move native_handle stuff from master_gl

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/cutils/native_handle.h b/include/cutils/native_handle.h
index 2b648935c..8a44b7299 100644
--- a/include/cutils/native_handle.h
+++ b/include/cutils/native_handle.h
@@ -17,12 +17,55 @@
 #ifndef NATIVE_HANDLE_H_
 #define NATIVE_HANDLE_H_
 
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
 typedef struct
 {
-    int version;        /* sizeof(native_handle) */
+    int version;        /* sizeof(native_handle_t) */
     int numFds;         /* number of file-descriptors at &data[0] */
     int numInts;        /* number of ints at &data[numFds] */
     int data[0];        /* numFds + numInts ints */
-} native_handle;
+} native_handle_t;
+
+
+/* keep the old definition for backward source-compatibility */
+typedef native_handle_t native_handle;
+
+/*
+ * native_handle_close
+ * 
+ * closes the file descriptors contained in this native_handle_t
+ * 
+ * return 0 on success, or a negative error code on failure
+ * 
+ */
+int native_handle_close(const native_handle_t* h);
+
+
+/*
+ * native_handle_create
+ * 
+ * creates a native_handle_t and initializes it. must be destroyed with
+ * native_handle_delete().
+ * 
+ */
+native_handle_t* native_handle_create(int numFds, int numInts);
+
+/*
+ * native_handle_delete
+ * 
+ * frees a native_handle_t allocated with native_handle_create().
+ * This ONLY frees the memory allocated for the native_handle_t, but doesn't
+ * close the file descriptors; which can be achieved with native_handle_close().
+ * 
+ * return 0 on success, or a negative error code on failure
+ * 
+ */
+int native_handle_delete(native_handle_t* h);
+
+
+__END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* NATIVE_HANDLE_H_ */