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+/*
+ * include/uapi/linux/nvdev_fence.h
+ *
+ * Tegra PVA/DLA fence support
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LINUX_NVDEV_FENCE_H
+#define LINUX_NVDEV_FENCE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* used for the recording with keventlib */
+enum nvdev_fence_kind {
+	NVDEV_FENCE_KIND_PRE = 0,
+	NVDEV_FENCE_KIND_POST
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct nvdev_fence structure for passing fence information
+ *
+ * @type: Type of the fence (syncpoint, sync fd or semaphore)
+ * @syncpoint_index: Syncpoint id
+ * @syncpoint_value: Value of syncpoint id
+ * @sync_fd: Linux sync FD handle
+ * @semaphore_handle: File handle to the semaphore memory buffer
+ * @semaphore_offset: Offset to the semaphore within the buffer
+ * @semaphore_value: Value of the semaphore
+ */
+struct nvdev_fence {
+	__u32 type;
+#define NVDEV_FENCE_TYPE_SYNCPT       0
+#define NVDEV_FENCE_TYPE_SYNC_FD      1
+#define NVDEV_FENCE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE    2
+#define NVDEV_FENCE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_TS 3
+	__u32 syncpoint_index;
+	__u32 syncpoint_value;
+	__u32 sync_fd;
+	__u32 semaphore_handle;
+	__u32 semaphore_offset;
+	__u32 semaphore_value;
+};
+
+#endif /* LINUX_NVDEV_FENCE_H */