * this belongs to the new ION interface.
+ */
+struct ion_new_allocation_data {
+    __u64 len;
+    __u32 heap_id_mask;
+    __u32 flags;
+    __u32 fd;
+    __u32 unused;
+};
+
+#define MAX_HEAP_NAME 32
+
+/**
+ * struct ion_heap_data - data about a heap
+ * @name - first 32 characters of the heap name
+ * @type - heap type
+ * @heap_id - heap id for the heap
+ */
+struct ion_heap_data {
+    char name[MAX_HEAP_NAME];
+    __u32 type;
+    __u32 heap_id;
+    __u32 reserved0;
+    __u32 reserved1;
+    __u32 reserved2;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ion_heap_query - collection of data about all heaps
+ * @cnt - total number of heaps to be copied
+ * @heaps - buffer to copy heap data
+ */
+struct ion_heap_query {
+    __u32 cnt;       /* Total number of heaps to be copied */
+    __u32 reserved0; /* align to 64bits */
+    __u64 heaps;     /* buffer to be populated */
+    __u32 reserved1;
+    __u32 reserved2;
+};
+
+#define ION_IOC_MAGIC 'I'
+
+/**
+ * DOC: ION_IOC_NEW_ALLOC - allocate memory
+ *
+ * Takes an ion_allocation_data struct and returns it with the handle field
+ * populated with the opaque handle for the allocation.
+ * TODO: This IOCTL will clash by design; however, only one of
+ *  ION_IOC_ALLOC or ION_IOC_NEW_ALLOC paths will be exercised,
+ *  so this should not conflict.
+ */
+#define ION_IOC_NEW_ALLOC _IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct ion_new_allocation_data)
+
+/**
+ * DOC: ION_IOC_FREE - free memory
+ *
+ * Takes an ion_handle_data struct and frees the handle.
+ *
+ * #define ION_IOC_FREE		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 1, struct ion_handle_data)
+ * This will come from the older kernels, so don't redefine here
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DOC: ION_IOC_SHARE - creates a file descriptor to use to share an allocation
+ *
+ * Takes an ion_fd_data struct with the handle field populated with a valid
+ * opaque handle.  Returns the struct with the fd field set to a file
+ * descriptor open in the current address space.  This file descriptor
+ * can then be passed to another process.  The corresponding opaque handle can
+ * be retrieved via ION_IOC_IMPORT.
+ *
+ * #define ION_IOC_SHARE		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 4, struct ion_fd_data)
+ * This will come from the older kernels, so don't redefine here
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DOC: ION_IOC_HEAP_QUERY - information about available heaps
+ *
+ * Takes an ion_heap_query structure and populates information about
+ * available Ion heaps.
+ */
+#define ION_IOC_HEAP_QUERY _IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 8, struct ion_heap_query)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_ION_NEW_H */