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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 _MEDIA_UTILS_H
+#define _MEDIA_UTILS_H
+
+namespace android {
+
+/**
+   Limit the amount of memory a process can allocate using setrlimit(RLIMIT_AS).
+   The value to use will be read from the specified system property, or if the
+   property doesn't exist it will use the specified number of bytes or the
+   specified percentage of total memory, whichever is smaller.
+*/
+void limitProcessMemory(
+    const char *property,
+    size_t numberOfBytes,
+    size_t percentageOfTotalMem);
+
+}   // namespace android
+
+#endif  // _MEDIA_UTILS_H