diff --git a/core/SkBitmap.cpp b/core/SkBitmap.cpp
index d2a308b..900a3ab 100644
--- a/core/SkBitmap.cpp
+++ b/core/SkBitmap.cpp
@@ -361,6 +361,47 @@
     }
 }
 
+static bool config_to_colorType(SkBitmap::Config config, SkColorType* ctOut) {
+    SkColorType ct;
+    switch (config) {
+        case SkBitmap::kNo_Config:
+            return false;
+        case SkBitmap::kA8_Config:
+            ct = kAlpha_8_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case SkBitmap::kIndex8_Config:
+            ct = kIndex8_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case SkBitmap::kRGB_565_Config:
+            ct = kRGB_565_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case SkBitmap::kARGB_4444_Config:
+            ct = kARGB_4444_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case SkBitmap::kARGB_8888_Config:
+            ct = kPMColor_SkColorType;
+            break;
+    }
+    if (ctOut) {
+        *ctOut = ct;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool SkBitmap::asImageInfo(SkImageInfo* info) const {
+    SkColorType ct;
+    if (!config_to_colorType(this->config(), &ct)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (info) {
+        info->fWidth = fWidth;
+        info->fHeight = fHeight;
+        info->fAlphaType = this->alphaType();
+        info->fColorType = ct;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 SkPixelRef* SkBitmap::setPixelRef(SkPixelRef* pr, size_t offset) {
     // do this first, we that we never have a non-zero offset with a null ref
     if (NULL == pr) {
@@ -411,10 +452,20 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    Sk64 size = this->getSize64();
-    SkASSERT(!size.isNeg() && size.is32());
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    if (!this->asImageInfo(&info)) {
+        this->setPixelRef(NULL, 0);
+        return;
+    }
 
-    this->setPixelRef(new SkMallocPixelRef(p, size.get32(), ctable, false))->unref();
+    SkPixelRef* pr = SkMallocPixelRef::NewDirect(info, p, fRowBytes, ctable);
+    if (NULL == pr) {
+        this->setPixelRef(NULL, 0);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    this->setPixelRef(pr)->unref();
+
     // since we're already allocated, we lockPixels right away
     this->lockPixels();
     SkDEBUGCODE(this->validate();)
@@ -479,17 +530,19 @@
  */
 bool SkBitmap::HeapAllocator::allocPixelRef(SkBitmap* dst,
                                             SkColorTable* ctable) {
-    Sk64 size = dst->getSize64();
-    if (size.isNeg() || !size.is32()) {
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    if (!dst->asImageInfo(&info)) {
+//        SkDebugf("unsupported config for info %d\n", dst->config());
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    SkPixelRef* pr = SkMallocPixelRef::NewAllocate(info, dst->rowBytes(),
+                                                   ctable);
+    if (NULL == pr) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    void* addr = sk_malloc_flags(size.get32(), 0);  // returns NULL on failure
-    if (NULL == addr) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    dst->setPixelRef(new SkMallocPixelRef(addr, size.get32(), ctable))->unref();
+    dst->setPixelRef(pr, 0)->unref();
     // since we're already allocated, we lockPixels right away
     dst->lockPixels();
     return true;
@@ -1596,6 +1649,28 @@
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+void SkImageInfo::unflatten(SkFlattenableReadBuffer& buffer) {
+    fWidth = buffer.read32();
+    fHeight = buffer.read32();
+
+    uint32_t packed = buffer.read32();
+    SkASSERT(0 == (packed >> 16));
+    fAlphaType = (SkAlphaType)((packed >> 8) & 0xFF);
+    fColorType = (SkColorType)((packed >> 0) & 0xFF);
+}
+
+void SkImageInfo::flatten(SkFlattenableWriteBuffer& buffer) const {
+    buffer.write32(fWidth);
+    buffer.write32(fHeight);
+
+    SkASSERT(0 == (fAlphaType & ~0xFF));
+    SkASSERT(0 == (fColorType & ~0xFF));
+    uint32_t packed = (fAlphaType << 8) | fColorType;
+    buffer.write32(packed);
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 #ifdef SK_DEBUG
 void SkBitmap::validate() const {
     SkASSERT(fConfig < kConfigCount);
diff --git a/core/SkBitmapDevice.cpp b/core/SkBitmapDevice.cpp
index 1668618..368c807 100644
--- a/core/SkBitmapDevice.cpp
+++ b/core/SkBitmapDevice.cpp
@@ -24,31 +24,30 @@
     , fBitmap(bitmap) {
 }
 
-SkBitmapDevice::SkBitmapDevice(SkBitmap::Config config, int width, int height, bool isOpaque) {
+void SkBitmapDevice::init(SkBitmap::Config config, int width, int height, bool isOpaque) {
     fBitmap.setConfig(config, width, height, 0, isOpaque ?
                       kOpaque_SkAlphaType : kPremul_SkAlphaType);
-    if (!fBitmap.allocPixels()) {
-        fBitmap.setConfig(config, 0, 0, 0, isOpaque ?
-                          kOpaque_SkAlphaType : kPremul_SkAlphaType);
+    
+    if (SkBitmap::kNo_Config != config) {
+        if (!fBitmap.allocPixels()) {
+            // indicate failure by zeroing our bitmap
+            fBitmap.setConfig(config, 0, 0, 0, isOpaque ?
+                              kOpaque_SkAlphaType : kPremul_SkAlphaType);
+        } else if (!isOpaque) {
+            fBitmap.eraseColor(SK_ColorTRANSPARENT);
+        }
     }
-    if (!isOpaque) {
-        fBitmap.eraseColor(SK_ColorTRANSPARENT);
-    }
+}
+
+SkBitmapDevice::SkBitmapDevice(SkBitmap::Config config, int width, int height, bool isOpaque) {
+    this->init(config, width, height, isOpaque);
 }
 
 SkBitmapDevice::SkBitmapDevice(SkBitmap::Config config, int width, int height, bool isOpaque,
                                const SkDeviceProperties& deviceProperties)
-    : SkBaseDevice(deviceProperties) {
-
-    fBitmap.setConfig(config, width, height, 0, isOpaque ?
-                      kOpaque_SkAlphaType : kPremul_SkAlphaType);
-    if (!fBitmap.allocPixels()) {
-        fBitmap.setConfig(config, 0, 0, 0, isOpaque ?
-                          kOpaque_SkAlphaType : kPremul_SkAlphaType);
-    }
-    if (!isOpaque) {
-        fBitmap.eraseColor(SK_ColorTRANSPARENT);
-    }
+    : SkBaseDevice(deviceProperties)
+{
+    this->init(config, width, height, isOpaque);
 }
 
 SkBitmapDevice::~SkBitmapDevice() {
diff --git a/core/SkImageFilterUtils.cpp b/core/SkImageFilterUtils.cpp
index 8385fb4..e535d93 100644
--- a/core/SkImageFilterUtils.cpp
+++ b/core/SkImageFilterUtils.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@
 #include "SkGr.h"
 
 bool SkImageFilterUtils::WrapTexture(GrTexture* texture, int width, int height, SkBitmap* result) {
-    result->setConfig(SkBitmap::kARGB_8888_Config, width, height);
-    result->setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (texture)))->unref();
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    info.fWidth = width;
+    info.fHeight = height;
+    info.fColorType = kPMColor_SkColorType;
+    info.fAlphaType = kPremul_SkAlphaType;
+
+    result->setConfig(info);
+    result->setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (info, texture)))->unref();
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -36,8 +42,12 @@
     } else {
         if (filter->filterImage(proxy, src, ctm, result, offset)) {
             if (!result->getTexture()) {
+                SkImageInfo info;
+                if (!result->asImageInfo(&info)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
                 GrTexture* resultTex = GrLockAndRefCachedBitmapTexture(context, *result, NULL);
-                result->setPixelRef(new SkGrPixelRef(resultTex))->unref();
+                result->setPixelRef(new SkGrPixelRef(info, resultTex))->unref();
                 GrUnlockAndUnrefCachedBitmapTexture(resultTex);
             }
             return true;
diff --git a/core/SkMallocPixelRef.cpp b/core/SkMallocPixelRef.cpp
index f229e9d..4ba6e04 100644
--- a/core/SkMallocPixelRef.cpp
+++ b/core/SkMallocPixelRef.cpp
@@ -1,27 +1,105 @@
-
 /*
  * Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
  *
  * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file.
  */
+
 #include "SkMallocPixelRef.h"
 #include "SkBitmap.h"
 #include "SkFlattenableBuffers.h"
 
-SkMallocPixelRef::SkMallocPixelRef(void* storage, size_t size,
-                                   SkColorTable* ctable, bool ownPixels) {
-    if (NULL == storage) {
-        SkASSERT(ownPixels);
-        storage = sk_malloc_throw(size);
+static bool check_info(const SkImageInfo& info, SkColorTable* ctable) {
+    if (info.fWidth < 0 ||
+        info.fHeight < 0 ||
+        (unsigned)info.fColorType > (unsigned)kLastEnum_SkColorType ||
+        (unsigned)info.fAlphaType > (unsigned)kLastEnum_SkAlphaType)
+    {
+        return false;
     }
-    fStorage = storage;
-    fSize = size;
-    fCTable = ctable;
-    SkSafeRef(ctable);
-    fOwnPixels = ownPixels;
+    
+    // these seem like good checks, but currently we have (at least) tests
+    // that expect the pixelref to succeed even when there is a mismatch
+    // with colortables. fix?
+#if 0
+    if (kIndex8_SkColorType == info.fColorType && NULL == ctable) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (kIndex8_SkColorType != info.fColorType && NULL != ctable) {
+        return false;
+    }
+#endif
+    return true;
+}
 
-    this->setPreLocked(fStorage, fCTable);
+SkMallocPixelRef* SkMallocPixelRef::NewDirect(const SkImageInfo& info,
+                                              void* addr,
+                                              size_t rowBytes,
+                                              SkColorTable* ctable) {
+    if (!check_info(info, ctable)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkMallocPixelRef, (info, addr, rowBytes, ctable, false));
+}
+
+SkMallocPixelRef* SkMallocPixelRef::NewAllocate(const SkImageInfo& info,
+                                                size_t requestedRowBytes,
+                                                SkColorTable* ctable) {
+    if (!check_info(info, ctable)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    int32_t minRB = info.minRowBytes();
+    if (minRB < 0) {
+        return NULL;    // allocation will be too large
+    }
+    if (requestedRowBytes > 0 && (int32_t)requestedRowBytes < minRB) {
+        return NULL;    // cannot meet requested rowbytes
+    }
+
+    int32_t rowBytes;
+    if (requestedRowBytes) {
+        rowBytes = requestedRowBytes;
+    } else {
+        rowBytes = minRB;
+    }
+
+    Sk64 bigSize;
+    bigSize.setMul(info.fHeight, rowBytes);
+    if (!bigSize.is32()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    size_t size = bigSize.get32();
+    void* addr = sk_malloc_flags(size, 0);
+    if (NULL == addr) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkMallocPixelRef, (info, addr, rowBytes, ctable, true));
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+SkMallocPixelRef::SkMallocPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info, void* storage,
+                                   size_t rowBytes, SkColorTable* ctable,
+                                   bool ownsPixels)
+    : SkPixelRef(info)
+    , fOwnPixels(ownsPixels)
+{
+    SkASSERT(check_info(info, ctable));
+    SkASSERT(rowBytes >= info.minRowBytes());
+
+    if (kIndex8_SkColorType != info.fColorType) {
+        ctable = NULL;
+    }
+
+    fStorage = storage;
+    fCTable = ctable;
+    fRB = rowBytes;
+    SkSafeRef(ctable);
+    
+    this->setPreLocked(fStorage, fRB, fCTable);
 }
 
 SkMallocPixelRef::~SkMallocPixelRef() {
@@ -31,19 +109,30 @@
     }
 }
 
-void* SkMallocPixelRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable** ct) {
-    *ct = fCTable;
-    return fStorage;
+bool SkMallocPixelRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
+    rec->fPixels = fStorage;
+    rec->fRowBytes = fRB;
+    rec->fColorTable = fCTable;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void SkMallocPixelRef::onUnlockPixels() {
     // nothing to do
 }
 
+size_t SkMallocPixelRef::getAllocatedSizeInBytes() const {
+    return this->info().getSafeSize(fRB);
+}
+
 void SkMallocPixelRef::flatten(SkFlattenableWriteBuffer& buffer) const {
     this->INHERITED::flatten(buffer);
 
-    buffer.writeByteArray(fStorage, fSize);
+    buffer.write32(fRB);
+
+    // TODO: replace this bulk write with a chunky one that can trim off any
+    // trailing bytes on each scanline (in case rowbytes > width*size)
+    size_t size = this->info().getSafeSize(fRB);
+    buffer.writeByteArray(fStorage, size);
     buffer.writeBool(fCTable != NULL);
     if (fCTable) {
         fCTable->writeToBuffer(buffer);
@@ -51,16 +140,18 @@
 }
 
 SkMallocPixelRef::SkMallocPixelRef(SkFlattenableReadBuffer& buffer)
-        : INHERITED(buffer, NULL) {
-    fSize = buffer.getArrayCount();
-    fStorage = sk_malloc_throw(fSize);
-    buffer.readByteArray(fStorage, fSize);
+    : INHERITED(buffer, NULL)
+    , fOwnPixels(true)
+{
+    fRB = buffer.read32();
+    size_t size = this->info().getSafeSize(fRB);
+    fStorage = sk_malloc_throw(size);
+    buffer.readByteArray(fStorage, size);
     if (buffer.readBool()) {
         fCTable = SkNEW_ARGS(SkColorTable, (buffer));
     } else {
         fCTable = NULL;
     }
-    fOwnPixels = true;
 
-    this->setPreLocked(fStorage, fCTable);
+    this->setPreLocked(fStorage, fRB, fCTable);
 }
diff --git a/core/SkMaskFilter.cpp b/core/SkMaskFilter.cpp
index f062f13..adfed41 100644
--- a/core/SkMaskFilter.cpp
+++ b/core/SkMaskFilter.cpp
@@ -349,10 +349,14 @@
     if (!result) {
         return false;
     }
+    SkAutoUnref aur(dst);
 
+    SkImageInfo info;
     resultBM->setConfig(srcBM.config(), dst->width(), dst->height());
-    resultBM->setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (dst)))->unref();
-    dst->unref();
+    if (resultBM->asImageInfo(&info)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    resultBM->setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (info, dst)))->unref();
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/core/SkPixelRef.cpp b/core/SkPixelRef.cpp
index 1afc336..60b5cfb 100644
--- a/core/SkPixelRef.cpp
+++ b/core/SkPixelRef.cpp
@@ -82,10 +82,20 @@
 // just need a > 0 value, so pick a funny one to aid in debugging
 #define SKPIXELREF_PRELOCKED_LOCKCOUNT     123456789
 
-SkPixelRef::SkPixelRef(SkBaseMutex* mutex) {
+SkPixelRef::SkPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info) {
+    this->setMutex(NULL);
+    fInfo = info;
+    fRec.zero();
+    fLockCount = 0;
+    this->needsNewGenID();
+    fIsImmutable = false;
+    fPreLocked = false;
+}
+
+SkPixelRef::SkPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info, SkBaseMutex* mutex) {
     this->setMutex(mutex);
-    fPixels = NULL;
-    fColorTable = NULL; // we do not track ownership of this
+    fInfo = info;
+    fRec.zero();
     fLockCount = 0;
     this->needsNewGenID();
     fIsImmutable = false;
@@ -95,8 +105,9 @@
 SkPixelRef::SkPixelRef(SkFlattenableReadBuffer& buffer, SkBaseMutex* mutex)
         : INHERITED(buffer) {
     this->setMutex(mutex);
-    fPixels = NULL;
-    fColorTable = NULL; // we do not track ownership of this
+
+    fInfo.unflatten(buffer);
+    fRec.zero();
     fLockCount = 0;
     fIsImmutable = buffer.readBool();
     fGenerationID = buffer.readUInt();
@@ -120,12 +131,13 @@
     that.fUniqueGenerationID = false;
 }
 
-void SkPixelRef::setPreLocked(void* pixels, SkColorTable* ctable) {
+void SkPixelRef::setPreLocked(void* pixels, size_t rowBytes, SkColorTable* ctable) {
 #ifndef SK_IGNORE_PIXELREF_SETPRELOCKED
     // only call me in your constructor, otherwise fLockCount tracking can get
     // out of sync.
-    fPixels = pixels;
-    fColorTable = ctable;
+    fRec.fPixels = pixels;
+    fRec.fColorTable = ctable;
+    fRec.fRowBytes = rowBytes;
     fLockCount = SKPIXELREF_PRELOCKED_LOCKCOUNT;
     fPreLocked = true;
 #endif
@@ -133,6 +145,8 @@
 
 void SkPixelRef::flatten(SkFlattenableWriteBuffer& buffer) const {
     this->INHERITED::flatten(buffer);
+
+    fInfo.flatten(buffer);
     buffer.writeBool(fIsImmutable);
     // We write the gen ID into the picture for within-process recording. This
     // is safe since the same genID will never refer to two different sets of
@@ -147,16 +161,27 @@
     }
 }
 
-void SkPixelRef::lockPixels() {
+bool SkPixelRef::lockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
     SkASSERT(!fPreLocked || SKPIXELREF_PRELOCKED_LOCKCOUNT == fLockCount);
-
+    
     if (!fPreLocked) {
         SkAutoMutexAcquire  ac(*fMutex);
-
+        
         if (1 == ++fLockCount) {
-            fPixels = this->onLockPixels(&fColorTable);
+            LockRec rec;
+            if (!this->onNewLockPixels(&rec)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            fRec = rec;
         }
     }
+    *rec = fRec;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool SkPixelRef::lockPixels() {
+    LockRec rec;
+    return this->lockPixels(&rec);
 }
 
 void SkPixelRef::unlockPixels() {
@@ -168,8 +193,7 @@
         SkASSERT(fLockCount > 0);
         if (0 == --fLockCount) {
             this->onUnlockPixels();
-            fPixels = NULL;
-            fColorTable = NULL;
+            fRec.zero();
         }
     }
 }
@@ -250,6 +274,29 @@
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#ifdef SK_SUPPORT_LEGACY_ONLOCKPIXELS
+
+void* SkPixelRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable** ctable) {
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+bool SkPixelRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
+    SkColorTable* ctable;
+    void* pixels = this->onLockPixels(&ctable);
+    if (!pixels) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    rec->fPixels = pixels;
+    rec->fColorTable = ctable;
+    rec->fRowBytes = 0; // callers don't currently need this (thank goodness)
+    return true;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 #ifdef SK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID
 void SkPixelRef::globalRef(void* data) {
     this->ref();
diff --git a/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp b/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp
index 2776199..5d200d1 100644
--- a/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp
+++ b/effects/gradients/SkGradientShader.cpp
@@ -513,13 +513,14 @@
 
 const SkPMColor* SkGradientShaderBase::getCache32() const {
     if (fCache32 == NULL) {
-        // double the count for dither entries
-        const int entryCount = kCache32Count * 4;
-        const size_t allocSize = sizeof(SkPMColor) * entryCount;
+        SkImageInfo info;
+        info.fWidth = kCache32Count;
+        info.fHeight = 4;   // for our 4 dither rows
+        info.fAlphaType = kPremul_SkAlphaType;
+        info.fColorType = kPMColor_SkColorType;
 
         if (NULL == fCache32PixelRef) {
-            fCache32PixelRef = SkNEW_ARGS(SkMallocPixelRef,
-                                          (NULL, allocSize, NULL));
+            fCache32PixelRef = SkMallocPixelRef::NewAllocate(info, 0, NULL);
         }
         fCache32 = (SkPMColor*)fCache32PixelRef->getAddr();
         if (fColorCount == 2) {
@@ -541,8 +542,7 @@
         }
 
         if (fMapper) {
-            SkMallocPixelRef* newPR = SkNEW_ARGS(SkMallocPixelRef,
-                                                 (NULL, allocSize, NULL));
+            SkMallocPixelRef* newPR = SkMallocPixelRef::NewAllocate(info, 0, NULL);
             SkPMColor* linear = fCache32;           // just computed linear data
             SkPMColor* mapped = (SkPMColor*)newPR->getAddr();    // storage for mapped data
             SkUnitMapper* map = fMapper;
diff --git a/gpu/GrSurface.cpp b/gpu/GrSurface.cpp
index fed95f2..1fcc4ff 100644
--- a/gpu/GrSurface.cpp
+++ b/gpu/GrSurface.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@
 #include "GrSurface.h"
 
 #include "SkBitmap.h"
+#include "SkGr.h"
 #include "SkImageEncoder.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+void GrSurface::asImageInfo(SkImageInfo* info) const {
+    if (!GrPixelConfig2ColorType(this->config(), &info->fColorType)) {
+        sk_throw();
+    }
+    info->fWidth = this->width();
+    info->fHeight = this->height();
+    info->fAlphaType = kPremul_SkAlphaType;
+}
+
 bool GrSurface::savePixels(const char* filename) {
     SkBitmap bm;
     bm.setConfig(SkBitmap::kARGB_8888_Config, this->width(), this->height());
diff --git a/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp b/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
index 07a946e..e4c1537 100644
--- a/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
+++ b/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@
     if (NULL == surface) {
         surface = fRenderTarget;
     }
-    SkPixelRef* pr = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (surface, cached));
+
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    surface->asImageInfo(&info);
+    SkPixelRef* pr = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (info, surface, cached));
 
     this->setPixelRef(pr, 0)->unref();
 }
@@ -210,8 +213,8 @@
                          int width,
                          int height,
                          int sampleCount)
-    : SkBitmapDevice(config, width, height, false /*isOpaque*/) {
-
+    : SkBitmapDevice(config, width, height, false /*isOpaque*/)
+{
     fDrawProcs = NULL;
 
     fContext = context;
@@ -231,6 +234,14 @@
     desc.fConfig = SkBitmapConfig2GrPixelConfig(config);
     desc.fSampleCnt = sampleCount;
 
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    if (!GrPixelConfig2ColorType(desc.fConfig, &info.fColorType)) {
+        sk_throw();
+    }
+    info.fWidth = width;
+    info.fHeight = height;
+    info.fAlphaType = kPremul_SkAlphaType;
+        
     SkAutoTUnref<GrTexture> texture(fContext->createUncachedTexture(desc, NULL, 0));
 
     if (NULL != texture) {
@@ -240,7 +251,7 @@
         SkASSERT(NULL != fRenderTarget);
 
         // wrap the bitmap with a pixelref to expose our texture
-        SkGrPixelRef* pr = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (texture));
+        SkGrPixelRef* pr = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (info, texture));
         this->setPixelRef(pr, 0)->unref();
     } else {
         GrPrintf("--- failed to create gpu-offscreen [%d %d]\n",
@@ -826,11 +837,12 @@
 }
 
 SkBitmap wrap_texture(GrTexture* texture) {
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    texture->asImageInfo(&info);
+
     SkBitmap result;
-    bool dummy;
-    SkBitmap::Config config = grConfig2skConfig(texture->config(), &dummy);
-    result.setConfig(config, texture->width(), texture->height());
-    result.setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (texture)))->unref();
+    result.setConfig(info);
+    result.setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (info, texture)))->unref();
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/gpu/SkGr.cpp b/gpu/SkGr.cpp
index c7ae0c8..b55256e 100644
--- a/gpu/SkGr.cpp
+++ b/gpu/SkGr.cpp
@@ -258,3 +258,33 @@
             return kUnknown_GrPixelConfig;
     }
 }
+
+bool GrPixelConfig2ColorType(GrPixelConfig config, SkColorType* ctOut) {
+    SkColorType ct;
+    switch (config) {
+        case kAlpha_8_GrPixelConfig:
+            ct = kAlpha_8_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case kIndex_8_GrPixelConfig:
+            ct = kIndex8_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case kRGB_565_GrPixelConfig:
+            ct = kRGB_565_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case kRGBA_4444_GrPixelConfig:
+            ct = kARGB_4444_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case kRGBA_8888_GrPixelConfig:
+            ct = kRGBA_8888_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        case kBGRA_8888_GrPixelConfig:
+            ct = kBGRA_8888_SkColorType;
+            break;
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+    if (ctOut) {
+        *ctOut = ct;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/gpu/SkGrPixelRef.cpp b/gpu/SkGrPixelRef.cpp
index dc5d755..882995e 100644
--- a/gpu/SkGrPixelRef.cpp
+++ b/gpu/SkGrPixelRef.cpp
@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@
 // to avoid deadlock with the default one provided by SkPixelRef.
 SK_DECLARE_STATIC_MUTEX(gROLockPixelsPixelRefMutex);
 
-SkROLockPixelsPixelRef::SkROLockPixelsPixelRef() : INHERITED(&gROLockPixelsPixelRefMutex) {
+SkROLockPixelsPixelRef::SkROLockPixelsPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info)
+    : INHERITED(info, &gROLockPixelsPixelRefMutex) {
 }
 
 SkROLockPixelsPixelRef::~SkROLockPixelsPixelRef() {
 }
 
-void* SkROLockPixelsPixelRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable** ctable) {
-    if (ctable) {
-        *ctable = NULL;
-    }
+bool SkROLockPixelsPixelRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
     fBitmap.reset();
 //    SkDebugf("---------- calling readpixels in support of lockpixels\n");
     if (!this->onReadPixels(&fBitmap, NULL)) {
@@ -35,7 +33,14 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     fBitmap.lockPixels();
-    return fBitmap.getPixels();
+    if (NULL == fBitmap.getPixels()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    rec->fPixels = fBitmap.getPixels();
+    rec->fColorTable = NULL;
+    rec->fRowBytes = fBitmap.rowBytes();
+    return true;
 }
 
 void SkROLockPixelsPixelRef::onUnlockPixels() {
@@ -76,6 +81,14 @@
     desc.fFlags = kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit | kNoStencil_GrTextureFlagBit;
     desc.fConfig = SkBitmapConfig2GrPixelConfig(dstConfig);
 
+    SkImageInfo info;
+    if (!GrPixelConfig2ColorType(desc.fConfig, &info.fColorType)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    info.fWidth = desc.fWidth;
+    info.fHeight = desc.fHeight;
+    info.fAlphaType = kPremul_SkAlphaType;
+    
     GrTexture* dst = context->createUncachedTexture(desc, NULL, 0);
     if (NULL == dst) {
         return NULL;
@@ -93,14 +106,17 @@
     dst->releaseRenderTarget();
 #endif
 
-    SkGrPixelRef* pixelRef = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (dst));
+    SkGrPixelRef* pixelRef = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGrPixelRef, (info, dst));
     SkSafeUnref(dst);
     return pixelRef;
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-SkGrPixelRef::SkGrPixelRef(GrSurface* surface, bool transferCacheLock) {
+SkGrPixelRef::SkGrPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info, GrSurface* surface,
+                           bool transferCacheLock)
+    : INHERITED(info)
+{
     // TODO: figure out if this is responsible for Chrome canvas errors
 #if 0
     // The GrTexture has a ref to the GrRenderTarget but not vice versa.
diff --git a/image/SkDataPixelRef.cpp b/image/SkDataPixelRef.cpp
index 7897bf9..875f933 100644
--- a/image/SkDataPixelRef.cpp
+++ b/image/SkDataPixelRef.cpp
@@ -9,18 +9,25 @@
 #include "SkData.h"
 #include "SkFlattenableBuffers.h"
 
-SkDataPixelRef::SkDataPixelRef(SkData* data) : fData(data) {
+SkDataPixelRef::SkDataPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info,
+                               SkData* data, size_t rowBytes)
+    : INHERITED(info)
+    , fData(data)
+    , fRB(rowBytes) 
+{
     fData->ref();
-    this->setPreLocked(const_cast<void*>(fData->data()), NULL);
+    this->setPreLocked(const_cast<void*>(fData->data()), rowBytes, NULL);
 }
 
 SkDataPixelRef::~SkDataPixelRef() {
     fData->unref();
 }
 
-void* SkDataPixelRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable** ct) {
-    *ct = NULL;
-    return const_cast<void*>(fData->data());
+bool SkDataPixelRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
+    rec->fPixels = const_cast<void*>(fData->data());
+    rec->fColorTable = NULL;
+    rec->fRowBytes = fRB;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void SkDataPixelRef::onUnlockPixels() {
@@ -33,11 +40,15 @@
 
 void SkDataPixelRef::flatten(SkFlattenableWriteBuffer& buffer) const {
     this->INHERITED::flatten(buffer);
+    
     buffer.writeDataAsByteArray(fData);
+    buffer.write32(fRB);
 }
 
 SkDataPixelRef::SkDataPixelRef(SkFlattenableReadBuffer& buffer)
-        : INHERITED(buffer, NULL) {
+    : INHERITED(buffer, NULL)
+{
     fData = buffer.readByteArrayAsData();
-    this->setPreLocked(const_cast<void*>(fData->data()), NULL);
+    fRB = buffer.read32();
+    this->setPreLocked(const_cast<void*>(fData->data()), fRB, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/image/SkDataPixelRef.h b/image/SkDataPixelRef.h
index 50c8857..c2e52cd 100644
--- a/image/SkDataPixelRef.h
+++ b/image/SkDataPixelRef.h
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 class SkDataPixelRef : public SkPixelRef {
 public:
-            SkDataPixelRef(SkData* data);
+            SkDataPixelRef(const SkImageInfo&, SkData* data, size_t rowBytes);
     virtual ~SkDataPixelRef();
 
     SK_DECLARE_PUBLIC_FLATTENABLE_DESERIALIZATION_PROCS(SkDataPixelRef)
 
 protected:
-    virtual void* onLockPixels(SkColorTable**) SK_OVERRIDE;
+    virtual bool onNewLockPixels(LockRec*) SK_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void onUnlockPixels() SK_OVERRIDE;
     virtual size_t getAllocatedSizeInBytes() const SK_OVERRIDE;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     virtual void flatten(SkFlattenableWriteBuffer&) const SK_OVERRIDE;
 
 private:
-    SkData* fData;
+    SkData*     fData;
+    size_t      fRB;
 
     typedef SkPixelRef INHERITED;
 };
diff --git a/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp b/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp
index a872ae3..93de5ea 100644
--- a/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp
+++ b/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@
 
 SkImage_Raster::SkImage_Raster(const Info& info, SkData* data, size_t rowBytes)
         : INHERITED(info.fWidth, info.fHeight) {
-    SkBitmap::Config config = SkImageInfoToBitmapConfig(info);
-
-    fBitmap.setConfig(config, info.fWidth, info.fHeight, rowBytes, info.fAlphaType);
-    fBitmap.setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkDataPixelRef, (data)))->unref();
+    fBitmap.setConfig(info, rowBytes);
+    fBitmap.setPixelRef(SkNEW_ARGS(SkDataPixelRef, (info, data, rowBytes)))->unref();
     fBitmap.setImmutable();
 }
 
diff --git a/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp b/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp
index 27db504..61ade6f 100644
--- a/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp
+++ b/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp
@@ -155,19 +155,9 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    static const size_t kMaxTotalSize = SK_MaxS32;
-    size_t rowBytes = SkImageMinRowBytes(info);
-    uint64_t size64 = (uint64_t)info.fHeight * rowBytes;
-    if (size64 > kMaxTotalSize) {
+    SkAutoTUnref<SkPixelRef> pr(SkMallocPixelRef::NewAllocate(info, 0, NULL));
+    if (NULL == pr.get()) {
         return NULL;
     }
-
-    size_t size = (size_t)size64;
-    void* pixels = sk_malloc_throw(size);
-    if (NULL == pixels) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    SkAutoTUnref<SkPixelRef> pr(SkNEW_ARGS(SkMallocPixelRef, (pixels, size, NULL, true)));
-    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkSurface_Raster, (info, pr, rowBytes));
+    return SkNEW_ARGS(SkSurface_Raster, (info, pr, info.minRowBytes()));
 }
diff --git a/images/SkImageRef.cpp b/images/SkImageRef.cpp
index 1a8284b..99782c4 100644
--- a/images/SkImageRef.cpp
+++ b/images/SkImageRef.cpp
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@
 
 //#define DUMP_IMAGEREF_LIFECYCLE
 
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-SkImageRef::SkImageRef(SkStreamRewindable* stream, SkBitmap::Config config,
+SkImageRef::SkImageRef(const SkImageInfo& info, SkStreamRewindable* stream,
                        int sampleSize, SkBaseMutex* mutex)
-        : SkPixelRef(mutex), fErrorInDecoding(false) {
+        : INHERITED(info, mutex), fErrorInDecoding(false) {
     SkASSERT(stream);
     stream->ref();
     fStream = stream;
-    fConfig = config;
     fSampleSize = sampleSize;
     fDoDither = true;
     fPrev = fNext = NULL;
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@
 
 #ifdef DUMP_IMAGEREF_LIFECYCLE
     SkDebugf("delete ImageRef %p [%d] data=%d\n",
-              this, fConfig, (int)fStream->getLength());
+              this, this->info().fColorType, (int)fStream->getLength());
 #endif
 
     fStream->unref();
@@ -92,14 +90,6 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    /*  As soon as we really know our config, we record it, so that on
-        subsequent calls to the codec, we are sure we will always get the same
-        result.
-    */
-    if (SkBitmap::kNo_Config != fBitmap.config()) {
-        fConfig = fBitmap.config();
-    }
-
     if (NULL != fBitmap.getPixels() ||
             (SkBitmap::kNo_Config != fBitmap.config() &&
              SkImageDecoder::kDecodeBounds_Mode == mode)) {
@@ -125,7 +115,7 @@
 
         codec->setSampleSize(fSampleSize);
         codec->setDitherImage(fDoDither);
-        if (this->onDecode(codec, fStream, &fBitmap, fConfig, mode)) {
+        if (this->onDecode(codec, fStream, &fBitmap, fBitmap.config(), mode)) {
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -143,15 +133,18 @@
     return false;
 }
 
-void* SkImageRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable** ct) {
+bool SkImageRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
     if (NULL == fBitmap.getPixels()) {
         (void)this->prepareBitmap(SkImageDecoder::kDecodePixels_Mode);
     }
 
-    if (ct) {
-        *ct = fBitmap.getColorTable();
+    if (NULL == fBitmap.getPixels()) {
+        return false;
     }
-    return fBitmap.getPixels();
+    rec->fPixels = fBitmap.getPixels();
+    rec->fColorTable = NULL;
+    rec->fRowBytes = fBitmap.rowBytes();
+    return true;
 }
 
 size_t SkImageRef::ramUsed() const {
@@ -170,7 +163,6 @@
 
 SkImageRef::SkImageRef(SkFlattenableReadBuffer& buffer, SkBaseMutex* mutex)
         : INHERITED(buffer, mutex), fErrorInDecoding(false) {
-    fConfig = (SkBitmap::Config)buffer.readUInt();
     fSampleSize = buffer.readInt();
     fDoDither = buffer.readBool();
 
@@ -185,7 +177,6 @@
 void SkImageRef::flatten(SkFlattenableWriteBuffer& buffer) const {
     this->INHERITED::flatten(buffer);
 
-    buffer.writeUInt(fConfig);
     buffer.writeInt(fSampleSize);
     buffer.writeBool(fDoDither);
     // FIXME: Consider moving this logic should go into writeStream itself.
diff --git a/images/SkImageRef_GlobalPool.cpp b/images/SkImageRef_GlobalPool.cpp
index 352dd42..f91ceba 100644
--- a/images/SkImageRef_GlobalPool.cpp
+++ b/images/SkImageRef_GlobalPool.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     return gPool;
 }
 
-SkImageRef_GlobalPool::SkImageRef_GlobalPool(SkStreamRewindable* stream,
-                                             SkBitmap::Config config,
+SkImageRef_GlobalPool::SkImageRef_GlobalPool(const SkImageInfo& info,
+                                             SkStreamRewindable* stream,
                                              int sampleSize)
-        : SkImageRef(stream, config, sampleSize, &gGlobalPoolMutex) {
+        : SkImageRef(info, stream, sampleSize, &gGlobalPoolMutex) {
     SkASSERT(&gGlobalPoolMutex == this->mutex());
     SkAutoMutexAcquire ac(gGlobalPoolMutex);
     GetGlobalPool()->addToHead(this);
diff --git a/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.cpp b/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.cpp
index 667a949..fba9845 100644
--- a/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.cpp
+++ b/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "SkCachingPixelRef.h"
 #include "SkScaledImageCache.h"
 
-
 bool SkCachingPixelRef::Install(SkImageGenerator* generator,
                                 SkBitmap* dst) {
     SkImageInfo info;
@@ -31,10 +30,10 @@
 SkCachingPixelRef::SkCachingPixelRef(SkImageGenerator* generator,
                                      const SkImageInfo& info,
                                      size_t rowBytes)
-    : fImageGenerator(generator)
+    : INHERITED(info)
+    , fImageGenerator(generator)
     , fErrorInDecoding(false)
     , fScaledCacheId(NULL)
-    , fInfo(info)
     , fRowBytes(rowBytes) {
     SkASSERT(fImageGenerator != NULL);
 }
@@ -44,31 +43,32 @@
     // Assert always unlock before unref.
 }
 
-void* SkCachingPixelRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable** colorTable) {
-    (void)colorTable;
+bool SkCachingPixelRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
     if (fErrorInDecoding) {
-        return NULL;  // don't try again.
+        return false;  // don't try again.
     }
+    
+    const SkImageInfo& info = this->info();
     SkBitmap bitmap;
     SkASSERT(NULL == fScaledCacheId);
     fScaledCacheId = SkScaledImageCache::FindAndLock(this->getGenerationID(),
-                                                     fInfo.fWidth,
-                                                     fInfo.fHeight,
+                                                     info.fWidth,
+                                                     info.fHeight,
                                                      &bitmap);
     if (NULL == fScaledCacheId) {
         // Cache has been purged, must re-decode.
-        if ((!bitmap.setConfig(fInfo, fRowBytes)) || !bitmap.allocPixels()) {
+        if ((!bitmap.setConfig(info, fRowBytes)) || !bitmap.allocPixels()) {
             fErrorInDecoding = true;
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
         }
         SkAutoLockPixels autoLockPixels(bitmap);
-        if (!fImageGenerator->getPixels(fInfo, bitmap.getPixels(), fRowBytes)) {
+        if (!fImageGenerator->getPixels(info, bitmap.getPixels(), fRowBytes)) {
             fErrorInDecoding = true;
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
         }
         fScaledCacheId = SkScaledImageCache::AddAndLock(this->getGenerationID(),
-                                                        fInfo.fWidth,
-                                                        fInfo.fHeight,
+                                                        info.fWidth,
+                                                        info.fHeight,
                                                         bitmap);
         SkASSERT(fScaledCacheId != NULL);
     }
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     SkAutoLockPixels autoLockPixels(bitmap);
     void* pixels = bitmap.getPixels();
     SkASSERT(pixels != NULL);
+    
     // At this point, the autoLockPixels will unlockPixels()
     // to remove bitmap's lock on the pixels.  We will then
     // destroy bitmap.  The *only* guarantee that this pointer
@@ -86,7 +87,10 @@
     // bitmap (SkScaledImageCache::Rec.fBitmap) that holds a
     // reference to the concrete PixelRef while this record is
     // locked.
-    return pixels;
+    rec->fPixels = pixels;
+    rec->fColorTable = NULL;
+    rec->fRowBytes = bitmap.rowBytes();
+    return true;
 }
 
 void SkCachingPixelRef::onUnlockPixels() {
diff --git a/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.h b/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.h
index 4a0387d..75710d8 100644
--- a/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.h
+++ b/lazy/SkCachingPixelRef.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 protected:
     virtual ~SkCachingPixelRef();
-    virtual void* onLockPixels(SkColorTable** colorTable) SK_OVERRIDE;
+    virtual bool onNewLockPixels(LockRec*) SK_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void onUnlockPixels() SK_OVERRIDE;
     virtual bool onLockPixelsAreWritable() const SK_OVERRIDE { return false; }
 
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
     SkImageGenerator* const fImageGenerator;
     bool                    fErrorInDecoding;
     void*                   fScaledCacheId;
-    const SkImageInfo       fInfo;
     const size_t            fRowBytes;
 
     SkCachingPixelRef(SkImageGenerator* imageGenerator,
                       const SkImageInfo& info,
                       size_t rowBytes);
+
     typedef SkPixelRef INHERITED;
 };
 
diff --git a/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.cpp b/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.cpp
index e614db3..e9e2d8a 100644
--- a/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.cpp
+++ b/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.cpp
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@
 
 SkDiscardablePixelRef::SkDiscardablePixelRef(SkImageGenerator* generator,
                                              const SkImageInfo& info,
-                                             size_t size,
                                              size_t rowBytes,
                                              SkDiscardableMemory::Factory* fact)
-    : fGenerator(generator)
+    : INHERITED(info)
+    , fGenerator(generator)
     , fDMFactory(fact)
-    , fInfo(info)
-    , fSize(size)
     , fRowBytes(rowBytes)
-    , fDiscardableMemory(NULL) {
+    , fDiscardableMemory(NULL)
+{
     SkASSERT(fGenerator != NULL);
-    SkASSERT(fSize > 0);
     SkASSERT(fRowBytes > 0);
     // The SkImageGenerator contract requires fGenerator to always
     // decode the same image on each call to getPixels().
@@ -34,28 +32,39 @@
     SkDELETE(fGenerator);
 }
 
-void* SkDiscardablePixelRef::onLockPixels(SkColorTable**) {
+bool SkDiscardablePixelRef::onNewLockPixels(LockRec* rec) {
     if (fDiscardableMemory != NULL) {
         if (fDiscardableMemory->lock()) {
-            return fDiscardableMemory->data();
+            rec->fPixels = fDiscardableMemory->data();
+            rec->fColorTable = NULL;
+            rec->fRowBytes = fRowBytes;
+            return true;
         }
         SkDELETE(fDiscardableMemory);
         fDiscardableMemory = NULL;
     }
+    
+    const size_t size = this->info().getSafeSize(fRowBytes);
     if (fDMFactory != NULL) {
-        fDiscardableMemory = fDMFactory->create(fSize);
+        fDiscardableMemory = fDMFactory->create(size);
     } else {
-        fDiscardableMemory = SkDiscardableMemory::Create(fSize);
+        fDiscardableMemory = SkDiscardableMemory::Create(size);
     }
     if (NULL == fDiscardableMemory) {
-        return NULL;  // Memory allocation failed.
+        return false;  // Memory allocation failed.
     }
+
     void* pixels = fDiscardableMemory->data();
-    if (!fGenerator->getPixels(fInfo, pixels, fRowBytes)) {
-        return NULL;  // TODO(halcanary) Find out correct thing to do.
+    if (!fGenerator->getPixels(this->info(), pixels, fRowBytes)) {
+        return false;  // TODO(halcanary) Find out correct thing to do.
     }
-    return pixels;
+
+    rec->fPixels = pixels;
+    rec->fColorTable = NULL;
+    rec->fRowBytes = fRowBytes;
+    return true;
 }
+
 void SkDiscardablePixelRef::onUnlockPixels() {
     if (fDiscardableMemory != NULL) {
         fDiscardableMemory->unlock();
@@ -76,7 +85,6 @@
     }
     SkAutoTUnref<SkDiscardablePixelRef> ref(SkNEW_ARGS(SkDiscardablePixelRef,
                                                    (generator, info,
-                                                    dst->getSize(),
                                                     dst->rowBytes(),
                                                     factory)));
     dst->setPixelRef(ref);
diff --git a/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.h b/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.h
index 78dcd66..313660e 100644
--- a/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.h
+++ b/lazy/SkDiscardablePixelRef.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 
 protected:
     ~SkDiscardablePixelRef();
-    virtual void* onLockPixels(SkColorTable**) SK_OVERRIDE;
+
+    virtual bool onNewLockPixels(LockRec*) SK_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void onUnlockPixels() SK_OVERRIDE;
     virtual bool onLockPixelsAreWritable() const SK_OVERRIDE { return false; }
 
@@ -61,8 +62,6 @@
 private:
     SkImageGenerator* const fGenerator;
     SkDiscardableMemory::Factory* const fDMFactory;
-    const SkImageInfo fInfo;
-    const size_t fSize;  // size of memory to be allocated
     const size_t fRowBytes;
     // These const members should not change over the life of the
     // PixelRef, since the SkBitmap doesn't expect them to change.
@@ -72,8 +71,10 @@
     /* Takes ownership of SkImageGenerator. */
     SkDiscardablePixelRef(SkImageGenerator* generator,
                           const SkImageInfo& info,
-                          size_t size,
                           size_t rowBytes,
                           SkDiscardableMemory::Factory* factory);
+
+    typedef SkPixelRef INHERITED;
 };
+
 #endif  // SkDiscardablePixelRef_DEFINED