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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2017 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * 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 MALI_GRALLOC_BUFFERALLOCATION_H_
+#define MALI_GRALLOC_BUFFERALLOCATION_H_
+
+#include <hardware/hardware.h>
+#include "mali_gralloc_module.h"
+#include "mali_gralloc_private_interface_types.h"
+#include "mali_gralloc_buffer.h"
+#include "mali_gralloc_bufferdescriptor.h"
+
+int mali_gralloc_buffer_allocate(mali_gralloc_module *m, const gralloc_buffer_descriptor_t *descriptors,
+                                 uint32_t numDescriptors, buffer_handle_t *pHandle, bool *shared_backend);
+int mali_gralloc_buffer_free(buffer_handle_t pHandle);
+
+#endif /* MALI_GRALLOC_BUFFERALLOCATION_H_ */