2 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
index 0922b3f47..a60b8ef00 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ void SessionRequestHandler::ClientDisconnected(SharedPtr<ServerSession> server_s
     boost::range::remove_erase(connected_sessions, server_session);
 }
 
+HLERequestContext::~HLERequestContext() = default;
+
 } // namespace Kernel
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
index 5de9d59d3..c30184eab 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 #include "core/hle/kernel/kernel.h"
+#include "core/hle/kernel/server_session.h"
 
-namespace Kernel {
+namespace Service {
+class ServiceFrameworkBase;
+}
 
-class ServerSession;
+namespace Kernel {
 
 /**
  * Interface implemented by HLE Session handlers.
@@ -52,4 +55,33 @@ protected:
     std::vector<SharedPtr<ServerSession>> connected_sessions;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Class containing information about an in-flight IPC request being handled by an HLE service
+ * implementation. Services should avoid using old global APIs (e.g. Kernel::GetCommandBuffer()) and
+ * when possible use the APIs in this class to service the request.
+ */
+class HLERequestContext {
+public:
+    ~HLERequestContext();
+
+    /// Returns a pointer to the IPC command buffer for this request.
+    u32* CommandBuffer() const {
+        return cmd_buf;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the session through which this request was made. This can be used as a map key to
+     * access per-client data on services.
+     */
+    SharedPtr<ServerSession> Session() const {
+        return session;
+    }
+
+private:
+    friend class Service::ServiceFrameworkBase;
+
+    u32* cmd_buf = nullptr;
+    SharedPtr<ServerSession> session;
+};
+
 } // namespace Kernel